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Service for Holcomb to take place in Utah Olympic Park

  • Bobsleigh and Skeleton

A special service will be taking place tomorrow at the Utah Olympic Park to commemorate Steven Holcomb.

service starting off at 2pm local time have been invited by the Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation and USA


Irish boxing chief confident of making deadline to resolve outstanding issues

  • Boxing

Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) chief executive Fergal Carruth has said the body is “confident to a degree” of making a Sport Ireland deadline to resolve outstanding issues with the threat of further funding cuts looming.

for 16 years when Katie Taylor won the women’s under 60 kilograms lightweight division.Walsh joined USA


Carl Lewis hoping his new Team Perfect Method club will produce future Olympians

  • Athletics

Nine-time Olympic gold medallist Carl Lewis is hoping to produce future athletics stars through a newly-launched professional track club that will draw primarily on post-graduate athletes at the University of Houston (UH).

Nine-time Olympic champion Carl Lewis, pictured at last year's Team USA Awards, wants to create future




US women searching for fourth consecutive Women's Super Final title

  • Water Polo

The United States will be looking to win a fourth straight International Swimming Federation (FINA) Women's World League Super Final title when the tournament starts in Shanghai tomorrow.

the Intercontinental Water Polo Tournament by beating the United States in the final ©Sam Stringer/USA



Staff has sprint track role added to coaching job with USA Cycling

  • Cycling

Former Olympic champion Jamie Staff has been given an expanded role at USA Cycling which will see him

Beijing 2008, is now officially the BMX and sprint track performance director.He had previously been USA

take on this expanded role and be involved in sprint track again," Staff said.Jamie Staff had been USA

where Connor Fields won gold in the men's race and Alise Post took silver in the women's ©Getty Images"USA

In March, USA Cycling dismissed women's team pursuit coach Andy Sparks following a complaint about his


Hinchey appointed President and chief executive at USA Swimming

  • Aquatics

Tim Hinchey is to join USA Swimming as President and chief executive from Major League Soccer (MLS) club

with the Colorado Springs-based governing body on July 12.Wielgus' title was executive director, with USA

Leading USA Swimming is a dream job for me," Hinchey, who will depart the Colorado Rapids after more

It’s also an honour to join such a talented staff that has worked tirelessly to make USA Swimming the

business success and proven leadership abilities are well-suited to guide our future direction," said USA

involved in any of the abuse, Wielgus had been criticised for allegedly ignoring the scandal within USA


Urso supporters voted off IWF Executive Board

  • Weightlifting

Several supporters of Antonio Urso have been ousted from the International Weightlifting Federation's (IWF) Executive Board after the Italian failed to beat Tamás Aján in the race to become President at the Electoral Congress here in Bangkok.

giving him a remarkable 12-minute ovation.The 45-year-old has recently become technical director at USA


Women's Nordic Combined Continental Cup approved by FIS

  • Nordic Combined

Approval for a women's Nordic Combined Continental Cup has been granted by the International Ski Federation (FIS) following their Calendar Conference in Portoroz, Slovenia.

inaugural Women's Nordic Combined National Championships will be contested in Lake Placid on October 7.USA



Aján re-elected as IWF President

  • Weightlifting

Tamás Aján has today been re-elected for a fifth term as President of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) after defeating main rival Antonio Urso in the vote here.

member nations.Tamás Aján pictured today with Ursula Papandrea, the IWF's first female vice-president ©USA

Zhanat Tussupbekov of Kazakhstan and Petr Krol of the Czech Republic.Phil Andrews, chief executive of USA



Scherr wants lacrosse back at Olympics after becoming FIL chief executive

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Jim Scherr has been named as the first chief executive in the history of the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) - and has said he wants to get the sport back in the Olympics.

, where he had been the Commissioner.Before his position at USOC, he was also executive director of USA