Latest Olympics News
- U.S. skeleton at the 2022 Winter Olympics: Five-timer Katie Uhlaender leads smallest team since 2002Just three athletes, including five-time Olympian Katie Uhlaendar, were named to the U.S. skeleton team for the 2022 Winter Games.
- Who's qualified for Team USA at the 2022 Winter Olympics?Find out which athletes will be representing the United States at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
- U.S. bobsled team named for 2022 Winter Olympics; Four-timers Humphries and Meyers Taylor aim for goldThe United States' bobsled team for the 2022 Winter Olympics features medal-favorites like Kaillie Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor.
- Bobsled 101: Who's Qualified for Team USA?Learn about the qualification process for bobsled at the Beijing Olympic Games.
- 2022 European Figure Skating Championships results: Russians sweep, Kamila Valieva first in freeAt the 2022 European Figure Skating Championships, Russians like Kamila Valieva scored big.
- This weekend on the road to the Olympics: Shaun White faces halfpipe favorites at Laax OpenTV, live stream schedules, and what to watch this weekend (January 14-16) in the world of winter sports.
- USA Hockey announces 2022 men's Olympic rosterMichigan Wolverines Matty Beniers and Brendan Brisson headline the U.S. men's Olympic hockey team.
- Meet the Athletes: Ryan Cochran-SiegleGet to know Team USA Alpine skier - and maple syrup farmer - Ryan Cochran-Siegle.
- Podcast: How curlers are trying to make their sport more inclusiveJohn Shuster, Vernon Davis and other members of the curling community discussed diversity initiatives on the "My New Favorite Olympian" podcast.
- 2022 European Figure Skating Championships results: Kamila Valieva breaks own world short program record, Shcherbakova fallsKamila Valiyeva broke a short program world record with 90.45 points at the 2022 European Figure Skating Championships.
- Podcast: Why Nick Goepper, other skiers seek the thrills and dangers of catching big airNick Goepper, Josh Dueck and Jay Rawe join NBC Olympics' podcast, "The Podium," to discuss their passion for big air — no matter the cost.
- Peacock to simul-stream European Figure Skating ChampionshipsWatch the 2022 European Figure Skating Championships on Peacock.
- Meet the Athletes: Mikaela ShiffrinGet to know three-time Olympic medalist Alpine skier, Mikaela Shiffrin.
- Meet the 2022 U.S. Figure Skating Olympic TeamMeet the U.S. figure skating team headed to the 2022 Winter Olympics.
- Meet the Athletes: David WiseThe family man and outdoor enthusiast remains the only winner of Olympic men's freeski halfpipe gold, capturing the event's two titles in Sochi and PyeongChang.
- Meet the Athletes: Red GerardThe Colorado native surprised even himself by winning 2018 PyeongChang slopestyle gold at age 17, becoming snowboarding's youngest athlete to win a Games title.
- Meet the Athletes: Jamie AndersonThe three-time Olympic snowboarding medalist aims to seize slopestyle gold for the U.S. at a third straight Games, and also improve on her 2018 big air silver.
- Meet the Athletes: Maddie MastroThe SoCal snowboarder has won a pair of halfpipe medals at both the X Games and world championships but is still in search of her first Olympic podium finish.
- Meet the Athletes: Chloe KimA year after winning Olympic gold at 17, the U.S. snowboarder took time off to heal and attend college. Now she's back, ready to raise her sport to new levels.
- Dunklee, Egan lead finalized 2022 U.S. Olympic biathlon teamMeet the eight biathletes who will represent Team USA at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
Local Olympics Stories
Feel Good Friday - Former Olympics coach Steve Morgenthaler
Last week, SoKY Sunrise's Tej Joshi sat down with Steve Morgenthaler, a former Olympic coach who now lives in Bowling Green. For a full look at the SoKY Sunrise Olympics Special, click…
SoKY Sunrise: Summer Sports Edition
The Olympics are officially here and Southcentral Kentucky has special ties to games. On this special edition of SoKY Sunrise, we look to the past, present, and future of the Olympics.
WKU Track & Field: Finn, Smellie, Owusu-Antwi Add to Hilltopper Olympians
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Track & Field alumni Michelle Finn, Gavin Smellie and Martin Owusu-Antwi made their Olympic Track & Field rosters, making four former Hilltoppers set to compete in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at the end of July…
Hilltopper star turns Olympic hopeful
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Since leaving Bowling Green, former Western Kentucky basketball star A.J. Slaughter has played internationally for various club teams in Italy, France, Greece and Spain. The Louisville native…
Former WKU thrower qualifies for Tokyo Olympics
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Former WKU Track & Field thrower Jessica Ramsey set a new Olympic Trials meet record late Thursday evening to win the women’s shot…
Local boxer Madison Carver sets sights on winning Olympic Gold Medal
FRANKLIN, Ky. - Madison Carver is not your ordinary, everyday teenager. Unlike most girls her age, the 16-year-old Franklin native spends her free time training…
Local teen swims in Olympic qualifying trials
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - A Warren County native and recent Greenwood High School graduate swam in the qualifiers for the 2020 Olympics this past weekend. According to a…
Warren County high school student qualifies for Olympic Swimming Trials
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - A Greenwood High School student now qualifies for the Olympic Trials after meeting the time requirements for the 100-meter breaststroke Sunday morning. One local swimmer is…
Latest Olympics Video Highlights
- Wengen: Lucas Braathen earns first World Cup slalom winIn Wengen, Switzerland, Norway's Lucas Braathen earns his first World Cup slalom win by jumping ahead of 28 skiers.
- Font Romeu WC: Tess Ledeux wins ski slopestyle on home snowTess Ledeux of France, the 2017 world champ, won the Font Romeu freeski slopestyle World Cup at home for the fourth time in her career with superb first (86.46) and second (84.36) runs, the top two among all competitors.
- Font Romeu WC: Andri Ragettli triumphs in slopestyle returnCompeting for the first time in 10 months since injuring his knee, reigning slopestyle world champ Andri Ragettli of Switzerland scored an 86.36 on his first run to win the ski slopestyle World Cup in Font Romeu, France.
- Font Romeu WC: Cody LaPlante loses skis in crash, walks awayBoth of Cody LaPlante's skis flew off upon hitting his first run's second jump at the Font Romeu ski slopestyle World Cup in France; fortunately, despite the "major malfunction," the American walked away from the crash.
- Zauchensee: Federica Brignone wins second super-G of seasonZauchensee, Austria: Italy's Federica Brignone wins her second super-G World Cup title of the season in 1:10.84.
- Laax Open: Fitzsimons fronts 1-3-4 U.S. finish in slopestyleAmericans Sean Fitzsimons and Jake Canter checked off their first career World Cup podium finishes, placing first and third, while teammate Brock Crouch took fourth in the Laax Open men's snowboard slopestyle final.
- European Championships: Kamila Valieva falls, wins freeAt the 2022 European Figure Skating Championships, Russia's Kamila Valieva falls during her free skate, but still places first in both the day's event (168.61 points) and the combined score (259.06 points).
- European Championships: Shcherbakova's free earns her secondAt the 2022 European Figure Skating Championships, Anna Shcherbakova's free skate earns 168.37 points -- less than a point behind leader Kamila Valieva. Shcherbakova finished in second place overall.
- European Championships: Ekaterina Kurakova's amazing freeAt the 2022 European Figure Skating Championships, Ekaterina Kurakova's 137.26-point routine was good enough for a fourth-place free skate, and fifth place overall.
- Laax Open: Shaun White seizes podium spot, Ayumu Hirano winsAmerican Shaun White made his first halfpipe podium since winning 2018 PyeongChang Olympic gold, leaning on a signature double McTwist 1260 to grab third; Ayumu Hirano won while Scotty James was subpar in his return.
