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Les Carpenter

Les Carpenter

Sports Writer and Olympics Reporter at The Washington Post

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  • English
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  • Olympics

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Recent Articles

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World Boxing: Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif must undergo gender test

The Algerian fighter who won amid controversy at the Paris Olympics is banned until clearing a requirement instituted by the sport’s new governing body.
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Two women are shattering a figure skating taboo by dancing together

With male participation dwindling amid colliding stereotypes and traditions, Gabriella Papadakis and Madison Hubbell offer bold statement on the sport’s future.
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Ilia Malinin is atop the world again, and the Olympics are on the way

Malinin looked all but invincible in Boston as he defended his world championship with ease, but he knows there’s room for improvement ahead of Milan in 2026.
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In a stunner, Alysa Liu completes return to skating with gold at wo...

Alysa Liu becomes the first U.S. woman to win a world figure skating title since 2006, and two other Americans finish in the top five in a promising showing.
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Alysa Liu’s first-place short program is worth a smile and a wonder

Three years after quitting figure skating, the 19-year-old American is having fun and on top of the world championships.
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World Athletics to require gender test for female track and field a...

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said the testing plan is “not just talking about the integrity of female, women’s sport but actually guaranteeing it.”
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Olympic boxing was all but dead. Now the IOC has saved it.

The International Olympic Committee has voted to save Olympic boxing just months after fiascos and scandals seemed to put its future in doubt.
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His father changed the Olympics. Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr. wants h...

Decades after his father modernized the Olympics, Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr. is running for IOC president and aiming to adapt the Games to a new landscape.
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NBC will spend $3 billion to extend U.S. Olympics rights through 2036

By securing the broadcast rights for the 2034 Salt Lake City Games, the network locks down two Olympics in the U.S. in the next decade.
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IOC gives provisional status to World Boxing, boosting L.A. 2028 ou...

After running the past two Olympic competitions and cutting ties with the previous governing body, the IOC moves toward restoring the sport to the program.
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American sports fans don’t know Jordan Stolz. They’re about to.

With the Milan-Cortina Olympics a year away, the 20-year-old speedskater won 18 straight races.