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07/06/11 The International Olympic Committee announced Wednesday its pick for the host city of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games -- Pyeongchang, South Korea.
07/05/11 USA Shooting is honored to announce that 1996 Olympian Sergeant First Class Eric Uptagrafft, of Phenix City, has qualified for a nomination to the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team pending approval by the United States Olympic Committee.
07/03/11 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Where there once was unmistakable acrimony, there's now lots of harmony between the U.S. Olympic Committee and the Olympic national governing bodies it serves, the result of improved communication by the USOC and a louder voice at the table for the NGBs. Relationships that were broken have been repaired in the 18 months that Scott Blackmun has worked as chief executive ...
06/30/11 American Jamie Beyerle, the world's top-ranked 3-position rifle shooter, has qualified for the 2012 Olympics. USA Shooting says Beyerle, of Lebanon, Pa., will compete in her second straight Olympics in that event, pending formal approval of her nomination by the U.S. Olympic Committee. Beyerle finished fifth in the 3-position competition at Beijing in 2008.
06/11/11 The following businesses are mentioned in today's Business Digest: Wendy Wheeler; Edward Jones; The New England Employee Benefits Council (NEEBC); MetroWest Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours; St. Mary's Credit Union; SunRun; Staples, Olympic Committee and Team USA Shop;
06/07/11 USA Triathlon, U.S. Olympic Committee to support landmark program
05/20/11 Almost 10 percent of Americans who competed at the most recent Summer Paralympics had served in the military, and the U.S. Olympic Committee wants to bring more disabled veterans into the fold to narrow the gap with Paralympic powers China and Great Britain.Perhaps the most efficient means of the...
05/19/11 LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee is in talks to extend existing sponsorship deals with Acer, McDonald's and General Electric to include the 2014-2016 two-Games package or beyond, it said on Thursday.
05/12/11 The U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) announced BMX rider Corben Sharrah (Tucson, Ariz./GT Bicycles) placed third in its April Athletes of the Month, while triathlete Hunter Kemper and Hilary Knight won the menandrsquo;s and womenandrsquo;s awards, respectively and figure skating duo, Meryl Davis and Charlie White, was awarded Team of the Month honors. Knight, Davis and White all claimed gold for ...
04/29/11 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, April 29. THE U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) announced today that Peter Vidmar, two-time Olympic gold medalist and chairman of USA Gymnastics, and Aimee Mullins, Paralympian in track and field, have been selected to serve as Chef de Mission of Team USA for the Games of the XXX Olympiad and the 14th Paralympic Games, respectively, to be held in London in 2012.
04/21/11 Lake Forest High School recently honored three graduates with spots on the Alumni Wall of Fame. Scott Blackmun, class of 1975, John Moulder, class of 1979, and Tod Falor Stuessy, class of 1961, were inducted into the Wall of Fame on April 13. Scott Blackmun Blackmun is the CEO of the United States Olympic Committee.
04/20/11 The U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) announced today at a press event at L.A. LIVE that the 2012 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships will be held at The Home Depot Center Velodrome, an AEG-owned and operated facility, in Carson, Calif., Feb. 10-12. The competition will welcome approximately 230 athletes from 30 countries and serve as the final qualifying event for U.S. athletes to be ...
03/14/11 ATLANTA - The U.S. Olympic Committee board will add five members Tuesday, as three former corporate executives, a national governing body head and a retired Olympic skier participate in the Colorado Springs-based policy-setting panel's first meeting of the year.Undertaking unpaid, four-year...
02/11/11 "Citius, Altius, Fortius." The motto- which may be better known as "Faster, Higher, Stronger"- for the Olympic Games. While the Olympics themselves will probably never be hosted in Frostburg, a part of the games' legacy will be here this month. John Crawley, the High Performance Director of Team Sports with the Sports Performance Division of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) in Chula ...
02/10/11 Gia Kvaratskhelia, an assistant fencing coach and foil specialist at the University of Notre Dame, has been named the 2010 U.S. Fencing National Coach of the Year, it was announced by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) earlier this week.
01/07/11 Elizabeth Hurley, executive director of the Grant Park Music Festival and a former development officer of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, has been named vice president for development at the Art Institute of Chicago, effective Feb. 14.Hurley, 48, served for a little more than a year at Grant Park. After leaving the CSO, she held fund-raising positions at the United States Olympic Committee and ...
12/21/10 Officials believe the region should be prepared if the U.S. Olympic Committee comes calling for a Reno/Tahoe bid for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
12/13/10 PARK CITY, UTAH - The National Ability Center NAC, in conjunction with U.S. Paralympics, a division of the U.S. Olympic Committee, will host a muster of the Community Based Warrior Transition Unit CBWTU, headquartered at Camp Williams, Utah, beginning Monday, December 13 to Saturday, December 18, 2010 at various locations around the Park City area including the Bronfman Family Recreation Center...
12/12/10 While the 2022 Winter Olympics is years away, the Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition is working largely out of the spotlight in preparing its bid for the U.S. Olympic Committee to contend for the games.
12/11/10 While the 2022 Winter Olympics is years away, the Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition is working largely behind the scenes in preparing its bid for the U.S. Olympic Committee to contend for the games.
12/09/10 The International Olympic Committee would be happy to see another Middle Eastern bid for the Games, the IOC president Jacques Rogge said Thursday. | 
