TSX RECAP: IOC Coordination Commission applauds LA28 progress; U.S. ski star Vonn returns; Grand Slam Track 2025 also in Philadelphia!
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≡ THE 5-RING CIRCUS ≡
● LOS ANGELES 2028: IOC Coordination Commission met in Los Angeles and praised LA28's progress, but also noted that when people think of L.A., they expect to be "wowed." Read more here: https://bit.ly/40HBbyW
● ALPINE SKIING: It’s official! Olympic Downhill champion Lindsey Vonn, 40, officially returns to racing with the U.S. Ski Team. No date for her first race was announced.? Read more here: https://bit.ly/3Z77qGH
● ATHLETICS: The fourth Grand Slam Track first-year venue is Philadelphia's historic Franklin Field. The meet there will be held from 30 May-1 June, 2025.? Read more here: https://bit.ly/3O9UJog
● INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE: World Athletics President and IOC Presidential candidate Sebastian Coe said in an interview that he thinks Olympic Movement funding needs to be revamped, along with stronger protections for women’s sport. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3YS2mnU ?
≡ PANORAMA ≡
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● Salt Lake City 2034: One reason Salt Lake City got the 2034 Winter Games is its 2002 Winter Games venues are always in use. This season, 14 events are scheduled at these sites between now and March!
● World University Games: The third FISU Americas Games concluded, in Cali, Colombia, with 17 nations and 13 sports on the program. Host Colombia won the most medals with 111.?
● Alpine Skiing: One of the best promotional gimmicks on the FIS Alpine World Cup is in Levi, Finland, where the winners of the Slalom races “win” a reindeer! Actually, they just get to name one, and American star Mikaela Shiffrin is going after her eighth this weekend!
● Football: The U.S. men’s National Team managed a 1-0 win at Jamaica in the first leg of a CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal, on a fifth-minute goal by Ricardo Pepi. The rematch is in St. Louis on Monday.
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