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News Articles: Olympics

Amber Glenn performs during the Women's short program during the 2026 ISU World Figure Skating Championships on Wednesday.

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Americans seek redemption at figure skating worlds, just weeks after the Olympics

Figure Skating World Championships in Prague end on Saturday. Americans Amber Glenn and Ilia Malinin are within medals' reach after disappointing finishes at last month's Olympics.

March 27, 2026
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  • Rachel Treisman
IOC President Kirsty Coventry is shown on a computer screen as she speaks at a live-streamed press briefing Thursday from Lausanne, Switzerland, about the ban on transgender athletes in women's events.

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The Olympic committee bans trans athletes from women's events, raising many questions

The International Olympic Committee will require all athletes who want to participate in women's events to undergo genetic testing. The policy takes effect for the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.

March 27, 2026
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  • Rachel Treisman
Brody Malone is interviewed by Berry College President Sandeep Mazumder on March 3, 2026. Berry hosted the Olympic gymnast and Rockmart native as part of the Cecil B. Wright III Integrity in Leadership Lecture Series. Photo by Brant Sanderlin/Berry College

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Olympic-winning gymnast and Rockmart native Brody Malone speaks at Berry College

On Tuesday, Olympic bronze medalist and Rockmart, Ga., native Brody Malone spoke at Berry College as a guest lecturer.

March 04, 2026
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  • GPB News Staff
From left: Dario Amodei (Anthropic CEO), Punch (lonely monkey) and Flavor Flav (icon).

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Forget the State of the Union. What's the state of your quiz score?

What's the state of your union, quiz-wise? Find out!

February 27, 2026
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  • Holly J. Morris
American rapper and television personality Flavor Flav watches on during the Women's Monobob Bobsleigh at the Cortina Sliding Centre, on Sunday February 15, 2026 at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, Italy.

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Flavor Flav is among women's hockey team fans outraged by presidential snub

The rapper, who also serves as the official "hype man" for multiple U.S. Olympic teams, invited the female hockey players to Las Vegas for a "real celebration."

February 26, 2026
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  • Neda Ulaby
On a sunny Sunday morning smack-dab in the middle of the Winter Olympics, the line to enter Milan's Official Olympic Pin Trading center was out the door and steadily growing.

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Pin trading has taken over the Olympics. Here's what it's like in Milan

Pin trading has become a hallmark of the Olympics in recent decades — and not just for athletes. An official trading center in Milan was a hotspot for longtime collectors and curious newcomers alike.

February 21, 2026
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  • Rachel Treisman
Ghana's Akwasi Frimpong takes part in a training session for the men's skeleton event in the 2018 Olympics.

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'Dude, good luck': the Olympic wit and wisdom of a pioneering African skeleton racer

Who says serious athletes are always serious? Akwasi Frimpong, who's competed for Ghana, is a world-class wisecracker as he reflects on being a Black African athlete in the white world of winter sports.

February 19, 2026
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  • Jonathan Lambert
United States gold medalist Elana Meyers Taylor celebrates at the finish after the women's monobob competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026.(AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

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Gold for Elana Meyers Taylor at last! Georgian, 41, wins Olympic monobob title

Elana Meyers Taylor of the U.S. finally won bobsled gold in her fifth Olympics. 

February 16, 2026
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  • Associated Press
Children play near the Olympic rings as snow falls, ahead of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics in Livigno, Italy, Jan. 8, 2026. File photo by Yara Nardi/ Reuters

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Did you know this 2026 Olympian once played lacrosse at Macon’s Mercer University?

A member of the Team USA bobsledding team competing in the 2026 Winter Olympics briefly played lacrosse at Mercer University, according to his profile.

February 16, 2026
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  • Alba Rosa and
  • The Telegraph
From left: Ilia Malinin, Breezy Johnson, Bad Bunny.

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Who is the 'Quad God' and what does he want? The quiz holds the answers you seek

Plus: more Olympics, the Super Bowl and some monks.

February 13, 2026
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  • Holly J. Morris
Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych holds his crash helmet as he stands outside the sliding center at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Thursday.

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Ukrainians rally in support of Olympian Vladyslav Heraskevych, banned for his helmet

Ukrainians are uniting in solidarity with Olympic skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych after he was disqualified for wearing a helmet with images of Ukrainian athletes killed during Russia's invasion.

February 12, 2026
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  • Polina Lytvynova
Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych takes part in the skeleton men's training session at Cortina Sliding Center on Wednesday. His helmet bears the faces of athletes killed in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Ukrainian Olympian disqualified over images of war dead on his helmet

The International Olympic Committee has disqualified a Ukrainian sled athlete over his refusal to remove images of war dead from his helmet in competition.

February 12, 2026
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  • Brian Mann
Katie Uhlaender of the USA competed during the Women's Skeleton race of the 2025 IBSF World Championships at Mt Van Hoevenberg on March 6, 2025 in Lake Placid, New York.

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U.S. sled racer Uhlaender says she was unfairly denied sixth Olympic bid

Five-time U.S. Olympian Katie Uhlaender says a point-manipulation scheme blocked her bid to compete in Milan Cortina. U.S. sports officials are backing her bid for a special berth at the Winter Games.

January 26, 2026
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  • Brian Mann
Ilia Malinin competes during the men's short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in St. Louis.

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  • National

U.S. Figure Skating Championships will determine who's going to the Olympics

This week's championship in St. Louis has already seen record-setting performances in the women's event and multiple competitors looking to punch their third Olympic ticket.

January 10, 2026
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  • Lillian Karabaic
Annika Sieff of Team GS Fiamme Oro competes during the Italian National Championship Open - Ski Jumping at Predazzo Ski Jumping Stadium on December 23, 2025 in Predazzo, Italy.

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  • News

We're going to the Olympics! What do you want to know?

Here's how to send your questions and curiosities to the NPR team covering the Winter Olympics in Milan.

January 09, 2026
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