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3 weeks ago | 
olympics.com | Grace Goulding
On 20 April in České Budějovice, Czechia, the fiercest rivalry in women’s ice hockey delivered yet another thriller. Team USA dethroned defending champions Canada in an edge-of-your-seat overtime finale, winning 4–3 to capture the gold at the 2025 IIHF Women’s World Championship. Finland defeated host nation Czechia in a similarly exciting overtime game, also 4–3, to claim bronze.
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1 month ago | 
olympics.com | Grace Goulding
Quanto veloce è veloce? Quanto è alto il livello? Dalle discese a velocità autostradali alle impennate in aria, gli Olimpionici invernali sfidano ogni giorno la gravità, la paura e la fisica. E ciò che sembra veloce in TV scalfisce appena la superficie. Quindi allacciate il casco e stringete gli occhiali: ci tuffiamo a capofitto nel mondo sbalorditivo della velocità e dell'altitudine Olimpica.
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1 month ago | 
olympics.com | Grace Goulding
Let us take you back to 28 February, 2010. Imagine a country, no, an entire nation, holding its breath. Red-and-white flags painted on cheeks. Families huddled around televisions. Strangers high-fiving in crowded bars. This was Canada, hosting the Olympic Winter Games Vancouver 2010. This was the men’s ice hockey final: the gold medal game against their fiercest rivals, the United States. The stakes?
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1 month ago | 
olympics.com | Grace Goulding
ロサンゼルス2028ではボルダー、リード、スピードクライミングがそれぞれ独立したメダル種目として実施されることが決定した。何が変わるのか、そしてボルダーおよびリードで初代金メダルの行方は？ スポーツクライミング、簡単に説明しよう。オリンピックのスポーツクライミングは、壁上で異なるスキルを試す3つの独立した種目で構成されている。 ボルダーは、ロープを使わず低い壁を登る短距離のクライミングで、選手のパワーと課題解決能力が問われる。リードは、より高い壁の頂点を目指して登る持久力勝負の競技で、選手は登る途中でロープにクリップしていく。そしてスピードはその名の通り、15メートルの壁を登る一騎打ちのレースであり、最速の選手が勝者となる。 スポーツクライミングが成功裡にオリンピックデビューを果たした東京2020では、男女それぞれ1種目ずつのメダル種目しかなく、選手たちはボルダー、リード、スピードのすべてに出場し、その合計スコアで優勝者が決まった。...
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1 month ago | 
olympics.com | Grace Goulding
Para aquellos que sean nuevos en la escalada deportiva, aquí va una explicación rápida. Esta disciplina olímpica está compuesta por tres eventos, cada uno de los cuáles pone a prueba una habilidad.
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1 month ago | 
olympics.com | Grace Goulding
The last time natural ice was used for Olympic speed skating was back in 1956, when athletes raced across the frozen surface of Lake Misurina in Cortina d’Ampezzo. Fast forward to the upcoming Olympic Winter Games, and speed skating, along with short track speed skating, returns to Italy, this time with all the latest bells and whistles.
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1 month ago | 
olympics.com | Grace Goulding
Since the inception of the ice hockey Women’s World Championship in 1990, the script has been remarkably predictable. The final act always features the same two protagonists: the United States and Canada. For decades, their flags have flown side by side on the highest steps of the podium, an unbroken duopoly that’s been both inspiring for North American fans and frustrating for the rest of the world’s hockey hopefuls.
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1 month ago | 
olympics.com | Grace Goulding
Washington’s Alex Ovechkin netted his 895th NHL goal, officially surpassing ice hockey legend Wayne Gretzky’s long-standing record of 894. Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin officially became the National Hockey League's all-time leading goal scorer on 6 April, netting his 895th career goal in a 4–1 loss to the New York Islanders to break Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky’s 31-year-old record.
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1 month ago | 
olympics.com | Grace Goulding
Washington Capitals-Kapitän Alex Ovechkin hat am 6. April beim 1:4 seiner New York Islanders in seiner 20. NHL-Saison sein 895. Tor erzielt und damit den 31 Jahre alten NHL-Torrekord von Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky gebrochen. Der mit Spannung erwartete Schuss erfolgte während eines Überzahlspiels im Zweiten Drittel, als Ovechkin einen Fernschuss an Islanders-Goalie Ilya Sorokin vorbei ins Netz jagte.
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1 month ago | 
olympics.com | Grace Goulding
If you haven’t heard the name Jordan Stolz yet, you will soon enough. As the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 beckons on the horizon, all eyes in the world of speed skating are turning towards one remarkable young athlete from Wisconsin. At just 20 years of age, Stolz is a triple threat, with three potential gold medals glittering tantalisingly within his reach across the 500m, 1000m, and 1500m events.
