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Tokyo American Club chosen to be USA House for 2020 Olympics

  • Tokyo 2020

Tokyo American Club has been chosen as the venue for USA House during the 2020 Olympics and Paralympic

We have a big family who supports Team USA, our athletes, our families, our sponsors, our donors and

Club"On behalf of Tokyo American Club leadership, members and staff, we are thrilled to welcome Team USA

 "USA House is a place for celebration of Team USA, and that is a natural fit within a great community

At recent Olympics, the USOC had its USA House at the Royal College of Art for London 2012, at the Olympic

platform and the opportunity to do the unimaginable, which is to stage what we think will be the best USA


US squad for World Para Swimming Championships confirmed

  • Swimming News

A squad of 22 - including 13 Paralympians - has been unveiled to represent the United States at this year’s World Para Swimming Championships in Mexico City.

“We’re very excited about the 22 athletes who will represent Team USA at the World Championships,” said


IPC President hopes Los Angeles 2028 will help Paralympic Movement grow in United States

  • Los Angeles 2028 Paralympics

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven hopes the 2028 Paralympic Games in Los Angeles will provide a platform for his Movement to experience a period of growth in the United States. 

ensure that these Games are finally the ones where the Paralympic Movement makes a breakthrough in the USA

around the world, visibility and awareness of the Paralympic Movement is still fairly limited in the USA

The sooner we can get started on cracking the USA, the better it is for the Paralympic Movement," Sir


Kalamazoo to host third USA Curling National Championships in 10 years

  • Curling

Kalamazoo in Michigan has been named as host of USA Curling's National Championships in 2019.

From the first time we took the USA Curling Nationals there in 2010, Kalamazoo has been an exceptional

destination for these Championships," said Rick Patzke, USA Curling's chief executive."

held later in 2019.The Kalamazoo Curling Club also hosted National Championships in 2010 and 2015 ©USA

We are honored USA Curling has selected Kalamazoo and Wings Event Center to host this prestigious National


Weightlifter Ford within one lift of USA’s World Championship team at American Open

  • Weightlifting

Donovan Ford came within one lift of making the grade for the United States' International Weightlifting Federation World Championship team with an impressive performance at the American Open Series Two here in Miami.

That is phenomal progress, a great performance," said Phil Andrews, USA Weightlifting's chief executive.In



New ski jumping hill in US targets major competitions

  • Ski Jumping

A new ski jumping hill is being constructed in the United States with the goal of hosting top-level competitions.

allow the US to host those events in the future," said Jed Hinkley, sport development director for USA


World record numbers for American Open weightlifters

  • Weightlifting

It is standing room only for many of the spectators at the world's most popular weightlifting competition - the American Open.

anywhere in the world - and that's with qualifying standards," said Phil Andrews, chief executive of USA



Olympic champions among athletes registered for 2017 Team USA Media Summit

  • PASO

A number of Olympic champions are among the 100-plus athletes registered for the 2017 Team USA Media

Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, is also due to attend ©Getty ImagesUSOC has hosted the Team USA

staged several events, including the Alpine skiing and snowboarding.It also played host to the Team USA



No medal or anthem for Brazilian weightlifter ashamed of his own federation boss

  • Weightlifting

Brazil's most famous weightlifter duly finished first in the men's super-heavyweights - the final event of the Pan American Championships here in Miami - but has not been declared the winner.

hosted by Brazil last summer.Caine Wilkes won in Miami as the Brazilian's results were unofficial ©USA


USOC appoint chiefs of security and information

  • PASO

Nicole Deal has been confirmed as the next chief security officer of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), while David Zodikoff will take up the post of chief information officer.

I am excited to help keep Team USA and the USOC safe - allowing athletes and staff to stay focused on


Italian judge appointed chair of Sport Integrity Global Alliance

  • News

Italy's Franco Frattini has been announced as the independent chair of the Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) on a four-year term at their General Assembly in Lisbon.

services companies from every region in the world are also among the backers.Parkour Earth, Safe Sport USA


Burns takes USA's first Pan American weightlifting gold in Miami

  • Weightlifting

Colin Burns, a 33-year-old sporting all-rounder, won the United States' first gold medal of their home 2017 Pan American Weightlifting Championships here and is now targeting the podium at the World Championships in Anaheim, California in November.

Burns is an athletes' representative on the Board of USA Weightlifting, coaches himself and lives with