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Les Carpenter

Washington, D.C.

Olympics Reporter at The Washington Post

Washington Post sports writer

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  • 4 weeks 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.

  • 1 month 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.

  • 1 month 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.

  • 1 month ago | stuff.co.nz | Les Carpenter

  • 1 month 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,...

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30 Mar 25

Ilia Malinin wins figure skating world championship again - The Washington Post https://t.co/Rmdkge8jrA

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29 Mar 25

In return to figure skating, American Alysa Liu wins world title - The Washington Post https://t.co/K0wjHKFf5E