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In February , wrestling was dropped from the core sports list, and joined with baseball and softball joint bid , climbing , karate , roller sport , squash , wakeboard and wushu to attempt to gain a place on the program for In May the IOC cut Karate, roller sports, sport climbing, wakeboarding and wushu from this list, leaving Baseball-softball, squash and wrestling to be shortlisted. Then in September , they voted to return wrestling to the list of sports for the Olympic program.
In , further voting was held for the inclusion of more sports. More can be found on Discontinued Olympic Sports. These were the events at the ancient Olympic Games. There is more information on the Ancient Events page.
Check out the list of olympic sports , as well as discontinued and demonstration sports. But in , Bailey won the U. And in PyeongChang, Bailey hopes to once again make history. The Olympian earned a silver medal in the mass start at the world championships in in Austria. Meyers Taylor was the first American woman to ever win a bobsled world championship in The two-time Olympic medalist has also advanced gender equality in the sport.
She has competed in the 4-man event with three male brakemen, a first for the Winter Olympic sport that had required women to race only two-person sleds. The multiple-Olympic medalist made history in the Winter Olympic sport in when he won the U.
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Teammate Kikkan Randall won a world championship medal in the sprint just after giving birth to her first child, and Sadie Bjornsen began her world cup season with a second-place finish in November in Finland. In February , Diggins and Randall made history when they earned silver and bronze medals in the world championship sprints.
Team USA is hoping to return to the podium after a more-than-decade-long curling drought. His teammate Joe Polo will also compete in PyeongChang. A rising figure skating star, Nathan Chen was the first U. As the Four Continents champion and U.
Other figure skaters to watch: Siblings Maia and Alex Shibutani. They are world bronze medalists and two-time U. Kenworthy has landed on the podium for the halfpipe in international competition as well, including a halfpipe win during his season at the U.
Sports of the Olympic Games
Most dominant athlete of Simone Biles This was the year that the greatest gymnast of all time showed that not a damn thing will ever stand in her way. The Conversation with Katie Ledecky The Olympian tells espnW's Allison Glock how she went from swimming at the local pool as a way to meet friends to repeatedly smashing world records. Team Sky losing sponsorship isn't the end Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas believes Team Sky will remain united even after their title sponsor withdraws at the end of Favorable draw for U.
Soccer's top female player Alex Morgan, whose 18 goals led the U.
Recent Changes
Serena Williams, gymnastics and how galvanized women's anger Best-selling author Rebecca Traister spoke to espnW's Allison Glock about why we need to embrace making people uncomfortable and how, when all else fails, sometimes you just need to go for a run. McLaren enters professional cycling with Bahrain-Merida McLaren will enter the world of professional cycling after announcing a joint venture deal with Team Bahrain-Merida.
MSU's termination of the survivors' Healing Assistance Fund Michigan State said it's closing its Healing Assistance Fund, created to provide financial help for counseling and mental health services for Larry Nassar survivors.