Probe After Guard Dies at Olympic Site

Who would have imagined just 3 weeks away from the Olympics, US and Canada’s skeleton teams would be caught up in a full-fledged clash? Definitely wasn’t on our cards for 2026. But before you get to that, an unfortunate news comes in from near an Olympic site where investigation got underway after a guard passed away during his night shift.

AROUND THE RINGS

TODAY’S POLL

As you read above, five-time Winter Olympian Katie Uhlaender has alleged that the Canadian Head Coach deliberately pulled four of its six athletes from an upcoming competition. Because in Skeleton, a reduced field means fewer qualifying points. This means Katie misses her sixth Olympic chance. So tell us,

FROM THE NCAA MATS

Yesterday marked a special debut in NCAA gymnastics!

Ana Barbosu, the Romanian gymnast who was involved in the Paris Olympics bronze medal controversy with Jordan Chiles made her NCAA debut for Stanford gymnastics. And her floor exercise performance (the very apparatus at the center of the dispute), was one to watch!

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