Les Carpenter

Washington, D.C.

Olympics Reporter at The Washington Post

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World Boxing: Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif must undergo gender test

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Les Carpenter

World Boxing: Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif must undergo gender test (washingtonpost.com) World Boxing: Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif must undergo gender test By Les Carpenter 2025053019314200 Imane Khelif, the Algerian boxer who won a gold medal at last summer's Paris Olympics while at the center of controversy, was banned by World Boxing until she takes a gender test.
El COI reafirma su política y cierra la puerta a Rusia para los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno de 2026

1 week ago | infobae.com | Les Carpenter

A menos de nueve meses de los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno de Milán-Cortina, el Comité Olímpico Internacional reafirmó su política de prohibir la participación de los equipos ruso y bielorruso. Esto significa que los equipos rusos de hockey masculino y femenino no podrán participar en los Juegos del próximo año, lo que acaba con cualquier esperanza de que la estrella de los Washington Capitals, Alex Ovechkin, máximo goleador histórico de la NHL, participe en los Juegos Olímpicos.
IOC reaffirms policy, closing door on Russia for 2026 Winter Olympics

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Les Carpenter

IOC reaffirms policy, closing door on Russia for 2026 Winter Olympics (washingtonpost.com) IOC reaffirms policy, closing door on Russia for 2026 Winter Olympics By Les Carpenter 2025052718575300 Less than nine months before the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, the International Olympic Committee reaffirmed its policy barring Russian and Belarusian teams from participating.
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1 week ago | stuff.co.nz | Les Carpenter
Two women are shattering a figure skating taboo by dancing together

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Les Carpenter

Two women are shattering a figure skating taboo by dancing together (washingtonpost.com) Two women are shattering a figure skating taboo by dancing together By Les Carpenter 2025052412080600 One night in late February, Madison Hubbell and Gabriella Papadakis, Olympic gold medal ice dancers, glided into a skating exhibition in Zurich's 85-year-old Hallenstadion to shatter one of figure skating's great taboos by performing not with their longtime male partners but each other. They held hands,...
Ilia Malinin is atop the world again, and the Olympics are on the way

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Les Carpenter

Ilia Malinin is atop the world again, and the Olympics are on the way (washingtonpost.com) Ilia Malinin is atop the world again, and the Olympics are on the way By Les Carpenter 2025033002281700 BOSTON — Ilia Malinin breezed into this week's figure skating world championships with the cool of a 20-year-old who already has one world title, three national championships and a budding merch empire built around his assortment of quadruple jumps and his Instagram name of "quadg0d." Just in case...
In a stunner, Alysa Liu completes return to skating with gold at worlds

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Les Carpenter

In a stunner, Alysa Liu completes return to skating with gold at worlds (washingtonpost.com) In a stunner, Alysa Liu completes return to skating with gold at worlds By Les Carpenter 2025032902304800 BOSTON — The impossible comeback had become a party now.
A forgotten dress was the start of a 41-year-old skating champ’s troubles

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Les Carpenter

A forgotten dress was the start of a 41-year-old skating champ’s troubles (washingtonpost.com) A forgotten dress was the start of a 41-year-old skating champ’s troubles By Les Carpenter 2025032717594700 BOSTON — Last March, at 40 years old, Deanna Stellato-Dudek became the oldest woman to win an Olympic or world figure skating championship when she and her pairs partner, Maxime Deschamps, won the pairs world title.
Alysa Liu’s first-place short program is worth a smile and a wonder

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Les Carpenter

Alysa Liu’s first-place short program is worth a smile and a wonder (washingtonpost.com) Alysa Liu’s first-place short program is worth a smile and a wonder By Les Carpenter 2025032623460400 BOSTON — Can there be a better story in figure skating, maybe in all of sports, right now than Alysa Liu, the U.S. Olympic skater who quit the sport at 16 and has returned three years later better than ever?
Stuff

2 months ago | stuff.co.nz | Les Carpenter