With the Winter Youth Olympic Games heading to Gangwon in four years, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) can safely bill the event as being part of the legacy of Pyeongchang 2018.
La Plagne will return to the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup circuit tomorrow, with the competition take place at the venue for the first time since 2015.
South Korea's Olympic skeleton champion Sungbin Yun earned his 10th World Cup victory at Winterberg today, holding off strong German opposition.
Sochi's first races on the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) circuit since 2015 have been hailed as a success by Russian Bobsleigh Federation (RBF) President Elena Anikina.
Olympic bronze medallist Dom Parsons will return to skeleton for the 2019-2020 World Cup season after being named in Britain's squad.
The applications are in for the four vacant International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) Athetes' Advisory Committee positions, with a variety of candidates putting their names forward.
Tony Wallington has been appointed the new President of the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association (BBSA).
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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