Tag: olympic games
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Colorado Springs jeweler continues longstanding U.S. figure skating tradition
The Radix pin, awarded to U.S. figure skating medalists at the U.S. Championships, World Championships and the Olympic Games, weighs about an ounce and is not much bigger than a paper clip. But that tiny piece of metal contains multitudes. It’s a token representing years of hard work, a tangible reward for athletic excellence and…
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Olympic Games kickoff sparks Downtown Winter Fest in Colorado Springs
The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum will open its doors Saturday for a free celebration tied to the kickoff of the Olympic Games in Milan, Italy. Downtown Winter Fest will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., offering free admission to the museum and a full slate of family-friendly activities. Organized by Colorado Springs Sports…
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U.S. Figure Skating – remembering the team that perished in 1961 plane crash: From the archives
Tragedy is not new to Colorado Springs-based U.S. Figure Skating, which in 1961 saw all 18 members of the national team and another 16 family members, coaches, judges and skating officials who were part of the team’s traveling contingent perish in a plane crash in Belgium. Passengers aboard the American Airlines flight that collided Wednesday…
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The biggest winner in the Paris Olympics? The Sisterhood | Vince Bzdek
At the first modern Olympiad in Greece in 1896, an athletic woman from Syros seeking to improve her fortunes walked 6 miles to Athens in hopes of competing in the marathon. But women were barred from those first Olympics because Pierre de Coubertin, their founder, believed “an Olympiad with females would be impractical, uninteresting, unaesthetic…
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5 Olympic sports you might be surprised to see at the Paris Games this summer
For the next two weeks, we’ll watch as the nation’s top athletes will take the world stage for the next And you might be surprised at which new Olympic events you’ll see some of them competing in. While some Olympic events have existed since the ancient Games — running, wrestling and boxing to name a few —…
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Colorado Springs Olympic museum will celebrate start of Paris Games with free Downtown Summer Fest Saturday
Watching the Summer Olympics in Paris will be bittersweet for Samantha Schultz. The Colorado Springs Olympian competed in the women’s pentathlon during the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, which were postponed to 2021 due to the pandemic. She didn’t win a medal, but it was still a special season of life. “Sometimes it doesn’t seem…
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Paris won’t allow tourists free access to the Olympics opening ceremony along the Seine River
The French government says tourists won’t be allowed to watch the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics for free
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Like Banksy, France’s mystery ‘Invader’ marks cities with art. He could surprise the Paris Olympics
The millions of visitors who’ll flock to Paris for the Olympic Games will be crowding onto the turf of a mystery artist who calls himself “Invader.”
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Paris Olympics unveils art deco-style posters inspired by the city’s flamboyant past
Vibrant colors and striking landmarks illuminate posters for the Paris Olympic Games in an art deco style inspired by the city’s flamboyant past
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Surfers from Brazil and Australia win final Olympic qualifier in warm and windy Puerto Rico
Top surfers Gabriel Medina of Brazil and Sally Fitzgibbons of Australia have won the final qualifier for the upcoming Olympics following nine days of volatile weather