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USA Taekwondo help to launch bid for inclusion on NCAA Emerging Sports for Women Programme

  • Taekwondo

USA Taekwondo has partnered with the National Collegiate Taekwondo Association (NCTA) and United States

the scheme, run by the non-profit organisation the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).USA

The task force is hoping to aid the development of women's taekwondo in the United States ©USA TaekwondoThe

about supporting female athletes in their quest to join the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women Programme," USA


USA Curling award 2018 National Championships to Fargo

  • Curling

USA Curling has announced that the American National Championships will return to Fargo in 2018.

Bringing the USA Curling nationals back to the Fargo-Moorhead area is a treat for everyone involved,

of this first-class championship experience and all that the area has to offer," said Rick Patzke, USA


Exclusive: International Biathlon Union vice-president claims credibility of IOC undermined after Russia awarded 2021 World Championships

  • Biathlon

Newly-elected International Biathlon Union (IBU) vice-president of sport Max Cobb has accused the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of going back on the recommendations they made to Winter Federations concerning staging major events in Russia in the wake of the McLaren Report after Tyumen won the right to host the 2021 World Championships.

the clarification given by the IOC at Rio 2016.Cobb, who is also the President and chief executive of USA



USA Swimming appoint Robinson to newly created national team high performance director role

  • Swimming

USA Swimming have announced the appointment of Keenan Robinson as their national team high performance

services to aid coaches and athletes to make decisions which can optimise performance.Robinson will manage USA

It is a tremendous honour to serve the USA Swimming membership," Robinson said."

The move to USA Swimming is a natural progression for Keenan," Bowman, head men’s coach for United States

of the men vandalising a petrol station following a night out.Disciplinary action has been promised USA


Cobb elected IBU vice-president of sport at governing body's Congress

  • Biathlon

American Max Cobb has been elected as the International Biathlon Union (IBU) vice-president of sport during the governing body’s Congress in Chisinau in Moldova.

was appointed as chair of the IBU Technical Committee in 2010 and is the current chief executive of USA


California Senate urge governing bodies to rescind medals won by East Germans during state-supported doping scheme

  • Swimming

A resolution has been passed by the California Senate which calls on the International Olympic Committee and the International Swimming Federation (FINA) to rescind medals won by East German athletes who were part of a notorious state-sponsored doping programme.

motion, entitled “Senate Resolution 88”, urges the relevant governing bodies, such as the IOC, FINA and USA



Sortino named head coach of United States' Para-triathlon team for Rio 2016

  • Triathlon News

Mark Sortino has been named head coach of the United States’ triathlon team ahead of the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. 

Sortino was one of four appointments to the coaching and support staff team made by USA Triathlon as

bringing the most talented individuals who are the best fit for our team's debut," Amanda Duke Boulet, USA

 He is a USA Triathlon Level three certified coach and has led nearly 15 high performance camps

individual coach of two members of the American team at Rio 2016 and has served as an assistant at USA

coaching Paratriathletes at the international level, as well as a proven record of performance with USA


Hosszú wins four more FINA World Cup races to take impressive tally to 14

  • Swimming

Katinka Hosszú continued to dominate the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Cup today after claiming four more gold medals on day two of racing in Berlin.

Russia finished a mere 0.60 seconds apart with Kaneto narrowly winning.Third placed Breeja Larson of the USA



Bailey becomes latest US sprinter to swap athletics track for bobsleigh

  • Bobsleigh and Skeleton

United States sprinter Ryan Bailey has become the latest athlete to switch to Winter sport following his impressive performance at a bobsleigh testing event.

Bailey, who finished fifth in the London 2012 Olympic 100 metres, attended combine tests held by USA


Top seeds Walsh Jennings and Ross through to FIVB Long Beach Grand Slam semi-finals

  • Volleyball

Rio 2016 Olympic bronze medallists Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross reached the semi-finals of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Long Beach Grand Slam after beating two fellow American pairings today.

and I’m really happy that it’s here in Long Beach for people to see that it’s not just Brazil and the USA


USA Softball announces nutritional supplements partnership with Thorne Research

  • Baseball and Softball

USA Softball has announced its first-ever nutritional supplements partnership with Thorne Research.

As its exclusive nutritional supplement partner, Thorne Research will provide members of the USA Softball

and effective" nutritional supplements to support their health, while offering discounted products to USA

having access to state-of-the art health-related educational resources as well," said Stacey Hepp, USA

Thorne Research already has similar deals with USA Gymnastics, USA Rugby, USA Triathlon, USRowing, USA

Pentathlon, USA Fencing, and USA Taekwondo."


Philip Barker: Eighty years of Olympic TV, and now an Olympic Channel

  • Inside the Blogs

Eighty years ago, spectators in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium might have caught sight of a rather peculiar and cumbersome piece of machinery. What they were seeing was one of the world’s first television cameras.

Except that the Games were never shown in full in the USA.