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Crikey! Australia's 2032 Olympic organizers want rowers to compete in a crocodile-infested river
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted April 21 - 10:35 p.m. | Save Story
Organizers of the 2032 Summer Games say they're sticking with plans to hold Olympic rowing and sprint canoeing events in a river that's home to deadly crocodiles known as "salties."

Former BYU star Clayton Young crushes lifetime best in Boston — on short notice
Sean Walker, KSL | Posted April 20 - 2:25 p.m. | Save Story
Young finished the 26.2-mile point-to-point course in a personal-record time of 2 hours, 5 minutes and 41 seconds Monday, good for 11th place in an all-time year.

Are sponsors for Utah's 2034 Winter Games coming soon?
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted April 18 - 10:45 a.m. | Save Story
U.S. Olympic officials are already preparing to line up sponsors for Utah's 2034 Winter Games .

What an Olympic official said about a 2028 Summer Games organizer appearing in Epstein files
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted April 17 - 8:47 a.m. | Save Story
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee is "closely monitoring" the impact of Casey Wasserman, the head of the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles, appearing in recently released government files on Jeffrey Epstein.

Olympic pairs figure skating gold medalists Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara retire
James Ellingworth, Associated Press | Posted April 17 - 3:20 a.m. | Save Story
Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara announced their retirement from figure skating on Friday, two months after winning the Olympic gold medal with a record-breaking skate.

Will there be a new global Olympic sponsor at Utah's 2034 Winter Games?
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted April 13 - 10:00 p.m. | Save Story
A U.S. bank could become a new worldwide Olympic sponsor.

Swimming becomes first major Olympic sport to lift restrictions on Russian athletes
James Ellingworth, Associated Press | Updated April 13 - 11:04 a.m. | Save Story
Russian swimmers, divers and water polo players will be allowed to compete without restrictions and with their national flag and anthem.

Just how pricey are tickets for LA's 2028 Olympics?
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted April 6 - 8:30 p.m. | Save Story
Now that tickets are on sale for the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles, prices are causing some sticker shock.

'Simplicity is OK:' What Italy's Olympics taught organizers of Utah's 2034 Winter Games
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted April 4 - 9:46 p.m. | Save Story
One of the most lasting lessons organizers of Utah's 2034 Winter Games learned during Italy's Olympics may have come from seeing some paper plates proudly displayed on a wall in a Milan classroom.

Park City welcomes home Olympians, Paralympians in community parade
Mike Anderson, KSL | Posted April 3 - 10:12 p.m. | Save Story
Hundreds of people lined Main Street on Friday to welcome home several Olympians and Paralympians who are now back from the 2026 Milan Cortina Games in Italy.

Chang Ung, North Korean ex-IOC member who brokered Olympic joint marches with South, dies
Hyung-jin Kim, Associated Press | Updated April 1 - 3:44 a.m. | Save Story
Chang Ung, a former North Korean member of the International Olympic Committee who once led sports exchanges with rival South Korea, including joint marches of their athletes at the Olympics, has died, the IOC announced Wednesday. He was 87.

Tickets to the LA Olympics in 2028 go on sale this week — but only for some
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted March 31 - 4:34 p.m. | Save Story
The first tickets for the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles go on sale Thursday, but not for everyone. Find out who the lucky few are and where they can obtain tickets.

Utah testing snow storage technique at Soldier Hollow ahead of 2034 Games
Alex Cabrero, KSL | Posted March 28 - 10:33 p.m. | Save Story
Utah Olympic and Paralympic organizers are testing a new way to preserve snow at Soldier Hollow, hoping it could be a backup for 2034 if warmer conditions become a concern.

Ilia Malinin bounces back from Olympic nightmare with 3rd straight world figure skating title
Karel Janicek And James Ellingworth, Associated Press | Updated March 28 - 6:47 p.m. | Save Story
Ilia Malinin is back on the top step of the podium.

USA climbers strongly support Salt Lake training center, say it will grow the sport
Carter Williams, KSL | Posted March 27 - 5:34 p.m. | Save Story
Members of the USA Climbing Athletes' Commission published an open letter on Friday strongly endorsing a new training center in Salt Lake City.

Kaori Sakamoto signs off with a 4th world figure skating title before retirement
Karel Janicek, Associated Press | Updated March 27 - 3:31 p.m. | Save Story
Kaori Sakamoto bid farewell to figure skating with a fourth world championship title before retirement as one of the most decorated skaters in decades.

Malinin rebounds from Olympics at the worlds with a personal-best short program
Karel Janicek, Associated Press | Updated March 26 - 3:58 p.m. | Save Story
Ilia Malinin bounced back from misfiring at the Milan Cortina Olympics by leading after the short program at the figure skating world championships on Thursday.

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych, banned from Olympics, speaks at United Nations
Tim Reynolds, Associated Press | Posted March 26 - 3:55 p.m. | Save Story
Vladyslav Heraskevych was shunned by the Olympics, then invited to the United Nations. He never expected that would happen. The Ukrainian skeleton athlete was not allowed to compete at the Milan Cortina Games because of his plan to wear a helmet paying tribute to some of those killed following Russia's invasion of his country. He spoke on a panel at the U.N. on Thursday detailing why he still believes he made the right decision.








