Michael Pavitt Senior reporter

Since joining insidethegames.biz in 2015, Michael Pavitt has covered a variety of international multi-sport events, including the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics and Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

His questioning led to insidethegames exclusively revealing Russia’s 15-year-old Kamila Valieva had tested positive for banned drugs before Beijing 2022.

Michael has reported from the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, two editions of the Pan American Games, as well as the European Games, Pacific Games and the Asian Winter Games.

Michael has also covered multiple IOC Sessions, ANOC General Assemblies and International Federation Congresses.

Michael Pavitt

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World champions celebrate with more success in Lake Placid

By Michael Pavitt

Canada reigned supreme with two gold and two bronze medals in Lake Placid ©FISCanadian dominance of the moguls season continued at Lake Placid with newly crowned Freestyle Skiing World Championship gold medallists Justine Dufour-Lapointe and Mikael Kingsbury topping the podiums once again at the International Skiing Federation (FIS) World Cup.