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Lasha Talakhadze

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PANORAMA: NHL in for Winter Olympics for sure; airbags for alpine speed skiers; world’s strongest Talakhadze headed for Georgia Parliament!

1896 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Strong poll for Sweden as 2030 Winter host; not so much for Brisbane 2032; suspended sentences in Tokyo 2020 bribery case

2024 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: FIFA sets staggering $11 billion revenue goal for 2023-26; World Cup ‘26 format to be revisited; Zelensky asks IOC to isolate Russia

1936 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: World leads for Duplantis and Ealey in Hengelo; Johnson’s Olympic Oak monument process advances; Phelps leads USOPC Hall selections

Alpine Skiing

HIGHLIGHTS: Astounding 1,085-pound world weightlifting record for Talakhadze; Haughey sets world mark in Short-Course Worlds; U.S. men edge BIH, 1-0

2020 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: Tokyo cancellation comes up again; Coleman’s suspension for Tokyo Games confirmed; Talakhadze lifts 1,069 pounds!

5-Ring Circus

THE BIG PICTURE: German documentary drops a bomb on weightlifting, alleging doping and financial corruption

Olympic-sport Reports & Results

WEIGHTLIFTING: China dominates in Pattaya as word records set in nine classes

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2028 Olympic Games

LOS ANGELES 2028: LA28 announces most of the remaining Olympic venues, all in Southern California

Surfing

SURFING: Fascinating battle underway as U.S. Ski & Snowboard tries to take over as U.S. National Governing Body for surfing!

1984 Olympic Games

PANORAMA: Commonwealth Sport chief Jenkins steps down; man who hit van der Poel with water bottle during Paris-Roubaix turns himself in!

Olympic Winter Games 2026

MILAN CORTINA 2026: Elegant, spare 2026 Olympic and Paralympic torches revealed in Milan and Osaka

5-Ring Circus

PANORAMA: Milan Cortina ‘26 budget increases (a little); FIFA gifts $1 million to 11 U.S. cities; Martens crushes men’s 400 m Free world record!