There have been a lot of retirements from sport in the past year:
Alysa Liu - USA women's figure skater
Cat Osterman - USA softball player
Carli Lloyd - USA women's soccer player
Gigi Marvin - USA women's hockey player
Jake Gibb - American beach volleyball player
Justin Gatlin - USA men's sprinter
Kohei Uchimora - Japanese gymnast
Valerie Adams - New Zealand shot putter
Gus Kenworthy - USA/British freestyle skier
Shaun White - USA freestyle skier
Gable Steveson - USA amateur wrestler
Murphy Bromberg - USA Diver
Brian Johnson - American pairs figure skater
Townley Haas - USA swimmer
Andrew Wilson - USA swimmer
Haley Anderson - USA long distance swimmer
Monica Puig - Puerto Rican tennis player
Madison Hubbell/Zach Donohue - American Ice Dancers
Jen Suhr - American pole vaulter
Michelle Carter - American shot putter
Former IOC President Jacques Rogge died on August 29, 2021. He was 79 years old. Rogge was IOC President from 2001 to 2013.
American gold medal gymnast Suni Lee was selected to compete on Dancing with the Stars 2021 season.
The nation of North Korea is not allowed to compete at the Beijing winter games in 2022 because they decided not to compete in Tokyo 2021.
Kathy Carter has been named CEO of Los Angeles 2028. Carter was the marketing guru for LA 2028 before her promotion to CEO. Casey Wasserman is the Chair of LA 2028.
Beijing 2022 organizers have said there will be no overseas spectators at the games. Only Chinese citizens can attend. No families of athletes can attend the games in person. Also there will be a 21 day quarantine for athletes that are not vaccinated.
USA women's soccer star Carli Lloyd retired from the sport at age 39 on October 26, 2021. Lloyd scored 134 goals for team USA. Lloyd had 316 CAPS. Lloyd won gold medals for team USA at the 2008 Beijing games and 2012 London games. Lloyd won 2 women's World Cups with team USA in 2015 and 2019.
USA high jumper Erik Kynard has moved up from silver to gold at the 2012 London games. Russian Ivan Ukhov has been stripped of his gold medal by the IOC for doping. Kynard has since retired from the sport.
USA shot putter CJ Hunter has died at age 52 on November 28, 2021. Hunter was married to USA sprinter Marion Jones from 1998-2002. Hunter was suspended for two years due to steroid use in 2000. Hunter competed at the 1996 Atlanta games.
Former CEO of the IAAF Lamine Diack has died at age 88. Diack has been convicted of corruption in the IOC selection of Rio in 2016 and other illegal money issues involving IAAF athletes. Diack was under house arrest in France recently and died in his home country of Senegal.
Cheryl Reeve will take over the coaching duties for USA women's Olympic basketball for Dawn Staley. Reeve is the Minnesota Lynx head coach. Reeve has been an Assistant coach the past 2 Olympics for Team USA.
Several sports are out for the 2028 Los Angeles games. Boxing, Weightlifting and Modern Pentathlon are dropped as sports from the 2024 Paris games. Surfing, skateboarding and sport climbing are being contested at the 2028 Los Angeles games.
USA diver Jordan Windle has been indefinitely suspended by USA Safesport for possible misconduct.
The USOPC and USA women's gymnastics have reached a 380 million dollar settlement with the 500 sexual abuse survivors of Larry Nassar. This brings to a close a dark chapter in USA gymnastics history.
Current Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr will coach the USA men's Olympic basketball team at the 2024 Paris games. Kerr succeeds San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich as Team USA basketball coach.
USA Ice skater Bradie Tennell withdrew from the USA Figure Skating Championships due to a foot injury.
USA women Ice skaters Alysa Liu and Amber Glenn withdrew from the USA Figure Skating Championships due to COVID 19.
Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian athletes have been banned from the Paralympics (can compete as neutrals), and other World Championships ( Figure Skating, Swimming, Track and Field) and are being stripped of hosting sporting events indefinitely.
USA gold medal figure skater Nathan Chen has withdrawn from the 2022 Figure Skating World championships due to injury. USA skater Camden Pulkinen will replace Chen.
Japanese gold medal figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu will miss the 2022 Figure Skating World Championships with an injury that he sustained at the Beijing games.
Legendary USA 200/400 sprinter Allyson Felix says that the 2022 track season will be her last. Felix finished 6th in the 400 at the USA Track and Field Championships and did not qualify in that event but will run the relays for the USA at the World Track and Field Championships in July in Eugene, Oregon.
USA women's halfpipe gold medalist Chloe Kim does not plan on competing this upcoming season. Kim will concentrate on her mental health. Kim has won gold in the halfpipe at the 2018 Pyeongchang games and 2022 Beijing games.
USA women's 1500 and 5000 track star Shelby Houlihan lost her 4 year ban on appeal. Houlihan can return in 2025. Houlihan missed the 2021 Tokyo games and will miss the 2024 Paris games. Houlihan was banned for eating a tainted burrito which contained the illegal substance nandrolone.
There are several new beach volleyball partnerships for the USA in 2022. Kelley Kolinske will partner with Sara Hughes, Alix Klineman is recovering from shoulder surgery and April Ross will partner with Emily Day, Kelly Cheng (Klaes) will partner with Betsi Flint and Sarah Sponcil will partner with Terese Cannon. On the men's side, Nick Lucena will partner with Andy Benesh, Chase Budinger will partner with Troy Field, Taylor Crabb will partner with Taylor Sander, Jeremy Casebeer will partner with Billy Allen and John Hyden will partner with Logan Webber.
USA women's gymnastics has appointed Alicia Sacramone Quinn as High Performance Director - Srtategic Lead, Chellsie Memmell as High Performance Director - Technical Lead and Dan Baker - High Performance Director - Developmental Lead. There will be three directors of USA women's gymnastics. All three replace Tom Forster who resigned as High Performance Director in December 2021.
USA 1500 track star Matthew Centrowitz will miss the USA Track and Field Championships and the World Track and Field Championships in 2022 with a knee injury.
AVP Pro Tour 2022 Schedule
May 6-8 - Austin Open
May 27-29 - New Orleans Open
July 8-10 - Hermosa Beach Open
July 29-31 - Ft. Lauderdale Open
August 5-7 - Atlanta Open (Gold Series)
August 19-21 - Manhattan Beach Open (Gold Series)
Sept. 2-4 - Chicago Open (Gold Series)
Sept. 16-18 - Atlantic City Open
Sept. 23-24 - Phoenix Championships
The ISU has approved a minimum age to compete in future Olympic games for figure skaters. The minimum age to compete at the 2026 Olympics will be 17 years old. The minimum wage for figure skaters at the 2022 Beijing games was 15 years old. The minimum age for figure skaters will be 16 starting with the 2023-2024 season and 17 starting with the 2024-2025 season.
American wrestler Jordan Burroughs plans to retire after the 2024 Paris games. Burroughs won gold for the USA at the 2012 London games.
French Ice Dancers Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron will skip the 2022-2023 Figure Skating season to rest. Padadakis/Cizeron are the 2022 World Champions in Ice Dance.
Several new winter Olympic events have been added for 2026. Men's and women's freestyle skiing dual moguls, ski mountaineering men's and women's sprint and a mixed gender relay and men's and women's luge doubles. The Alpine skiing team event has been removed from the 2026 winter games.
USA 110 hurdler Devon Allen has signed a contract to play football for the Philadelphia Eagles for the 2022 season. Allen signed a 3 year contract. Allen will compete at the World Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon from July 15-24 then report to Eagles training camp. Allen plans to return to the track in the NFL off season.
The USA men's soccer team qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics while the USA women's soccer team qualified for the 2023 World Cup.
British long distance and marathon runner Mo Farah may retire after the London marathon this fall. Farah says he is probably done on the track but has not ruled out still competing until after the London Marathon. Farah won gold in the 5000 and 10,000 at the 2012 London Olympic games
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