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Better than gold? $100,000 for US athletes who make the Winter Olympics and Paralympics​

NEW YORK (AP) — The stakes for all these U.S. skiers, skaters, snowboarders and sliders over the next 100 days could not be more clear.

A chance for Olympic glory.

A chance to compete for a gold medal.

And this year, for the first time, a chance to make $100,000.

Thanks to a recent record $100 million donation to the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Foundation, athletes who make the U.S. Olympic or Paralympic teams starting next year in Milan-Cortina will be eligible to receive a $100,000 award when they retire.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ot...-and-paralympics/ar-AA1PrATy?ocid=socialshare
 
searcher said:

Better than gold? $100,000 for US athletes who make the Winter Olympics and Paralympics​

NEW YORK (AP) — The stakes for all these U.S. skiers, skaters, snowboarders and sliders over the next 100 days could not be more clear.

A chance for Olympic glory.

A chance to compete for a gold medal.

And this year, for the first time, a chance to make $100,000.

Thanks to a recent record $100 million donation to the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Foundation, athletes who make the U.S. Olympic or Paralympic teams starting next year in Milan-Cortina will be eligible to receive a $100,000 award when they retire.

Read the rest:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ot...-and-paralympics/ar-AA1PrATy?ocid=socialshare
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Awww....interest is lagging, among athletes? They no like the chix-wif-dix in the ladies' lockers; or the opening ceremonies' salutes to Satanism? Or the annoying Alphabet Liars, there to smear any athlete whose personal life and opinions, do not comport with the Approved Narratives?

So now they are gonna PAY them, to stand there and subjugate themselves to the Prince of Darkness and all the queer deviancy the organizers can devise.

I don't know if it'll draw moar athletes. It will absolutely not add to viewers, already bilious with Woke insanity.
 
The Russians won't be there so the medals will be meaningless, plus the israelis will be there so there will be protests...Lake Placid Olympics again. Carter is dead so at least he can't fuck it up.
 
I'm with Casey on this. I have ZERO interest in the Olympics,....winter or summer and for exactly the reasons he laid out.
 

Olympic flame begins journey to Milan Cortina Winter Games​

Nov 26, 2025
After a short tour of Greece and a handover on Dec. 4, the flame will begin a 63-day, 12,000-kilometer relay through all 110 Italian provinces, highlighting cultural sites and host venues before reaching Milan’s San Siro Stadium for the opening ceremony.


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0:20 Okay, I'm done.
The initial image looks like she is wearing a steel garbage can.
 
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0:20 Okay, I'm done.
The initial image looks like she is wearing a steel garbage can.
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Made me spit my coffee. But, yer right...

Notice, too, the slave getup the MALE runner has to wear, as he genuflects to the priestesses of Hypergamy...
 
searcher said:

Olympic flame begins journey to Milan Cortina Winter Games​

Nov 26, 2025
After a short tour of Greece and a handover on Dec. 4, the flame will begin a 63-day, 12,000-kilometer relay through all 110 Italian provinces, highlighting cultural sites and host venues before reaching Milan’s San Siro Stadium for the opening ceremony.


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GIVE .A .SHIT......:rolleyes::cautious:
 
Every time politicians get involved with the Olympics, it goes to hell.
 
Russia keeps hoping that everything will go back to normal after the Ukraine Azov situation is resolved - normal trade, cars from Japan and Germany; technology from the US, clothing from European fashion labels.

It will not. This is a new chapter. What traditions of freedom survives this Fourth Turning, will survive in Russia, it seems. Because of course they're a lot closer to their last Fourth Turning than are we. They remember. They're building a new society and it's working.

They learned from the West, while the West forgot.

But there's no room for Olympic-style international spectacles in this Brave New World. Just as there's not going to be free movement of goods on the high seas - as what's left of America, now abandons that principle. Russia is not rich enough or with enough stature to police the seas, the way the Allied and later US Navy did.

They would be well-advised to hunker down themselves - learn to survive as an isolationist society. All that comes from the former Western "democracies" will be toxic.
 

Alysa Liu: The 60 Minutes Interview​

Jan 4, 2026
U.S. figure skater Alysa Liu retired at just 16. After years away from the rink, she laced up her skates for a comeback and is now a favorite to win gold at the Winter Olympics.


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The US government doesn’t fund Olympic athletes. So one man is paying them $200,000 each.​

Team USA has won more Olympic medals than any other nation on earth. But unlike other powerhouses of the Games, the U.S. government doesn’t spend a dime rewarding Olympic athletes. Any prize money comes mainly from sponsorship and the sale of broadcast rights.

One man is hoping to give them a little more financial security. Starting from the Milan Cortina Olympics next month, financier Ross Stevens will give $200,000 to each U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athlete, regardless of performance. Half will come 20 years after their first qualifying Olympic appearance or at age 45, whichever comes later. Another $100,000 will be in the form of a guaranteed-benefit life-insurance policy for their families.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ot...hem-200-000-each/ar-AA1V5sXX?ocid=socialshare
 

Meet the Military Athletes Competing in the 2026 Winter Olympics​

The 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina, Italy, are fast approaching. As always, there's a contingent of U.S. military athletes who have qualified to represent their country on the biggest sports stage in the world.

While this Olympics will not feature any athletes from the Navy or Marine Corps, there are plenty of World Class Athlete Program participants from the Army and Air Force — including one who was named as a flagbearer for the opening ceremony.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is looking forward to speaking with several of these athletes during morale calls ahead of the games.

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Winter Olympics today: Lindsey Vonn 'stable' after crash in downhill​

MILAN — The 2026 Winter Olympics rolled into another packed day Sunday, Feb. 8, with all eyes on Lindsey Vonn. But the excitement quickly turned to concern when Vonn suffered a major crash in the women's downhill. The 41-year-old was competing with a torn ACL.

Vonn caught a gate with her right arm, which caused her to spin around. Her legs went akimbo and her weight was too far back on her skis to recover. She tumbled on her side and then somersaulted. The crash happened about 13 to 14 seconds into the run. Vonn could be heard wailing in pain, and a helicopter was on the scene to transport her for care.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ot...rash-in-downhill/ar-AA1VUEkb?ocid=socialshare
 
chieftain said:
OMG the Winter Olympics are here!!! Anyway...
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I seem to remember that the cold shooting event is supposed to mimic the Finnish sharpshooting against the Russian invaders. I would like to watch a properly edited * video of that event.

* Of course, removing every second that is not part of the actual competition. Not one minute, not one second, not one millisecond.
 
searcher said:
The 41-year-old was competing with a torn ACL.
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Forty-one and doing competitive skiing?

I applaud the spirit. I give a thumbs-down on the sense.

I QUIT skiing at about that age. I could see, and feel, the body wasn't up to what it had been. Months later, trying for some aerobic activity, I took up running - seven years after I'd stopped, since railroad work made finding-time hard.

I still had the aerobic ability, even though I was 240 pounds of fat. But it ended a month later when I blew out a knee, and almost medically lost my job (which I would, many years later).

Since, I'd broken my hip in what would have been a minor fall (in a parking lot) off a motorcycle. THAT tells me my bones are on-schedule to get brittle.

Age is A Thing. You hear these aging feminists tell the world, "Forty is the new 20!!" or similar? In their dreams. Age is reality. What you want to do at 13, bores you at 30. What you can do at 20, is uncomfortable at 40 and dangerous at 50.

Where were the authorities or eligibility-screeners on the US team? Were they that desperate for bodies?
 
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