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(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Erin Jackson (USA) celebrates winning the gold medal in the speedskating women's 500m at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022.

Beyond Tik Tok: Utah Olympic organizers say technology will tether fans to future Games

By Julie Jag | March 9, 2023, 3:24 p.m.

(Amy Jimmerson | Red Bull) Colby Stevenson of Park City begins his blind entry into the narrow Corbet's Couloir during the Kings and Queens of Corbet's big mountain competition on Feb. 7, 2023. Stevenson won the king's crown.

Utahns crowned skiing royalty at King and Queen of Corbet’s

By Julie Jag | February 19, 2023, 1:00 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Snowboarder Dusty Hendrickson from Big Bear, Calif., throws down tricks on handrails at GRIT Rail Jam at The Gateway's Olympic Plaza on Feb. 18, 2023 as part of the NBA All-Star Weekend.

Rapper Travis Scott, Olympian Shaun White turn The Gateway into a snowboarding showcase during All-Star Weekend

By Julie Jag | February 19, 2023, 1:35 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fraser Bullock, the president and CEO of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games, left, speaks with House Speaker Brad Wilson, R-Kaysville, and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox as they attend the lighting of the cauldron on the 20-year anniversary of the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Opening Ceremony at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022.

Utah lawmakers pass Olympics bills that put support — and potentially money — behind another Salt Lake bid

By Julie Jag | February 17, 2023, 1:00 p.m.

(Brett Wilhelm | Red Bull Content Pool) Park City's Colby Stevenson, the 2022 Olympic silver medalist in big air skiing, begins his twisting backflip into the chute at Kings and Queens of Corbet’s at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Jackson, Wyo., on Feb. 7, 2023.

Utah skiers, snowboarders looking for crown at Kings and Queens of Corbet’s

By Julie Jag | February 11, 2023, 8:09 p.m.

(Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune) Family and friends of USA's Jaelin Kauf celebrate her win in the Ladies' Mogul Finals during the FIS Visa Freestyle International Ski World Cup at Deer Valley Resort on Thursday, January 11, 2018. After two years of being held during the daytime without fans because of COVID-19, the World Cup events returned under the lights for 2023.

Lights, and party, back for Deer Valley World Cup

By Julie Jag | February 4, 2023, 1:00 p.m.

(Db Journey) Sage Kotsenburg, a professional snowboarder and Olympic gold medalist from Park City, wears the Db Snow Pro vest equipped with the Safeback SBX system. Kotsenburg helped develop the vest and SBX system that can provide about 90 minutes of oxygen to the wearer if he or she is buried in an avalanche or tree well. It has been selected as a finalist for the Outdoor Retailer Innovation Award.

Could an avalanche vest become a staple for resort skiers, snowboarders?

By Julie Jag | January 12, 2023, 9:28 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Olympic cauldron is lit up on the 20-year anniversary of the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Opening Ceremony at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. The International Olympic Committee announced on Dec. 6, 2022, that it would begin evaluating locations for a potential rotation of future host cities.

Olympics in Utah every 20 years? Salt Lake City could be part of a Winter Games rotation

By Julie Jag | December 6, 2022, 9:05 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fraser Bullock, the president of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games, introduces athletes and leaders as they get ready to light the Olympic cauldron on the 20-year anniversary of the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Opening Ceremony at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022.

Utah’s chances to host the 2030 Winter Olympics just improved

By Julie Jag | October 27, 2022, 11:43 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Bill Tibbitts, associate director of the Crossroads Urban Center, lobbies for resources for housed and unhoused people who would be displaced during a future Utah Olympics. Tibbetts attended a listening session with Salt Lake City - Utah Committee for the Games at Industry SLC on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022.

Don’t air our ‘dirty laundry’: Utahns ask Olympic group to clean up state’s issues if Winter Games return

By Julie Jag | October 27, 2022, 5:46 p.m.

(Issei Kato | Pool) Haruyuki Takahashi, executive board member of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games attends the Tokyo 2020 Executive Board Meeting in Tokyo on March 30, 2020. Criminal allegations against a former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee board member widened Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, as Japanese prosecutors “re-arrested” Takahashi in suspected payments from a publisher that became a sponsor for the Games.

Scandal in Japan could bring the Winter Olympics to Utah earlier than expected

By Julie Jag | September 8, 2022, 7:20 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Iconic skateboarder Tony Hawk returns to the ramp to skate in public for the first, and possibly last, time since breaking his femur in March as he enters the “Legends Demo” at his Tony Hawk Vert Alert big-air skateboarding competition at the Utah Sate Fairpark on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022.

At Vert Alert, Tony Hawk keeps his promise and gets back on ramp

By Julie Jag | August 27, 2022, 4:15 a.m.

(Terje Bendiksby/NTB via AP, File) Norway's Marius Lindvik competes during the World Cup ski jumping in Vikersundbakken, Norway, Saturday March 12, 2022. Ski jumping governing bodies from the United States and Norway have forged an unprecedented partnership.

U.S. and Norway forge unprecedented ski jumping partnership

By Larry Lage | The Associated Press | August 24, 2022, 3:43 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Skate legend Tony Hawk delights the crowd with an invert as he joins other pro skaters for a community skate during a first look of the new Vans - Utah Sports Commission Skatepark at the Utah State Fairpark on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. Hawk, who broke his leg in March, has promised to return to the ramp for the 'Legends Demo' portion of the Tony Hawk Vert Alert that will come to the Fairpark on Aug. 26-27, 2022.

Tony Hawk says Utah event too important to miss, but his return to the ramp is ‘a little scary’

By Julie Jag | August 24, 2022, 12:30 p.m.

The Daily Buzz: Why a Utah teen treatment program will keep its license after a girl’s death

By Palak Jayswal | August 19, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Heavy machinery works on the Utah Olympic Park expansion, on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. The park has received a $5-million donation to build new ski runs in hopes they might one day be used in a future Olympics.

‘Biggest donation’ pays for new ski runs at Utah Olympic Park, diversity effort

By Julie Jag | August 19, 2022, 2:55 p.m.

(Juma Entertainment) Rob Mariano, Nathan Chen and Sabrina Soto are at the Salt Lake City Sports Complex in Friday's episode of "Secret Celebrity Renovation."

Scott D. Pierce: Gold medalist Nathan Chen returns to SLC to give back to the rink that was his second home

By Scott D. Pierce | August 10, 2022, 6:50 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace tries ski jumping for the first time at the Utah Olympic Park on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. The US Ski & Snowboard team hosted several professional drivers for a bobsled run, an aerials demonstration and a workout at the training center.

Can a NASCAR driver steer a bobsled? Bubba Wallace and Denny Hamlin find out in Utah.

By Julie Jag | July 14, 2022, 3:44 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) People gather near the Olympic cauldron before it is lit up on the 20-year anniversary of the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Opening Ceremony at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022.

Why Utah’s Olympic bid has been refocused on 2034

By Julie Jag | June 26, 2022, 5:37 a.m.

(Alessandra Tarantino | AP) Gold medalist China's Eileen Gu celebrates during a medal ceremony for the women's freestyle skiing halfpipe competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. Gu, the California-born athlete who won two gold medals for China in freestyle skiing at the recent Beijing Olympics, has signed on to work for Salt Lake City's bid for the 2030 or 2034 Winter Olympics.

Chinese Olympian Eileen Gu is working for a Salt Lake Games bid. A controversial or inspired choice?

By Stephen Wade | The Associated Press | June 8, 2022, 7:55 p.m.