NEW YORK — For more than a month during the snowless summer and fall, the U.S. ski and snowboard jumpers were still out on the slopes of the Utah Olympic Park practicing their jumps all thanks to the recent installation of a ramp lined with an innovative artificial snow and giant downward sloping air bag. […]
Carrying the Olympic torch has long been known as a tremendous honor. With the PyeongChang Winter Olympics two months away, the torch is making its way around South Korea. Interestingly enough, one of the latest to carry the torch wasn’t human. Hubo, a robot created by Professor Jun Ho Oh, received the torch from his creator […]
NEW YORK — In Olympic years, the training never seems to cease, making a heart-rate monitor a constant companion for women’s hockey star Hilary Knight. “I almost feel like it’s glued to my body, essentially, at this point with all the training on and off ice,” she said. Knight, 28, a two-time Olympic silver medalist […]
NEW YORK — As Americans skate, ski and speed their way to the medal stand in February’s Winter Games in South Korea, viewers at home will have access to a streamlined shopping experience to purchase the same Team USA gear the Olympians are wearing on the screen in front of them. Thanks to a multi-faceted […]
As discussions proceed regarding how esports might one day be included in the Olympics, it has become clear that a solution won’t be so cut-and-dry. While hundreds of thousands attend competitions in person and millions watch online, there are still significant barriers to Olympic inclusion. “That is not on our radar just yet,” IOC Sports Director […]
