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(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Professional skater Lizzie Armanto puts on a show during the “Legends Demo” as part of Tony Hawk’s Vert Alert, a big-air skateboarding competition at the Utah Sate Fairpark on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. Women's vert skateboarding hasn't been a part of X Games for 13 years, but it will be back this summer, and Tony Hawk's Vert Alert, scheduled for June 22-23 at the Delta Center, will be the the qualifier.

Women’s vert skateboarding is back in the X Games. Tony Hawk’s Vert Alert forged its path in Utah.

By Julie Jag | June 22, 2023, 3:45 p.m.

(Laurent Gillieron | Keystone via AP) Stockholm-Are delegation members celebrate during the presentation final presentation of the Stockholm-Are candidate cities the first day of the 134th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), at the SwissTech Convention Centre, in Lausanne, on June 24, 2019. Sweden is moving closer to a ninth bid to host the Winter Olympics for the first time in what's shaping up to be a race for the 2030 Games with only one obvious candidate. Swedish sports officials say there's a desire for the Nordic country to stage the Olympics following a four-month feasibility study.

Sweden moves closer to a bid for 2030 Olympics — and Salt Lake officials say that’s good news

By David Keyton and Graham Dunbar | The Associated Press | June 16, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

FILE - Andrew Kurka of the United States competes in the men's downhill, sitting, at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, March 5, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. U.S. Ski & Snowboard will add the Paralympic Alpine skiing and snowboard teams back under its umbrella. The two Paralympic teams have been under the management of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee since 2010. The switch allows the association to provide more support and resources to Paralympians, including coaching, sports science and psychology, along with educational opportunities. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, file)

US Ski & Snowboard bring Paralympic Alpine and snowboard teams back under umbrella

By Pat Graham | The Associated Press | May 23, 2023, 5:01 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Clear skies allow the distant mountains and I-80 to be seen from the Spencer F. Eccles Olympic Mountain Center ski runs located on the west side of Olympic Park on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Organizers of Utah's Olympic bid say improving the state's air and environment are a high priority.

If Utah hosts another Olympics, air, water might be the real winner

By Julie Jag | Megan Banta | April 28, 2023, 2:42 a.m.

(Craig Hansell | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jeremy Nobis competes in Park City, January 1991.

Olympic skier Jeremy Nobis, ‘The Icon,’ dies in a Utah jail

By Julie Jag | April 22, 2023, 12:04 a.m.

(Joshua Mellin | The New York Times) Two people on snowboards at the Sapporo Teine ski resort, in Sapporo, Japan on March 25, 2023, which was a venue for the 1972 Winter Games. The International Olympic Committee was already struggling to find hosts for the Winter Games. Sapporo’s flailing 2030 bid has added another headache.

Tokyo Olympics scandal fouls hopes for a Sapporo Winter Games

By Ben Dooley and Hisako Ueno | The New York Times | April 2, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(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.

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He had been incarcerated since Feb. 11. His sentencing was scheduled for Tuesday.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GBRLKAHFE5GTZJNSNWZBW26VUI","content":"He was found alone and unresponsive, the news release said, and was pronounced dead at the jail.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TED65ORUP5A4HIDDNND6WZF72U","content":"“Life-saving efforts were attempted by Iron County Jail staff,” the release said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GWZXC4LROFATZI5CVMITARSAEY","caption":"(Craig Hansell | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jeremy Nobis in Park City, January 1991.","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/GWZXC4LROFATZI5CVMITARSAEY.jpg"},{"_id":"NRKCRYKPUBAPXPRMCMW7C5XYMA","content":"A Wisconsin native who later attended the ski-centric Green Mountain Valley School in Vermont, Nobis made the United States Ski and Snowboard team at age 16. He was a <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://olympics.com/en/athletes/jeremy-nobis/" target=\"_blank\">World Junior Champion (giant slalom) at age 17</a> and won another (super giant slalom) at age 18, when he also began racing World Cup events.","type":"text"},{"_id":"A7WOXVP7VVEILFGXQVRNPF2XDI","content":"In 1994, Nobis competed for Team USA in the slalom and giant slalom at the Lillehammer Olympics in Norway, taking ninth in the latter.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6LGEKHUIPBHX5HEE4G5SXSVVXM","content":"Shortly after those Winter Games, Nobis began skiing professionally. He appeared in films by Warren Miller Entertainment, Teton Gravity Research and Matchstick Productions. TGR co-founders Todd and Steve Jones named his descent of a steep Alaskan mountain face one of their top 21 moments of the first 21 years of the now ubiquitous action-sports media company. The descent ended up on the February 1998 cover of Powder magazine under the headline: “Jeremy Nobis: The Next Rock Star?”","type":"text"},{"_id":"5WZ3772MCZAOTHMGH7HXNG4TTI","raw_oembed":{},"type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"KGH6K5RZJVBDJMUL3F2RD5IYOI","content":"Todd Jones, in a video about the moment, described Nobis as “this long-haired, fiery ex-racer. Just a crazy ball of intensity and energy.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"KMS6N7PDYNCQLNQ4PEIZL5YSEQ","content":"Skiing with intensity and abandon became Nobis’ calling card. His fast descent of steep slopes earned nicknames like “The Icon” and “PsychoNobi.” Nobis, who had his own pro model of Dynastar skis, is perhaps best known for his run down Harvest on Alaska’s Pyramid Peak. It is a 52-degree slope with a 2,000-foot vertical drop.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ANWAQVJYVZHCRLO7AHA6CQ7FNY","content":"“I was always completely blown away with how you attacked the mountain full throttle,” photographer Tony Harrington wrote on Nobis’s Facebook page. “And crikey, what about that line you dropped into when we were in Greenland when filming with TGR! probably the most I’ve feared for any athlete I’ve photographed in such a hair balled situation where falling was not an option.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"TTCK34XKHBEL3IN7JRYEAH2PKU","raw_oembed":{},"type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"7XKIZTOTLRA2PBNHMUYLSM3KTU","content":"He appeared to live his life in a similar manner. He had been caught driving while impaired no fewer than five times. One of those was in Park City in 2006, when, after leading police on a chase through town, Nobis struck a tree, collided with an officer’s SUV and tried to run away. No one was injured in the event. At that time, according to the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.parkrecord.com/news/famous-skier-sentenced-to-jail//">Park Record</a>, he had already been convicted of drunk driving twice, in 1999 and 2005. In 2011, Nobis led police in Jackson, Wyo., on another chase, this one reaching speeds of up to 100 mph according to a <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.skimag.com/news/jeremy-nobis-arrested-two-duis//">Ski magazine article</a> published in January.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XYXUSSTOSFCMLGH7ZGZE2P6MPI","content":"He also had been charged with a DUI in Mesa County, Colo., the Ski article said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PHXHMA3A7BHZXEYHAETP4NR7Q4","content":"Utah court records show Nobis was arrested on March 25, 2019, following a rollover crash on Interstate 15 near mile-marker 42. His blood-alcohol level at that time was .42 — more than eight times the state limit — and he had open alcohol containers in his vehicle, according to a probable-cause statement issued in support of his arrest. He was released three days later and required to appear before the court at a later date. Nobis did not appear for an August 2021 video conference related to that case and a warrant was issued for his arrest.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IFCSCL36VRHWFAAHWHBPTQ5XNM","content":"He was taken into custody on Feb. 23. On March 7 in a 5th District Court, he pled guilty to a single count of DUI, which is a third-degree felony. Nobis was facing a maximum of five years in jail and up to $5,000 in fines.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6XNK6RF7HVEFFPCILMJN22FAQ4","content":"No foul play is suspected in his death, according to the news release.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5JORP7HOVBDH5HNYYJIENCJ2UY","content":"Nobis’s younger sister, Shannon, also competed in the 1994 Olympics and was a member of the Park City Ski Team.","type":"text"},{"_id":"J7DG375XPFE5VJWEV6RFABZDL4","content":"A message on the USSA’s website said the organization’s “thoughts and condolences are with his family, friends and ski community.” It also included a link to the organization’s <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.teamusa.org/MentalHealth/" target=\"_blank\">mental health resources</a>.","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2023-04-20T20:28:31.051Z","headlines":{"basic":"Olympic skier Jeremy Nobis, ‘The Icon,’ dies in a Utah jail"},"last_updated_date":"2023-04-22T00:04:37.906Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(Craig Hansell | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jeremy Nobis competes in Park City, January 1991.","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/NJQRFBXNIRCFVBKMS32ZO3ND3M.jpg"}},"publish_date":"2023-04-22T00:04:37.548Z","subheadlines":{"basic":"Nobis, 52, was being held in the Iron County jail as he awaited sentencing in a DUI case."},"taxonomy":{"primary_section":{"_id":"/sports","name":"Sports","parent_id":"/","path":"/sports"},"sites":[{"name":"Sports","path":"/sports"}],"tags":[{"description":"Skiing","slug":"skiing","text":"Skiing"},{"description":"Olympics","slug":"olympics","text":"Olympics"},{"description":"Tag for obituaries RSS feed","slug":"obituaries","text":"obituaries"}]},"website_url":"/sports/2023/04/20/olympic-skier-jeremy-nobis-icon"},{"_id":"CYKT2VFUABCZHOQUZSSABTNYXQ","canonical_url":"/news/nation-world/2023/04/02/tokyo-olympics-scandal-fouls-hopes","content_elements":[{"_id":"A3CI4ECA65H57GXARQPD6J53TM","content":"In recent years, the already shortlist of possible candidates to hold the Winter Olympics has become even shorter. Headline-grabbing cost overruns and humbling defeats in public referendums have made cities wary of building venues for sports like ski jumping and bobsled with limited appeal beyond the Games, while climate change has rapidly shrunk the number of potential hosts that can promise real snow.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ID636OJUMFCUTG33VRQAN34X4Y","content":"Those challenges had made Sapporo, in Japan’s frigid north, especially appealing as Olympic organizers seek a home for the 2030 Games. The city seemed to have it all: an Olympic legacy as the 1972 host; most of the necessary facilities; an eager public; and consistent, powdery snow. Its only serious rival, Salt Lake City, preferred to wait until 2034 to host the Games.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NKINBIDSXZHRLAQRXY46XHU5GY","content":"What Sapporo wasn’t counting on was a still-unfolding corruption scandal linked to the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, which has turned public opinion sharply against Sapporo’s bid and complicated Japan’s ability to stage large events in the coming years. The turmoil has thrown the 2030 selection process into uncertainty, with both Sapporo and the International Olympic Committee pausing their efforts as officials court alternative bidders.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SZLOUZ7STVEARFY2PYANOXQG3E","content":"The slow drip of allegations of bid-rigging in the run-up to the Tokyo Games, which were delayed until 2021 because of the pandemic, has ensnared some of Japan’s top companies. The most prominent is Dentsu, one of the world’s most powerful sports marketing firms and a key force in arranging everything from the initial Tokyo bidding process to the event’s tiniest details.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3OFWNVWU7JGEDHUZV3GN4UCQYI","content":"Arrests began last summer, toppling the heads of one of Japan’s largest publishers and a major clothing retailer. In February, prosecutors accused Dentsu, as well as Japan’s second-largest marketing firm, Hakuhodo, of forming a cartel to skirt rules on bidding for public contracts related to the Tokyo Games.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QZPFPFJLU5G3PN54U4U3K4ELXM","content":"In response to the scandal, Tokyo and Osaka, among other cities, have pledged that — at least in the short term — they will exclude Dentsu and its alleged conspirators from bidding for public contracts. That has been an especially bitter pill for Osaka, which is hosting the 2025 World Expo and was counting on the advertising giant’s support to pull off the event.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QGNIO6S4TFHW3PW5FG6CVIEARU","content":"In early March, Sapporo announced several shorter public bidding bans on smaller companies named in the indictments. It has not yet announced whether it will work with Dentsu and Hakuhodo, but the city’s relationship with a local Dentsu subsidiary that helped lay the groundwork for the Olympic bid is on hold, said Sapporo’s mayor, Katsuhiro Akimoto.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TFAFEM7S6VESZE4Z5ZNI2ECHAU","content":"While the city still hopes to host the 2030 Games, Akimoto said, he believes it will be difficult to secure the necessary sponsorships without the involvement of Dentsu, which hauled in a record-shattering $3.6 billion in domestic sponsorship money for the Tokyo Games. The firm controls nearly 28% of Japan’s advertising market.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PGHGAWANQNFVVJKRHUTZTS4E7E","content":"The fallout from the Tokyo Olympics has created an unexpected headache not just for Sapporo but also for the IOC, which has found it increasingly difficult to secure hosts for the Winter Games as cities decide the costs and hassles aren’t worth it.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ENMGX7G7LFEE5ISYMGXT5JSOJA","content":"For the 2022 Winter Olympics, the IOC was forced to choose between two candidates from authoritarian countries, after all eight democratic countries that had expressed interest pulled out. Beijing edged out Almaty, Kazakhstan, and the Games came under fire both for China’s abysmal human rights record and its dependence on artificial snow.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BIB5VKNUDRDDHCICPTWW5VR57M","content":"In an effort to attract more candidates, the Olympic committee has worked to make bidding for and hosting the Games less expensive and onerous. Even so, few countries have applied. Only Sweden and Italy, the winner, were finalists for the 2026 Winter Games.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HBFBIK6I2NESZMYGMIULNOVUTU","content":"Sapporo’s flailing effort does not endanger the Games’ future, analysts said. But it has had a domino effect. In December, the IOC announced that it would push back the timeline for selecting a host, saying it needed time to consider the impacts of climate change on the Games’ future. Sapporo paused its bid soon after.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WRMXDTXGX5HHBDCYFVYATENOUE","content":"Salt Lake City; Vancouver, British Columbia; and Stockholm have since been suggested as possible destinations. Salt Lake City has said it prefers to host in 2034 so it won’t have to fight for sponsors with the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UWTTHXNQ7NBG7CVGIPKV5IPKUU","content":"Sapporo’s chances of hosting the Games largely depend on its ability to revive public interest, said Olympic historian David Wallechinsky. From the IOC’s perspective, “the corruption issue isn’t as important as the lack of public support,” he said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5AZRMPIEHJFAVD7FDI5HQZLY2M","content":"In a January poll by The Hokkaido Shimbun, a regional daily newspaper, nearly 70% of those surveyed said they opposed hosting the Games. The turnabout is evident even in once enthusiastic residents like Masako Ishibashi, who attended the opening ceremony of the 1972 Sapporo Olympics as a child and whose daughter has ambitions of becoming a pro alpine skier.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NUG3QERMUBHUNKOZO6VOT5MAAQ","content":"In the wake of the scandal, “the feeling that we should definitely, definitely do it is gone,” she said as she walked her dog near the outdoor skating rink where the Olympic kickoff was held five decades ago.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6OIUVMXHSNBLXCJMLOMJTCHK3I","content":"Even if Sapporo’s 2030 bid collapses, it will remain a tempting Olympic candidate as the IOC emphasizes making the Games more environmentally and economically sustainable. A 2022 study projecting the impact of climate change on the Winter Olympics’ future said that, by midcentury, Sapporo may be one of the last former hosts in Asia capable of reliably holding the Games without resorting to artificial snow.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZDQPP7GXNVCLLA3ICIRHVSQRXA","content":"But for that to happen, Sapporo is going to have to repair the damage done by the Tokyo scandal, said Ryuichi Kasuga, a sports consultant who worked on the 1998 Nagano Olympics.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AWEZA6GXF5F7XJ4Y3FQALZRCIE","content":"“They need to demonstrate that they can make a bid and hold an Olympics properly,” he said. “Otherwise, Japan’s Olympics movement is over.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"LUZT3OVWFFHYDBFXKKV6QE2T4M","content":"This article originally appeared in <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/30/sports/olympics/sapporo-winter-games.html/">The New York Times</a>.","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"name":"Ben Dooley and Hisako Ueno | The New York Times"}]},"display_date":"2023-04-02T12:00:00Z","headlines":{"basic":"Tokyo Olympics scandal fouls hopes for a Sapporo Winter Games"},"last_updated_date":"2023-04-02T12:00:05.188Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(Joshua Mellin | The New York Times) Two people on snowboards at the Sapporo Teine ski resort, in Sapporo, Japan on March 25, 2023, which was a venue for the 1972 Winter Games. 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Yet his mother was among the first to greet the Salt Lake City skater after the medal was draped over his neck.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4NAAMUYQSZEX5F3E4LYIPVZYEY","content":"The video calls instituted at the finish lines came about as a way to placate families frustrated they couldn’t be there in person. But ask Catherine Raney-Norman, the chair of the group putting together Utah’s next Olympic bid, and those video calls are the future of the Games — at least for the next minute or two. With technology consistently evolving, and becoming more central to the daily lives of fans and athletes alike, local Olympic organizers have already begun looking into how they can harness it to make their own Winter Games even better ... <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/12/06/olympics-utah-every-20-years//" target=\"_blank\">whenever Utah ends up hosting.</a>","type":"text"},{"_id":"2WSISM4LLNGV5NBE4KOD3B2L6A","content":"Not that they have any idea what technology will look like by 2030 or 2034. Not even the industry leaders gathered in Salt Lake City this week for Qualtrics’ X4 Summit know that. That includes Qualtrics founder<a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/jazz/2023/02/14/jazz-owners-ryan-ashley-smith-are//" target=\"_blank\"> Ryan Smith</a>, who is a member of the board of directors for the SLC-Utah Committee for the Games and invited Raney-Norman and CEO Fraser Bullock to speak to executive session attendees Wednesday at the Grand America Hotel.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BMSPGZVCQNHGLNHIBLI7ZQGAIE","content":"“Can you show me what tech is going to be in 10 or 20 years?” Smith said. “If so, I want to model that.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"2Q643PW6PVA7RNPTCAJOIWIUKA","content":"Smith founded Qualtrics, a consumer experience company, in 2002, the same year Utah hosted its first Olympics. That was also the year Friendster was launched. Suffice it to say, social media has come a long way and become much more intertwined in people’s daily lives since then.","type":"text"},{"_id":"Q2WBC52J7BDSDOTNFLLLLXKBKU","content":"Bullock, who was the COO of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee in 2002, said the group’s budget for technology back then was between $300 million-$400 million. Most of that was focused on producing and distributing the Games around the globe via television. Ten years from now, it’s unclear whether people will still be watching sports on traditional TVs.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BZ2QKF2KCBGANKRTQTM6PGAOQI","content":"Organizers will need their eyeballs, however. And the key to those, Bullock said, will be finding ways for people to interact with the Game, making them more participatory and less static.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5G23I7JFZRGD3H57CX7WRAWU5M","content":"“I think the one that is the big opportunity that will evolve between now and the Games is just the engagement with people,” Bullock said. “I mean, where was Tik Tok three years ago? So these things can pop up and we’re going to see that continual evolution. We need to make sure that a few years out we are deeply engaged with the latest” technology and strategies.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FV5DBGXNEBHVTAKIFZIBM52SYU","raw_oembed":{},"type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"YSRJ2ZNVNZEA3O5CMFXNTIH6FM","content":"Utah has not yet learned if, or as Bullock says, when, it will host another Winter Games. The International Olympic Committee has put off selecting a host for the 2030 Olympics to allow more potential hosts to come forward. It is not expected to name a host for those Games until 2024, at which time it may also decide where the 2034 Games will be held. Utah has said it would prefer to host in 2034 but would be open to hosting in 2030 if called upon.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KOKX64VXEBDBHEG4UCNKRVCD5E","content":"When its time comes, the committee plans to lean heavily on the minds of Silicon Slopes for guidance when it comes to technology. Until Utah is named as a host, the group cannot sell sponsorships to companies, but Bullock is hopeful that will come out of the partnership as well.","type":"text"},{"_id":"55YIA3FGTNAMNHHTM254DX3C5Y","content":"Interactive video calls might be one avenue for getting people more involved. Or, it could be something no one has even thought about yet.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JAF5KVKYLJGPRBD5TM7FL6F3TQ","content":"“We’re making sure that we’re communicating to people in the way that they want to be communicated with. 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He had a mind to make a grand entrance on his first run by doing a double flip into the chute.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VXLOXNINBRF6NLKZ5KBSG4PWKY","content":"Crazy? Maybe, but as he watched most of the 25 competitors launch themselves off the cliff while waiting his turn, it was apparent he wasn’t the only one.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PWVUDYUESBBNVIDDIZACLUGCUY","content":"“Everyone that enters that event has a screw loose,” Stevenson said. “You have to be a little crazy to agree to doing that.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"VPLSJ73PMNAJ3AGIQCJ6MV2UWQ","content":"So what does it say about Stevenson that he took home the king’s crown? Or about Blake Wilson of Sandy, who took second in the men’s competition, and Piper Kunst of Salt Lake City, who was second in the women’s after winning the queen’s crown last year?","type":"text"},{"_id":"C42ABT65PJHCZJSERDCPPZAOWA","caption":"(Brett Wilhelm | Red Bull Content Pool) Alex Hackel, PIper Kunst, Veronica Paulsen and Blake Wilson react after Kunst's run at Kings and Queens of Corbet’s at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Jackson, Wyo., on Feb. 7, 2023.","subtitle":"Alex Hackel, PIper Kunst, Veronica Paulsen and Blake Wilson","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/C42ABT65PJHCZJSERDCPPZAOWA.jpg"},{"_id":"WIIOTTHEOJA4DIWYZ6XDPR6BZE","content":"Apparently, they’re all wearing their brazenness like a badge of honor.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YV3RUUISHBEKLHWEJENISFMTN4","content":"“It’s crazy,” Kunst, 22, agreed. “It’s like mental game playing.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"XENU464CJBEZPL2WBTTQZSBQKY","content":"Luckily, both Stevenson and Kunst had sensible friends. Stevenson’s talked him down from the double backflip to a more reasonable but still spectacular switch 540 with a grab. The Olympic silver medalist in big air at the Beijing Winter Games still got to do a flip, but it was off a jump farther down the run’s steep face.","type":"text"},{"_id":"L4ULMT4BGBCNXK2W3JKG42BHR4","content":"Kunst had also been considering a double backflip, and her willingness to go all out in icy, treacherous conditions is what won her the queen crown last year. But this year, at her friends’ behest, the frequent Alta Ski Area skier decided to play it a little safer and enter with a front flip instead.","type":"text"},{"_id":"R5LKW2S7XFAUXDY4MF4M3HQHGQ","content":"Veronica Paulsen, the 2020 Queen, didn’t pull back from the double backflip. While she didn’t land it cleanly, she became the first woman to perform a double backflip on Corbet’s Couloir and took home the People’s Choice award. Ben Richards landed his double backflip to win the men’s People’s Choice award.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5ODDKIL43FH2JE6UJZG7SGN4QM","content":"Wilson hasn’t figured out what his title is as runner up at the Kings and Queens contest.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3LTREVFLUFDORBGAJG5KCCS74Q","content":"<script src=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/players/8KjA3FKc-WeUEeh90.js/">","type":"raw_html"},{"_id":"APMSUAKMORGI3HIU5AKURRG5RQ","content":"“I think it might be a knight. Or a jester or something?” he said. “I don’t know if it’s prince, but hey, I’ll take that. I’ll take whatever I can get.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"TUUJZ5MTRNFSLJ2CW347N2EG7A","content":"Wilson, like Kunst, made his Kings and Queens debut last year, entered with a backflip and followed it up with another one midmountain. Unlike the other two, he knew his parameters as soon as he looked down from the start gate..","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZUNNYTW7NJBLXLKM2AKJLON5ZI","content":"“The entrance is really tight at the top. It feels, like, claustrophobic left to right,” Wilson said. “I didn’t really want to do a spinning trick because I tend to drift. And, like, that last wall is not a good zone to land — not that the right wall is any better. I thought that if I just did a backflip off of it, I could keep everything nice and straight.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"46CZT46W5JECDOZ7WA55U2ETFQ","content":"The King and Queen of Corbet’s contest began in 2018 and has been gaining in prestige in the years since. It pits skiers vs. snowboarders and park jibbers vs. big mountain riders. Kunst said her favorite part is that it mixes men and women in the lineup, with the order selected via a draw. Each competitor gets two runs and afterward the athletes serve as the judges, rewatching the videos in a theater and voting for the winner.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XGWKZCB2FJACHPVIKSF773BVLU","content":"Skier Claire McPherson, 19, of Canada won the queen crown this year, but the two prior queens hailed from Utah: Kunst and Salt Lake City snowboarder Madison Blackley. Stevenson is the first Utahn to take the king’s crown.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JUZ7YYC52FG3JMGAH75YBP7JTY","caption":"(Amy Jimmerson | Red Bull) Piper Kunst of Salt Lake City flies high near the bottom of the narrow Corbet's Couloir during the Kings and Queens of Corbet's big mountain competition on Feb. 7, 2023. Kunst, the 2022 queen, placed second.","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/JUZ7YYC52FG3JMGAH75YBP7JTY.jpg"},{"_id":"KVENFULOWFFW5OWSOWZCRAFUAY","content":"He said he plans to be back. He’s found his kin.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EDPUKBICBNAARJ7R3OZHW46RGQ","content":"“It’s just a nice, like, starting point for me to get into something like this and kind of change the direction of my career,” said Stevenson, who also is competing in World Cup and Dew Tour events this month as well as doing some filming. “I’m really excited to do more events like that down the road.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"H5DC6N7FXNHK3G4XZGZNM3WMM4","content":"A<a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.redbull.com/us-en/videos/kings-and-queens-of-corbets-2023-recap-show/" target=\"_blank\"> recap of the event</a> can be found online at redbull.com.","type":"text"},{"_id":"I7ZJTNB6BRG7BDTPCSOHLX45WA","raw_oembed":{},"type":"oembed_response"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2023-02-19T13:00:52.118Z","headlines":{"basic":"Utahns crowned skiing royalty at King and Queen of Corbet’s"},"last_updated_date":"2023-02-22T18:03:05.134Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(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. 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Then again, the same could be said for the disparity in basketball knowledge among the crowd.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WQQTXHMB5VEENFM52FHTORUZIM","content":"Irvin Butterfass, a new transplant to Utah from Minnesota who could call out each trick, was singled out by his group of about 10 friends watching from the upper level as “the basketball guy.” It was a title he quickly denied.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KDFQVMGZTNBBXJVDWS476W45GY","content":"“I know that you can take two steps,” Butterfass, 18, said, “and that’s about it.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"YNKTDEJXSVCXLPCL3VZVT4NQM4","caption":"(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Pro snowboarder Nate Haust flies over emcee Josh Nilsen on Saturday. Thousands of huckfest enthusiasts watched professional snowboarders throw 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. 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After some safety alterations, Saturday’s final design must have suited her much better, though, because she came away with the women’s title and a $10,000 check. Jaylen Hanson of Minnesota took second and $5,000 and another Salt Lake City rider, Kaleah Opal, placed third after hitting her head midway through the finals and having to sit out the last half.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2P3T3FUTJRAKJO6MUO6V5HWELM","content":"Haust won the men’s event over Pat Fava of Salt Lake City and Dusty Hendrickson of Big Bear, Calif. He said the roar and energy of the crowd carried him to victory.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FTMO6PT6QVDEHE4IS6THW4IN3U","raw_oembed":{},"type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"QPLWQ35TVBCWHD34AJHHWXXPYY","content":"“The crowd is wild right now. Everyone’s going crazy,” Haust, 30, said. “And obviously it’s a big weekend and there’s a lot of positive energy and that’s one thing that gets me fired up and helps me ride better, I guess.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"4FRBPRCBDFCQVGRXXWZUQG3R7E","content":"Haust’s backside 450 and backflips and Perkins’ rail slide off with a knock off the Grit backboard sent the onlookers into a frenzy. That roar was only amplified by a surprise appearance by Olympic and X Games medalist <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/04/06/shaun-white-takes-triple//" target=\"_blank\">Shaun White</a>, as well as Jones and rapper Travis Scott, a snowboarder who helped sponsor the event.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YIBZ5VUU5RGNFEFK7T72XIYPSA","content":"Scott was the main draw for a group of high school friends from West Haven and Farr West who arrived early enough to secure spots against the fence right below the jump. They planned to spend the rest of their evening checking out the various pop-up shops in the area while keeping an eye out for NBA stars.","type":"text"},{"_id":"P2KFDU2S3JFKTCQZWFQO4X5RGU","caption":"(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jill Perkins of Salt Lake City flies high on Saturday. Thousands of huckfest enthusiasts watched professional snowboarders throw 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. ","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/P2KFDU2S3JFKTCQZWFQO4X5RGU.jpg"},{"_id":"JHL2RCDMHJCZ5JIU7G62BVDOLQ","content":"They said they didn’t find anything odd about the juxtaposition of a snowboarding event with the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2023/02/16/how-take-part-all-star-weekend//" target=\"_blank\">NBA All-Star Weekend</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CYITCL6WBVFCFDICQ7UMJP2LVY","content":"“I think it integrates well with Utah,” Hunter Smith, 18, said. “With this being Utah, I think it’s perfect.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"YB3GWJ5Y35CFFO5UACFHJPL4HY","content":"If the main rail jam itself seemed a little out of place among the basketball-centric events, its encore was not. Once the finals ended, riders were invited to participate in a slam dunk contest on snowboards.","type":"text"},{"_id":"G2IL2WFSLJDJHBRHWIXFKSDJKA","content":"Salt Lake’s Egan Wint won the women’s title with pure grit and determination. Haust, meanwhile, made one stylish and impressive slam after another to win the men’s event. This even though he reluctantly admitted he doesn’t play or follow a lick of basketball.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HM2RJFTTFZGYXGPAAEEXYPUWNE","caption":"(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Olympic snowboarder Shaun White is greeted by rapper Travis Scott on Saturday. Thousands of huckfest enthusiasts watched professional snowboarders throw 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. ","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/HM2RJFTTFZGYXGPAAEEXYPUWNE.jpg"},{"_id":"6XE2YUI455EADPPPCVJBBXS2TY","content":"Still, he and possibly organizers are hoping this event might create some mutual admiration and interest.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QLJOUGKJQVGNFEVOWN2DULKQLY","content":"“I think this is gonna do really good things for the industry,” Haust said. “I would imagine as I don’t pay attention to basketball, I’m sure a lot of these basketball fans don’t know much about snowboarding. So I think this is a great opportunity to get in front of a lot of eyes and hopefully it can get more people on hill.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"76PXBIVJOFAMNJE6A4BCOFCRXA","raw_oembed":{},"type":"oembed_response"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2023-02-19T13:00:08.253Z","headlines":{"basic":"Rapper Travis Scott, Olympian Shaun White turn The Gateway into a snowboarding showcase during All-Star Weekend"},"last_updated_date":"2023-02-22T18:01:28.625Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(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.","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/BWQFSZRQNVD7TNKGZOXN2DF4NA.jpg"}},"publish_date":"2023-02-19T13:35:38.502Z","subheadlines":{"basic":"The thousands of fans didn’t need to know anything about the sport to appreciate the flips, spins and slides they saw performed on the scaffolding setup in Olympic Plaza."},"taxonomy":{"primary_section":{"_id":"/sports/ski-n-board","name":"Ski and Snowboard","parent_id":"/sports","path":"/sports/ski-n-board"},"sites":[{"name":"Ski and Snowboard","path":"/sports/ski-n-board"},{"name":"Sports","path":"/sports"}],"tags":[{"description":"Skiing","slug":"skiing","text":"Skiing"},{"description":"Olympics","slug":"olympics","text":"Olympics"},{"description":"NBA","slug":"nba","text":"NBA"}]},"website_url":"/sports/2023/02/19/with-jams-jibs-snowboarders"},{"_id":"HLOTMRJ4FBCVHBJPNQQDLF35BI","canonical_url":"/sports/2023/02/17/utah-lawmakers-pass-olympics-bills","content_elements":[{"_id":"JWAXRAWV3FEANNRO4XYDO5AVMU","content":"Before Fraser Bullock could leave the Senate floor at the Utah state capitol Thursday, longtime Sen. Curtis Bramble, R-Provo, had a gift for him. It was an Olympic pin given to state senators prior to Utah hosting the 2002 Winter Games.","type":"text"},{"_id":"E4NNOSOFWNEH5GIPI4XXBUNBJ4","content":"Despite its rarity, the pin might have been the second-best present Bullock got that day. Just before the exchange, Utah’s legislators gifted the president and CEO of the bid committee working to bring an Olympics back to Utah its unwavering support.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4PZID6RHJFAM7IIMTMH2XM63IM","content":"With unanimous votes in both the House and the Senate, lawmakers passed two Olympics-related bills Thursday. One, <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HCR008.html/" target=\"_blank\">HCR8</a>, is a public statement in support of Utah’s efforts to host another Olympics, either in 2030 or 2034. The other, <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0430.html/" target=\"_blank\">HB430</a>, authorizes the governor to “sign agreements and make other assurances” that would put Utah and its taxpayers on the hook for overrun expenses if the state is chosen to host another Games.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EFRU7YUUBJBZDBOHRR5H6M5MHQ","content":"Rep. Jon Hawkins, R-Pleasant Grove, sponsored both bills and Sen. Michael McKell, R-Spanish Fork, represented them on the Senate floor. United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland and chairman Gene Sykes were on the floor for the votes in both chambers.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IES6SEQ5L5FW5GWRC6Z4WFN3VE","content":"“Today feels like Olympic Day,” Bullock said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WRMCHLJAKBB65CXSBTWFYZFKDU","content":"“We got our two bills that needed to be passed to enable us to take the next step in our journey to hosting the Games,” he added. “We’ve met with legislative leadership on both sides, the Democrat side and the Republican side, everybody’s unified. Everybody wants to host the Games again. And we’re so excited with this step forward in our journey to once again bring the games back to Utah.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"BLD432CLFFEK5IFKEZRS6BRKKM","content":"Gov. Spencer Cox called the financial agreements “old news” in his monthly news conference Thursday, noting they have not changed much since 2002.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TVTTTNH5DVFLFG6VVUUNU7XVHU","caption":"(Julie Jag/The Salt Lake Tribune)\nUnited States Olympic and Paralympic Committee Chairperson Gene Sykes, right, and CEO Sarah Hirshland, second from right, join Fraser Bullock, fourth from right, and other members of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games on the Senate floor on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, as Senate President Stuart Adams congratulates them on the passage of a pair of bills in support of Utah's bid to host another Winter Olympics.","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/TVTTTNH5DVFLFG6VVUUNU7XVHU.jpg"},{"_id":"O3QNZCKH35F5BJRJBED3VJD6RQ","content":"Recently, however, convincing governments and taxpayers to accept liability for the Games has become a major stumbling block for bidders. In fact, both of Utah’s closest challengers for the 2030 Games have been derailed by the issue.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EEKYFV3LGRFS7GTOEFROEQS4AQ","content":"Vancouver hosted the Winter Olympics in 2010 and is the only winter site aside from Salt Lake City that is still using all of its venues. However, its potential as a host was thrown into doubt in October when <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/10/27/utahs-chances-host-2030-winter//">British Columbia refused to support the cost and the risks</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"45EX3IIBBZGKRITV7LQSSCNSLU","content":"“The current bid is cost-estimated at $1.2 billion and an additional billion dollars in risk,” Lisa Beare, the minister of tourism, arts, culture and sport for the province, said in a news conference. “And when we measured that against our government’s priorities, we believe we need to focus on people.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"TOMWZTWB55CZDENUB3WH3CYLXM","content":"The financial risks a host takes on are a very real concern for the people of Japan and organizers of the Sapporo bid as well. Citizens were already wary after being made to pay for much of the estimated $25 billion price tag for hosting the 2020 Tokyo Olympics during the pandemic — which they couldn’t attend because spectators were banned. Recent revelations that <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/09/08/scandal-japan-could-bring-winter//">those Games also were plagued by bribery and corruption</a> have eroded public support even further. In December, Sapporo’s mayor and the Japanese Olympic Committee announced they were pausing their bid efforts.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EB5Q6U5QCJDHZDDN4BQ5NCCBSU","content":"The 2020 Olympics illustrated the risks to cities and countries that host an Olympics, University of Oxford professor Bent Flyvbjerg told the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/15/olympics-tokyo-costs-japan//">Washington Post</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"M3T2RDCBZ5CADN7OPFHLPV4EAY","content":"“This is like having a tiger by the tail, you know, when you say yes to hosting the Games. You actually have very limited possibilities of stripping down cost” because the majority of the business decisions are made by the IOC and international athletics organizations, said Flyvbjerg, who studies the economics of the Olympics. “Even under the best circumstances, putting on the Olympics is quite a burden financially.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"LWJIQ7EEGRCGPKHBUJWCRP7B3Y","content":"Neither Vancouver nor Sapporo’s bid is out of the running, though.","type":"text"},{"_id":"53UTTBXZHRFSJN6O42M3C64XQI","caption":"(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ukraine's Dmitri Dmitrenko skates during the Men's Free Skate Thursday at the Salt Lake Ice Center during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/53UTTBXZHRFSJN6O42M3C64XQI.jpg"},{"_id":"CHBVMRGDZZGEZL6YT376TVJQRU","content":"While the International Olympic Committee had been expected to select at least the 2030 host and possibly the 2034 host in December, it <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/12/06/olympics-utah-every-20-years//">tabled that decision until at least 2024</a>. It said at the time that it wanted to take a closer look at the impacts of climate change on the Winter Games sites. That its options were dwindling, though, was undeniable.","type":"text"},{"_id":"G7LWBWTD5NGK3EXPP37GZNRMBM","content":"Cox said he has no concerns about committing the state to foot the bill if something goes wrong the next time Utah hosts the Games.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XALGUQK7OVE7JJNP44RRR7NHK4","content":"“We actually feel more confident than we did when Gov. [Mike] Leavitt signed these agreements 20 years ago, much more confident,” Cox said, “because at that time we did not have all of these facilities. There were significant investments and there was a lot of risk to the public 20 years ago. That risk 30 years post our last Olympics is very, very minor.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"L7B4ZC2PPJGIVFIJWCHDIBTOUQ","content":"Bullock and the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games estimate it will <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/06/25/why-utahs-olympic-bid-has//">cost $2.2 billion to host the 2030 </a>event. They estimate closer to $2.4 billion for the 2034 Games to account for additional upgrades to aging facilities. The committee and the USOPC prefer the latter because it allows for more separation from the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LGFYMCGZ4ZG6NMNWQVUJEUEYDA","content":"Organizers have promised those costs will be privately funded and not borne by taxpayers, whenever the Games return to Salt Lake City. Bullock said the bills passed by the legislature and the governor’s ability to sign assurances won’t change that.","type":"text"},{"_id":"N43XCQYIMJAF7FCEMHKF7O5VKY","content":"“Many of [the assurances] include that the state will provide security, that transportation will be available, power will be available. And ultimately they’re also the financial backstop in case something goes wrong,” Bullock said. “But in Utah, we have a different business model. Our business model is that we don’t use any local taxpayer money. We stand alone on our own. And so even though we have that backstop there, we don’t ever intend to use it, but it has to be there as part of our bid.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"FRIWNQZYQZAJLK7LQZPES7HEXU","content":"During discussion on the House floor, representatives also expressed little concern about the potential negative financial ramifications. Rep. Brett Garner, D-West Valley City, said he wanted to ensure Utah’s bid wasn’t stained by scandal as it was in the run-up to the 2002 Games. Rep. Ryan Wilcox, R-Ogden, meanwhile, extolled the ways hosting the Olympics benefited Utah’s infrastructure. Others shared memories about the 2002 Games.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GKFMYNVBHVASLBKY27SFEYLOGM","content":"The bills were not discussed on the Senate floor.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PANEGN64KBAZXCJXVYOXGHHLQY","content":"<b>Editor’s note •</b> <i>This story is available to Salt Lake Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting local journalism.</i>","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2023-02-17T13:00:56Z","headlines":{"basic":"Utah lawmakers pass Olympics bills that put support — and potentially money — behind another Salt Lake bid"},"last_updated_date":"2023-02-17T13:00:56.195Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(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. 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Stevenson of Park City counted among those dropping off cliffs at the Wyoming resort, as did Piper Kunst and <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2021/10/26/experts-only-pro-skiers//" target=\"_blank\">Madison Blackley</a>, both of Salt Lake City, and Blake Wilson of Sandy.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BBFY7Y2FX5EYHIB6NIY6ZXECSA","content":"Kunst, a skier, and Blackley, a snowboarder, were trying to bring the queen’s crown back to Utah for the third straight year. 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Instead, they will be unveiled during the online recap show that is scheduled to air Tuesday on the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.redbull.com/int-en/live-events/">Red Bull TV website</a> and app and on the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.youtube.com/@jacksonhole/">Jackson Hole resort YouTube channel</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"T5WEC6FHKJDLRFL6O557JO645M","content":"Until then, clips of each athlete’s run can be found at <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"http://redbull.com//" target=\"_blank\">redbull.com</a>. Fans can vote for their favorites until 5 p.m. Wednesday. The top vote-getters will receive a <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.redbull.com/us-en/events/kings-and-queens-of-corbets/kings-and-queens-of-corbets-peoples-choice-award/">People’s Choice award</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SPKVAAJUYZAGRKG4VF3CWHSINE","content":"Athletes from a variety of backgrounds compete in the event, which has grown in prestige since its inception in 2018. Stevenson, for example, missed last year’s Kings and Queens event because he was in China winning the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/02/08/park-city-skier-colby//" target=\"_blank\">Olympic silver medal in big air skiing</a>. Kunst, on the other hand, moved from Colorado to attend the University of Utah and later Westminster College. The 22-year-old was basically an undiscovered talent before winning last year’s event.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IBIGCNOB6ZHNZGBRXJ3RWBGD7U","type":"reference"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2023-02-10T21:21:04.536Z","headlines":{"basic":"Utah skiers, snowboarders looking for crown at Kings and Queens of Corbet’s"},"last_updated_date":"2023-02-11T20:09:27.875Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(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.","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/NQH7S3R325F35NCAPYXC4UB4K4.jpg"}},"publish_date":"2023-02-11T20:09:27.578Z","subheadlines":{"basic":"Utah’s Piper Kunst, Madison Blackley coronated as queens of the past two Jackson Hole big mountain contests; voting is ongoing for Peoples Choice award."},"taxonomy":{"primary_section":{"_id":"/sports","name":"Sports","parent_id":"/","path":"/sports"},"sites":[{"name":"Sports","path":"/sports"}],"tags":[{"description":"Skiing","slug":"skiing","text":"Skiing"},{"description":"Olympics","slug":"olympics","text":"Olympics"}]},"website_url":"/sports/2023/02/10/utah-skiers-snowboards-looking"},{"_id":"HHLHPVXMYJH2RMBVXGNPJ4B3WI","canonical_url":"/sports/2023/02/04/lights-party-back-deer-valley","content_elements":[{"_id":"2PKXA62XKNATNJGOVMN23JDRAI","content":"<b>Park City •</b> The freaks come out at night, even at Deer Valley Resort.","type":"text"},{"_id":"243RDOT7IBCBLDBV45HKUNIO6E","content":"The Park City ski area has a reputation for being the most prim and proper of all of Utah’s resorts. For the past two years, the FIS Freestyle World Cup events held at the resort have followed suit. Competition all took place in broad daylight and with sparse crowds due to low snowpack and COVID-19 restrictions.","type":"text"},{"_id":"A2H2TUT6N5EQHEFT4IO5WFHI6Q","content":"This year, though, the lights are back and so are the fervent, and real and faux fur-clad, fans.","type":"text"},{"_id":"L2A3UDQPDVEA7DB3FBRF6MZFQI","content":"“We’re just here to support the fun people who are competing out here,” said Matt Jimenez, 33, one of a crew of five friends who drove up from Salt Lake City to watch Friday’s aerials competition. They tailgated in the parking lot while wrapped in colorful ultra-fluffy, animal-print coats.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SOG4WGYPHFDHJG5RXAALSMH7NE","content":"“How often do you get an opportunity to watch something like this?” said Hillary Dunks, 29.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TDSGKWCVKFCLDIS5O5YNM63WLA","content":"They weren’t the only ones in a festive mood. Aerials competitors who reached the finals could hear the clamor of cowbells and the roar of at least 5,000 fans — especially after men’s winner Dmytro Kotovskyi of Ukraine landed the most difficult jump in the sport, the “Hurricane,” a twisting marvel invented by former Park City resident Jeret “Speedy” Peterson. Another 2,000 were estimated to have watched Thursday night’s moguls finals.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IMPFO72NQFEFLEEJXRDMR35YJ4","caption":"(Julie Jag/The Salt Lake Tribune)\nFur-clad friends Matt Jimenez, Hillary Dunks, Shane Jimenez, Erin Jimenez and Hugo Foucher tailgate in the Deer Valley Resort parking lot prior to the FIS Freestyle World Cup aerials competition on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. The Champion moguls course is in the background behind them. World Cup action will continue Saturday with men's and women's dual slalom.","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/IMPFO72NQFEFLEEJXRDMR35YJ4.jpg"},{"_id":"HP5KURHDCNHAZIKFWCK7WGH3FM","content":"Competitors have also been relishing the opportunity to have their moment under the stadium lights — whether it’s their first time or their 15th.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6PAKP3KTJZHDXJ22PEKHUKZWFU","content":"Jaelin Kauf has had plenty of opportunity to ski under the lights. She has skied 15 World Cup moguls competitions at Deer Valley and came away with a win in 2018.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FW4PHLZWTFEZNI3JRIUPC7KQHE","content":"Over that span, her family and friends from Alta, Wyoming, have perfected the art of creating a hullabaloo. They bring American flags and cowbells and without fail a Costco-sized supply of giant cardboard Js. On Thursday, they rooted her to a second-place finish behind Jakara Anthony of Australia. They finished in the same order at the 2022 Olympics.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TR5JVF3PSBFBDKKUGMNBCDR5NU","content":"“The crowd here is just such a different energy than we see anywhere else,” Kauf said. “When you’re standing in the starting gate and dropping into the course, you can feel the excitement and the energy of the crowd. And honestly, whether you’re competing on the course or standing down in the crowd, you can feel it. 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Still, until this week, a night run at Deer Valley remained elusive.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GJZRLVQLZVE5RICGQVBOMO5N2Q","content":"“To finally get that full Deer Valley experience under those lights is going to be super amazing,” McDonald said following Wednesday’s practice rounds. “I’m just really, really happy to be able to finally ski under these lights. It’s a lifelong dream of mine.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"MAKIHT7BRJAFDNGBH3D4ZC6FJQ","content":"Skiing Deer Valley at night might be the dream. Winning, though, would be the pinnacle.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6DBZEPAPSVH4LNCCGZEYSB3G3Y","content":"“Some people refer to this event as a Super Bowl of skiing or the Ski Bowl …,” he said “It’s definitely one of the biggest events of the year and winning a title here or just getting on the podium I think is just as valuable as winning the Olympics if not more to me.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"6QUJMX7P6BGRZHUOHF4JAWG6J4","content":"McDonald achieved that goal of skiing under the lights Thursday when he reached the final in the individual moguls where he finished 13th. He, fellow Park City native Nick Page and the rest of the Americans mogul skiers will have another shot Saturday in the dual moguls, which will be a new event for the 2026 Olympics in Italy. That event is expected to draw the largest crowd of the three nights.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YN4EOPEAO5EQXDYOFJFUTEUP2I","content":"The question remains, though, will any of them have a rainbow-colored fur coat like Dunks?","type":"text"},{"_id":"O4HYEPI2HVGIXCTEPCOZYPR2KI","content":"Who cares, she said, “We’re here to party!”","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2023-02-04T13:00:16.570Z","headlines":{"basic":"Lights, and party, back for Deer Valley World Cup"},"last_updated_date":"2023-02-04T13:00:17.150Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(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.","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/46R7AUHBARF7VIUOE6FZX2TNC4.jpg"}},"publish_date":"2023-02-04T13:00:17.158Z","subheadlines":{"basic":"For past two years, crowds were limited, night events nonexistent because of COVID-19, but they return as resort celebrates its 25th year of hosting international ski events."},"taxonomy":{"primary_section":{"_id":"/sports","name":"Sports","parent_id":"/","path":"/sports"},"sites":[{"name":"Sports","path":"/sports"}],"tags":[{"description":"Deer Valley Resort","slug":"deer-valley-resort","text":"Deer Valley Resort"},{"description":"Skiing","slug":"skiing","text":"Skiing"},{"description":"Olympics","slug":"olympics","text":"Olympics"}]},"website_url":"/sports/2023/02/04/lights-party-back-deer-valley"},{"_id":"4II562VULJG6BIVJFCOYWFJW3U","canonical_url":"/sports/2023/01/11/could-an-avalanche-vest-become","content_elements":[{"_id":"HZ2IJWDDAZCAVIPSMKC23YKRLE","content":"Sage Kotsenburg had a ticket to ride Japan’s famous “JaPow” this week, but he canceled the trip. The snow around his Park City home has been so plentiful and deep that the Olympic gold medal snowboarder couldn’t pull himself away.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5II5HY2TVZFHFAYU7MCWCEQSUA","content":"“I literally just canceled my trip to Japan to stay at home, it’s so good,” Kotsenburg said. “It’s just such a rad place having the Wasatch in the backyard and being able to <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2018/02/09/the-olympics-might-miss-sage-kotsenburg-but-the-park-city-snowboarder-isnt-exactly-missing-them//" target=\"_blank\">go hit the resort, go snowmobile, go splitboard, go hike out</a>. You can do anything.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"QCVVVB4EORFCTEQLXVDT5JPEMY","content":"As the powder piles up, though, so do the risks, even for a professional snowboarder.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NPWN7OJ6FBHKXHLIMWLKHDX5LU","content":"So Kotsenburg has been helping develop a vest equipped with an air filtration system that can give someone buried in the snow about 90 minutes of additional breathing time. The vest can provide some safety without the need for a bulky backpack. It also has room for standard avalanche gear like a probe and a shovel and a beacon can be worn beneath the vest. Kotsenburg said he sees it as particularly useful for people who mostly ride at resorts but might take an occasional trip beyond the boundary lines or through the trees.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EPTOHJYQWVCB5JOEFFXJW53ZRY","content":"Its potential to become a standard safety feature for most skiers, snowboarders and snowmobilers — much like the helmet — has earned it a nomination for the Innovation Award at the Outdoor Retailer trade show being held this week at the Salt Palace Convention Center.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RWTZFSP73RCDPBJ7ZGIE5GV7ME","content":"“We really kind of designed this to be something that I’ll bring out on a day that we’re going to go snowmobile pretty far in the backcountry: I could have a vest on me when I’m riding because it’s so lightweight,” Kotsenburg said. “But also, I can go to Brighton and just be riding in some of the sidecountry there and just have it on and not really feel like I’m riding with a pack, like it’s a really heavy thing.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"DIIIUVAP6FDBRJOKWZGFIFK6WU","caption":"(Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sage Kotsenburg of Park City poses for a portrait after winning in the men's slopestyle finals at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014.","subtitle":"Park City's Sage Kotsenburg wins gold in Men's Slopestyle Finals","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/DIIIUVAP6FDBRJOKWZGFIFK6WU.jpg"},{"_id":"4PII3FH7ZNHUXN5LLRCGGMRYN4","content":"The vest, made by the Norwegian company Db and called the Snow Pro, has pockets big enough to fit a couple pairs of backcountry skins while still clinging close to the body. The crux of the innovation, though, is the Safeback SBX air filtration system.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EVF7DQDVXZH2PFJETM4RB2A7HM","content":"The SBX uses technology similar to that of the AvaLung, a groundbreaking piece of avalanche safety gear first <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/AvaLung-an-Added-Layer-of-Snow-Safety-Vest-has-2947583.php/" target=\"_blank\">introduced at the 1999 OR show </a>by Salt Lake City’s Black Diamond (and recently discontinued). Like the Avalung, the SBX filters oxygen out of snow crystals and feeds it into air pockets around the nose and mouth of a wearer who is buried in the snow. Unlike the Avalung, however, skiers and snowboarders don’t have to ride with a tube resembling a snorkel in their mouth. To activate the air flow, though, current models require them to pull a release, similar to that on most avalanche airbags.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JFBZL4KZ6RFT7P4AZFHQLO3CBE","content":"William Sherman, the chief marketing officer for Safeback, noted that many <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2021/03/08/ninety-nine-problems-why//" target=\"_blank\">avalanche burials occur just outside ski resort boundaries</a>. Often in those cases people don’t think to bring their avalanche gear with them even if they have it because they are accessing the terrain from a chairlift and aren’t going deep into the backcountry. He said the Snow Pro vest with the SBX system — which weighs just 18 ounces, is battery operated and costs $699 — can fill that in-between area.","type":"text"},{"_id":"R5RR5VGRNFEDVDTMEEXMAPNTAU","content":"“What we’ve seen with airbags and user behavior with airbags [through surveys] is that people are not taking them out unless they know that their risk to have an avalanche is very high, and there are very few tools which can help victims buried in tree wells on the market today,” he said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"F2Z7JNV5AFC4RCXPR2I5455DZI","content":"“So we designed it with the ethic that the safest backcountry gear you can have is the backcountry gear you take with you.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"WNBS54HLLFFBPHKRGHPYIS4ZGA","content":"Craig Gordon, a forecaster for the Utah Avalanche Center, voiced concern about the use of the air filtration system in the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.outtherecolorado.com/news/report-full-detail-of-fatal-sidecountry-avalanche-near-colorado-resort-released/article_3ba758a0-904a-11ed-81fc-07e055b6ddcf.html?utm_source=Master&utm_campaign=dfea53e86f-Daily+Newsletter_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b88b5f678d-dfea53e86f-174440449\%22 target=\"_blank\">sidecountry</a> — a term avalanche officials are loath to use because the connotation is that it is less dangerous than other backcountry terrain. Gordon said a beacon, shovel and probe should be carried by anyone going outside boundary lines — and even within the boundary lines on heavy powder days. Without a beacon, a buried person likely would be nearly impossible to find, rendering the 90 or more minutes of additional air superfluous. If someone else is buried, Gordon said, having an air system strapped to their back won’t help someone perform a rescue.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IYK7KNJIJ5DR3AXFBETOGZNWOI","caption":"(Safeback) The Safeback SBX system filters oxygen out of snow crystals and filters it into the air pocket of someone buried in the snow, potentially extending their ability to avoid asphyxiation by 90 minutes.","subtitle":"","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/IYK7KNJIJ5DR3AXFBETOGZNWOI.jpeg"},{"_id":"ASYOVMIRFRGETBROQ6ZL23SBZM","content":"Through the first 10 days of 2023, the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://utahavalanchecenter.org/avalanches?page=1\%22 target=\"_blank\">UAC has tracked 96 avalanches</a>, though none have been fatal. Thirteen were known to be caused by a skier or snowboarder and three by a snowmobiler. In Colorado, <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://avalanche.state.co.us/accidents/us/" target=\"_blank\">four people have died in avalanches </a>this season.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AKPLNWJTIJEL7GHX6L7ABAFHIY","content":"“I think that we’re relying too much on technology,” Gordon said, comparing wearing the vest in avalanche terrain without the other equipment and training to surfing among a swarm of great white sharks and bringing a tourniquet in case of a bite. “I just feel like, man, we’re getting away from a lot of just the basics.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"SMWDD2LGMVCVLIGBE3ZAQZUNFY","content":"Still, Gordon acknowledged that the vest could be a valuable safety tool for anyone who might get stuck in a tree well. Tree wells are soft, deep pockets of snow that form around tree trunks. About four people die in tree wells in the United States each season, according to an article published in the journal Wilderness & Environmental Medicine.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WX7XFFZ7URHILPJQUXQGAUATAA","content":"Gordon added that combining the SBX technology with a pack that has an airbag and standard avalanche gear would be the best option, aside from avoiding an avalanche all together, of course.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SZMDDO3NINDMHOGU5RJMUCGT6E","content":"Williams said Safeback is working with backpack manufacturers to create a pack that would allow both an airbag and the SBX system to be activated with a single pull. As for a system that will trigger automatically if a person is caught in a slide, he said, “I think we’ll get there.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"TB5KPQ5HFFBPTA7HC735UJDO2E","content":"Kotsenburg, who has become more involved in splitboarding and filming since he <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=58149586&itype=CMSID\%22 target=\"_blank\">won the first Olympic gold medal in slopestyle snowboarding</a> in 2014, said he’s excited about the existing technology and its potential.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VYBSGEZULRAZTAHQQUZFC7SOEI","content":"“I love it,” he said. “It’s something I really, really am happy about.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"ON5THWJFINHAZPJPGXUJ4DUR3Q","content":"The Innovation Award winners will be announced at a ceremony at the OR show Wednesday night. Twenty-nine products were selected as finalists out of 132 entries.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GNA2G2L7KJHCXOTFPZW45MXZC4","content":"<b>Correction: </b>Jan. 13, 2023, 2:25 p.m. >> <i>The Snow Pro vest has room in the back for a shovel and probe. A previous version of this article stated those items could not be carried in the pack.</i>","type":"text"},{"_id":"PANEGN64KBAZXCJXVYOXGHHLQY","content":"<b>Editor’s note •</b> <i>This story is available to Salt Lake Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting local journalism.</i>","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2023-01-11T13:00:00Z","headlines":{"basic":"Could an avalanche vest become a staple for resort skiers, snowboarders?"},"last_updated_date":"2023-01-12T21:28:53.885Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(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.","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/A5CZLNXBF5H4DFKIN3U7LCL36A.jpeg"}},"publish_date":"2023-01-12T21:28:53.539Z","subheadlines":{"basic":"Olympic snowboarder Sage Kotsenburg helped develop a device that is an Outdoor Retailer Innovation Award finalist, but avalanche experts are wary that “we’re relying too much on technology.”"},"taxonomy":{"primary_section":{"_id":"/sports","name":"Sports","parent_id":"/","path":"/sports"},"sites":[{"name":"Sports","path":"/sports"}],"tags":[{"description":"Skiing","slug":"skiing","text":"Skiing"},{"description":"Olympics","slug":"olympics","text":"Olympics"}]},"website_url":"/sports/2023/01/11/could-an-avalanche-vest-become"},{"_id":"SMLPAHN5XZDVNH6UX25HFNZD6A","canonical_url":"/sports/2022/12/06/olympics-utah-every-20-years","content_elements":[{"_id":"XORI7TISORC6PP7TC6L7KLIDXY","content":"Salt Lake City has said it’s ready, able and willing to host another Olympic Games whenever called upon.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DKKCJXW2GVELVKDQADM2S5LTOA","content":"But is the region willing to make a habit of it?","type":"text"},{"_id":"74EGFCAZBREO5GEC5CW7SY45H4","content":"The International Olympic Committee may be asking that question in the coming months after its executive board decided Tuesday to table a decision on where the 2030 Winter Games would be held and instead make a considerable pivot. With climate change eroding its options for Winter Games hosts, it has decided to seriously consider a rotation of Winter Olympics hosts. That means, if selected, Salt Lake City could be guaranteed to hold the Olympics perhaps every 20-30 years instead of having to rebid.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UJISMUXNMRCLLAVTJ5HZ54QJP4","content":"Jacqueline Barrett, the IOC’s director of future Olympic Games hosts, said the novel consideration “is to ensure there is a longtime future for winter sports and the winter sports industry.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"DRAMU6VRH5HG3E37PM2IURQDSA","content":"Among the considerations the IOC may make in determining what sites it will select for the rotation — if it does go that route — is whether the average temperature at the site over the past 10 years has been at or below freezing. Fraser Bullock, the CEO and president of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games, said his group had previously done an analysis of the state’s viability to host through 2050 and that it met “all of the criteria.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"GKJWYHAZSFEKZP63AYH6HPHLY4","content":"The IOC will hold off naming a host, or even a finalist, for the 2030 and 2034 Games as it analyzes the pros and cons of the rotation approach.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LWIWB22NIVHC3EHLY6VAXXS2CQ","content":"“So there’s no decision next year for the awarding,” said Christophe Dubi, the Olympic Games executive director. “Targeted dialog, we’ll see.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"WDAA23OIGFFLDBL7FKFT5HXVIM","content":"Prior to the IOC’s decision, the host of the 2030 Olympics looked like it would come down to two former hosts: Salt Lake City, which held the Winter Games in 2002, and <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/09/08/scandal-japan-could-bring-winter//" target=\"_blank\">Sapporo, Japan,</a> which had them in 1972.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KPPL35PAJJHZFEBLCJUD65VVFU","content":"A third potential host was Vancouver, host of the 2010 Games, whose bid piqued interest in part because it was the first Indigenous-led effort. It seemed to receive a fatal blow, however, when <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/10/27/utahs-chances-host-2030-winter//" target=\"_blank\">British Columbia refused to serve as the underwriter for the Games</a>. Yet according to <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://gamesbids.com/eng/winter-olympic-bids/future-winter-bids/despite-setbacks-vancouvers-2030-olympic-bid-hangs-on-meeting-with-ioc-decision-makers-this-week//">GamesBids.com, organizers of Vancouver’s bid weren’t giving up. They delivered a presentation to the Future Host Committee via a video conference late last month — as did organizing committees from Sapporo and SLC.","type":"text"},{"_id":"L6SQ47NS7ZAR3LL4N36SZS2ND4","content":"Ukraine and Spain also expressed interest in the 2030 Winter Olympics as late as last year. However, the conflict with Russia has kept Ukraine from contending and <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/spain-withdraws-bid-2030-winter-games-due-political-row-2022-06-21//">Spain’s bid met its end</a> this summer when the two hosting regions could not come to an agreement on how to divvy up events.","type":"text"},{"_id":"D5CU4W5TNRC4HPH3BPQA6IRI2A","content":"Because it is not entering a “targeted dialog” with a potential host, Barrett said the IOC will continue to welcome interest from other sites that want to stage the Games.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PJZY5PIHCBHQTF7547N76XKX2A","content":"Bullock expressed some disappointment that a decision on the 2030 and 2034 hosts won’t be made next year. Nonetheless, he noted, it might work out in Salt Lake City’s favor because the IOC might then be more likely to name the hosts of both Games in 2024. If <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/06/25/why-utahs-olympic-bid-has//" target=\"_blank\">Utah gets the 2034 Games</a> — as it would prefer because of the otherwise short runway between it and the Summer Games in Los Angeles in 2028 — it would still have a decade to prepare.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2MY3ESULWZDGTOTVCWI2VWIQPI","content":"Even with a shorter timeline, though, he said Utah could make it work.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BTJGQN2TNRENZJZVSOHUQWYI5M","content":"“We’ve got the venues, all the pieces in place,” he said. “Probably the one negative is that you have a shorter time frame to bring domestic sponsors and the domestic sponsors have a shorter time frame to activate their sponsorship.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"TDAAHIVK5FG3ZLHLLM3O73TP4U","content":"Even so, he held to his promise that local taxpayers would not have to fund any of the estimated $2.4 billion it will cost to host the games. He said the committee had already accounted for that type of scenario when it made its budget to host shortly after L.A.","type":"text"},{"_id":"T3SIWDTDZZBXJM55N3PBXOVNXQ","content":"As far as joining a Winter Games rotation, Bullock said it seemed like it could be an ideal situation for Utah.","type":"text"},{"_id":"D6UAI4K2LBBZVIIC3D4QUCDUUI","content":"“The rotation actually is an intriguing opportunity because we have everything in place,” he said. “We have different economics than a new city that doesn’t have venues in place. We have the expertise. We’re the state of sport, we have competitions all the time. This would naturally fit into our branding of the State of Sport. So we think it’s an interesting, intriguing opportunity.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"GHKISIBMB5GXFDIMOYAVSMAW5A","content":"The <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/12/14/us-officials-pick-salt//">United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee in 2018 selected Salt Lake City</a> over Denver as the city it would put forth as its candidate to host the U.S.’s next Winter Olympics.","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2022-12-06T19:12:23.083Z","headlines":{"basic":"Olympics in Utah every 20 years? 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However, the Province has the responsibility to weigh the benefits with the costs and possible risks of the project,” Lisa Beare, the British Columbia Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport, said in a statement Wednesday.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WBPN2NZKEFELPEKXEMTVYXNN3Y","content":"“There are billions of dollars in direct costs, and potential guarantee and indemnity liability risks on this project that could jeopardize our government’s ability to address pressures facing British Columbians right now.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"AJ5TA3OO3VEFDM564NOAUKOL7A","content":"Beare estimated the province stood to be on the hook for $1.2 billion in direct costs and $1 billion in liability risk, according to the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://vancouversun.com/news/bc-not-supporting-2030-olympics/" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Sun</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JS2RWASEWFABPP666C7C4JGXGE","content":"The International Olympic Committee requires its hosts to have an entity that will assume legal liability and serve as the Games’s underwriter. B.C. did that for the Olympics in 2010. Its unwillingness to do so again does not leave Vancouver’s bid DOA, but it is a sizable dagger to the heart. The IOC’s deadline for naming that entity is in January.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RLJ6YU3MM5A5RDYKX6OMIPA24A","content":"British Columbia still plans to host the 2025 Invictus Games and matches in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will also be spread around Mexico and the United States.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MXFTQ3RPDNGH7GKQPVBBZ64DMI","content":"A spokesperson for the Canadian Olympic Committee told <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"http://gamesbid.com//" target=\"_blank\">GamesBid.com</a>, which broke the news, that the organization would take time time to “process” the news before responding.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DCNEKPRA4NATZLAE33ZZG3WY3Q","content":"“The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC), working under the leadership of the Lil’wat, Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, believes in the strengths of this Indigenous-led process to bring the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games back to the region,” the organization said in a statement.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5SOSRDI5NJBBJICAME3UT26VZQ","content":"In July, Vancouver’s city council approved pursuing the 2030 Games despite a report from city staff that said there wasn’t enough time for them to compile the necessary elements for a formal bid.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YMUHQGDNENDWNEY5ZKMJXH6ZTM","content":"Still, Vancouver had been considered a strong candidate for 2030 and a pivotal player in <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/10/27/dont-air-our-dirty-laundry//" target=\"_blank\">Utah’s bid to host its second Winter Olympics.</a>","type":"text"},{"_id":"RQNVPDLNKVCKTFR6XIJCHCG4FI","content":"One of Salt Lake City’s trump cards in the bid to host the Games is that it fits almost perfectly within the International Olympic Committee’s new focus on sustainability. Yet Vancouver was a model example for that new tack as well. Those two are the only Olympic sites that still have 100% of their venues in use. Like Utah, Vancouver’s Games, held in 2010, were considered a booming success. Plus, the collaboration with local Indigenous groups fit nicely into the IOC’s core values of friendship and respect.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FDXOJKB3PNGDRD5I66VMJA4SYI","content":"However, the IOC likes to spread its marquee events out among different regions. And concerns had bubbled up that if either Salt Lake City or Vancouver was picked as host for 2030, that could have scuttled the other’s hopes to host in 2034 — especially since Los Angeles will hold the Summer Games in 2028.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GE36UEOJ2ZANHLYJT5VUAMWYIY","content":"Fraser Bullock, who is leading the effort to return the Olympics to Utah as the president and CEO of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games, said B.C.’s withdrawal underscores how challenging it can be to get all the pieces in place to make a bid.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XB5FICKESZC5NMJHDUZKJOL6LQ","content":"“I applaud them for their efforts in trying to host the Games because hosting the Games is immensely challenging,” Bullock said. “So I applaud them for giving it a try. But it is understandable why, with the background of British Columbia, they are withdrawing. We just respect the effort they put in to try to host again.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"7BS6ZKA7NBFA7LXAYITHSVVC5M","content":"Sapporo, the 1972 Winter Games host now Utah’s only competition, has undergone its own difficulties of late. Only about half the people in the Hokkaido region support hosting the Games compared to nearly 80% in Utah. Plus, a bribery scandal that occurred during the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo cast a shadow over another Japanese bid.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UXUEXXJOBJHGPM4OQWNTWD5KIA","content":"Bullock said Vancouver’s withdrawal does not change anything in regard to how Utah will approach the bid process.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2YETCUS5WZB67JNNXYDT7J7RYM","content":"“For us, we just continue forward,” he said. “It doesn’t change our path.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"AVDTKAASVFE5DJKLFGHEBPRKAM","content":"Next month, the IOC’s Future Host Commission is expected to recommend a host for the 2030 Games to the IOC’s executive board. The board could enter into a targeted dialog phase with a city by early December. If the city it chooses at that time is able to fulfill all its contracts and obligations, it is almost guaranteed to be named the host at the IOC’s general meeting in October 2023.","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2022-10-27T21:27:53.220Z","headlines":{"basic":"Utah’s chances to host the 2030 Winter Olympics just improved"},"last_updated_date":"2022-10-27T23:43:17.051Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(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.","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/LY62CJBQHVA5HKQIZWOV4UIVLU.jpg"}},"publish_date":"2022-10-27T23:43:16.722Z","subheadlines":{"basic":"British Columbia announced Wednesday it won’t back Vancouver’s bid, likely leaving the IOC to choose between Utah and Sapporo, Japan."},"taxonomy":{"primary_section":{"_id":"/sports","name":"Sports","parent_id":"/","path":"/sports"},"sites":[{"name":"Sports","path":"/sports"}],"tags":[{"description":"Olympics","slug":"olympics","text":"Olympics"}]},"website_url":"/sports/2022/10/27/utahs-chances-host-2030-winter"},{"_id":"57DUFETQVZDURL2U7YYRU77HIA","canonical_url":"/sports/2022/10/27/dont-air-our-dirty-laundry","content_elements":[{"_id":"GF2ITRXKSZH63J4GCSBKHHADHE","content":"Liza Springmeyer and her friends share an inside joke: Utah is great, they say, just don’t tell anyone.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VBRZA5WGXZEZZBTQTVPBL5MX7A","content":"That secret will be spread far and wide, though, if the Olympics return to the state as they are projected to as soon as 2030 or 2034. Considering how difficult it has already become to find affordable housing along the Wasatch front, and that the state is facing current and looming environmental troubles, Springmeyer sees the attention from their return as a source of apprehension.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UVARPOAULRG6FHQZKONOOUY23U","content":"So, she took her concerns to the top. She aired them at the first of two listening sessions held Wednesday by the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games, which is heading the effort to bring the international sporting spectacle back to the state.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HTUBYBFUJJDOPB7VGXJTNSM6CY","content":"“I think it has to be said,” Springmeyer, a Salt Lake City resident who is a consultant for nonprofits, said. “Maybe I’m just one person saying it, but I would hope that they’re hearing it in lots of different areas that we are growing and we’re reaching our limits here.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"P4WTLYWTJBBC5IVZNYRU3V4F24","content":"Committee members heard from about 40 people over the two sessions, which were presented as an opportunity for the city’s residents and leaders to voice their concerns about, and hopes, for the lasting impacts a second Winter Olympics would have on the area. Some, like Springmeyer, voiced uneasiness about the attention and growth it could bring to the state. Others aired concerns and suggestions on topics ranging from housing and homelessness to equitable access at events to transportation plans to environmental stewardship and, yes, even to air.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OWXXVFYIEBE5VGR3Z55RU452LA","content":"The meeting was an addition to the six listening sessions the SLC-UT committee held in Summit County over the past month. Fraser Bullock, the president and CEO of the committee, said his group is gathering input with the intention of singling out a handful of issues on which to focus. He noted, however, that some broad issues, such as rent control, might be out of the group’s reach.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6DQUUPRB3BCEXEURUXJXL5VQ4A","caption":"(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fraser Bullock, the president and CEO of the Salt Lake City - Utah Committee for the Games, leads a discussion during a listening session at Industry SLC on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022.\n\n","subtitle":"","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/6DQUUPRB3BCEXEURUXJXL5VQ4A.JPG"},{"_id":"VTSOVAEPRJBORFOA5HC5AEEBYE","content":"“We can’t solve every societal ill, although we would love to,” Bullock said. “We have to pick our spots. We’re going to have to choose a few key initiatives where we say, ‘OK, this is one where we are uniquely positioned to help,’” Bullock said. “But when it comes to clean air, absolutely [that’s a priority]. Because that’s part of the experience of the Games. Are we going to be able to see our mountains?”","type":"text"},{"_id":"3KQ6KLWUCZBFFBWLH4ALDASQYQ","content":"Environmental stewardship in general is a high priority for the committee, Bullock said, noting the goal for the Salt Lake Games is to make them “climate positive.” It appeared to be a focal point for residents as well. A breakout group discussing sustainability and environment during the morning session, which was held over Zoom, drew nearly half of the attendees. In addition to improving air quality, discussions centered around educating visitors about the fragility of Utah’s environment, preservation of the Great Salt Lake and water conservation.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TOH6KJGSFBGF7CEGPIEZ7AGY7M","content":"Perhaps most pervasive was trepidation that resorts in the Cottonwood Canyons, which already see heavy winter traffic, would host Olympic events. That was immediately squashed by Bullock.","type":"text"},{"_id":"K6THVYF7WFGXJDRPFDQFSCT3B4","content":"“I’m giving you my personal guarantee that we will not use the Cottonwood Canyons,” he said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NIPZ4JAINBG25O6JLQAUBPFXLU","content":"The environment wasn’t the sole source of conversation, however. Another breakout group looked at equity and inclusion. Its participants wanted the committee to make both the Games-time events and subsequent community sports programs — such as youth skating camps — more accessible to rural and diverse communities. It also sought to highlight the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/05/31/hate-crimes-against-utah//" target=\"_blank\">achievements of LGBTQ</a> and Paralympic athletes and coaches.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KOKZV2BMCVCI7KVIBDQUQ73PRU","content":"The topic of homelessness also sparked some impassioned pleas. Bill Tibbitts, the associate director of the Crossroads Urban Center, noted that many elderly tenants and families were displaced in 2002 when landlords raised rents for the month of the Olympics. He urged the committee to <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/08/09/no-more-avoiding-it-calls//" target=\"_blank\">provide shelters and alternate housing</a> for people who might find themselves in a similar situation during the next Games.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZAF3WAHMNFDWFFFLUB7GZTKBEA","content":"“If we as a community set the goal of ending unsheltered homelessness between now and the Games and had proactive steps for housing people who are displaced during the Games,” Tibbitts said, “that could be an amazing story in terms of what the Games accomplished in our community.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"MG4NQLH4PRFJVEMDZZYMX6A3AU","caption":"(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Richard Layman, a Salt Lake resident, makes a comment during a listening session with Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022.\n\n","subtitle":"","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/MG4NQLH4PRFJVEMDZZYMX6A3AU.JPG"},{"_id":"DNMNVPWO3VB5FLWB2FI2RRAELQ","content":"Along those same lines, Richard Layman, a Salt Lake City resident who attended the in-person session held at Industry SLC, asked that the committee push for major policy and cultural shifts.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2LG7AHJASNAGFCQCW55LQEGFXI","content":"“Here’s this opportunity just to be quantum mechanics,” he said, “and to really change the whole way we do things.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"X6AIA6KD7NHFPJLPX5D4ERM74A","content":"Bullock said that in addition to the handful of initiatives it takes on itself, he hopes the committee can be a conduit between the groups spearheading other major projects and the federal funds or policy makers who can help bring them to fruition. The Salt Lake Games, his group has promised, will be entirely privately funded except for federal dollars spent on security measures.","type":"text"},{"_id":"C22LXXRZGRCC3GQXILWFOAOZ7I","content":"First though, Utah has to win the right to host another Olympics.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RPK6LX6RZNHCNKBBF7362DUKKQ","content":"Salt Lake City has put its hat into the ring to host either the 2030 or 2034 Winter Games. <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/06/25/why-utahs-olympic-bid-has//" target=\"_blank\">It prefers the latter</a>, though, since that gives it more separation from the 2028 Summer Games, which will be in Los Angeles. If the International Olympic Committee decides to award the 2030 Olympics to Utah anyway, that announcement could come as soon as December. That’s when the IOC’s executive board is expected to enter a targeted dialog with a potential host, which all but locks that city into position unless it cannot meet all of its obligations to the IOC. The IOC is expected to officially name the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/09/08/scandal-japan-could-bring-winter//" target=\"_blank\">2030 host next October</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DIM67QINRVH5JGIGZ2WAF7TTCM","content":"The host of the 2034 Games is not expected to be named until at least 2024.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AEALDYFEOBDDTOLSA2PGL4SPEM","caption":"This Feb. 3, 1972, photo shows a ceremony marking the opening of the XIth Winter Olympic Games at Makomanai Ice Stadium. The city of Sapporo was the first to officially bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. Sapporo was host to the 1972 Winter Olympics but its 2030 bid has been rocked by a bribery scandal related to the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo. (Kyodo News via AP)","subtitle":"","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/AEALDYFEOBDDTOLSA2PGL4SPEM.jpg"},{"_id":"NZTJS7WAUBENTP4HRH4EUVKXDM","content":"In addition to Utah, cities in the running for the 2030 Games include Sapporo, Japan, and Vancouver, Canada.","type":"text"},{"_id":"O3KWC5J6BNBTBGB7GATNM4MSRQ","content":"For her part, Springmeyer said she’s pro Olympics in Salt Lake City, but with reservations.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DXUYIC5TEFEMTAPUULXSIWAPKM","content":"“Let’s make sure that this next one that we’re not literally airing our dirty laundry: horrible air quality and a lake that’s dried up and no snowfall,” Springmeyer said. “These are real risks that we could come upon. And so if we’re going to do this, let’s invest in making sure those things don’t happen and let’s make sure that they don’t happen not just for the Olympics, but for forever.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"PANEGN64KBAZXCJXVYOXGHHLQY","content":"<b>Editor’s note •</b> <i>This story is available to Salt Lake Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting local journalism.</i>","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2022-10-27T15:42:03.807Z","headlines":{"basic":"Don’t air our ‘dirty laundry’: Utahns ask Olympic group to clean up state’s issues if Winter Games return"},"last_updated_date":"2022-10-27T17:46:53.061Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(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. 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Now another one might result in the Winter Games returning to Utah sooner than expected.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BGNBWG2KLJA4DIEXA5MYRXAT2I","content":"Sapporo, Japan, emerged in recent months as the International Olympic Committee’s frontrunner to host the 2030 Olympics over candidates Salt Lake City and Vancouver, Canada. But reverberations from investigations into bribery at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games appear to have shaken the country’s confidence in the Olympics and could deter the IOC from selecting Sapporo.","type":"text"},{"_id":"N5YKPOFHD5CDPEJDCDGBIEZMIQ","content":"Citing a report in Japan’s Jiji Press, the website <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"http://gamesbids.com//" target=\"_blank\">GamesBids.com</a> said rising public opposition to Sapporo’s bid caused the city’s mayor and the head of the Japanese Olympic Committee to cancel a joint trip this month to IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. That announcement came Monday, the day before two top executives at publishing company Kadokawa were <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/09/06/national/tokyo-olympics-bribery-kadokawa-arrests//">arrested for allegedly bribing Haruyuki Takahashi</a> for favored status as a Tokyo Games sponsor, including receiving the rights to publish official Olympic programs.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WWMSCOJ2NNH4BO2BSJSEXFU3HE","content":"Takahashi, a Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive, was arrested late last month on suspicion of taking <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/08/26/national/crime-legal/tokyo-olympics-scandal-explainer//">bribes from another company, Aoki Holdings</a>. The little-known clothing company was a surprise pick when it was commissioned to provide opening ceremony outfits for Japanese athletes. The offices of a third company, Daiko Advertising, were searched Monday on suspicion of bribery in a related case.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EQX5FTXGNJGUJNAJQHTEL4O5KI","content":"Yasuhiro Yamashita, the president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, said his and mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto’s trip to meet with IOC president Thomas Bach to discuss Sapporo’s bid was called off because of scheduling conflicts. IOC spokesperson Mark Adams corroborated that statement in a media call Thursday.","type":"text"},{"_id":"Y3SOWHW4MRCZVOS3OW4SLHQGY4","content":"In a statement, Yamashita said the cancellation “has nothing to do with the bribery case surrounding the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"R4RTQMENDBHHPLBVMNGCRAA5VU","content":"Still, leaders in that country are taking measures to create a disconnect between Tokyo’s corruption issues and Sapporo’s bid.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PBWEP7Q6IFET5ITZGP56UYXGGU","content":"Yamashita and Akimoto <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2022090800677\%22>released a joint declaration</a> Wednesday pledging Sapporo would host a corruption-free Games. They also pledged to review and clarify their policies around conflicts of interest and the roles and powers given to advertising agencies.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IKYDPTDT6JDLHNSXGK5QFZ3GGU","caption":"(Tsuyoshi Ueda | Pool photo) Kyra Condie, of the United States, during the speed qualification portion of the women's sport climbing competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Tokyo.","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/IKYDPTDT6JDLHNSXGK5QFZ3GGU.png"},{"_id":"HCYO73JWYBAQ7KB6TSVCTLBCPM","content":"The IOC has made a number of changes in recent years in an effort to clean up an image that had been badly tarnished by bribery scandals, including the one in Salt Lake City. In that case, investigations into gifts given to IOC members to secure the right to host the 2002 Winter Games resulted in the Department of Justice handing down 15 charges of bribery and fraud. Top organizing executives Tom Welch and David Johnson were forced to resign. They were replaced by Mitt Romney, who now represents Utah in the United States Senate.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LYGAHO6XD5EERPABZASL7WDWPI","content":"The IOC is just starting to rehabilitate its image and might not be keen on potentially putting itself back in the muck by rewarding a Games to a nation embroiled by an Olympic scandal.","type":"text"},{"_id":"V4JQD3JKGFFM7M6P7YE5FAYNTE","content":"Adams, speaking to the media following the first day of a two-day IOC executive board meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, said the bribery allegations had not been discussed during Thursday’s session.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KVJG27I4CJAI3N2GJS74TNSIWI","content":"“We have full confidence in the Japanese authorities,” he said. “The IOC has every interest in the full clarification of that case.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"VLU57VM5BFDEJIMR2DXPPXP4MI","content":"Former Olympics Minister Toshiaki Endo voiced concern with the public broadcasting station NHK that the bribery accusations would end up “<a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1127151/concerns-scandal-sapporo-2030/">watering the Sapporo bid activity</a>.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"2DFDCQ3WBNAG7N6O3ZAAXWPCCI","content":"If that’s the case, it could bring another Olympics to Utah sooner than expected.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LAK6OYBKLVFT5DELHT5WCRNXTE","content":"The Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games originally focused on hosting in 2030 but has changed its stance in recent months. Climbing inflation and the possibility of a recession, combined with the financial hurdles of convincing sponsors to contribute 18 months after they helped Los Angeles host the 2028 Summer Games, <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/06/25/why-utahs-olympic-bid-has//">made 2034 more attractive</a>. However, the Salt Lake committee has continually said it is “ready, willing and able” to host whenever called upon, and CEO Fraser Bullock said Tuesday that it still stands by that promise.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2QRU64CWZNGRZCKKEKAJ34XUYA","caption":"Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune \rA steady line of former Olympic volunteers asked for photos with Mitt Romney at the 15th Anniversary of the 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games at Utah Olympic Park, Soldier Hollow Nordic Center, Saturday, February 4, 2017. ","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/2QRU64CWZNGRZCKKEKAJ34XUYA.jpg"},{"_id":"TCCELJSVWNC5PCYJKMAM2SEEUA","content":"Bullock does not comment on other candidate sites’ bids, so he would not speculate on how Tokyo bribery accusations might affect Sapporo’s bid. He also declined to discuss how Salt Lake City succeeded in rubbing off the tarnish from its own scandal. Of the candidate cities, Salt Lake has the most community support with <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2019/01/30/young-utahns-who-likely//">about 80% of registered voters in favor of bringing the Olympics back</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YMH3U2P4EJGK3ONJNA7IH3LCLU","content":"Prior to the bribery accusations, about 60% of Hokkaido province residents supported Sapporo’s bid, depending on the demographic asked, according to <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"http://gamesbids.com//" target=\"_blank\">GamesBids.com</a>, and 26% opposed it.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JQXUL2QG3NAL3CVLQZ7GIKQKH4","content":"Vancouver’s city council in July voted down a proposal to hold a vote on the bid in October. At that same city council meeting, Deputy City Manager Karen Levitt warned there were t<a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://biv.com/article/2022/07/still-many-unanswered-questions-vancouver-2030-olympics-bid/">oo many questions about cost and risk and not enough time</a> for overburdened city staff to answer them for her to recommend Vancouver back an Olympic bid. The city’s partners in the Host Nations Exploratory Assembly have also not formally backed the bid.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CJ4XOPN4I5AXBBPVEIHNYU6T2I","content":"Vancouver is expected to submit the first Indigenous-led bid in Olympic history.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XPZ343P6Y5BUFJBSQGWM6PYYRU","content":"Even if Salt Lake City hosts earlier than expected, it will have to weather a delay in the announcement.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NXDLRJN7PFDWRH5J2QPKEUQASM","content":"The <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/05/24/olympic-countdown-is-when//">IOC still plans to announce the 2030 host</a> at its 140th general session, but that event has been rescheduled from late May to September or October and may be moved from Mumbai, India. The change was announced Thursday as the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/india-faces-olympic-ban-if-governance-dispute-not-resolved-2022-09-08//" target=\"_blank\">IOC reprimanded the Indian Olympic Association</a> for governance and election disputes. If India’s national Olympic committee can’t resolve its issues by December, it will be banned by the IOC and the country’s athletes will not be allowed to compete in upcoming Games or sanctioned contests.","type":"text"},{"_id":"675M6YUXZNA5BM46Z63AB37JTU","content":"Adams said he expects the 2030 host will still be announced at the rescheduled general session but that should not disrupt the rest of the 2030 bid timeline. 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This is the second year Hawk had staged his nascent <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2021/07/19/tony-hawks-first-vert//" target=\"_blank\">Vert Alert skateboarding contest in Salt Lake City</a> and he <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/08/23/tony-hawk-says-utah-event//" target=\"_blank\">promised those attending the “Legends Demo” would get to see him drop in</a>. He made the guarantee even though the 54-year-old had not skated in public since before he broke his femur five months ago — an injury that required a titanium rod to be placed in his leg.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NHYY4UIT65BD7FLL4WZDD2ZCAE","content":"“I’m definitely not at the level that I had hoped I’d be,” Hawk told The Salt Lake Tribune in the run-up to the event. “But at the same time, I can’t miss it. I mean, this event is too important to me.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"GPFDCOTRCBFZ7EEUL2UCJBJ2YY","content":"Hawk was joined on the ramp by such legends as <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.thvertalert.com/legends/" target=\"_blank\">Sandro Dias and Lincoln Ueda</a> and Andy Macdonald, who stole the show, as well as the likes of Christian Hosoi and Lizzie Armanto. He wasn’t the only one banged up either. Bucky Lasek dropped into the showcase despite dropping out of the main competition with an injury and Cara-Beth Burnside was sidelined for the whole event.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EOH65JNRQBANTKH6LZCTZ3PI7E","content":"Hawk had a noticeable limp, though not as prominent as it was in April when showed up to accept the 2021 Event of the Year award from <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/04/16/tony-hawk-his-vert-alert//" target=\"_blank\">Utah Sports Commission</a> at Vivint Arena. He also appeared frustrated when his first few official runs ended in falls. Still, Hawk held his own and showed he still knows how to put on a show.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5OQAPKER75C7LI4RGAPCHWPDMY","content":"“Till the wheels fall off,” he told an adoring crowd that would later give him a standing ovation, referencing both his motto and a recently released documentary about the latter part of his career.","type":"text"},{"_id":"P6KMVUTP55GS3C4E5WY7YHL5UI","content":"Earlier in the day, high-flying skateboarders — some as young as 8 — took their turn on the ramp as they battled for a spot in the Vert Alert finals and a share of the $75,000 purse. The <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.thvertalert.com/schedule/" target=\"_blank\">finals will be held Saturday</a>, starting at 3 p.m. for the women and 4:15 p.m. for the men. 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American Anders Haugen left the games without any hardware, but 50 years later was awarded bronze after a scoring error was confirmed.","type":"text"},{"_id":"X7ERVFFIRBBTFCFN6EJRH4J2EQ","content":"“Our mutual goal is to make our sport more relevant and exciting for young women and men around the world,” said Tom Bickner, who chairs the Salt Lake City-based USA Nordic Sport board of directors.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NTASO6CWA5G2TAASAMYQR57ZKE","content":"The International Ski Federation said the partnership will also assist other ski jumping teams around the world.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4PKVRFDEQFGODAG7AEFFGKR5GY","content":"“FIS applauds the unprecedented agreement between Norway and the United States to collaborate toward achieving athletic greatness,” said Sandro Pertile, ski jumping race director for the governing body.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GUKGQCC6MZGEPCGFYT2M5GFUPU","content":"Italy will host the 2026 Olympics, where venues will be very spread out in the northern part of the country, including Trentino for ski jumping.","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"name":"Larry Lage | The Associated Press"}]},"display_date":"2022-08-24T15:43:59.290Z","headlines":{"basic":"U.S. and Norway forge unprecedented ski jumping partnership"},"last_updated_date":"2022-08-24T15:43:59.754Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(Terje Bendiksby/NTB via AP, File) Norway's Marius Lindvik competes during the World Cup ski jumping in Vikersundbakken, Norway, Saturday March 12, 2022. 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His 54-year-old body, meanwhile, must have expected a little more recovery time.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FZH5MASTERGY3DON5QKM62RTWE","content":"Looks like neither is going to get its way.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3PK3ACG4U5D2JNEABFCOHADWXI","content":"Hawk told The Salt Lake Tribune he will participate in the “Legends Demo” session at the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.thvertalert.com/schedule/" target=\"_blank\">Tony Hawk Vert Alert</a>, a free, big-air skateboarding competition scheduled to be held at the Utah State Fairpark on Friday and Saturday. Still limited by his injury, which required a <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/04/sports/tony-hawk-documentary.html#:~:text=Less%20than%20three%20weeks%20before,my%20leg%20didn't.%E2%80%9D\" target=\"_blank\">titanium rod to be inserted into his bone</a>, though, he acknowledged he’s not even close to peak form.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ANAQ5YRBP5BZJN2YEYEPLJLPZQ","content":"“It is a little scary because it’s my first public skate appearance since my injury, and I’m definitely not at the level that I had hoped I’d be,” Hawk said in a phone interview last week. “But at the same time, I can’t miss it. I mean, this event is too important to me.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"HIUNTG6BTJFETNQBVF24J7GVQM","content":"For Hawk, the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2021/07/19/tony-hawks-first-vert//" target=\"_blank\">Vert Alert is keeping relevant the ramped, big-air style of skateboarding</a> that made him a household name. Over the past decade or so, vert has fallen out of vogue for broadcasters, event managers and sponsors as the street and park styles of skateboarding gained acceptance due to a surge in neighborhood skateparks. 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And those vert tricks are not of the highest caliber.”I feel like that’s something that’s sort of lost in the noise, and we’re here to make it known.��","type":"text"},{"_id":"THKY5GX4PJBYDBZTCTKR455ZHU","content":"Hawk had been puzzling out the idea of a vert-based skateboarding competition, similar to the halfpipe in snowboarding, for years. Then, last year, the Utah Sports Commission offered to host it at the Fairpark in conjunction with the Street League Skateboarding season opener. The SLS will not return this year, in part due to a decision to hold its main events indoors, but the Vert Alert will for a second time. Eventually, Hawk said, he envisions it becoming an annual contest and maybe even a series.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AS5IHVUBUFEI3DSAWMXFL6Z3PE","content":"The event will be welcome back in Utah again next year, according to Jeff Robbins, president and CEO of the Utah Sports Commission. The commission named the Vert Alert its 2021 Event of the Year at its State of Sport Awards in April. When Hawk accepted the award at Vivint Arena, it was with a heavy limp and the help of a cane.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5YJVVZUAVJGS7GPZ6FOIM36OEI","content":"“Hopefully we can continue to do it in the future and bring Tony in and build it more,” Robbins said. “And who knows, maybe next year we’ll bring back some of those other events [like the SLS]. But we’re just excited that he would come and do this.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"VIDUWP42HZFHNKXRYHTN6AJNOY","caption":"(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The crowd cheers on the women’s completion in Street League Skateboarding at the Utah State Fairpark in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. Now in its 11th year, the sport’s premier competition series includes more of the world’s best skaters than ever before, with the tour roster featuring 47 athletes hailing from 11 countries, including 21 Olympians and multiple X Games medalists.","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/VIDUWP42HZFHNKXRYHTN6AJNOY.JPG"},{"_id":"2XSXZF3R4FDRHH5TFJUXJLE6QE","content":"Like last year’s event, which was won by Olympians Edouard Damestoy of France and Sky Brown of California/Britain/Japan, this year’s contest will feature a $75,000 purse split evenly between the men and the women. However, this year’s Vert Alert will feature more international talent, including Moto Shibata of Japan and Rony Gomes of Brazil. Free skateboarding clinics will also be presented by Woodward Park City on both days.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CASYGMWBERGDDCPB2EV5IMA77A","content":"Hawk originally envisioned the event as a catalyst to get <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/04/16/tony-hawk-his-vert-alert//" target=\"_blank\">vert skateboarding into the Olympics</a>. Park and street competitions were included when skateboarding made its Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games, and those same disciplines will be featured in Paris 2024. The 2028 Summer Games will be in Los Angeles, which as Hawk’s home and the birthplace of skateboarding culture would seem like the perfect place for vert to make its Olympic debut.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2I64PMFZPJA4XNH72T6FT5LSRY","content":"Hawk, however, said he’s “not actively campaigning” to make that happen.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QWQRJEFRAVBAFMHNYCS3VAGUAI","content":"“I just feel like we’re trying to make enough noise that they can’t dismiss it,” he said. “It’s more that we just want to build something where it is undeniable that it is something valid and that should be included. But that’s not the ultimate goal for me. The goal is just to raise awareness and to have these incredible skaters get the respect they deserve.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"Z73PTH7WGJE4BAZ443JB4OKE5Q","content":"One of the best ways to draw eyeballs to his event is for Hawk himself to skate in it. That’s why he committed to participating in Friday night’s <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.thvertalert.com/legends/" target=\"_blank\">“Legends Demo”</a> alongside the likes of Bucky Lasek and Cara-Beth Burnside.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BWD3QFNGDNESLLATYF7PPYNTMA","content":"It will be Hawk’s first time back on the ramp in front of an audience since before he broke his leg while skating in late March. He didn’t generate enough speed to stick the landing on a 540-degree aerial rotation — a trick known as a McTwist, which he’s done thousands of times — and snapped his right femur. In an Instagram post he made the day after the injury, he acknowledged the injury may be the biggest test of his lifelong creed that he will continue skating until he physically can’t.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RN2DIVHMS5FVHO5KOVSGHXAZVY","raw_oembed":{},"type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"2BCFCO7DGVGUZKMPWLCO6X2BWE","content":"That day, he said, hasn’t come yet. The Vert Alert beckons.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ULHW2WB4JFFUNEFQ7VGNMRBL3E","content":"“I made a promise a long time ago that I’d be there,” he said. “So I’m obviously not going to be at my usual capacity, but I’m making it work and, you know, I’ll do what I can.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"E45ODVULE5C3DEUAV2GBPTGXXI","citation":{},"content_elements":[{"_id":"BSWN6KVYL5BAHAXZV3POU7ZWFM","type":"header"},{"_id":"QDQZGFJWRVGELN4WZT5JILPRNU","type":"text"},{"_id":"OQBDB2WMAZDHHGXGT5G7UFR7PI","type":"text"},{"_id":"V7GEP4MOIZFKLOVCD6LGCDG57I","type":"text"},{"_id":"K2UXLIWCXFEBJJ2HJZ2ABJWI6M","type":"text"}],"type":"quote"},{"_id":"ON6DJE5QO5FGHJN5LWHD5HBHYI","content":"<br/>","type":"text"},{"_id":"4LXZD7FMEJHKPMQHIJGHRF74ZY","content":"<br/>","type":"text"},{"_id":"FLHLFFHYLZCWVMB4LPMP5YDCGY","content":"<br/>","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2022-08-24T12:30:36.368Z","headlines":{"basic":"Tony Hawk says Utah event too important to miss, but his return to the ramp is ‘a little scary’"},"last_updated_date":"2022-08-24T12:30:37.468Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(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.","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/2DMX3JDROZFDDBNSGLMKZ2HEY4.jpg"}},"publish_date":"2022-08-24T12:30:36.368Z","subheadlines":{"basic":"Five months after he broke his leg, skateboarding icon plans to ride in “Legends” session at his free Vert Alert event in Salt Lake City."},"taxonomy":{"primary_section":{"_id":"/sports","name":"Sports","parent_id":"/","path":"/sports"},"sites":[{"name":"Sports","path":"/sports"}],"tags":[{"description":"sports features","slug":"sports-featured","text":"Sports Featured"},{"description":"Olympics","slug":"olympics","text":"Olympics"},{"description":"Put stories behind the paywall.","slug":"paywall","text":"Paywall"}]},"website_url":"/sports/2022/08/23/tony-hawk-says-utah-event"}],"_id":"26355ac502e05c49fde628e83ea213b3c561a0a6f8da517716f808b6400a7b75"}">","type":"raw_html"},{"_id":"JSV2MY3HLFDOPFGWRLGHANOCWE","content":"Volunteers helped make the 2002 games a success, Bullock said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"T3FILFLYWZABTF6ATZMY5ZU3HQ","content":"“They are the front line to the experience of the world, and they all had smiles on their faces,” he said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WO6HYOU5JFHAXIE2XFS2BNFMSQ","content":"<b>Enthusiasm about the Olympics</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"LWSILXKQ5RCYBIVQ4MOWHDGFOI","content":"Most people in Utah want the games to come back, according to a survey referenced in the report.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RUYQLNQ5ANCH7JNDULVZHUMJHI","content":"That survey found 82% of Utahs support the state hosting a future Winter Olympics. That’s up from 2002, when a different survey found 75% of people favored Salt Lake City hosting the games.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IDGWO7YH2RH5ZJNTBKQ5ZXH4OI","content":"<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation/13558406\" data-height=\"450px\"><script src=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://public.flourish.studio/resources/embed.js/">","type":"raw_html"},{"_id":"4KSX36HASJEG3D7BZMZG5YJEJE","content":"Social capital</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"36ZJ5UWGQJB3XMRQI3GVLN2NIQ","content":"Social capital includes networks of relationships that enable a healthy functioning society, from family interaction and social supports to community health and philanthropy.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TREYDEYGP5EG5PBYSKV46FHMWM","content":"The <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/republicans/2018/4/the-geography-of-social-capital-in-america/" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee’s Social Capital Project </a>ranks Utah as the highest in the nation for social capital. Many Utah counties also rank highly.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TYNDU4BFNVD37LNGKKSSLJAEQE","content":"<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-map\" data-src=\"visualisation/13558023\"><script src=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://public.flourish.studio/resources/embed.js/">","type":"raw_html"},{"_id":"AQM5BJLBOFHAPOCWYFK3WNW7IM","content":"Future Olympic and Paralympic Games would improve social connections as people “congregate to volunteer to welcome the world to Utah” or to watch the games or celebrate at coordinating events, the report reads.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3BTDXED6F5D6RHERJ5626BCNIM","content":"<b>Population</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"XU7PG2FQKJCOZIE3V4CXXWCXZM","content":"The report highlights Utah’s population growth, including the state having the highest rate of growth between 2010 and 2020.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EUCCJGZ5N5CNLOA7HC6BUW3P4Y","content":"While the nation as a whole grew 7.4%, Utah saw an 18.4% increase. That’s the most growth of any state in that decade.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IHPUO3HCK5CANPSCXQUM3Z4K4Q","content":"<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-map\" data-src=\"visualisation/13557650\"><script src=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://public.flourish.studio/resources/embed.js/">","type":"raw_html"},{"_id":"HZJ277TWCFGDJKV5ASYRGHTCA4","content":"Utah’s population is expected to continue growing, the report shows, though the rate is likely to decrease in upcoming decades.","type":"text"},{"_id":"J26L27ABURBWJI2W5NI2X4QUDM","content":"<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation/13556691\"><script src=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://public.flourish.studio/resources/embed.js/">","type":"raw_html"},{"_id":"5WIZUXXFIFGJVPIUBGJBH356CI","content":"Utah’s strong economy and high quality of life attract new residents, the report says, and the state’s population is becoming more diverse and vibrant over time.","type":"text"},{"_id":"E2KZVTXHO5GWPIAJPUBPM3R2UQ","content":"<b>Winter sports, health, diversity, business development, and more</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"MTVHVAL2SBHJ5DH6TO64TWYCBI","content":"The report also highlights other factors that help make a future Winter Games a good fit for Salt Lake City, including:","type":"text"},{"_id":"DN227WIN3BCEXKB6SXK4FG7LJM","type":"list"},{"_id":"GW3QUHROCVEUVMBPGOA5YODRE4","content":"The full report is available at <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://gardner.utah.edu/wp-content/uploads/OlySupplement-Apr2023.pdf?x71849\%22 target=\"_blank\">gardner.utah.edu/wp-content/uploads/OlySupplement-Apr2023.pdf?x71849</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4YJOAYWFMBE2BFRG6AQYJVXUS4","content":"<iframe class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" title=\"OlySupplement Apr2023\" src=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.scribd.com/embeds/641207941/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-N1fXQO8YOTeVBs9xnZLq\%22 tabindex=\"0\" data-auto-height=\"true\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.7729220222793488\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe><p style=\" margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block;\" ><a title=\"View OlySupplement Apr2023 on Scribd\" href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.scribd.com/document/641207941/OlySupplement-Apr2023#from_embed\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">OlySupplement Apr2023</a> by <a title=\"View Megan Banta's profile on Scribd\" href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.scribd.com/user/665743703/Megan-Banta#from_embed\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Megan Banta</a></p>","type":"raw_html"},{"_id":"P2QHMJPU4ZDJZHGV54PSVA7GMY","content":"<br/>","type":"text"},{"_id":"SPC7USHIHJCOVKO7IXZXABSRHM","content":"<b>Correction:</b> April 27, 3:56 p.m. >> <i>Sarah Wright is the executive director of Utah Clean Energy. Her name was incorrect in a previous version of this article</i>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PNIW2SYDJVBPRFLVS4SMMAEWQU","content":"<br/>","type":"text"},{"_id":"FLB2X573UNBTHIRCTFL4Q36RCY","content":"<br/>","type":"text"},{"_id":"EFQCA2JFBJH6DETB7IH3M2FMRU","content":"<br/>","type":"text"},{"_id":"7F4GWIMAWBE2BPBMLOZZVTVS3I","content":"<br/>","type":"text"},{"_id":"KIDW6UKJP5DTRP3ID5C3KGPXLM","content":"<br/>","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"},{"_id":"mbanta@sltrib.com","image":{"url":""},"name":"Megan Banta"}]},"display_date":"2023-04-27T20:49:35.844Z","headlines":{"basic":"If Utah hosts another Olympics, air, water might be the real winner"},"last_updated_date":"2023-04-28T02:42:21.670Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Clear skies allow the distant mountains and I-80 to be seen from the Spencer F. Eccles Olympic Mountain Center ski runs located on the west side of Olympic Park on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Organizers of Utah's Olympic bid say improving the state's air and environment are a high priority.","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/EYCEA7AQPBBFDOH6II63FMRLAU.jpg"}},"publish_date":"2023-04-28T02:42:21.258Z","subheadlines":{"basic":"Report from Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute finds state is “well positioned to host environmentally positive Games.”"},"taxonomy":{"primary_section":{"_id":"/sports","name":"Sports","parent_id":"/","path":"/sports"},"sites":[{"name":"Sports","path":"/sports"}],"tags":[{"description":"Olympics","slug":"olympics","text":"Olympics"},{"description":"University of Utah","slug":"university-of-utah","text":"University of Utah"},{"description":"Environment","slug":"environment","text":"Environment"}]},"website_url":"/sports/2023/04/27/could-another-olympics-improve"},{"_id":"4HC6TIPICFF7JHKAAQX3YYDPRA","canonical_url":"/sports/2023/04/20/olympic-skier-jeremy-nobis-icon","content_elements":[{"_id":"WLSXB5GCRRAN3N6HFDZVU7ZFPQ","content":"Olympic skier Jeremy Nobis, who became known as “The Icon” for his fearless feats on skis, <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2023/04/19/jmr-former-olympic-skier-found-dead-in-his-jail-cell-in-cedar-city//" target=\"_blank\">was found dead in his cell Wednesday morning at the Iron County Jail in Cedar City.</a>","type":"text"},{"_id":"WMPZE7IY6JCYXIGP7EIEGUZ5MM","content":"Nobis, 52, was being held at the jail while awaiting sentencing in a DUI case, according to a news release from the Iron/Garfield/Beaver Critical Incident Task Force. He had been incarcerated since Feb. 11. His sentencing was scheduled for Tuesday.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GBRLKAHFE5GTZJNSNWZBW26VUI","content":"He was found alone and unresponsive, the news release said, and was pronounced dead at the jail.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TED65ORUP5A4HIDDNND6WZF72U","content":"“Life-saving efforts were attempted by Iron County Jail staff,” the release said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GWZXC4LROFATZI5CVMITARSAEY","caption":"(Craig Hansell | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jeremy Nobis in Park City, January 1991.","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/GWZXC4LROFATZI5CVMITARSAEY.jpg"},{"_id":"NRKCRYKPUBAPXPRMCMW7C5XYMA","content":"A Wisconsin native who later attended the ski-centric Green Mountain Valley School in Vermont, Nobis made the United States Ski and Snowboard team at age 16. He was a <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://olympics.com/en/athletes/jeremy-nobis/" target=\"_blank\">World Junior Champion (giant slalom) at age 17</a> and won another (super giant slalom) at age 18, when he also began racing World Cup events.","type":"text"},{"_id":"A7WOXVP7VVEILFGXQVRNPF2XDI","content":"In 1994, Nobis competed for Team USA in the slalom and giant slalom at the Lillehammer Olympics in Norway, taking ninth in the latter.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6LGEKHUIPBHX5HEE4G5SXSVVXM","content":"Shortly after those Winter Games, Nobis began skiing professionally. He appeared in films by Warren Miller Entertainment, Teton Gravity Research and Matchstick Productions. TGR co-founders Todd and Steve Jones named his descent of a steep Alaskan mountain face one of their top 21 moments of the first 21 years of the now ubiquitous action-sports media company. The descent ended up on the February 1998 cover of Powder magazine under the headline: “Jeremy Nobis: The Next Rock Star?”","type":"text"},{"_id":"5WZ3772MCZAOTHMGH7HXNG4TTI","raw_oembed":{},"type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"KGH6K5RZJVBDJMUL3F2RD5IYOI","content":"Todd Jones, in a video about the moment, described Nobis as “this long-haired, fiery ex-racer. Just a crazy ball of intensity and energy.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"KMS6N7PDYNCQLNQ4PEIZL5YSEQ","content":"Skiing with intensity and abandon became Nobis’ calling card. His fast descent of steep slopes earned nicknames like “The Icon” and “PsychoNobi.” Nobis, who had his own pro model of Dynastar skis, is perhaps best known for his run down Harvest on Alaska’s Pyramid Peak. It is a 52-degree slope with a 2,000-foot vertical drop.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ANWAQVJYVZHCRLO7AHA6CQ7FNY","content":"“I was always completely blown away with how you attacked the mountain full throttle,” photographer Tony Harrington wrote on Nobis’s Facebook page. “And crikey, what about that line you dropped into when we were in Greenland when filming with TGR! probably the most I’ve feared for any athlete I’ve photographed in such a hair balled situation where falling was not an option.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"TTCK34XKHBEL3IN7JRYEAH2PKU","raw_oembed":{},"type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"7XKIZTOTLRA2PBNHMUYLSM3KTU","content":"He appeared to live his life in a similar manner. He had been caught driving while impaired no fewer than five times. One of those was in Park City in 2006, when, after leading police on a chase through town, Nobis struck a tree, collided with an officer’s SUV and tried to run away. No one was injured in the event. At that time, according to the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.parkrecord.com/news/famous-skier-sentenced-to-jail//">Park Record</a>, he had already been convicted of drunk driving twice, in 1999 and 2005. In 2011, Nobis led police in Jackson, Wyo., on another chase, this one reaching speeds of up to 100 mph according to a <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.skimag.com/news/jeremy-nobis-arrested-two-duis//">Ski magazine article</a> published in January.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XYXUSSTOSFCMLGH7ZGZE2P6MPI","content":"He also had been charged with a DUI in Mesa County, Colo., the Ski article said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PHXHMA3A7BHZXEYHAETP4NR7Q4","content":"Utah court records show Nobis was arrested on March 25, 2019, following a rollover crash on Interstate 15 near mile-marker 42. His blood-alcohol level at that time was .42 — more than eight times the state limit — and he had open alcohol containers in his vehicle, according to a probable-cause statement issued in support of his arrest. He was released three days later and required to appear before the court at a later date. Nobis did not appear for an August 2021 video conference related to that case and a warrant was issued for his arrest.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IFCSCL36VRHWFAAHWHBPTQ5XNM","content":"He was taken into custody on Feb. 23. On March 7 in a 5th District Court, he pled guilty to a single count of DUI, which is a third-degree felony. Nobis was facing a maximum of five years in jail and up to $5,000 in fines.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6XNK6RF7HVEFFPCILMJN22FAQ4","content":"No foul play is suspected in his death, according to the news release.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5JORP7HOVBDH5HNYYJIENCJ2UY","content":"Nobis’s younger sister, Shannon, also competed in the 1994 Olympics and was a member of the Park City Ski Team.","type":"text"},{"_id":"J7DG375XPFE5VJWEV6RFABZDL4","content":"A message on the USSA’s website said the organization’s “thoughts and condolences are with his family, friends and ski community.” It also included a link to the organization’s <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.teamusa.org/MentalHealth/" target=\"_blank\">mental health resources</a>.","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2023-04-20T20:28:31.051Z","headlines":{"basic":"Olympic skier Jeremy Nobis, ‘The Icon,’ dies in a Utah jail"},"last_updated_date":"2023-04-22T00:04:37.906Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(Craig Hansell | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jeremy Nobis competes in Park City, January 1991.","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/NJQRFBXNIRCFVBKMS32ZO3ND3M.jpg"}},"publish_date":"2023-04-22T00:04:37.548Z","subheadlines":{"basic":"Nobis, 52, was being held in the Iron County jail as he awaited sentencing in a DUI case."},"taxonomy":{"primary_section":{"_id":"/sports","name":"Sports","parent_id":"/","path":"/sports"},"sites":[{"name":"Sports","path":"/sports"}],"tags":[{"description":"Skiing","slug":"skiing","text":"Skiing"},{"description":"Olympics","slug":"olympics","text":"Olympics"},{"description":"Tag for obituaries RSS feed","slug":"obituaries","text":"obituaries"}]},"website_url":"/sports/2023/04/20/olympic-skier-jeremy-nobis-icon"},{"_id":"CYKT2VFUABCZHOQUZSSABTNYXQ","canonical_url":"/news/nation-world/2023/04/02/tokyo-olympics-scandal-fouls-hopes","content_elements":[{"_id":"A3CI4ECA65H57GXARQPD6J53TM","content":"In recent years, the already shortlist of possible candidates to hold the Winter Olympics has become even shorter. Headline-grabbing cost overruns and humbling defeats in public referendums have made cities wary of building venues for sports like ski jumping and bobsled with limited appeal beyond the Games, while climate change has rapidly shrunk the number of potential hosts that can promise real snow.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ID636OJUMFCUTG33VRQAN34X4Y","content":"Those challenges had made Sapporo, in Japan’s frigid north, especially appealing as Olympic organizers seek a home for the 2030 Games. The city seemed to have it all: an Olympic legacy as the 1972 host; most of the necessary facilities; an eager public; and consistent, powdery snow. Its only serious rival, Salt Lake City, preferred to wait until 2034 to host the Games.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NKINBIDSXZHRLAQRXY46XHU5GY","content":"What Sapporo wasn’t counting on was a still-unfolding corruption scandal linked to the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, which has turned public opinion sharply against Sapporo’s bid and complicated Japan’s ability to stage large events in the coming years. The turmoil has thrown the 2030 selection process into uncertainty, with both Sapporo and the International Olympic Committee pausing their efforts as officials court alternative bidders.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SZLOUZ7STVEARFY2PYANOXQG3E","content":"The slow drip of allegations of bid-rigging in the run-up to the Tokyo Games, which were delayed until 2021 because of the pandemic, has ensnared some of Japan’s top companies. The most prominent is Dentsu, one of the world’s most powerful sports marketing firms and a key force in arranging everything from the initial Tokyo bidding process to the event’s tiniest details.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3OFWNVWU7JGEDHUZV3GN4UCQYI","content":"Arrests began last summer, toppling the heads of one of Japan’s largest publishers and a major clothing retailer. In February, prosecutors accused Dentsu, as well as Japan’s second-largest marketing firm, Hakuhodo, of forming a cartel to skirt rules on bidding for public contracts related to the Tokyo Games.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QZPFPFJLU5G3PN54U4U3K4ELXM","content":"In response to the scandal, Tokyo and Osaka, among other cities, have pledged that — at least in the short term — they will exclude Dentsu and its alleged conspirators from bidding for public contracts. That has been an especially bitter pill for Osaka, which is hosting the 2025 World Expo and was counting on the advertising giant’s support to pull off the event.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QGNIO6S4TFHW3PW5FG6CVIEARU","content":"In early March, Sapporo announced several shorter public bidding bans on smaller companies named in the indictments. It has not yet announced whether it will work with Dentsu and Hakuhodo, but the city’s relationship with a local Dentsu subsidiary that helped lay the groundwork for the Olympic bid is on hold, said Sapporo’s mayor, Katsuhiro Akimoto.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TFAFEM7S6VESZE4Z5ZNI2ECHAU","content":"While the city still hopes to host the 2030 Games, Akimoto said, he believes it will be difficult to secure the necessary sponsorships without the involvement of Dentsu, which hauled in a record-shattering $3.6 billion in domestic sponsorship money for the Tokyo Games. The firm controls nearly 28% of Japan’s advertising market.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PGHGAWANQNFVVJKRHUTZTS4E7E","content":"The fallout from the Tokyo Olympics has created an unexpected headache not just for Sapporo but also for the IOC, which has found it increasingly difficult to secure hosts for the Winter Games as cities decide the costs and hassles aren’t worth it.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ENMGX7G7LFEE5ISYMGXT5JSOJA","content":"For the 2022 Winter Olympics, the IOC was forced to choose between two candidates from authoritarian countries, after all eight democratic countries that had expressed interest pulled out. Beijing edged out Almaty, Kazakhstan, and the Games came under fire both for China’s abysmal human rights record and its dependence on artificial snow.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BIB5VKNUDRDDHCICPTWW5VR57M","content":"In an effort to attract more candidates, the Olympic committee has worked to make bidding for and hosting the Games less expensive and onerous. Even so, few countries have applied. Only Sweden and Italy, the winner, were finalists for the 2026 Winter Games.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HBFBIK6I2NESZMYGMIULNOVUTU","content":"Sapporo’s flailing effort does not endanger the Games’ future, analysts said. But it has had a domino effect. In December, the IOC announced that it would push back the timeline for selecting a host, saying it needed time to consider the impacts of climate change on the Games’ future. Sapporo paused its bid soon after.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WRMXDTXGX5HHBDCYFVYATENOUE","content":"Salt Lake City; Vancouver, British Columbia; and Stockholm have since been suggested as possible destinations. Salt Lake City has said it prefers to host in 2034 so it won’t have to fight for sponsors with the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UWTTHXNQ7NBG7CVGIPKV5IPKUU","content":"Sapporo’s chances of hosting the Games largely depend on its ability to revive public interest, said Olympic historian David Wallechinsky. From the IOC’s perspective, “the corruption issue isn’t as important as the lack of public support,” he said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5AZRMPIEHJFAVD7FDI5HQZLY2M","content":"In a January poll by The Hokkaido Shimbun, a regional daily newspaper, nearly 70% of those surveyed said they opposed hosting the Games. The turnabout is evident even in once enthusiastic residents like Masako Ishibashi, who attended the opening ceremony of the 1972 Sapporo Olympics as a child and whose daughter has ambitions of becoming a pro alpine skier.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NUG3QERMUBHUNKOZO6VOT5MAAQ","content":"In the wake of the scandal, “the feeling that we should definitely, definitely do it is gone,” she said as she walked her dog near the outdoor skating rink where the Olympic kickoff was held five decades ago.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6OIUVMXHSNBLXCJMLOMJTCHK3I","content":"Even if Sapporo’s 2030 bid collapses, it will remain a tempting Olympic candidate as the IOC emphasizes making the Games more environmentally and economically sustainable. A 2022 study projecting the impact of climate change on the Winter Olympics’ future said that, by midcentury, Sapporo may be one of the last former hosts in Asia capable of reliably holding the Games without resorting to artificial snow.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZDQPP7GXNVCLLA3ICIRHVSQRXA","content":"But for that to happen, Sapporo is going to have to repair the damage done by the Tokyo scandal, said Ryuichi Kasuga, a sports consultant who worked on the 1998 Nagano Olympics.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AWEZA6GXF5F7XJ4Y3FQALZRCIE","content":"“They need to demonstrate that they can make a bid and hold an Olympics properly,” he said. “Otherwise, Japan’s Olympics movement is over.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"LUZT3OVWFFHYDBFXKKV6QE2T4M","content":"This article originally appeared in <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/30/sports/olympics/sapporo-winter-games.html/">The New York Times</a>.","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"name":"Ben Dooley and Hisako Ueno | The New York Times"}]},"display_date":"2023-04-02T12:00:00Z","headlines":{"basic":"Tokyo Olympics scandal fouls hopes for a Sapporo Winter Games"},"last_updated_date":"2023-04-02T12:00:05.188Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(Joshua Mellin | The New York Times) Two people on snowboards at the Sapporo Teine ski resort, in Sapporo, Japan on March 25, 2023, which was a venue for the 1972 Winter Games. 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Sapporo’s flailing 2030 bid has added another headache.","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/XFRNZYE4JZDHXJWXMNXHQS6FQI.jpg"}},"publish_date":"2023-04-02T12:00:05.193Z","subheadlines":{"basic":"Public opinion has turned against the 2030 bid."},"taxonomy":{"primary_section":{"_id":"/news/nation-world","name":"Nation + World","parent_id":"/news","path":"/news/nation-world"},"sites":[{"name":"Nation + World","path":"/news/nation-world"}],"tags":[{"description":"Olympics","slug":"olympics","text":"Olympics"}]},"website_url":"/news/nation-world/2023/04/02/tokyo-olympics-scandal-fouls-hopes"},{"_id":"W366K5K2QVE75PFHHY4KVGTN6M","canonical_url":"/sports/2023/03/09/beyond-tik-tok-utah-olympic","content_elements":[{"_id":"34OGU3F2HRGNXIVV5SUEAY3ZAY","content":"When <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/02/09/last-salt-lake-figure//" target=\"_blank\">Nathan Chen won the gold medal</a> in men’s figure skating last year, COVID-19 restrictions kept his parents from being in Beijing to watch him. Yet his mother was among the first to greet the Salt Lake City skater after the medal was draped over his neck.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4NAAMUYQSZEX5F3E4LYIPVZYEY","content":"The video calls instituted at the finish lines came about as a way to placate families frustrated they couldn’t be there in person. But ask Catherine Raney-Norman, the chair of the group putting together Utah’s next Olympic bid, and those video calls are the future of the Games — at least for the next minute or two. With technology consistently evolving, and becoming more central to the daily lives of fans and athletes alike, local Olympic organizers have already begun looking into how they can harness it to make their own Winter Games even better ... <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/12/06/olympics-utah-every-20-years//" target=\"_blank\">whenever Utah ends up hosting.</a>","type":"text"},{"_id":"2WSISM4LLNGV5NBE4KOD3B2L6A","content":"Not that they have any idea what technology will look like by 2030 or 2034. Not even the industry leaders gathered in Salt Lake City this week for Qualtrics’ X4 Summit know that. That includes Qualtrics founder<a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/jazz/2023/02/14/jazz-owners-ryan-ashley-smith-are//" target=\"_blank\"> Ryan Smith</a>, who is a member of the board of directors for the SLC-Utah Committee for the Games and invited Raney-Norman and CEO Fraser Bullock to speak to executive session attendees Wednesday at the Grand America Hotel.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BMSPGZVCQNHGLNHIBLI7ZQGAIE","content":"“Can you show me what tech is going to be in 10 or 20 years?” Smith said. “If so, I want to model that.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"2Q643PW6PVA7RNPTCAJOIWIUKA","content":"Smith founded Qualtrics, a consumer experience company, in 2002, the same year Utah hosted its first Olympics. That was also the year Friendster was launched. Suffice it to say, social media has come a long way and become much more intertwined in people’s daily lives since then.","type":"text"},{"_id":"Q2WBC52J7BDSDOTNFLLLLXKBKU","content":"Bullock, who was the COO of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee in 2002, said the group’s budget for technology back then was between $300 million-$400 million. Most of that was focused on producing and distributing the Games around the globe via television. Ten years from now, it’s unclear whether people will still be watching sports on traditional TVs.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BZ2QKF2KCBGANKRTQTM6PGAOQI","content":"Organizers will need their eyeballs, however. And the key to those, Bullock said, will be finding ways for people to interact with the Game, making them more participatory and less static.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5G23I7JFZRGD3H57CX7WRAWU5M","content":"“I think the one that is the big opportunity that will evolve between now and the Games is just the engagement with people,” Bullock said. “I mean, where was Tik Tok three years ago? So these things can pop up and we’re going to see that continual evolution. We need to make sure that a few years out we are deeply engaged with the latest” technology and strategies.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FV5DBGXNEBHVTAKIFZIBM52SYU","raw_oembed":{},"type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"YSRJ2ZNVNZEA3O5CMFXNTIH6FM","content":"Utah has not yet learned if, or as Bullock says, when, it will host another Winter Games. The International Olympic Committee has put off selecting a host for the 2030 Olympics to allow more potential hosts to come forward. It is not expected to name a host for those Games until 2024, at which time it may also decide where the 2034 Games will be held. Utah has said it would prefer to host in 2034 but would be open to hosting in 2030 if called upon.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KOKX64VXEBDBHEG4UCNKRVCD5E","content":"When its time comes, the committee plans to lean heavily on the minds of Silicon Slopes for guidance when it comes to technology. Until Utah is named as a host, the group cannot sell sponsorships to companies, but Bullock is hopeful that will come out of the partnership as well.","type":"text"},{"_id":"55YIA3FGTNAMNHHTM254DX3C5Y","content":"Interactive video calls might be one avenue for getting people more involved. Or, it could be something no one has even thought about yet.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JAF5KVKYLJGPRBD5TM7FL6F3TQ","content":"“We’re making sure that we’re communicating to people in the way that they want to be communicated with. 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He had a mind to make a grand entrance on his first run by doing a double flip into the chute.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VXLOXNINBRF6NLKZ5KBSG4PWKY","content":"Crazy? Maybe, but as he watched most of the 25 competitors launch themselves off the cliff while waiting his turn, it was apparent he wasn’t the only one.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PWVUDYUESBBNVIDDIZACLUGCUY","content":"“Everyone that enters that event has a screw loose,” Stevenson said. “You have to be a little crazy to agree to doing that.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"VPLSJ73PMNAJ3AGIQCJ6MV2UWQ","content":"So what does it say about Stevenson that he took home the king’s crown? Or about Blake Wilson of Sandy, who took second in the men’s competition, and Piper Kunst of Salt Lake City, who was second in the women’s after winning the queen’s crown last year?","type":"text"},{"_id":"C42ABT65PJHCZJSERDCPPZAOWA","caption":"(Brett Wilhelm | Red Bull Content Pool) Alex Hackel, PIper Kunst, Veronica Paulsen and Blake Wilson react after Kunst's run at Kings and Queens of Corbet’s at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Jackson, Wyo., on Feb. 7, 2023.","subtitle":"Alex Hackel, PIper Kunst, Veronica Paulsen and Blake Wilson","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/C42ABT65PJHCZJSERDCPPZAOWA.jpg"},{"_id":"WIIOTTHEOJA4DIWYZ6XDPR6BZE","content":"Apparently, they’re all wearing their brazenness like a badge of honor.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YV3RUUISHBEKLHWEJENISFMTN4","content":"“It’s crazy,” Kunst, 22, agreed. “It’s like mental game playing.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"XENU464CJBEZPL2WBTTQZSBQKY","content":"Luckily, both Stevenson and Kunst had sensible friends. Stevenson’s talked him down from the double backflip to a more reasonable but still spectacular switch 540 with a grab. The Olympic silver medalist in big air at the Beijing Winter Games still got to do a flip, but it was off a jump farther down the run’s steep face.","type":"text"},{"_id":"L4ULMT4BGBCNXK2W3JKG42BHR4","content":"Kunst had also been considering a double backflip, and her willingness to go all out in icy, treacherous conditions is what won her the queen crown last year. But this year, at her friends’ behest, the frequent Alta Ski Area skier decided to play it a little safer and enter with a front flip instead.","type":"text"},{"_id":"R5LKW2S7XFAUXDY4MF4M3HQHGQ","content":"Veronica Paulsen, the 2020 Queen, didn’t pull back from the double backflip. While she didn’t land it cleanly, she became the first woman to perform a double backflip on Corbet’s Couloir and took home the People’s Choice award. Ben Richards landed his double backflip to win the men’s People’s Choice award.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5ODDKIL43FH2JE6UJZG7SGN4QM","content":"Wilson hasn’t figured out what his title is as runner up at the Kings and Queens contest.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3LTREVFLUFDORBGAJG5KCCS74Q","content":"<script src=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/players/8KjA3FKc-WeUEeh90.js/">","type":"raw_html"},{"_id":"APMSUAKMORGI3HIU5AKURRG5RQ","content":"“I think it might be a knight. Or a jester or something?” he said. “I don’t know if it’s prince, but hey, I’ll take that. I’ll take whatever I can get.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"TUUJZ5MTRNFSLJ2CW347N2EG7A","content":"Wilson, like Kunst, made his Kings and Queens debut last year, entered with a backflip and followed it up with another one midmountain. Unlike the other two, he knew his parameters as soon as he looked down from the start gate..","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZUNNYTW7NJBLXLKM2AKJLON5ZI","content":"“The entrance is really tight at the top. It feels, like, claustrophobic left to right,” Wilson said. “I didn’t really want to do a spinning trick because I tend to drift. And, like, that last wall is not a good zone to land — not that the right wall is any better. I thought that if I just did a backflip off of it, I could keep everything nice and straight.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"46CZT46W5JECDOZ7WA55U2ETFQ","content":"The King and Queen of Corbet’s contest began in 2018 and has been gaining in prestige in the years since. It pits skiers vs. snowboarders and park jibbers vs. big mountain riders. Kunst said her favorite part is that it mixes men and women in the lineup, with the order selected via a draw. Each competitor gets two runs and afterward the athletes serve as the judges, rewatching the videos in a theater and voting for the winner.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XGWKZCB2FJACHPVIKSF773BVLU","content":"Skier Claire McPherson, 19, of Canada won the queen crown this year, but the two prior queens hailed from Utah: Kunst and Salt Lake City snowboarder Madison Blackley. Stevenson is the first Utahn to take the king’s crown.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JUZ7YYC52FG3JMGAH75YBP7JTY","caption":"(Amy Jimmerson | Red Bull) Piper Kunst of Salt Lake City flies high near the bottom of the narrow Corbet's Couloir during the Kings and Queens of Corbet's big mountain competition on Feb. 7, 2023. Kunst, the 2022 queen, placed second.","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/JUZ7YYC52FG3JMGAH75YBP7JTY.jpg"},{"_id":"KVENFULOWFFW5OWSOWZCRAFUAY","content":"He said he plans to be back. He’s found his kin.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EDPUKBICBNAARJ7R3OZHW46RGQ","content":"“It’s just a nice, like, starting point for me to get into something like this and kind of change the direction of my career,” said Stevenson, who also is competing in World Cup and Dew Tour events this month as well as doing some filming. “I’m really excited to do more events like that down the road.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"H5DC6N7FXNHK3G4XZGZNM3WMM4","content":"A<a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.redbull.com/us-en/videos/kings-and-queens-of-corbets-2023-recap-show/" target=\"_blank\"> recap of the event</a> can be found online at redbull.com.","type":"text"},{"_id":"I7ZJTNB6BRG7BDTPCSOHLX45WA","raw_oembed":{},"type":"oembed_response"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2023-02-19T13:00:52.118Z","headlines":{"basic":"Utahns crowned skiing royalty at King and Queen of Corbet’s"},"last_updated_date":"2023-02-22T18:03:05.134Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(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. 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But could he throw down a jam while sliding over a rail on a snowboard?","type":"text"},{"_id":"E3PVMBHJZJBPXO4FIFVXDA3KCE","content":"A few hours earlier Nate Haust could and did during the Grit Rail Jam held just down the street at The Gateway. An NBA All-Star Weekend event meant to bring together two of Utah’s greatest sporting passions — basketball and snow sports — the free pro snowboarding competition drew more than 10,000 fans to the outdoor mall’s Olympic Plaza.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7IKET56HY5ESDCWFZ5WXIYA7W4","content":"Some knew enough about park snowboarding to be able to provide running commentary on the event. Others wouldn’t even know how to strap in. Then again, the same could be said for the disparity in basketball knowledge among the crowd.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WQQTXHMB5VEENFM52FHTORUZIM","content":"Irvin Butterfass, a new transplant to Utah from Minnesota who could call out each trick, was singled out by his group of about 10 friends watching from the upper level as “the basketball guy.” It was a title he quickly denied.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KDFQVMGZTNBBXJVDWS476W45GY","content":"“I know that you can take two steps,” Butterfass, 18, said, “and that’s about it.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"YNKTDEJXSVCXLPCL3VZVT4NQM4","caption":"(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Pro snowboarder Nate Haust flies over emcee Josh Nilsen on Saturday. Thousands of huckfest enthusiasts watched professional snowboarders throw 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. 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After some safety alterations, Saturday’s final design must have suited her much better, though, because she came away with the women’s title and a $10,000 check. Jaylen Hanson of Minnesota took second and $5,000 and another Salt Lake City rider, Kaleah Opal, placed third after hitting her head midway through the finals and having to sit out the last half.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2P3T3FUTJRAKJO6MUO6V5HWELM","content":"Haust won the men’s event over Pat Fava of Salt Lake City and Dusty Hendrickson of Big Bear, Calif. He said the roar and energy of the crowd carried him to victory.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FTMO6PT6QVDEHE4IS6THW4IN3U","raw_oembed":{},"type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"QPLWQ35TVBCWHD34AJHHWXXPYY","content":"“The crowd is wild right now. Everyone’s going crazy,” Haust, 30, said. “And obviously it’s a big weekend and there’s a lot of positive energy and that’s one thing that gets me fired up and helps me ride better, I guess.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"4FRBPRCBDFCQVGRXXWZUQG3R7E","content":"Haust’s backside 450 and backflips and Perkins’ rail slide off with a knock off the Grit backboard sent the onlookers into a frenzy. That roar was only amplified by a surprise appearance by Olympic and X Games medalist <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/04/06/shaun-white-takes-triple//" target=\"_blank\">Shaun White</a>, as well as Jones and rapper Travis Scott, a snowboarder who helped sponsor the event.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YIBZ5VUU5RGNFEFK7T72XIYPSA","content":"Scott was the main draw for a group of high school friends from West Haven and Farr West who arrived early enough to secure spots against the fence right below the jump. They planned to spend the rest of their evening checking out the various pop-up shops in the area while keeping an eye out for NBA stars.","type":"text"},{"_id":"P2KFDU2S3JFKTCQZWFQO4X5RGU","caption":"(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jill Perkins of Salt Lake City flies high on Saturday. Thousands of huckfest enthusiasts watched professional snowboarders throw 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. ","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/P2KFDU2S3JFKTCQZWFQO4X5RGU.jpg"},{"_id":"JHL2RCDMHJCZ5JIU7G62BVDOLQ","content":"They said they didn’t find anything odd about the juxtaposition of a snowboarding event with the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2023/02/16/how-take-part-all-star-weekend//" target=\"_blank\">NBA All-Star Weekend</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CYITCL6WBVFCFDICQ7UMJP2LVY","content":"“I think it integrates well with Utah,” Hunter Smith, 18, said. “With this being Utah, I think it’s perfect.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"YB3GWJ5Y35CFFO5UACFHJPL4HY","content":"If the main rail jam itself seemed a little out of place among the basketball-centric events, its encore was not. Once the finals ended, riders were invited to participate in a slam dunk contest on snowboards.","type":"text"},{"_id":"G2IL2WFSLJDJHBRHWIXFKSDJKA","content":"Salt Lake’s Egan Wint won the women’s title with pure grit and determination. Haust, meanwhile, made one stylish and impressive slam after another to win the men’s event. This even though he reluctantly admitted he doesn’t play or follow a lick of basketball.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HM2RJFTTFZGYXGPAAEEXYPUWNE","caption":"(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Olympic snowboarder Shaun White is greeted by rapper Travis Scott on Saturday. Thousands of huckfest enthusiasts watched professional snowboarders throw 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. ","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/HM2RJFTTFZGYXGPAAEEXYPUWNE.jpg"},{"_id":"6XE2YUI455EADPPPCVJBBXS2TY","content":"Still, he and possibly organizers are hoping this event might create some mutual admiration and interest.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QLJOUGKJQVGNFEVOWN2DULKQLY","content":"“I think this is gonna do really good things for the industry,” Haust said. “I would imagine as I don’t pay attention to basketball, I’m sure a lot of these basketball fans don’t know much about snowboarding. So I think this is a great opportunity to get in front of a lot of eyes and hopefully it can get more people on hill.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"76PXBIVJOFAMNJE6A4BCOFCRXA","raw_oembed":{},"type":"oembed_response"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2023-02-19T13:00:08.253Z","headlines":{"basic":"Rapper Travis Scott, Olympian Shaun White turn The Gateway into a snowboarding showcase during All-Star Weekend"},"last_updated_date":"2023-02-22T18:01:28.625Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(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.","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/BWQFSZRQNVD7TNKGZOXN2DF4NA.jpg"}},"publish_date":"2023-02-19T13:35:38.502Z","subheadlines":{"basic":"The thousands of fans didn’t need to know anything about the sport to appreciate the flips, spins and slides they saw performed on the scaffolding setup in Olympic Plaza."},"taxonomy":{"primary_section":{"_id":"/sports/ski-n-board","name":"Ski and Snowboard","parent_id":"/sports","path":"/sports/ski-n-board"},"sites":[{"name":"Ski and Snowboard","path":"/sports/ski-n-board"},{"name":"Sports","path":"/sports"}],"tags":[{"description":"Skiing","slug":"skiing","text":"Skiing"},{"description":"Olympics","slug":"olympics","text":"Olympics"},{"description":"NBA","slug":"nba","text":"NBA"}]},"website_url":"/sports/2023/02/19/with-jams-jibs-snowboarders"},{"_id":"HLOTMRJ4FBCVHBJPNQQDLF35BI","canonical_url":"/sports/2023/02/17/utah-lawmakers-pass-olympics-bills","content_elements":[{"_id":"JWAXRAWV3FEANNRO4XYDO5AVMU","content":"Before Fraser Bullock could leave the Senate floor at the Utah state capitol Thursday, longtime Sen. Curtis Bramble, R-Provo, had a gift for him. It was an Olympic pin given to state senators prior to Utah hosting the 2002 Winter Games.","type":"text"},{"_id":"E4NNOSOFWNEH5GIPI4XXBUNBJ4","content":"Despite its rarity, the pin might have been the second-best present Bullock got that day. Just before the exchange, Utah’s legislators gifted the president and CEO of the bid committee working to bring an Olympics back to Utah its unwavering support.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4PZID6RHJFAM7IIMTMH2XM63IM","content":"With unanimous votes in both the House and the Senate, lawmakers passed two Olympics-related bills Thursday. One, <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HCR008.html/" target=\"_blank\">HCR8</a>, is a public statement in support of Utah’s efforts to host another Olympics, either in 2030 or 2034. The other, <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0430.html/" target=\"_blank\">HB430</a>, authorizes the governor to “sign agreements and make other assurances” that would put Utah and its taxpayers on the hook for overrun expenses if the state is chosen to host another Games.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EFRU7YUUBJBZDBOHRR5H6M5MHQ","content":"Rep. Jon Hawkins, R-Pleasant Grove, sponsored both bills and Sen. Michael McKell, R-Spanish Fork, represented them on the Senate floor. United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland and chairman Gene Sykes were on the floor for the votes in both chambers.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IES6SEQ5L5FW5GWRC6Z4WFN3VE","content":"“Today feels like Olympic Day,” Bullock said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WRMCHLJAKBB65CXSBTWFYZFKDU","content":"“We got our two bills that needed to be passed to enable us to take the next step in our journey to hosting the Games,” he added. “We’ve met with legislative leadership on both sides, the Democrat side and the Republican side, everybody’s unified. Everybody wants to host the Games again. And we’re so excited with this step forward in our journey to once again bring the games back to Utah.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"BLD432CLFFEK5IFKEZRS6BRKKM","content":"Gov. Spencer Cox called the financial agreements “old news” in his monthly news conference Thursday, noting they have not changed much since 2002.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TVTTTNH5DVFLFG6VVUUNU7XVHU","caption":"(Julie Jag/The Salt Lake Tribune)\nUnited States Olympic and Paralympic Committee Chairperson Gene Sykes, right, and CEO Sarah Hirshland, second from right, join Fraser Bullock, fourth from right, and other members of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games on the Senate floor on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, as Senate President Stuart Adams congratulates them on the passage of a pair of bills in support of Utah's bid to host another Winter Olympics.","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/TVTTTNH5DVFLFG6VVUUNU7XVHU.jpg"},{"_id":"O3QNZCKH35F5BJRJBED3VJD6RQ","content":"Recently, however, convincing governments and taxpayers to accept liability for the Games has become a major stumbling block for bidders. In fact, both of Utah’s closest challengers for the 2030 Games have been derailed by the issue.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EEKYFV3LGRFS7GTOEFROEQS4AQ","content":"Vancouver hosted the Winter Olympics in 2010 and is the only winter site aside from Salt Lake City that is still using all of its venues. However, its potential as a host was thrown into doubt in October when <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/10/27/utahs-chances-host-2030-winter//">British Columbia refused to support the cost and the risks</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"45EX3IIBBZGKRITV7LQSSCNSLU","content":"“The current bid is cost-estimated at $1.2 billion and an additional billion dollars in risk,” Lisa Beare, the minister of tourism, arts, culture and sport for the province, said in a news conference. “And when we measured that against our government’s priorities, we believe we need to focus on people.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"TOMWZTWB55CZDENUB3WH3CYLXM","content":"The financial risks a host takes on are a very real concern for the people of Japan and organizers of the Sapporo bid as well. Citizens were already wary after being made to pay for much of the estimated $25 billion price tag for hosting the 2020 Tokyo Olympics during the pandemic — which they couldn’t attend because spectators were banned. Recent revelations that <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/09/08/scandal-japan-could-bring-winter//">those Games also were plagued by bribery and corruption</a> have eroded public support even further. In December, Sapporo’s mayor and the Japanese Olympic Committee announced they were pausing their bid efforts.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EB5Q6U5QCJDHZDDN4BQ5NCCBSU","content":"The 2020 Olympics illustrated the risks to cities and countries that host an Olympics, University of Oxford professor Bent Flyvbjerg told the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/15/olympics-tokyo-costs-japan//">Washington Post</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"M3T2RDCBZ5CADN7OPFHLPV4EAY","content":"“This is like having a tiger by the tail, you know, when you say yes to hosting the Games. You actually have very limited possibilities of stripping down cost” because the majority of the business decisions are made by the IOC and international athletics organizations, said Flyvbjerg, who studies the economics of the Olympics. “Even under the best circumstances, putting on the Olympics is quite a burden financially.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"LWJIQ7EEGRCGPKHBUJWCRP7B3Y","content":"Neither Vancouver nor Sapporo’s bid is out of the running, though.","type":"text"},{"_id":"53UTTBXZHRFSJN6O42M3C64XQI","caption":"(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ukraine's Dmitri Dmitrenko skates during the Men's Free Skate Thursday at the Salt Lake Ice Center during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/53UTTBXZHRFSJN6O42M3C64XQI.jpg"},{"_id":"CHBVMRGDZZGEZL6YT376TVJQRU","content":"While the International Olympic Committee had been expected to select at least the 2030 host and possibly the 2034 host in December, it <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/12/06/olympics-utah-every-20-years//">tabled that decision until at least 2024</a>. It said at the time that it wanted to take a closer look at the impacts of climate change on the Winter Games sites. That its options were dwindling, though, was undeniable.","type":"text"},{"_id":"G7LWBWTD5NGK3EXPP37GZNRMBM","content":"Cox said he has no concerns about committing the state to foot the bill if something goes wrong the next time Utah hosts the Games.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XALGUQK7OVE7JJNP44RRR7NHK4","content":"“We actually feel more confident than we did when Gov. [Mike] Leavitt signed these agreements 20 years ago, much more confident,” Cox said, “because at that time we did not have all of these facilities. There were significant investments and there was a lot of risk to the public 20 years ago. That risk 30 years post our last Olympics is very, very minor.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"L7B4ZC2PPJGIVFIJWCHDIBTOUQ","content":"Bullock and the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games estimate it will <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/06/25/why-utahs-olympic-bid-has//">cost $2.2 billion to host the 2030 </a>event. They estimate closer to $2.4 billion for the 2034 Games to account for additional upgrades to aging facilities. The committee and the USOPC prefer the latter because it allows for more separation from the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LGFYMCGZ4ZG6NMNWQVUJEUEYDA","content":"Organizers have promised those costs will be privately funded and not borne by taxpayers, whenever the Games return to Salt Lake City. Bullock said the bills passed by the legislature and the governor’s ability to sign assurances won’t change that.","type":"text"},{"_id":"N43XCQYIMJAF7FCEMHKF7O5VKY","content":"“Many of [the assurances] include that the state will provide security, that transportation will be available, power will be available. And ultimately they’re also the financial backstop in case something goes wrong,” Bullock said. “But in Utah, we have a different business model. Our business model is that we don’t use any local taxpayer money. We stand alone on our own. And so even though we have that backstop there, we don’t ever intend to use it, but it has to be there as part of our bid.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"FRIWNQZYQZAJLK7LQZPES7HEXU","content":"During discussion on the House floor, representatives also expressed little concern about the potential negative financial ramifications. Rep. Brett Garner, D-West Valley City, said he wanted to ensure Utah’s bid wasn’t stained by scandal as it was in the run-up to the 2002 Games. Rep. Ryan Wilcox, R-Ogden, meanwhile, extolled the ways hosting the Olympics benefited Utah’s infrastructure. Others shared memories about the 2002 Games.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GKFMYNVBHVASLBKY27SFEYLOGM","content":"The bills were not discussed on the Senate floor.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PANEGN64KBAZXCJXVYOXGHHLQY","content":"<b>Editor’s note •</b> <i>This story is available to Salt Lake Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting local journalism.</i>","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2023-02-17T13:00:56Z","headlines":{"basic":"Utah lawmakers pass Olympics bills that put support — and potentially money — behind another Salt Lake bid"},"last_updated_date":"2023-02-17T13:00:56.195Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(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. 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Stevenson of Park City counted among those dropping off cliffs at the Wyoming resort, as did Piper Kunst and <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2021/10/26/experts-only-pro-skiers//" target=\"_blank\">Madison Blackley</a>, both of Salt Lake City, and Blake Wilson of Sandy.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BBFY7Y2FX5EYHIB6NIY6ZXECSA","content":"Kunst, a skier, and Blackley, a snowboarder, were trying to bring the queen’s crown back to Utah for the third straight year. 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Instead, they will be unveiled during the online recap show that is scheduled to air Tuesday on the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.redbull.com/int-en/live-events/">Red Bull TV website</a> and app and on the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.youtube.com/@jacksonhole/">Jackson Hole resort YouTube channel</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"T5WEC6FHKJDLRFL6O557JO645M","content":"Until then, clips of each athlete’s run can be found at <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"http://redbull.com//" target=\"_blank\">redbull.com</a>. Fans can vote for their favorites until 5 p.m. Wednesday. The top vote-getters will receive a <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.redbull.com/us-en/events/kings-and-queens-of-corbets/kings-and-queens-of-corbets-peoples-choice-award/">People’s Choice award</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SPKVAAJUYZAGRKG4VF3CWHSINE","content":"Athletes from a variety of backgrounds compete in the event, which has grown in prestige since its inception in 2018. Stevenson, for example, missed last year’s Kings and Queens event because he was in China winning the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/02/08/park-city-skier-colby//" target=\"_blank\">Olympic silver medal in big air skiing</a>. Kunst, on the other hand, moved from Colorado to attend the University of Utah and later Westminster College. The 22-year-old was basically an undiscovered talent before winning last year’s event.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IBIGCNOB6ZHNZGBRXJ3RWBGD7U","type":"reference"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2023-02-10T21:21:04.536Z","headlines":{"basic":"Utah skiers, snowboarders looking for crown at Kings and Queens of Corbet’s"},"last_updated_date":"2023-02-11T20:09:27.875Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(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.","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/NQH7S3R325F35NCAPYXC4UB4K4.jpg"}},"publish_date":"2023-02-11T20:09:27.578Z","subheadlines":{"basic":"Utah’s Piper Kunst, Madison Blackley coronated as queens of the past two Jackson Hole big mountain contests; voting is ongoing for Peoples Choice award."},"taxonomy":{"primary_section":{"_id":"/sports","name":"Sports","parent_id":"/","path":"/sports"},"sites":[{"name":"Sports","path":"/sports"}],"tags":[{"description":"Skiing","slug":"skiing","text":"Skiing"},{"description":"Olympics","slug":"olympics","text":"Olympics"}]},"website_url":"/sports/2023/02/10/utah-skiers-snowboards-looking"},{"_id":"HHLHPVXMYJH2RMBVXGNPJ4B3WI","canonical_url":"/sports/2023/02/04/lights-party-back-deer-valley","content_elements":[{"_id":"2PKXA62XKNATNJGOVMN23JDRAI","content":"<b>Park City •</b> The freaks come out at night, even at Deer Valley Resort.","type":"text"},{"_id":"243RDOT7IBCBLDBV45HKUNIO6E","content":"The Park City ski area has a reputation for being the most prim and proper of all of Utah’s resorts. For the past two years, the FIS Freestyle World Cup events held at the resort have followed suit. Competition all took place in broad daylight and with sparse crowds due to low snowpack and COVID-19 restrictions.","type":"text"},{"_id":"A2H2TUT6N5EQHEFT4IO5WFHI6Q","content":"This year, though, the lights are back and so are the fervent, and real and faux fur-clad, fans.","type":"text"},{"_id":"L2A3UDQPDVEA7DB3FBRF6MZFQI","content":"“We’re just here to support the fun people who are competing out here,” said Matt Jimenez, 33, one of a crew of five friends who drove up from Salt Lake City to watch Friday’s aerials competition. They tailgated in the parking lot while wrapped in colorful ultra-fluffy, animal-print coats.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SOG4WGYPHFDHJG5RXAALSMH7NE","content":"“How often do you get an opportunity to watch something like this?” said Hillary Dunks, 29.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TDSGKWCVKFCLDIS5O5YNM63WLA","content":"They weren’t the only ones in a festive mood. Aerials competitors who reached the finals could hear the clamor of cowbells and the roar of at least 5,000 fans — especially after men’s winner Dmytro Kotovskyi of Ukraine landed the most difficult jump in the sport, the “Hurricane,” a twisting marvel invented by former Park City resident Jeret “Speedy” Peterson. Another 2,000 were estimated to have watched Thursday night’s moguls finals.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IMPFO72NQFEFLEEJXRDMR35YJ4","caption":"(Julie Jag/The Salt Lake Tribune)\nFur-clad friends Matt Jimenez, Hillary Dunks, Shane Jimenez, Erin Jimenez and Hugo Foucher tailgate in the Deer Valley Resort parking lot prior to the FIS Freestyle World Cup aerials competition on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. The Champion moguls course is in the background behind them. World Cup action will continue Saturday with men's and women's dual slalom.","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/IMPFO72NQFEFLEEJXRDMR35YJ4.jpg"},{"_id":"HP5KURHDCNHAZIKFWCK7WGH3FM","content":"Competitors have also been relishing the opportunity to have their moment under the stadium lights — whether it’s their first time or their 15th.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6PAKP3KTJZHDXJ22PEKHUKZWFU","content":"Jaelin Kauf has had plenty of opportunity to ski under the lights. She has skied 15 World Cup moguls competitions at Deer Valley and came away with a win in 2018.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FW4PHLZWTFEZNI3JRIUPC7KQHE","content":"Over that span, her family and friends from Alta, Wyoming, have perfected the art of creating a hullabaloo. They bring American flags and cowbells and without fail a Costco-sized supply of giant cardboard Js. On Thursday, they rooted her to a second-place finish behind Jakara Anthony of Australia. They finished in the same order at the 2022 Olympics.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TR5JVF3PSBFBDKKUGMNBCDR5NU","content":"“The crowd here is just such a different energy than we see anywhere else,” Kauf said. “When you’re standing in the starting gate and dropping into the course, you can feel the excitement and the energy of the crowd. And honestly, whether you’re competing on the course or standing down in the crowd, you can feel it. It’s just such an exciting, just moving energy, and it’s a really special thing as an athlete to be a part of and feel when you’re skiing.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"7CK4XNZLXJDA5JKWICHJJUPJHQ","content":"Cole McDonald can’t wait to “get that full Deer Valley experience.” He grew up in Park City and can tell stories of sneaking into the trees paralleling the moguls course as a kid to get a better view of the action during the nighttime finals.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SYDDMX6LAVDHXPXXWNLHFJWLX4","caption":"Jaelin Kauf of the United States, right, is congratulated after her second place finish in the women's moguls World Cup race Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, in Park City, Utah. 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Still, until this week, a night run at Deer Valley remained elusive.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GJZRLVQLZVE5RICGQVBOMO5N2Q","content":"“To finally get that full Deer Valley experience under those lights is going to be super amazing,” McDonald said following Wednesday’s practice rounds. “I’m just really, really happy to be able to finally ski under these lights. It’s a lifelong dream of mine.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"MAKIHT7BRJAFDNGBH3D4ZC6FJQ","content":"Skiing Deer Valley at night might be the dream. Winning, though, would be the pinnacle.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6DBZEPAPSVH4LNCCGZEYSB3G3Y","content":"“Some people refer to this event as a Super Bowl of skiing or the Ski Bowl …,” he said “It’s definitely one of the biggest events of the year and winning a title here or just getting on the podium I think is just as valuable as winning the Olympics if not more to me.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"6QUJMX7P6BGRZHUOHF4JAWG6J4","content":"McDonald achieved that goal of skiing under the lights Thursday when he reached the final in the individual moguls where he finished 13th. He, fellow Park City native Nick Page and the rest of the Americans mogul skiers will have another shot Saturday in the dual moguls, which will be a new event for the 2026 Olympics in Italy. That event is expected to draw the largest crowd of the three nights.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YN4EOPEAO5EQXDYOFJFUTEUP2I","content":"The question remains, though, will any of them have a rainbow-colored fur coat like Dunks?","type":"text"},{"_id":"O4HYEPI2HVGIXCTEPCOZYPR2KI","content":"Who cares, she said, “We’re here to party!”","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2023-02-04T13:00:16.570Z","headlines":{"basic":"Lights, and party, back for Deer Valley World Cup"},"last_updated_date":"2023-02-04T13:00:17.150Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(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.","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/46R7AUHBARF7VIUOE6FZX2TNC4.jpg"}},"publish_date":"2023-02-04T13:00:17.158Z","subheadlines":{"basic":"For past two years, crowds were limited, night events nonexistent because of COVID-19, but they return as resort celebrates its 25th year of hosting international ski events."},"taxonomy":{"primary_section":{"_id":"/sports","name":"Sports","parent_id":"/","path":"/sports"},"sites":[{"name":"Sports","path":"/sports"}],"tags":[{"description":"Deer Valley Resort","slug":"deer-valley-resort","text":"Deer Valley Resort"},{"description":"Skiing","slug":"skiing","text":"Skiing"},{"description":"Olympics","slug":"olympics","text":"Olympics"}]},"website_url":"/sports/2023/02/04/lights-party-back-deer-valley"},{"_id":"4II562VULJG6BIVJFCOYWFJW3U","canonical_url":"/sports/2023/01/11/could-an-avalanche-vest-become","content_elements":[{"_id":"HZ2IJWDDAZCAVIPSMKC23YKRLE","content":"Sage Kotsenburg had a ticket to ride Japan’s famous “JaPow” this week, but he canceled the trip. The snow around his Park City home has been so plentiful and deep that the Olympic gold medal snowboarder couldn’t pull himself away.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5II5HY2TVZFHFAYU7MCWCEQSUA","content":"“I literally just canceled my trip to Japan to stay at home, it’s so good,” Kotsenburg said. “It’s just such a rad place having the Wasatch in the backyard and being able to <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2018/02/09/the-olympics-might-miss-sage-kotsenburg-but-the-park-city-snowboarder-isnt-exactly-missing-them//" target=\"_blank\">go hit the resort, go snowmobile, go splitboard, go hike out</a>. You can do anything.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"QCVVVB4EORFCTEQLXVDT5JPEMY","content":"As the powder piles up, though, so do the risks, even for a professional snowboarder.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NPWN7OJ6FBHKXHLIMWLKHDX5LU","content":"So Kotsenburg has been helping develop a vest equipped with an air filtration system that can give someone buried in the snow about 90 minutes of additional breathing time. The vest can provide some safety without the need for a bulky backpack. It also has room for standard avalanche gear like a probe and a shovel and a beacon can be worn beneath the vest. Kotsenburg said he sees it as particularly useful for people who mostly ride at resorts but might take an occasional trip beyond the boundary lines or through the trees.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EPTOHJYQWVCB5JOEFFXJW53ZRY","content":"Its potential to become a standard safety feature for most skiers, snowboarders and snowmobilers — much like the helmet — has earned it a nomination for the Innovation Award at the Outdoor Retailer trade show being held this week at the Salt Palace Convention Center.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RWTZFSP73RCDPBJ7ZGIE5GV7ME","content":"“We really kind of designed this to be something that I’ll bring out on a day that we’re going to go snowmobile pretty far in the backcountry: I could have a vest on me when I’m riding because it’s so lightweight,” Kotsenburg said. “But also, I can go to Brighton and just be riding in some of the sidecountry there and just have it on and not really feel like I’m riding with a pack, like it’s a really heavy thing.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"DIIIUVAP6FDBRJOKWZGFIFK6WU","caption":"(Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sage Kotsenburg of Park City poses for a portrait after winning in the men's slopestyle finals at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014.","subtitle":"Park City's Sage Kotsenburg wins gold in Men's Slopestyle Finals","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/DIIIUVAP6FDBRJOKWZGFIFK6WU.jpg"},{"_id":"4PII3FH7ZNHUXN5LLRCGGMRYN4","content":"The vest, made by the Norwegian company Db and called the Snow Pro, has pockets big enough to fit a couple pairs of backcountry skins while still clinging close to the body. The crux of the innovation, though, is the Safeback SBX air filtration system.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EVF7DQDVXZH2PFJETM4RB2A7HM","content":"The SBX uses technology similar to that of the AvaLung, a groundbreaking piece of avalanche safety gear first <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/AvaLung-an-Added-Layer-of-Snow-Safety-Vest-has-2947583.php/" target=\"_blank\">introduced at the 1999 OR show </a>by Salt Lake City’s Black Diamond (and recently discontinued). Like the Avalung, the SBX filters oxygen out of snow crystals and feeds it into air pockets around the nose and mouth of a wearer who is buried in the snow. Unlike the Avalung, however, skiers and snowboarders don’t have to ride with a tube resembling a snorkel in their mouth. To activate the air flow, though, current models require them to pull a release, similar to that on most avalanche airbags.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JFBZL4KZ6RFT7P4AZFHQLO3CBE","content":"William Sherman, the chief marketing officer for Safeback, noted that many <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2021/03/08/ninety-nine-problems-why//" target=\"_blank\">avalanche burials occur just outside ski resort boundaries</a>. Often in those cases people don’t think to bring their avalanche gear with them even if they have it because they are accessing the terrain from a chairlift and aren’t going deep into the backcountry. He said the Snow Pro vest with the SBX system — which weighs just 18 ounces, is battery operated and costs $699 — can fill that in-between area.","type":"text"},{"_id":"R5RR5VGRNFEDVDTMEEXMAPNTAU","content":"“What we’ve seen with airbags and user behavior with airbags [through surveys] is that people are not taking them out unless they know that their risk to have an avalanche is very high, and there are very few tools which can help victims buried in tree wells on the market today,” he said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"F2Z7JNV5AFC4RCXPR2I5455DZI","content":"“So we designed it with the ethic that the safest backcountry gear you can have is the backcountry gear you take with you.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"WNBS54HLLFFBPHKRGHPYIS4ZGA","content":"Craig Gordon, a forecaster for the Utah Avalanche Center, voiced concern about the use of the air filtration system in the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.outtherecolorado.com/news/report-full-detail-of-fatal-sidecountry-avalanche-near-colorado-resort-released/article_3ba758a0-904a-11ed-81fc-07e055b6ddcf.html?utm_source=Master&utm_campaign=dfea53e86f-Daily+Newsletter_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b88b5f678d-dfea53e86f-174440449\%22 target=\"_blank\">sidecountry</a> — a term avalanche officials are loath to use because the connotation is that it is less dangerous than other backcountry terrain. Gordon said a beacon, shovel and probe should be carried by anyone going outside boundary lines — and even within the boundary lines on heavy powder days. Without a beacon, a buried person likely would be nearly impossible to find, rendering the 90 or more minutes of additional air superfluous. If someone else is buried, Gordon said, having an air system strapped to their back won’t help someone perform a rescue.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IYK7KNJIJ5DR3AXFBETOGZNWOI","caption":"(Safeback) The Safeback SBX system filters oxygen out of snow crystals and filters it into the air pocket of someone buried in the snow, potentially extending their ability to avoid asphyxiation by 90 minutes.","subtitle":"","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/IYK7KNJIJ5DR3AXFBETOGZNWOI.jpeg"},{"_id":"ASYOVMIRFRGETBROQ6ZL23SBZM","content":"Through the first 10 days of 2023, the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://utahavalanchecenter.org/avalanches?page=1\%22 target=\"_blank\">UAC has tracked 96 avalanches</a>, though none have been fatal. Thirteen were known to be caused by a skier or snowboarder and three by a snowmobiler. In Colorado, <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://avalanche.state.co.us/accidents/us/" target=\"_blank\">four people have died in avalanches </a>this season.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AKPLNWJTIJEL7GHX6L7ABAFHIY","content":"“I think that we’re relying too much on technology,” Gordon said, comparing wearing the vest in avalanche terrain without the other equipment and training to surfing among a swarm of great white sharks and bringing a tourniquet in case of a bite. “I just feel like, man, we’re getting away from a lot of just the basics.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"SMWDD2LGMVCVLIGBE3ZAQZUNFY","content":"Still, Gordon acknowledged that the vest could be a valuable safety tool for anyone who might get stuck in a tree well. Tree wells are soft, deep pockets of snow that form around tree trunks. About four people die in tree wells in the United States each season, according to an article published in the journal Wilderness & Environmental Medicine.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WX7XFFZ7URHILPJQUXQGAUATAA","content":"Gordon added that combining the SBX technology with a pack that has an airbag and standard avalanche gear would be the best option, aside from avoiding an avalanche all together, of course.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SZMDDO3NINDMHOGU5RJMUCGT6E","content":"Williams said Safeback is working with backpack manufacturers to create a pack that would allow both an airbag and the SBX system to be activated with a single pull. As for a system that will trigger automatically if a person is caught in a slide, he said, “I think we’ll get there.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"TB5KPQ5HFFBPTA7HC735UJDO2E","content":"Kotsenburg, who has become more involved in splitboarding and filming since he <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=58149586&itype=CMSID\%22 target=\"_blank\">won the first Olympic gold medal in slopestyle snowboarding</a> in 2014, said he’s excited about the existing technology and its potential.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VYBSGEZULRAZTAHQQUZFC7SOEI","content":"“I love it,” he said. “It’s something I really, really am happy about.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"ON5THWJFINHAZPJPGXUJ4DUR3Q","content":"The Innovation Award winners will be announced at a ceremony at the OR show Wednesday night. Twenty-nine products were selected as finalists out of 132 entries.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GNA2G2L7KJHCXOTFPZW45MXZC4","content":"<b>Correction: </b>Jan. 13, 2023, 2:25 p.m. >> <i>The Snow Pro vest has room in the back for a shovel and probe. A previous version of this article stated those items could not be carried in the pack.</i>","type":"text"},{"_id":"PANEGN64KBAZXCJXVYOXGHHLQY","content":"<b>Editor’s note •</b> <i>This story is available to Salt Lake Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting local journalism.</i>","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2023-01-11T13:00:00Z","headlines":{"basic":"Could an avalanche vest become a staple for resort skiers, snowboarders?"},"last_updated_date":"2023-01-12T21:28:53.885Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(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. 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With climate change eroding its options for Winter Games hosts, it has decided to seriously consider a rotation of Winter Olympics hosts. That means, if selected, Salt Lake City could be guaranteed to hold the Olympics perhaps every 20-30 years instead of having to rebid.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UJISMUXNMRCLLAVTJ5HZ54QJP4","content":"Jacqueline Barrett, the IOC’s director of future Olympic Games hosts, said the novel consideration “is to ensure there is a longtime future for winter sports and the winter sports industry.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"DRAMU6VRH5HG3E37PM2IURQDSA","content":"Among the considerations the IOC may make in determining what sites it will select for the rotation — if it does go that route — is whether the average temperature at the site over the past 10 years has been at or below freezing. Fraser Bullock, the CEO and president of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games, said his group had previously done an analysis of the state’s viability to host through 2050 and that it met “all of the criteria.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"GKJWYHAZSFEKZP63AYH6HPHLY4","content":"The IOC will hold off naming a host, or even a finalist, for the 2030 and 2034 Games as it analyzes the pros and cons of the rotation approach.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LWIWB22NIVHC3EHLY6VAXXS2CQ","content":"“So there’s no decision next year for the awarding,” said Christophe Dubi, the Olympic Games executive director. “Targeted dialog, we’ll see.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"WDAA23OIGFFLDBL7FKFT5HXVIM","content":"Prior to the IOC’s decision, the host of the 2030 Olympics looked like it would come down to two former hosts: Salt Lake City, which held the Winter Games in 2002, and <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/09/08/scandal-japan-could-bring-winter//" target=\"_blank\">Sapporo, Japan,</a> which had them in 1972.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KPPL35PAJJHZFEBLCJUD65VVFU","content":"A third potential host was Vancouver, host of the 2010 Games, whose bid piqued interest in part because it was the first Indigenous-led effort. It seemed to receive a fatal blow, however, when <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/10/27/utahs-chances-host-2030-winter//" target=\"_blank\">British Columbia refused to serve as the underwriter for the Games</a>. Yet according to <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://gamesbids.com/eng/winter-olympic-bids/future-winter-bids/despite-setbacks-vancouvers-2030-olympic-bid-hangs-on-meeting-with-ioc-decision-makers-this-week//">GamesBids.com, organizers of Vancouver’s bid weren’t giving up. They delivered a presentation to the Future Host Committee via a video conference late last month — as did organizing committees from Sapporo and SLC.","type":"text"},{"_id":"L6SQ47NS7ZAR3LL4N36SZS2ND4","content":"Ukraine and Spain also expressed interest in the 2030 Winter Olympics as late as last year. However, the conflict with Russia has kept Ukraine from contending and <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/spain-withdraws-bid-2030-winter-games-due-political-row-2022-06-21//">Spain’s bid met its end</a> this summer when the two hosting regions could not come to an agreement on how to divvy up events.","type":"text"},{"_id":"D5CU4W5TNRC4HPH3BPQA6IRI2A","content":"Because it is not entering a “targeted dialog” with a potential host, Barrett said the IOC will continue to welcome interest from other sites that want to stage the Games.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PJZY5PIHCBHQTF7547N76XKX2A","content":"Bullock expressed some disappointment that a decision on the 2030 and 2034 hosts won’t be made next year. Nonetheless, he noted, it might work out in Salt Lake City’s favor because the IOC might then be more likely to name the hosts of both Games in 2024. If <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/06/25/why-utahs-olympic-bid-has//" target=\"_blank\">Utah gets the 2034 Games</a> — as it would prefer because of the otherwise short runway between it and the Summer Games in Los Angeles in 2028 — it would still have a decade to prepare.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2MY3ESULWZDGTOTVCWI2VWIQPI","content":"Even with a shorter timeline, though, he said Utah could make it work.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BTJGQN2TNRENZJZVSOHUQWYI5M","content":"“We’ve got the venues, all the pieces in place,” he said. “Probably the one negative is that you have a shorter time frame to bring domestic sponsors and the domestic sponsors have a shorter time frame to activate their sponsorship.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"TDAAHIVK5FG3ZLHLLM3O73TP4U","content":"Even so, he held to his promise that local taxpayers would not have to fund any of the estimated $2.4 billion it will cost to host the games. He said the committee had already accounted for that type of scenario when it made its budget to host shortly after L.A.","type":"text"},{"_id":"T3SIWDTDZZBXJM55N3PBXOVNXQ","content":"As far as joining a Winter Games rotation, Bullock said it seemed like it could be an ideal situation for Utah.","type":"text"},{"_id":"D6UAI4K2LBBZVIIC3D4QUCDUUI","content":"“The rotation actually is an intriguing opportunity because we have everything in place,” he said. “We have different economics than a new city that doesn’t have venues in place. We have the expertise. We’re the state of sport, we have competitions all the time. This would naturally fit into our branding of the State of Sport. So we think it’s an interesting, intriguing opportunity.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"GHKISIBMB5GXFDIMOYAVSMAW5A","content":"The <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/12/14/us-officials-pick-salt//">United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee in 2018 selected Salt Lake City</a> over Denver as the city it would put forth as its candidate to host the U.S.’s next Winter Olympics.","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2022-12-06T19:12:23.083Z","headlines":{"basic":"Olympics in Utah every 20 years? Salt Lake City could be part of a Winter Games rotation"},"last_updated_date":"2022-12-06T21:06:00.240Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(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. 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However, the Province has the responsibility to weigh the benefits with the costs and possible risks of the project,” Lisa Beare, the British Columbia Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport, said in a statement Wednesday.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WBPN2NZKEFELPEKXEMTVYXNN3Y","content":"“There are billions of dollars in direct costs, and potential guarantee and indemnity liability risks on this project that could jeopardize our government’s ability to address pressures facing British Columbians right now.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"AJ5TA3OO3VEFDM564NOAUKOL7A","content":"Beare estimated the province stood to be on the hook for $1.2 billion in direct costs and $1 billion in liability risk, according to the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://vancouversun.com/news/bc-not-supporting-2030-olympics/" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Sun</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JS2RWASEWFABPP666C7C4JGXGE","content":"The International Olympic Committee requires its hosts to have an entity that will assume legal liability and serve as the Games’s underwriter. B.C. did that for the Olympics in 2010. Its unwillingness to do so again does not leave Vancouver’s bid DOA, but it is a sizable dagger to the heart. The IOC’s deadline for naming that entity is in January.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RLJ6YU3MM5A5RDYKX6OMIPA24A","content":"British Columbia still plans to host the 2025 Invictus Games and matches in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will also be spread around Mexico and the United States.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MXFTQ3RPDNGH7GKQPVBBZ64DMI","content":"A spokesperson for the Canadian Olympic Committee told <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"http://gamesbid.com//" target=\"_blank\">GamesBid.com</a>, which broke the news, that the organization would take time time to “process” the news before responding.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DCNEKPRA4NATZLAE33ZZG3WY3Q","content":"“The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC), working under the leadership of the Lil’wat, Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, believes in the strengths of this Indigenous-led process to bring the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games back to the region,” the organization said in a statement.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5SOSRDI5NJBBJICAME3UT26VZQ","content":"In July, Vancouver’s city council approved pursuing the 2030 Games despite a report from city staff that said there wasn’t enough time for them to compile the necessary elements for a formal bid.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YMUHQGDNENDWNEY5ZKMJXH6ZTM","content":"Still, Vancouver had been considered a strong candidate for 2030 and a pivotal player in <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/10/27/dont-air-our-dirty-laundry//" target=\"_blank\">Utah’s bid to host its second Winter Olympics.</a>","type":"text"},{"_id":"RQNVPDLNKVCKTFR6XIJCHCG4FI","content":"One of Salt Lake City’s trump cards in the bid to host the Games is that it fits almost perfectly within the International Olympic Committee’s new focus on sustainability. Yet Vancouver was a model example for that new tack as well. Those two are the only Olympic sites that still have 100% of their venues in use. Like Utah, Vancouver’s Games, held in 2010, were considered a booming success. Plus, the collaboration with local Indigenous groups fit nicely into the IOC’s core values of friendship and respect.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FDXOJKB3PNGDRD5I66VMJA4SYI","content":"However, the IOC likes to spread its marquee events out among different regions. And concerns had bubbled up that if either Salt Lake City or Vancouver was picked as host for 2030, that could have scuttled the other’s hopes to host in 2034 — especially since Los Angeles will hold the Summer Games in 2028.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GE36UEOJ2ZANHLYJT5VUAMWYIY","content":"Fraser Bullock, who is leading the effort to return the Olympics to Utah as the president and CEO of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games, said B.C.’s withdrawal underscores how challenging it can be to get all the pieces in place to make a bid.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XB5FICKESZC5NMJHDUZKJOL6LQ","content":"“I applaud them for their efforts in trying to host the Games because hosting the Games is immensely challenging,” Bullock said. “So I applaud them for giving it a try. But it is understandable why, with the background of British Columbia, they are withdrawing. We just respect the effort they put in to try to host again.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"7BS6ZKA7NBFA7LXAYITHSVVC5M","content":"Sapporo, the 1972 Winter Games host now Utah’s only competition, has undergone its own difficulties of late. Only about half the people in the Hokkaido region support hosting the Games compared to nearly 80% in Utah. Plus, a bribery scandal that occurred during the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo cast a shadow over another Japanese bid.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UXUEXXJOBJHGPM4OQWNTWD5KIA","content":"Bullock said Vancouver’s withdrawal does not change anything in regard to how Utah will approach the bid process.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2YETCUS5WZB67JNNXYDT7J7RYM","content":"“For us, we just continue forward,” he said. “It doesn’t change our path.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"AVDTKAASVFE5DJKLFGHEBPRKAM","content":"Next month, the IOC’s Future Host Commission is expected to recommend a host for the 2030 Games to the IOC’s executive board. The board could enter into a targeted dialog phase with a city by early December. If the city it chooses at that time is able to fulfill all its contracts and obligations, it is almost guaranteed to be named the host at the IOC’s general meeting in October 2023.","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2022-10-27T21:27:53.220Z","headlines":{"basic":"Utah’s chances to host the 2030 Winter Olympics just improved"},"last_updated_date":"2022-10-27T23:43:17.051Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(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.","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/LY62CJBQHVA5HKQIZWOV4UIVLU.jpg"}},"publish_date":"2022-10-27T23:43:16.722Z","subheadlines":{"basic":"British Columbia announced Wednesday it won’t back Vancouver’s bid, likely leaving the IOC to choose between Utah and Sapporo, Japan."},"taxonomy":{"primary_section":{"_id":"/sports","name":"Sports","parent_id":"/","path":"/sports"},"sites":[{"name":"Sports","path":"/sports"}],"tags":[{"description":"Olympics","slug":"olympics","text":"Olympics"}]},"website_url":"/sports/2022/10/27/utahs-chances-host-2030-winter"},{"_id":"57DUFETQVZDURL2U7YYRU77HIA","canonical_url":"/sports/2022/10/27/dont-air-our-dirty-laundry","content_elements":[{"_id":"GF2ITRXKSZH63J4GCSBKHHADHE","content":"Liza Springmeyer and her friends share an inside joke: Utah is great, they say, just don’t tell anyone.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VBRZA5WGXZEZZBTQTVPBL5MX7A","content":"That secret will be spread far and wide, though, if the Olympics return to the state as they are projected to as soon as 2030 or 2034. Considering how difficult it has already become to find affordable housing along the Wasatch front, and that the state is facing current and looming environmental troubles, Springmeyer sees the attention from their return as a source of apprehension.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UVARPOAULRG6FHQZKONOOUY23U","content":"So, she took her concerns to the top. She aired them at the first of two listening sessions held Wednesday by the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games, which is heading the effort to bring the international sporting spectacle back to the state.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HTUBYBFUJJDOPB7VGXJTNSM6CY","content":"“I think it has to be said,” Springmeyer, a Salt Lake City resident who is a consultant for nonprofits, said. “Maybe I’m just one person saying it, but I would hope that they’re hearing it in lots of different areas that we are growing and we’re reaching our limits here.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"P4WTLYWTJBBC5IVZNYRU3V4F24","content":"Committee members heard from about 40 people over the two sessions, which were presented as an opportunity for the city’s residents and leaders to voice their concerns about, and hopes, for the lasting impacts a second Winter Olympics would have on the area. Some, like Springmeyer, voiced uneasiness about the attention and growth it could bring to the state. Others aired concerns and suggestions on topics ranging from housing and homelessness to equitable access at events to transportation plans to environmental stewardship and, yes, even to air.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OWXXVFYIEBE5VGR3Z55RU452LA","content":"The meeting was an addition to the six listening sessions the SLC-UT committee held in Summit County over the past month. Fraser Bullock, the president and CEO of the committee, said his group is gathering input with the intention of singling out a handful of issues on which to focus. He noted, however, that some broad issues, such as rent control, might be out of the group’s reach.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6DQUUPRB3BCEXEURUXJXL5VQ4A","caption":"(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fraser Bullock, the president and CEO of the Salt Lake City - Utah Committee for the Games, leads a discussion during a listening session at Industry SLC on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022.\n\n","subtitle":"","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/6DQUUPRB3BCEXEURUXJXL5VQ4A.JPG"},{"_id":"VTSOVAEPRJBORFOA5HC5AEEBYE","content":"“We can’t solve every societal ill, although we would love to,” Bullock said. “We have to pick our spots. We’re going to have to choose a few key initiatives where we say, ‘OK, this is one where we are uniquely positioned to help,’” Bullock said. “But when it comes to clean air, absolutely [that’s a priority]. Because that’s part of the experience of the Games. Are we going to be able to see our mountains?”","type":"text"},{"_id":"3KQ6KLWUCZBFFBWLH4ALDASQYQ","content":"Environmental stewardship in general is a high priority for the committee, Bullock said, noting the goal for the Salt Lake Games is to make them “climate positive.” It appeared to be a focal point for residents as well. A breakout group discussing sustainability and environment during the morning session, which was held over Zoom, drew nearly half of the attendees. In addition to improving air quality, discussions centered around educating visitors about the fragility of Utah’s environment, preservation of the Great Salt Lake and water conservation.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TOH6KJGSFBGF7CEGPIEZ7AGY7M","content":"Perhaps most pervasive was trepidation that resorts in the Cottonwood Canyons, which already see heavy winter traffic, would host Olympic events. That was immediately squashed by Bullock.","type":"text"},{"_id":"K6THVYF7WFGXJDRPFDQFSCT3B4","content":"“I’m giving you my personal guarantee that we will not use the Cottonwood Canyons,” he said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NIPZ4JAINBG25O6JLQAUBPFXLU","content":"The environment wasn’t the sole source of conversation, however. Another breakout group looked at equity and inclusion. Its participants wanted the committee to make both the Games-time events and subsequent community sports programs — such as youth skating camps — more accessible to rural and diverse communities. It also sought to highlight the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/05/31/hate-crimes-against-utah//" target=\"_blank\">achievements of LGBTQ</a> and Paralympic athletes and coaches.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KOKZV2BMCVCI7KVIBDQUQ73PRU","content":"The topic of homelessness also sparked some impassioned pleas. Bill Tibbitts, the associate director of the Crossroads Urban Center, noted that many elderly tenants and families were displaced in 2002 when landlords raised rents for the month of the Olympics. He urged the committee to <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/08/09/no-more-avoiding-it-calls//" target=\"_blank\">provide shelters and alternate housing</a> for people who might find themselves in a similar situation during the next Games.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZAF3WAHMNFDWFFFLUB7GZTKBEA","content":"“If we as a community set the goal of ending unsheltered homelessness between now and the Games and had proactive steps for housing people who are displaced during the Games,” Tibbitts said, “that could be an amazing story in terms of what the Games accomplished in our community.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"MG4NQLH4PRFJVEMDZZYMX6A3AU","caption":"(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Richard Layman, a Salt Lake resident, makes a comment during a listening session with Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022.\n\n","subtitle":"","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/MG4NQLH4PRFJVEMDZZYMX6A3AU.JPG"},{"_id":"DNMNVPWO3VB5FLWB2FI2RRAELQ","content":"Along those same lines, Richard Layman, a Salt Lake City resident who attended the in-person session held at Industry SLC, asked that the committee push for major policy and cultural shifts.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2LG7AHJASNAGFCQCW55LQEGFXI","content":"“Here’s this opportunity just to be quantum mechanics,” he said, “and to really change the whole way we do things.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"X6AIA6KD7NHFPJLPX5D4ERM74A","content":"Bullock said that in addition to the handful of initiatives it takes on itself, he hopes the committee can be a conduit between the groups spearheading other major projects and the federal funds or policy makers who can help bring them to fruition. The Salt Lake Games, his group has promised, will be entirely privately funded except for federal dollars spent on security measures.","type":"text"},{"_id":"C22LXXRZGRCC3GQXILWFOAOZ7I","content":"First though, Utah has to win the right to host another Olympics.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RPK6LX6RZNHCNKBBF7362DUKKQ","content":"Salt Lake City has put its hat into the ring to host either the 2030 or 2034 Winter Games. <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/06/25/why-utahs-olympic-bid-has//" target=\"_blank\">It prefers the latter</a>, though, since that gives it more separation from the 2028 Summer Games, which will be in Los Angeles. If the International Olympic Committee decides to award the 2030 Olympics to Utah anyway, that announcement could come as soon as December. That’s when the IOC’s executive board is expected to enter a targeted dialog with a potential host, which all but locks that city into position unless it cannot meet all of its obligations to the IOC. The IOC is expected to officially name the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/09/08/scandal-japan-could-bring-winter//" target=\"_blank\">2030 host next October</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DIM67QINRVH5JGIGZ2WAF7TTCM","content":"The host of the 2034 Games is not expected to be named until at least 2024.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AEALDYFEOBDDTOLSA2PGL4SPEM","caption":"This Feb. 3, 1972, photo shows a ceremony marking the opening of the XIth Winter Olympic Games at Makomanai Ice Stadium. The city of Sapporo was the first to officially bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. Sapporo was host to the 1972 Winter Olympics but its 2030 bid has been rocked by a bribery scandal related to the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo. 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And so if we’re going to do this, let’s invest in making sure those things don’t happen and let’s make sure that they don’t happen not just for the Olympics, but for forever.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"PANEGN64KBAZXCJXVYOXGHHLQY","content":"<b>Editor’s note •</b> <i>This story is available to Salt Lake Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting local journalism.</i>","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2022-10-27T15:42:03.807Z","headlines":{"basic":"Don’t air our ‘dirty laundry’: Utahns ask Olympic group to clean up state’s issues if Winter Games return"},"last_updated_date":"2022-10-27T17:46:53.061Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(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. 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Now another one might result in the Winter Games returning to Utah sooner than expected.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BGNBWG2KLJA4DIEXA5MYRXAT2I","content":"Sapporo, Japan, emerged in recent months as the International Olympic Committee’s frontrunner to host the 2030 Olympics over candidates Salt Lake City and Vancouver, Canada. But reverberations from investigations into bribery at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games appear to have shaken the country’s confidence in the Olympics and could deter the IOC from selecting Sapporo.","type":"text"},{"_id":"N5YKPOFHD5CDPEJDCDGBIEZMIQ","content":"Citing a report in Japan’s Jiji Press, the website <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"http://gamesbids.com//" target=\"_blank\">GamesBids.com</a> said rising public opposition to Sapporo’s bid caused the city’s mayor and the head of the Japanese Olympic Committee to cancel a joint trip this month to IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. That announcement came Monday, the day before two top executives at publishing company Kadokawa were <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/09/06/national/tokyo-olympics-bribery-kadokawa-arrests//">arrested for allegedly bribing Haruyuki Takahashi</a> for favored status as a Tokyo Games sponsor, including receiving the rights to publish official Olympic programs.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WWMSCOJ2NNH4BO2BSJSEXFU3HE","content":"Takahashi, a Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive, was arrested late last month on suspicion of taking <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/08/26/national/crime-legal/tokyo-olympics-scandal-explainer//">bribes from another company, Aoki Holdings</a>. The little-known clothing company was a surprise pick when it was commissioned to provide opening ceremony outfits for Japanese athletes. The offices of a third company, Daiko Advertising, were searched Monday on suspicion of bribery in a related case.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EQX5FTXGNJGUJNAJQHTEL4O5KI","content":"Yasuhiro Yamashita, the president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, said his and mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto’s trip to meet with IOC president Thomas Bach to discuss Sapporo’s bid was called off because of scheduling conflicts. IOC spokesperson Mark Adams corroborated that statement in a media call Thursday.","type":"text"},{"_id":"Y3SOWHW4MRCZVOS3OW4SLHQGY4","content":"In a statement, Yamashita said the cancellation “has nothing to do with the bribery case surrounding the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"R4RTQMENDBHHPLBVMNGCRAA5VU","content":"Still, leaders in that country are taking measures to create a disconnect between Tokyo’s corruption issues and Sapporo’s bid.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PBWEP7Q6IFET5ITZGP56UYXGGU","content":"Yamashita and Akimoto <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2022090800677\%22>released a joint declaration</a> Wednesday pledging Sapporo would host a corruption-free Games. They also pledged to review and clarify their policies around conflicts of interest and the roles and powers given to advertising agencies.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IKYDPTDT6JDLHNSXGK5QFZ3GGU","caption":"(Tsuyoshi Ueda | Pool photo) Kyra Condie, of the United States, during the speed qualification portion of the women's sport climbing competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Tokyo.","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/IKYDPTDT6JDLHNSXGK5QFZ3GGU.png"},{"_id":"HCYO73JWYBAQ7KB6TSVCTLBCPM","content":"The IOC has made a number of changes in recent years in an effort to clean up an image that had been badly tarnished by bribery scandals, including the one in Salt Lake City. In that case, investigations into gifts given to IOC members to secure the right to host the 2002 Winter Games resulted in the Department of Justice handing down 15 charges of bribery and fraud. Top organizing executives Tom Welch and David Johnson were forced to resign. They were replaced by Mitt Romney, who now represents Utah in the United States Senate.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LYGAHO6XD5EERPABZASL7WDWPI","content":"The IOC is just starting to rehabilitate its image and might not be keen on potentially putting itself back in the muck by rewarding a Games to a nation embroiled by an Olympic scandal.","type":"text"},{"_id":"V4JQD3JKGFFM7M6P7YE5FAYNTE","content":"Adams, speaking to the media following the first day of a two-day IOC executive board meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, said the bribery allegations had not been discussed during Thursday’s session.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KVJG27I4CJAI3N2GJS74TNSIWI","content":"“We have full confidence in the Japanese authorities,” he said. “The IOC has every interest in the full clarification of that case.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"VLU57VM5BFDEJIMR2DXPPXP4MI","content":"Former Olympics Minister Toshiaki Endo voiced concern with the public broadcasting station NHK that the bribery accusations would end up “<a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1127151/concerns-scandal-sapporo-2030/">watering the Sapporo bid activity</a>.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"2DFDCQ3WBNAG7N6O3ZAAXWPCCI","content":"If that’s the case, it could bring another Olympics to Utah sooner than expected.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LAK6OYBKLVFT5DELHT5WCRNXTE","content":"The Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games originally focused on hosting in 2030 but has changed its stance in recent months. Climbing inflation and the possibility of a recession, combined with the financial hurdles of convincing sponsors to contribute 18 months after they helped Los Angeles host the 2028 Summer Games, <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/06/25/why-utahs-olympic-bid-has//">made 2034 more attractive</a>. However, the Salt Lake committee has continually said it is “ready, willing and able” to host whenever called upon, and CEO Fraser Bullock said Tuesday that it still stands by that promise.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2QRU64CWZNGRZCKKEKAJ34XUYA","caption":"Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune \rA steady line of former Olympic volunteers asked for photos with Mitt Romney at the 15th Anniversary of the 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games at Utah Olympic Park, Soldier Hollow Nordic Center, Saturday, February 4, 2017. ","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/2QRU64CWZNGRZCKKEKAJ34XUYA.jpg"},{"_id":"TCCELJSVWNC5PCYJKMAM2SEEUA","content":"Bullock does not comment on other candidate sites’ bids, so he would not speculate on how Tokyo bribery accusations might affect Sapporo’s bid. He also declined to discuss how Salt Lake City succeeded in rubbing off the tarnish from its own scandal. Of the candidate cities, Salt Lake has the most community support with <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2019/01/30/young-utahns-who-likely//">about 80% of registered voters in favor of bringing the Olympics back</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YMH3U2P4EJGK3ONJNA7IH3LCLU","content":"Prior to the bribery accusations, about 60% of Hokkaido province residents supported Sapporo’s bid, depending on the demographic asked, according to <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"http://gamesbids.com//" target=\"_blank\">GamesBids.com</a>, and 26% opposed it.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JQXUL2QG3NAL3CVLQZ7GIKQKH4","content":"Vancouver’s city council in July voted down a proposal to hold a vote on the bid in October. At that same city council meeting, Deputy City Manager Karen Levitt warned there were t<a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://biv.com/article/2022/07/still-many-unanswered-questions-vancouver-2030-olympics-bid/">oo many questions about cost and risk and not enough time</a> for overburdened city staff to answer them for her to recommend Vancouver back an Olympic bid. The city’s partners in the Host Nations Exploratory Assembly have also not formally backed the bid.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CJ4XOPN4I5AXBBPVEIHNYU6T2I","content":"Vancouver is expected to submit the first Indigenous-led bid in Olympic history.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XPZ343P6Y5BUFJBSQGWM6PYYRU","content":"Even if Salt Lake City hosts earlier than expected, it will have to weather a delay in the announcement.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NXDLRJN7PFDWRH5J2QPKEUQASM","content":"The <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/05/24/olympic-countdown-is-when//">IOC still plans to announce the 2030 host</a> at its 140th general session, but that event has been rescheduled from late May to September or October and may be moved from Mumbai, India. The change was announced Thursday as the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/india-faces-olympic-ban-if-governance-dispute-not-resolved-2022-09-08//" target=\"_blank\">IOC reprimanded the Indian Olympic Association</a> for governance and election disputes. If India’s national Olympic committee can’t resolve its issues by December, it will be banned by the IOC and the country’s athletes will not be allowed to compete in upcoming Games or sanctioned contests.","type":"text"},{"_id":"675M6YUXZNA5BM46Z63AB37JTU","content":"Adams said he expects the 2030 host will still be announced at the rescheduled general session but that should not disrupt the rest of the 2030 bid timeline. The IOC’s Future Host Commission will make its recommendations in November and in December the executive committee will select a site or sites for a “targeted dialog.” That site is virtually guaranteed hosting duties as long as it can prove to the IOC that it can actually produce all of the guarantees required to pull off hosting the Games.","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2022-09-08T19:20:46.348Z","headlines":{"basic":"Scandal in Japan could bring the Winter Olympics to Utah earlier than expected"},"last_updated_date":"2022-09-08T19:20:47.034Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(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. 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This is the second year Hawk had staged his nascent <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2021/07/19/tony-hawks-first-vert//" target=\"_blank\">Vert Alert skateboarding contest in Salt Lake City</a> and he <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/08/23/tony-hawk-says-utah-event//" target=\"_blank\">promised those attending the “Legends Demo” would get to see him drop in</a>. He made the guarantee even though the 54-year-old had not skated in public since before he broke his femur five months ago — an injury that required a titanium rod to be placed in his leg.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NHYY4UIT65BD7FLL4WZDD2ZCAE","content":"“I’m definitely not at the level that I had hoped I’d be,” Hawk told The Salt Lake Tribune in the run-up to the event. “But at the same time, I can’t miss it. I mean, this event is too important to me.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"GPFDCOTRCBFZ7EEUL2UCJBJ2YY","content":"Hawk was joined on the ramp by such legends as <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.thvertalert.com/legends/" target=\"_blank\">Sandro Dias and Lincoln Ueda</a> and Andy Macdonald, who stole the show, as well as the likes of Christian Hosoi and Lizzie Armanto. He wasn’t the only one banged up either. Bucky Lasek dropped into the showcase despite dropping out of the main competition with an injury and Cara-Beth Burnside was sidelined for the whole event.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EOH65JNRQBANTKH6LZCTZ3PI7E","content":"Hawk had a noticeable limp, though not as prominent as it was in April when showed up to accept the 2021 Event of the Year award from <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/04/16/tony-hawk-his-vert-alert//" target=\"_blank\">Utah Sports Commission</a> at Vivint Arena. He also appeared frustrated when his first few official runs ended in falls. Still, Hawk held his own and showed he still knows how to put on a show.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5OQAPKER75C7LI4RGAPCHWPDMY","content":"“Till the wheels fall off,” he told an adoring crowd that would later give him a standing ovation, referencing both his motto and a recently released documentary about the latter part of his career.","type":"text"},{"_id":"P6KMVUTP55GS3C4E5WY7YHL5UI","content":"Earlier in the day, high-flying skateboarders — some as young as 8 — took their turn on the ramp as they battled for a spot in the Vert Alert finals and a share of the $75,000 purse. The <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.thvertalert.com/schedule/" target=\"_blank\">finals will be held Saturday</a>, starting at 3 p.m. for the women and 4:15 p.m. for the men. A “Best Trick” competition is set for 5 p.m.","type":"text"},{"_id":"V4UZJS5JVVB57JE32BENKEJXK4","content":"In addition to the contest, Woodward Park City will be holding free skateboarding clinics and coaching sessions for all ages from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.","type":"text"},{"_id":"V4UZJS5JVVB57JE32BENKEJXK4","content":"The event is free, though parking in the Fairpark lot costs $10.","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2022-08-27T04:15:44.912Z","headlines":{"basic":"At Vert Alert, Tony Hawk keeps his promise and gets back on ramp "},"last_updated_date":"2022-08-27T04:15:45.49Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(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. 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At the Beijing Games in February, Marius Lindvik of Norway won Olympic gold in ski jumping on the large hill.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UC27JLLLC5CS5FF6ZUL22B6RAU","content":"“Our goal is to solidify Norway’s position as the most important ski jumping nation in the world,” said Bråthen, the national team leader for Norwegian ski jumping. “Combining the resources of the U.S. and Norway will help fulfill our intense desire to be a leader pushing the sport of ski jumping to the highest possible level worldwide.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"EPVSC7X76FHZHJQHMZVGAMT5A4","content":"The U.S. won its only ski jumping Olympic gold medal at the first Winter Olympics in 1924. American Anders Haugen left the games without any hardware, but 50 years later was awarded bronze after a scoring error was confirmed.","type":"text"},{"_id":"X7ERVFFIRBBTFCFN6EJRH4J2EQ","content":"“Our mutual goal is to make our sport more relevant and exciting for young women and men around the world,” said Tom Bickner, who chairs the Salt Lake City-based USA Nordic Sport board of directors.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NTASO6CWA5G2TAASAMYQR57ZKE","content":"The International Ski Federation said the partnership will also assist other ski jumping teams around the world.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4PKVRFDEQFGODAG7AEFFGKR5GY","content":"“FIS applauds the unprecedented agreement between Norway and the United States to collaborate toward achieving athletic greatness,” said Sandro Pertile, ski jumping race director for the governing body.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GUKGQCC6MZGEPCGFYT2M5GFUPU","content":"Italy will host the 2026 Olympics, where venues will be very spread out in the northern part of the country, including Trentino for ski jumping.","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"name":"Larry Lage | The Associated Press"}]},"display_date":"2022-08-24T15:43:59.290Z","headlines":{"basic":"U.S. and Norway forge unprecedented ski jumping partnership"},"last_updated_date":"2022-08-24T15:43:59.754Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(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.","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/VZEX7GP26FE6RCZEO35NRGQYEY.jpg"}},"publish_date":"2022-08-24T15:43:59.29Z","subheadlines":{"basic":" The U.S. won its only ski jumping Olympic gold medal at the first Winter Olympics in 1924."},"taxonomy":{"primary_section":{"_id":"/sports","name":"Sports","parent_id":"/","path":"/sports"},"sites":[{"name":"Sports","path":"/sports"}],"tags":[{"description":"Olympics","slug":"olympics","text":"Olympics"}]},"website_url":"/sports/2022/08/24/us-norway-forge-unprecedented"},{"_id":"T5LQXDZMJNGYPLPFF4BLHVIUWM","canonical_url":"/sports/2022/08/23/tony-hawk-says-utah-event","content_elements":[{"_id":"DCHSXDU4KFHB3GSXBT2P6CRLEE","content":"Tony Hawk’s return to skateboarding after breaking his leg in March isn’t going according to schedule. He expected to be within an ollie of his legendary form by now. His 54-year-old body, meanwhile, must have expected a little more recovery time.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FZH5MASTERGY3DON5QKM62RTWE","content":"Looks like neither is going to get its way.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3PK3ACG4U5D2JNEABFCOHADWXI","content":"Hawk told The Salt Lake Tribune he will participate in the “Legends Demo” session at the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.thvertalert.com/schedule/" target=\"_blank\">Tony Hawk Vert Alert</a>, a free, big-air skateboarding competition scheduled to be held at the Utah State Fairpark on Friday and Saturday. Still limited by his injury, which required a <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/04/sports/tony-hawk-documentary.html#:~:text=Less%20than%20three%20weeks%20before,my%20leg%20didn't.%E2%80%9D\" target=\"_blank\">titanium rod to be inserted into his bone</a>, though, he acknowledged he’s not even close to peak form.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ANAQ5YRBP5BZJN2YEYEPLJLPZQ","content":"“It is a little scary because it’s my first public skate appearance since my injury, and I’m definitely not at the level that I had hoped I’d be,” Hawk said in a phone interview last week. “But at the same time, I can’t miss it. I mean, this event is too important to me.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"HIUNTG6BTJFETNQBVF24J7GVQM","content":"For Hawk, the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2021/07/19/tony-hawks-first-vert//" target=\"_blank\">Vert Alert is keeping relevant the ramped, big-air style of skateboarding</a> that made him a household name. Over the past decade or so, vert has fallen out of vogue for broadcasters, event managers and sponsors as the street and park styles of skateboarding gained acceptance due to a surge in neighborhood skateparks. But Hawk believes vert is regaining its popularity among skaters and is still deserving of a place at the table, maybe even at its head.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GZH5N5DSJBH6PGH4QP3YAQWFNI","content":"<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CTG3HhQARuG/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.instagram.com/p/CTG3HhQARuG/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\%22 style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\"> <div style=\" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\"> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; 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And those vert tricks are not of the highest caliber.”I feel like that’s something that’s sort of lost in the noise, and we’re here to make it known.��","type":"text"},{"_id":"THKY5GX4PJBYDBZTCTKR455ZHU","content":"Hawk had been puzzling out the idea of a vert-based skateboarding competition, similar to the halfpipe in snowboarding, for years. Then, last year, the Utah Sports Commission offered to host it at the Fairpark in conjunction with the Street League Skateboarding season opener. The SLS will not return this year, in part due to a decision to hold its main events indoors, but the Vert Alert will for a second time. Eventually, Hawk said, he envisions it becoming an annual contest and maybe even a series.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AS5IHVUBUFEI3DSAWMXFL6Z3PE","content":"The event will be welcome back in Utah again next year, according to Jeff Robbins, president and CEO of the Utah Sports Commission. The commission named the Vert Alert its 2021 Event of the Year at its State of Sport Awards in April. When Hawk accepted the award at Vivint Arena, it was with a heavy limp and the help of a cane.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5YJVVZUAVJGS7GPZ6FOIM36OEI","content":"“Hopefully we can continue to do it in the future and bring Tony in and build it more,” Robbins said. “And who knows, maybe next year we’ll bring back some of those other events [like the SLS]. But we’re just excited that he would come and do this.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"VIDUWP42HZFHNKXRYHTN6AJNOY","caption":"(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The crowd cheers on the women’s completion in Street League Skateboarding at the Utah State Fairpark in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. Now in its 11th year, the sport’s premier competition series includes more of the world’s best skaters than ever before, with the tour roster featuring 47 athletes hailing from 11 countries, including 21 Olympians and multiple X Games medalists.","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/VIDUWP42HZFHNKXRYHTN6AJNOY.JPG"},{"_id":"2XSXZF3R4FDRHH5TFJUXJLE6QE","content":"Like last year’s event, which was won by Olympians Edouard Damestoy of France and Sky Brown of California/Britain/Japan, this year’s contest will feature a $75,000 purse split evenly between the men and the women. However, this year’s Vert Alert will feature more international talent, including Moto Shibata of Japan and Rony Gomes of Brazil. Free skateboarding clinics will also be presented by Woodward Park City on both days.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CASYGMWBERGDDCPB2EV5IMA77A","content":"Hawk originally envisioned the event as a catalyst to get <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/04/16/tony-hawk-his-vert-alert//" target=\"_blank\">vert skateboarding into the Olympics</a>. Park and street competitions were included when skateboarding made its Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games, and those same disciplines will be featured in Paris 2024. The 2028 Summer Games will be in Los Angeles, which as Hawk’s home and the birthplace of skateboarding culture would seem like the perfect place for vert to make its Olympic debut.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2I64PMFZPJA4XNH72T6FT5LSRY","content":"Hawk, however, said he’s “not actively campaigning” to make that happen.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QWQRJEFRAVBAFMHNYCS3VAGUAI","content":"“I just feel like we’re trying to make enough noise that they can’t dismiss it,” he said. “It’s more that we just want to build something where it is undeniable that it is something valid and that should be included. But that’s not the ultimate goal for me. The goal is just to raise awareness and to have these incredible skaters get the respect they deserve.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"Z73PTH7WGJE4BAZ443JB4OKE5Q","content":"One of the best ways to draw eyeballs to his event is for Hawk himself to skate in it. That’s why he committed to participating in Friday night’s <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.thvertalert.com/legends/" target=\"_blank\">“Legends Demo”</a> alongside the likes of Bucky Lasek and Cara-Beth Burnside.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BWD3QFNGDNESLLATYF7PPYNTMA","content":"It will be Hawk’s first time back on the ramp in front of an audience since before he broke his leg while skating in late March. He didn’t generate enough speed to stick the landing on a 540-degree aerial rotation — a trick known as a McTwist, which he’s done thousands of times — and snapped his right femur. In an Instagram post he made the day after the injury, he acknowledged the injury may be the biggest test of his lifelong creed that he will continue skating until he physically can’t.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RN2DIVHMS5FVHO5KOVSGHXAZVY","raw_oembed":{},"type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"2BCFCO7DGVGUZKMPWLCO6X2BWE","content":"That day, he said, hasn’t come yet. 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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.","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/2DMX3JDROZFDDBNSGLMKZ2HEY4.jpg"}},"publish_date":"2022-08-24T12:30:36.368Z","subheadlines":{"basic":"Five months after he broke his leg, skateboarding icon plans to ride in “Legends” session at his free Vert Alert event in Salt Lake City."},"taxonomy":{"primary_section":{"_id":"/sports","name":"Sports","parent_id":"/","path":"/sports"},"sites":[{"name":"Sports","path":"/sports"}],"tags":[{"description":"sports features","slug":"sports-featured","text":"Sports Featured"},{"description":"Olympics","slug":"olympics","text":"Olympics"},{"description":"Put stories behind the paywall.","slug":"paywall","text":"Paywall"}]},"website_url":"/sports/2022/08/23/tony-hawk-says-utah-event"}],"_id":"26355ac502e05c49fde628e83ea213b3c561a0a6f8da517716f808b6400a7b75"}" sltrib_deployment="production">","type":"raw_html"},{"_id":"JSV2MY3HLFDOPFGWRLGHANOCWE","content":"Volunteers helped make the 2002 games a success, Bullock said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"T3FILFLYWZABTF6ATZMY5ZU3HQ","content":"“They are the front line to the experience of the world, and they all had smiles on their faces,” he said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WO6HYOU5JFHAXIE2XFS2BNFMSQ","content":"<b>Enthusiasm about the Olympics</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"LWSILXKQ5RCYBIVQ4MOWHDGFOI","content":"Most people in Utah want the games to come back, according to a survey referenced in the report.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RUYQLNQ5ANCH7JNDULVZHUMJHI","content":"That survey found 82% of Utahs support the state hosting a future Winter Olympics. That’s up from 2002, when a different survey found 75% of people favored Salt Lake City hosting the games.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IDGWO7YH2RH5ZJNTBKQ5ZXH4OI","content":"<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation/13558406\" data-height=\"450px\"><script src=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://public.flourish.studio/resources/embed.js/">","type":"raw_html"},{"_id":"4KSX36HASJEG3D7BZMZG5YJEJE","content":"Social capital</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"36ZJ5UWGQJB3XMRQI3GVLN2NIQ","content":"Social capital includes networks of relationships that enable a healthy functioning society, from family interaction and social supports to community health and philanthropy.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TREYDEYGP5EG5PBYSKV46FHMWM","content":"The <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/republicans/2018/4/the-geography-of-social-capital-in-america/" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee’s Social Capital Project </a>ranks Utah as the highest in the nation for social capital. Many Utah counties also rank highly.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TYNDU4BFNVD37LNGKKSSLJAEQE","content":"<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-map\" data-src=\"visualisation/13558023\"><script src=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://public.flourish.studio/resources/embed.js/">","type":"raw_html"},{"_id":"AQM5BJLBOFHAPOCWYFK3WNW7IM","content":"Future Olympic and Paralympic Games would improve social connections as people “congregate to volunteer to welcome the world to Utah” or to watch the games or celebrate at coordinating events, the report reads.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3BTDXED6F5D6RHERJ5626BCNIM","content":"<b>Population</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"XU7PG2FQKJCOZIE3V4CXXWCXZM","content":"The report highlights Utah’s population growth, including the state having the highest rate of growth between 2010 and 2020.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EUCCJGZ5N5CNLOA7HC6BUW3P4Y","content":"While the nation as a whole grew 7.4%, Utah saw an 18.4% increase. That’s the most growth of any state in that decade.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IHPUO3HCK5CANPSCXQUM3Z4K4Q","content":"<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-map\" data-src=\"visualisation/13557650\"><script src=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://public.flourish.studio/resources/embed.js/">","type":"raw_html"},{"_id":"HZJ277TWCFGDJKV5ASYRGHTCA4","content":"Utah’s population is expected to continue growing, the report shows, though the rate is likely to decrease in upcoming decades.","type":"text"},{"_id":"J26L27ABURBWJI2W5NI2X4QUDM","content":"<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation/13556691\"><script src=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://public.flourish.studio/resources/embed.js/">","type":"raw_html"},{"_id":"5WIZUXXFIFGJVPIUBGJBH356CI","content":"Utah’s strong economy and high quality of life attract new residents, the report says, and the state’s population is becoming more diverse and vibrant over time.","type":"text"},{"_id":"E2KZVTXHO5GWPIAJPUBPM3R2UQ","content":"<b>Winter sports, health, diversity, business development, and more</b>","type":"text"},{"_id":"MTVHVAL2SBHJ5DH6TO64TWYCBI","content":"The report also highlights other factors that help make a future Winter Games a good fit for Salt Lake City, including:","type":"text"},{"_id":"DN227WIN3BCEXKB6SXK4FG7LJM","type":"list"},{"_id":"GW3QUHROCVEUVMBPGOA5YODRE4","content":"The full report is available at <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://gardner.utah.edu/wp-content/uploads/OlySupplement-Apr2023.pdf?x71849\%22 target=\"_blank\">gardner.utah.edu/wp-content/uploads/OlySupplement-Apr2023.pdf?x71849</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4YJOAYWFMBE2BFRG6AQYJVXUS4","content":"<iframe class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" title=\"OlySupplement Apr2023\" src=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.scribd.com/embeds/641207941/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-N1fXQO8YOTeVBs9xnZLq\%22 tabindex=\"0\" data-auto-height=\"true\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.7729220222793488\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe><p style=\" margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block;\" ><a title=\"View OlySupplement Apr2023 on Scribd\" href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.scribd.com/document/641207941/OlySupplement-Apr2023#from_embed\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">OlySupplement Apr2023</a> by <a title=\"View Megan Banta's profile on Scribd\" href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.scribd.com/user/665743703/Megan-Banta#from_embed\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Megan Banta</a></p>","type":"raw_html"},{"_id":"P2QHMJPU4ZDJZHGV54PSVA7GMY","content":"<br/>","type":"text"},{"_id":"SPC7USHIHJCOVKO7IXZXABSRHM","content":"<b>Correction:</b> April 27, 3:56 p.m. >> <i>Sarah Wright is the executive director of Utah Clean Energy. Her name was incorrect in a previous version of this article</i>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PNIW2SYDJVBPRFLVS4SMMAEWQU","content":"<br/>","type":"text"},{"_id":"FLB2X573UNBTHIRCTFL4Q36RCY","content":"<br/>","type":"text"},{"_id":"EFQCA2JFBJH6DETB7IH3M2FMRU","content":"<br/>","type":"text"},{"_id":"7F4GWIMAWBE2BPBMLOZZVTVS3I","content":"<br/>","type":"text"},{"_id":"KIDW6UKJP5DTRP3ID5C3KGPXLM","content":"<br/>","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"},{"_id":"mbanta@sltrib.com","image":{"url":""},"name":"Megan Banta"}]},"display_date":"2023-04-27T20:49:35.844Z","headlines":{"basic":"If Utah hosts another Olympics, air, water might be the real winner"},"last_updated_date":"2023-04-28T02:42:21.670Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Clear skies allow the distant mountains and I-80 to be seen from the Spencer F. 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He had been incarcerated since Feb. 11. His sentencing was scheduled for Tuesday.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GBRLKAHFE5GTZJNSNWZBW26VUI","content":"He was found alone and unresponsive, the news release said, and was pronounced dead at the jail.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TED65ORUP5A4HIDDNND6WZF72U","content":"“Life-saving efforts were attempted by Iron County Jail staff,” the release said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GWZXC4LROFATZI5CVMITARSAEY","caption":"(Craig Hansell | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jeremy Nobis in Park City, January 1991.","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/GWZXC4LROFATZI5CVMITARSAEY.jpg"},{"_id":"NRKCRYKPUBAPXPRMCMW7C5XYMA","content":"A Wisconsin native who later attended the ski-centric Green Mountain Valley School in Vermont, Nobis made the United States Ski and Snowboard team at age 16. He was a <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://olympics.com/en/athletes/jeremy-nobis/" target=\"_blank\">World Junior Champion (giant slalom) at age 17</a> and won another (super giant slalom) at age 18, when he also began racing World Cup events.","type":"text"},{"_id":"A7WOXVP7VVEILFGXQVRNPF2XDI","content":"In 1994, Nobis competed for Team USA in the slalom and giant slalom at the Lillehammer Olympics in Norway, taking ninth in the latter.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6LGEKHUIPBHX5HEE4G5SXSVVXM","content":"Shortly after those Winter Games, Nobis began skiing professionally. He appeared in films by Warren Miller Entertainment, Teton Gravity Research and Matchstick Productions. TGR co-founders Todd and Steve Jones named his descent of a steep Alaskan mountain face one of their top 21 moments of the first 21 years of the now ubiquitous action-sports media company. The descent ended up on the February 1998 cover of Powder magazine under the headline: “Jeremy Nobis: The Next Rock Star?”","type":"text"},{"_id":"5WZ3772MCZAOTHMGH7HXNG4TTI","raw_oembed":{},"type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"KGH6K5RZJVBDJMUL3F2RD5IYOI","content":"Todd Jones, in a video about the moment, described Nobis as “this long-haired, fiery ex-racer. Just a crazy ball of intensity and energy.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"KMS6N7PDYNCQLNQ4PEIZL5YSEQ","content":"Skiing with intensity and abandon became Nobis’ calling card. His fast descent of steep slopes earned nicknames like “The Icon” and “PsychoNobi.” Nobis, who had his own pro model of Dynastar skis, is perhaps best known for his run down Harvest on Alaska’s Pyramid Peak. It is a 52-degree slope with a 2,000-foot vertical drop.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ANWAQVJYVZHCRLO7AHA6CQ7FNY","content":"“I was always completely blown away with how you attacked the mountain full throttle,” photographer Tony Harrington wrote on Nobis’s Facebook page. “And crikey, what about that line you dropped into when we were in Greenland when filming with TGR! probably the most I’ve feared for any athlete I’ve photographed in such a hair balled situation where falling was not an option.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"TTCK34XKHBEL3IN7JRYEAH2PKU","raw_oembed":{},"type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"7XKIZTOTLRA2PBNHMUYLSM3KTU","content":"He appeared to live his life in a similar manner. He had been caught driving while impaired no fewer than five times. One of those was in Park City in 2006, when, after leading police on a chase through town, Nobis struck a tree, collided with an officer’s SUV and tried to run away. No one was injured in the event. At that time, according to the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.parkrecord.com/news/famous-skier-sentenced-to-jail//">Park Record</a>, he had already been convicted of drunk driving twice, in 1999 and 2005. In 2011, Nobis led police in Jackson, Wyo., on another chase, this one reaching speeds of up to 100 mph according to a <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.skimag.com/news/jeremy-nobis-arrested-two-duis//">Ski magazine article</a> published in January.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XYXUSSTOSFCMLGH7ZGZE2P6MPI","content":"He also had been charged with a DUI in Mesa County, Colo., the Ski article said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PHXHMA3A7BHZXEYHAETP4NR7Q4","content":"Utah court records show Nobis was arrested on March 25, 2019, following a rollover crash on Interstate 15 near mile-marker 42. His blood-alcohol level at that time was .42 — more than eight times the state limit — and he had open alcohol containers in his vehicle, according to a probable-cause statement issued in support of his arrest. He was released three days later and required to appear before the court at a later date. Nobis did not appear for an August 2021 video conference related to that case and a warrant was issued for his arrest.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IFCSCL36VRHWFAAHWHBPTQ5XNM","content":"He was taken into custody on Feb. 23. On March 7 in a 5th District Court, he pled guilty to a single count of DUI, which is a third-degree felony. Nobis was facing a maximum of five years in jail and up to $5,000 in fines.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6XNK6RF7HVEFFPCILMJN22FAQ4","content":"No foul play is suspected in his death, according to the news release.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5JORP7HOVBDH5HNYYJIENCJ2UY","content":"Nobis’s younger sister, Shannon, also competed in the 1994 Olympics and was a member of the Park City Ski Team.","type":"text"},{"_id":"J7DG375XPFE5VJWEV6RFABZDL4","content":"A message on the USSA’s website said the organization’s “thoughts and condolences are with his family, friends and ski community.” It also included a link to the organization’s <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.teamusa.org/MentalHealth/" target=\"_blank\">mental health resources</a>.","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2023-04-20T20:28:31.051Z","headlines":{"basic":"Olympic skier Jeremy Nobis, ‘The Icon,’ dies in a Utah jail"},"last_updated_date":"2023-04-22T00:04:37.906Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(Craig Hansell | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jeremy Nobis competes in Park City, January 1991.","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/NJQRFBXNIRCFVBKMS32ZO3ND3M.jpg"}},"publish_date":"2023-04-22T00:04:37.548Z","subheadlines":{"basic":"Nobis, 52, was being held in the Iron County jail as he awaited sentencing in a DUI case."},"taxonomy":{"primary_section":{"_id":"/sports","name":"Sports","parent_id":"/","path":"/sports"},"sites":[{"name":"Sports","path":"/sports"}],"tags":[{"description":"Skiing","slug":"skiing","text":"Skiing"},{"description":"Olympics","slug":"olympics","text":"Olympics"},{"description":"Tag for obituaries RSS feed","slug":"obituaries","text":"obituaries"}]},"website_url":"/sports/2023/04/20/olympic-skier-jeremy-nobis-icon"},{"_id":"CYKT2VFUABCZHOQUZSSABTNYXQ","canonical_url":"/news/nation-world/2023/04/02/tokyo-olympics-scandal-fouls-hopes","content_elements":[{"_id":"A3CI4ECA65H57GXARQPD6J53TM","content":"In recent years, the already shortlist of possible candidates to hold the Winter Olympics has become even shorter. Headline-grabbing cost overruns and humbling defeats in public referendums have made cities wary of building venues for sports like ski jumping and bobsled with limited appeal beyond the Games, while climate change has rapidly shrunk the number of potential hosts that can promise real snow.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ID636OJUMFCUTG33VRQAN34X4Y","content":"Those challenges had made Sapporo, in Japan’s frigid north, especially appealing as Olympic organizers seek a home for the 2030 Games. The city seemed to have it all: an Olympic legacy as the 1972 host; most of the necessary facilities; an eager public; and consistent, powdery snow. Its only serious rival, Salt Lake City, preferred to wait until 2034 to host the Games.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NKINBIDSXZHRLAQRXY46XHU5GY","content":"What Sapporo wasn’t counting on was a still-unfolding corruption scandal linked to the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, which has turned public opinion sharply against Sapporo’s bid and complicated Japan’s ability to stage large events in the coming years. The turmoil has thrown the 2030 selection process into uncertainty, with both Sapporo and the International Olympic Committee pausing their efforts as officials court alternative bidders.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SZLOUZ7STVEARFY2PYANOXQG3E","content":"The slow drip of allegations of bid-rigging in the run-up to the Tokyo Games, which were delayed until 2021 because of the pandemic, has ensnared some of Japan’s top companies. The most prominent is Dentsu, one of the world’s most powerful sports marketing firms and a key force in arranging everything from the initial Tokyo bidding process to the event’s tiniest details.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3OFWNVWU7JGEDHUZV3GN4UCQYI","content":"Arrests began last summer, toppling the heads of one of Japan’s largest publishers and a major clothing retailer. In February, prosecutors accused Dentsu, as well as Japan’s second-largest marketing firm, Hakuhodo, of forming a cartel to skirt rules on bidding for public contracts related to the Tokyo Games.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QZPFPFJLU5G3PN54U4U3K4ELXM","content":"In response to the scandal, Tokyo and Osaka, among other cities, have pledged that — at least in the short term — they will exclude Dentsu and its alleged conspirators from bidding for public contracts. That has been an especially bitter pill for Osaka, which is hosting the 2025 World Expo and was counting on the advertising giant’s support to pull off the event.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QGNIO6S4TFHW3PW5FG6CVIEARU","content":"In early March, Sapporo announced several shorter public bidding bans on smaller companies named in the indictments. It has not yet announced whether it will work with Dentsu and Hakuhodo, but the city’s relationship with a local Dentsu subsidiary that helped lay the groundwork for the Olympic bid is on hold, said Sapporo’s mayor, Katsuhiro Akimoto.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TFAFEM7S6VESZE4Z5ZNI2ECHAU","content":"While the city still hopes to host the 2030 Games, Akimoto said, he believes it will be difficult to secure the necessary sponsorships without the involvement of Dentsu, which hauled in a record-shattering $3.6 billion in domestic sponsorship money for the Tokyo Games. The firm controls nearly 28% of Japan’s advertising market.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PGHGAWANQNFVVJKRHUTZTS4E7E","content":"The fallout from the Tokyo Olympics has created an unexpected headache not just for Sapporo but also for the IOC, which has found it increasingly difficult to secure hosts for the Winter Games as cities decide the costs and hassles aren’t worth it.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ENMGX7G7LFEE5ISYMGXT5JSOJA","content":"For the 2022 Winter Olympics, the IOC was forced to choose between two candidates from authoritarian countries, after all eight democratic countries that had expressed interest pulled out. Beijing edged out Almaty, Kazakhstan, and the Games came under fire both for China’s abysmal human rights record and its dependence on artificial snow.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BIB5VKNUDRDDHCICPTWW5VR57M","content":"In an effort to attract more candidates, the Olympic committee has worked to make bidding for and hosting the Games less expensive and onerous. Even so, few countries have applied. Only Sweden and Italy, the winner, were finalists for the 2026 Winter Games.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HBFBIK6I2NESZMYGMIULNOVUTU","content":"Sapporo’s flailing effort does not endanger the Games’ future, analysts said. But it has had a domino effect. In December, the IOC announced that it would push back the timeline for selecting a host, saying it needed time to consider the impacts of climate change on the Games’ future. Sapporo paused its bid soon after.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WRMXDTXGX5HHBDCYFVYATENOUE","content":"Salt Lake City; Vancouver, British Columbia; and Stockholm have since been suggested as possible destinations. Salt Lake City has said it prefers to host in 2034 so it won’t have to fight for sponsors with the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UWTTHXNQ7NBG7CVGIPKV5IPKUU","content":"Sapporo’s chances of hosting the Games largely depend on its ability to revive public interest, said Olympic historian David Wallechinsky. From the IOC’s perspective, “the corruption issue isn’t as important as the lack of public support,” he said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5AZRMPIEHJFAVD7FDI5HQZLY2M","content":"In a January poll by The Hokkaido Shimbun, a regional daily newspaper, nearly 70% of those surveyed said they opposed hosting the Games. The turnabout is evident even in once enthusiastic residents like Masako Ishibashi, who attended the opening ceremony of the 1972 Sapporo Olympics as a child and whose daughter has ambitions of becoming a pro alpine skier.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NUG3QERMUBHUNKOZO6VOT5MAAQ","content":"In the wake of the scandal, “the feeling that we should definitely, definitely do it is gone,” she said as she walked her dog near the outdoor skating rink where the Olympic kickoff was held five decades ago.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6OIUVMXHSNBLXCJMLOMJTCHK3I","content":"Even if Sapporo’s 2030 bid collapses, it will remain a tempting Olympic candidate as the IOC emphasizes making the Games more environmentally and economically sustainable. A 2022 study projecting the impact of climate change on the Winter Olympics’ future said that, by midcentury, Sapporo may be one of the last former hosts in Asia capable of reliably holding the Games without resorting to artificial snow.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZDQPP7GXNVCLLA3ICIRHVSQRXA","content":"But for that to happen, Sapporo is going to have to repair the damage done by the Tokyo scandal, said Ryuichi Kasuga, a sports consultant who worked on the 1998 Nagano Olympics.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AWEZA6GXF5F7XJ4Y3FQALZRCIE","content":"“They need to demonstrate that they can make a bid and hold an Olympics properly,” he said. “Otherwise, Japan’s Olympics movement is over.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"LUZT3OVWFFHYDBFXKKV6QE2T4M","content":"This article originally appeared in <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/30/sports/olympics/sapporo-winter-games.html/">The New York Times</a>.","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"name":"Ben Dooley and Hisako Ueno | The New York Times"}]},"display_date":"2023-04-02T12:00:00Z","headlines":{"basic":"Tokyo Olympics scandal fouls hopes for a Sapporo Winter Games"},"last_updated_date":"2023-04-02T12:00:05.188Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(Joshua Mellin | The New York Times) Two people on snowboards at the Sapporo Teine ski resort, in Sapporo, Japan on March 25, 2023, which was a venue for the 1972 Winter Games. 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Sapporo’s flailing 2030 bid has added another headache.","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/XFRNZYE4JZDHXJWXMNXHQS6FQI.jpg"}},"publish_date":"2023-04-02T12:00:05.193Z","subheadlines":{"basic":"Public opinion has turned against the 2030 bid."},"taxonomy":{"primary_section":{"_id":"/news/nation-world","name":"Nation + World","parent_id":"/news","path":"/news/nation-world"},"sites":[{"name":"Nation + World","path":"/news/nation-world"}],"tags":[{"description":"Olympics","slug":"olympics","text":"Olympics"}]},"website_url":"/news/nation-world/2023/04/02/tokyo-olympics-scandal-fouls-hopes"},{"_id":"W366K5K2QVE75PFHHY4KVGTN6M","canonical_url":"/sports/2023/03/09/beyond-tik-tok-utah-olympic","content_elements":[{"_id":"34OGU3F2HRGNXIVV5SUEAY3ZAY","content":"When <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/02/09/last-salt-lake-figure//" target=\"_blank\">Nathan Chen won the gold medal</a> in men’s figure skating last year, COVID-19 restrictions kept his parents from being in Beijing to watch him. Yet his mother was among the first to greet the Salt Lake City skater after the medal was draped over his neck.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4NAAMUYQSZEX5F3E4LYIPVZYEY","content":"The video calls instituted at the finish lines came about as a way to placate families frustrated they couldn’t be there in person. But ask Catherine Raney-Norman, the chair of the group putting together Utah’s next Olympic bid, and those video calls are the future of the Games — at least for the next minute or two. With technology consistently evolving, and becoming more central to the daily lives of fans and athletes alike, local Olympic organizers have already begun looking into how they can harness it to make their own Winter Games even better ... <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/12/06/olympics-utah-every-20-years//" target=\"_blank\">whenever Utah ends up hosting.</a>","type":"text"},{"_id":"2WSISM4LLNGV5NBE4KOD3B2L6A","content":"Not that they have any idea what technology will look like by 2030 or 2034. Not even the industry leaders gathered in Salt Lake City this week for Qualtrics’ X4 Summit know that. That includes Qualtrics founder<a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/jazz/2023/02/14/jazz-owners-ryan-ashley-smith-are//" target=\"_blank\"> Ryan Smith</a>, who is a member of the board of directors for the SLC-Utah Committee for the Games and invited Raney-Norman and CEO Fraser Bullock to speak to executive session attendees Wednesday at the Grand America Hotel.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BMSPGZVCQNHGLNHIBLI7ZQGAIE","content":"“Can you show me what tech is going to be in 10 or 20 years?” Smith said. “If so, I want to model that.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"2Q643PW6PVA7RNPTCAJOIWIUKA","content":"Smith founded Qualtrics, a consumer experience company, in 2002, the same year Utah hosted its first Olympics. That was also the year Friendster was launched. Suffice it to say, social media has come a long way and become much more intertwined in people’s daily lives since then.","type":"text"},{"_id":"Q2WBC52J7BDSDOTNFLLLLXKBKU","content":"Bullock, who was the COO of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee in 2002, said the group’s budget for technology back then was between $300 million-$400 million. Most of that was focused on producing and distributing the Games around the globe via television. Ten years from now, it’s unclear whether people will still be watching sports on traditional TVs.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BZ2QKF2KCBGANKRTQTM6PGAOQI","content":"Organizers will need their eyeballs, however. And the key to those, Bullock said, will be finding ways for people to interact with the Game, making them more participatory and less static.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5G23I7JFZRGD3H57CX7WRAWU5M","content":"“I think the one that is the big opportunity that will evolve between now and the Games is just the engagement with people,” Bullock said. “I mean, where was Tik Tok three years ago? So these things can pop up and we’re going to see that continual evolution. We need to make sure that a few years out we are deeply engaged with the latest” technology and strategies.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FV5DBGXNEBHVTAKIFZIBM52SYU","raw_oembed":{},"type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"YSRJ2ZNVNZEA3O5CMFXNTIH6FM","content":"Utah has not yet learned if, or as Bullock says, when, it will host another Winter Games. The International Olympic Committee has put off selecting a host for the 2030 Olympics to allow more potential hosts to come forward. It is not expected to name a host for those Games until 2024, at which time it may also decide where the 2034 Games will be held. Utah has said it would prefer to host in 2034 but would be open to hosting in 2030 if called upon.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KOKX64VXEBDBHEG4UCNKRVCD5E","content":"When its time comes, the committee plans to lean heavily on the minds of Silicon Slopes for guidance when it comes to technology. Until Utah is named as a host, the group cannot sell sponsorships to companies, but Bullock is hopeful that will come out of the partnership as well.","type":"text"},{"_id":"55YIA3FGTNAMNHHTM254DX3C5Y","content":"Interactive video calls might be one avenue for getting people more involved. Or, it could be something no one has even thought about yet.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JAF5KVKYLJGPRBD5TM7FL6F3TQ","content":"“We’re making sure that we’re communicating to people in the way that they want to be communicated with. 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He had a mind to make a grand entrance on his first run by doing a double flip into the chute.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VXLOXNINBRF6NLKZ5KBSG4PWKY","content":"Crazy? Maybe, but as he watched most of the 25 competitors launch themselves off the cliff while waiting his turn, it was apparent he wasn’t the only one.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PWVUDYUESBBNVIDDIZACLUGCUY","content":"“Everyone that enters that event has a screw loose,” Stevenson said. “You have to be a little crazy to agree to doing that.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"VPLSJ73PMNAJ3AGIQCJ6MV2UWQ","content":"So what does it say about Stevenson that he took home the king’s crown? Or about Blake Wilson of Sandy, who took second in the men’s competition, and Piper Kunst of Salt Lake City, who was second in the women’s after winning the queen’s crown last year?","type":"text"},{"_id":"C42ABT65PJHCZJSERDCPPZAOWA","caption":"(Brett Wilhelm | Red Bull Content Pool) Alex Hackel, PIper Kunst, Veronica Paulsen and Blake Wilson react after Kunst's run at Kings and Queens of Corbet’s at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Jackson, Wyo., on Feb. 7, 2023.","subtitle":"Alex Hackel, PIper Kunst, Veronica Paulsen and Blake Wilson","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/C42ABT65PJHCZJSERDCPPZAOWA.jpg"},{"_id":"WIIOTTHEOJA4DIWYZ6XDPR6BZE","content":"Apparently, they’re all wearing their brazenness like a badge of honor.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YV3RUUISHBEKLHWEJENISFMTN4","content":"“It’s crazy,” Kunst, 22, agreed. “It’s like mental game playing.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"XENU464CJBEZPL2WBTTQZSBQKY","content":"Luckily, both Stevenson and Kunst had sensible friends. Stevenson’s talked him down from the double backflip to a more reasonable but still spectacular switch 540 with a grab. The Olympic silver medalist in big air at the Beijing Winter Games still got to do a flip, but it was off a jump farther down the run’s steep face.","type":"text"},{"_id":"L4ULMT4BGBCNXK2W3JKG42BHR4","content":"Kunst had also been considering a double backflip, and her willingness to go all out in icy, treacherous conditions is what won her the queen crown last year. But this year, at her friends’ behest, the frequent Alta Ski Area skier decided to play it a little safer and enter with a front flip instead.","type":"text"},{"_id":"R5LKW2S7XFAUXDY4MF4M3HQHGQ","content":"Veronica Paulsen, the 2020 Queen, didn’t pull back from the double backflip. While she didn’t land it cleanly, she became the first woman to perform a double backflip on Corbet’s Couloir and took home the People’s Choice award. Ben Richards landed his double backflip to win the men’s People’s Choice award.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5ODDKIL43FH2JE6UJZG7SGN4QM","content":"Wilson hasn’t figured out what his title is as runner up at the Kings and Queens contest.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3LTREVFLUFDORBGAJG5KCCS74Q","content":"<script src=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/players/8KjA3FKc-WeUEeh90.js/">","type":"raw_html"},{"_id":"APMSUAKMORGI3HIU5AKURRG5RQ","content":"“I think it might be a knight. Or a jester or something?” he said. “I don’t know if it’s prince, but hey, I’ll take that. I’ll take whatever I can get.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"TUUJZ5MTRNFSLJ2CW347N2EG7A","content":"Wilson, like Kunst, made his Kings and Queens debut last year, entered with a backflip and followed it up with another one midmountain. Unlike the other two, he knew his parameters as soon as he looked down from the start gate..","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZUNNYTW7NJBLXLKM2AKJLON5ZI","content":"“The entrance is really tight at the top. It feels, like, claustrophobic left to right,” Wilson said. “I didn’t really want to do a spinning trick because I tend to drift. And, like, that last wall is not a good zone to land — not that the right wall is any better. I thought that if I just did a backflip off of it, I could keep everything nice and straight.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"46CZT46W5JECDOZ7WA55U2ETFQ","content":"The King and Queen of Corbet’s contest began in 2018 and has been gaining in prestige in the years since. It pits skiers vs. snowboarders and park jibbers vs. big mountain riders. Kunst said her favorite part is that it mixes men and women in the lineup, with the order selected via a draw. Each competitor gets two runs and afterward the athletes serve as the judges, rewatching the videos in a theater and voting for the winner.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XGWKZCB2FJACHPVIKSF773BVLU","content":"Skier Claire McPherson, 19, of Canada won the queen crown this year, but the two prior queens hailed from Utah: Kunst and Salt Lake City snowboarder Madison Blackley. Stevenson is the first Utahn to take the king’s crown.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JUZ7YYC52FG3JMGAH75YBP7JTY","caption":"(Amy Jimmerson | Red Bull) Piper Kunst of Salt Lake City flies high near the bottom of the narrow Corbet's Couloir during the Kings and Queens of Corbet's big mountain competition on Feb. 7, 2023. Kunst, the 2022 queen, placed second.","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/JUZ7YYC52FG3JMGAH75YBP7JTY.jpg"},{"_id":"KVENFULOWFFW5OWSOWZCRAFUAY","content":"He said he plans to be back. He’s found his kin.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EDPUKBICBNAARJ7R3OZHW46RGQ","content":"“It’s just a nice, like, starting point for me to get into something like this and kind of change the direction of my career,” said Stevenson, who also is competing in World Cup and Dew Tour events this month as well as doing some filming. “I’m really excited to do more events like that down the road.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"H5DC6N7FXNHK3G4XZGZNM3WMM4","content":"A<a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.redbull.com/us-en/videos/kings-and-queens-of-corbets-2023-recap-show/" target=\"_blank\"> recap of the event</a> can be found online at redbull.com.","type":"text"},{"_id":"I7ZJTNB6BRG7BDTPCSOHLX45WA","raw_oembed":{},"type":"oembed_response"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2023-02-19T13:00:52.118Z","headlines":{"basic":"Utahns crowned skiing royalty at King and Queen of Corbet’s"},"last_updated_date":"2023-02-22T18:03:05.134Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(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. 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But could he throw down a jam while sliding over a rail on a snowboard?","type":"text"},{"_id":"E3PVMBHJZJBPXO4FIFVXDA3KCE","content":"A few hours earlier Nate Haust could and did during the Grit Rail Jam held just down the street at The Gateway. An NBA All-Star Weekend event meant to bring together two of Utah’s greatest sporting passions — basketball and snow sports — the free pro snowboarding competition drew more than 10,000 fans to the outdoor mall’s Olympic Plaza.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7IKET56HY5ESDCWFZ5WXIYA7W4","content":"Some knew enough about park snowboarding to be able to provide running commentary on the event. Others wouldn’t even know how to strap in. Then again, the same could be said for the disparity in basketball knowledge among the crowd.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WQQTXHMB5VEENFM52FHTORUZIM","content":"Irvin Butterfass, a new transplant to Utah from Minnesota who could call out each trick, was singled out by his group of about 10 friends watching from the upper level as “the basketball guy.” It was a title he quickly denied.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KDFQVMGZTNBBXJVDWS476W45GY","content":"“I know that you can take two steps,” Butterfass, 18, said, “and that’s about it.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"YNKTDEJXSVCXLPCL3VZVT4NQM4","caption":"(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Pro snowboarder Nate Haust flies over emcee Josh Nilsen on Saturday. Thousands of huckfest enthusiasts watched professional snowboarders throw 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. 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After some safety alterations, Saturday’s final design must have suited her much better, though, because she came away with the women’s title and a $10,000 check. Jaylen Hanson of Minnesota took second and $5,000 and another Salt Lake City rider, Kaleah Opal, placed third after hitting her head midway through the finals and having to sit out the last half.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2P3T3FUTJRAKJO6MUO6V5HWELM","content":"Haust won the men’s event over Pat Fava of Salt Lake City and Dusty Hendrickson of Big Bear, Calif. He said the roar and energy of the crowd carried him to victory.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FTMO6PT6QVDEHE4IS6THW4IN3U","raw_oembed":{},"type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"QPLWQ35TVBCWHD34AJHHWXXPYY","content":"“The crowd is wild right now. Everyone’s going crazy,” Haust, 30, said. “And obviously it’s a big weekend and there’s a lot of positive energy and that’s one thing that gets me fired up and helps me ride better, I guess.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"4FRBPRCBDFCQVGRXXWZUQG3R7E","content":"Haust’s backside 450 and backflips and Perkins’ rail slide off with a knock off the Grit backboard sent the onlookers into a frenzy. That roar was only amplified by a surprise appearance by Olympic and X Games medalist <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/04/06/shaun-white-takes-triple//" target=\"_blank\">Shaun White</a>, as well as Jones and rapper Travis Scott, a snowboarder who helped sponsor the event.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YIBZ5VUU5RGNFEFK7T72XIYPSA","content":"Scott was the main draw for a group of high school friends from West Haven and Farr West who arrived early enough to secure spots against the fence right below the jump. They planned to spend the rest of their evening checking out the various pop-up shops in the area while keeping an eye out for NBA stars.","type":"text"},{"_id":"P2KFDU2S3JFKTCQZWFQO4X5RGU","caption":"(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jill Perkins of Salt Lake City flies high on Saturday. Thousands of huckfest enthusiasts watched professional snowboarders throw 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. ","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/P2KFDU2S3JFKTCQZWFQO4X5RGU.jpg"},{"_id":"JHL2RCDMHJCZ5JIU7G62BVDOLQ","content":"They said they didn’t find anything odd about the juxtaposition of a snowboarding event with the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2023/02/16/how-take-part-all-star-weekend//" target=\"_blank\">NBA All-Star Weekend</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CYITCL6WBVFCFDICQ7UMJP2LVY","content":"“I think it integrates well with Utah,” Hunter Smith, 18, said. “With this being Utah, I think it’s perfect.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"YB3GWJ5Y35CFFO5UACFHJPL4HY","content":"If the main rail jam itself seemed a little out of place among the basketball-centric events, its encore was not. Once the finals ended, riders were invited to participate in a slam dunk contest on snowboards.","type":"text"},{"_id":"G2IL2WFSLJDJHBRHWIXFKSDJKA","content":"Salt Lake’s Egan Wint won the women’s title with pure grit and determination. Haust, meanwhile, made one stylish and impressive slam after another to win the men’s event. This even though he reluctantly admitted he doesn’t play or follow a lick of basketball.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HM2RJFTTFZGYXGPAAEEXYPUWNE","caption":"(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Olympic snowboarder Shaun White is greeted by rapper Travis Scott on Saturday. Thousands of huckfest enthusiasts watched professional snowboarders throw 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. ","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/HM2RJFTTFZGYXGPAAEEXYPUWNE.jpg"},{"_id":"6XE2YUI455EADPPPCVJBBXS2TY","content":"Still, he and possibly organizers are hoping this event might create some mutual admiration and interest.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QLJOUGKJQVGNFEVOWN2DULKQLY","content":"“I think this is gonna do really good things for the industry,” Haust said. “I would imagine as I don’t pay attention to basketball, I’m sure a lot of these basketball fans don’t know much about snowboarding. 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Curtis Bramble, R-Provo, had a gift for him. It was an Olympic pin given to state senators prior to Utah hosting the 2002 Winter Games.","type":"text"},{"_id":"E4NNOSOFWNEH5GIPI4XXBUNBJ4","content":"Despite its rarity, the pin might have been the second-best present Bullock got that day. Just before the exchange, Utah’s legislators gifted the president and CEO of the bid committee working to bring an Olympics back to Utah its unwavering support.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4PZID6RHJFAM7IIMTMH2XM63IM","content":"With unanimous votes in both the House and the Senate, lawmakers passed two Olympics-related bills Thursday. One, <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HCR008.html/" target=\"_blank\">HCR8</a>, is a public statement in support of Utah’s efforts to host another Olympics, either in 2030 or 2034. The other, <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0430.html/" target=\"_blank\">HB430</a>, authorizes the governor to “sign agreements and make other assurances” that would put Utah and its taxpayers on the hook for overrun expenses if the state is chosen to host another Games.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EFRU7YUUBJBZDBOHRR5H6M5MHQ","content":"Rep. Jon Hawkins, R-Pleasant Grove, sponsored both bills and Sen. Michael McKell, R-Spanish Fork, represented them on the Senate floor. United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland and chairman Gene Sykes were on the floor for the votes in both chambers.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IES6SEQ5L5FW5GWRC6Z4WFN3VE","content":"“Today feels like Olympic Day,” Bullock said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WRMCHLJAKBB65CXSBTWFYZFKDU","content":"“We got our two bills that needed to be passed to enable us to take the next step in our journey to hosting the Games,” he added. “We’ve met with legislative leadership on both sides, the Democrat side and the Republican side, everybody’s unified. Everybody wants to host the Games again. And we’re so excited with this step forward in our journey to once again bring the games back to Utah.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"BLD432CLFFEK5IFKEZRS6BRKKM","content":"Gov. Spencer Cox called the financial agreements “old news” in his monthly news conference Thursday, noting they have not changed much since 2002.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TVTTTNH5DVFLFG6VVUUNU7XVHU","caption":"(Julie Jag/The Salt Lake Tribune)\nUnited States Olympic and Paralympic Committee Chairperson Gene Sykes, right, and CEO Sarah Hirshland, second from right, join Fraser Bullock, fourth from right, and other members of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games on the Senate floor on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, as Senate President Stuart Adams congratulates them on the passage of a pair of bills in support of Utah's bid to host another Winter Olympics.","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/TVTTTNH5DVFLFG6VVUUNU7XVHU.jpg"},{"_id":"O3QNZCKH35F5BJRJBED3VJD6RQ","content":"Recently, however, convincing governments and taxpayers to accept liability for the Games has become a major stumbling block for bidders. In fact, both of Utah’s closest challengers for the 2030 Games have been derailed by the issue.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EEKYFV3LGRFS7GTOEFROEQS4AQ","content":"Vancouver hosted the Winter Olympics in 2010 and is the only winter site aside from Salt Lake City that is still using all of its venues. However, its potential as a host was thrown into doubt in October when <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/10/27/utahs-chances-host-2030-winter//">British Columbia refused to support the cost and the risks</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"45EX3IIBBZGKRITV7LQSSCNSLU","content":"“The current bid is cost-estimated at $1.2 billion and an additional billion dollars in risk,” Lisa Beare, the minister of tourism, arts, culture and sport for the province, said in a news conference. “And when we measured that against our government’s priorities, we believe we need to focus on people.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"TOMWZTWB55CZDENUB3WH3CYLXM","content":"The financial risks a host takes on are a very real concern for the people of Japan and organizers of the Sapporo bid as well. Citizens were already wary after being made to pay for much of the estimated $25 billion price tag for hosting the 2020 Tokyo Olympics during the pandemic — which they couldn’t attend because spectators were banned. Recent revelations that <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/09/08/scandal-japan-could-bring-winter//">those Games also were plagued by bribery and corruption</a> have eroded public support even further. In December, Sapporo’s mayor and the Japanese Olympic Committee announced they were pausing their bid efforts.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EB5Q6U5QCJDHZDDN4BQ5NCCBSU","content":"The 2020 Olympics illustrated the risks to cities and countries that host an Olympics, University of Oxford professor Bent Flyvbjerg told the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/15/olympics-tokyo-costs-japan//">Washington Post</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"M3T2RDCBZ5CADN7OPFHLPV4EAY","content":"“This is like having a tiger by the tail, you know, when you say yes to hosting the Games. You actually have very limited possibilities of stripping down cost” because the majority of the business decisions are made by the IOC and international athletics organizations, said Flyvbjerg, who studies the economics of the Olympics. “Even under the best circumstances, putting on the Olympics is quite a burden financially.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"LWJIQ7EEGRCGPKHBUJWCRP7B3Y","content":"Neither Vancouver nor Sapporo’s bid is out of the running, though.","type":"text"},{"_id":"53UTTBXZHRFSJN6O42M3C64XQI","caption":"(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ukraine's Dmitri Dmitrenko skates during the Men's Free Skate Thursday at the Salt Lake Ice Center during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/53UTTBXZHRFSJN6O42M3C64XQI.jpg"},{"_id":"CHBVMRGDZZGEZL6YT376TVJQRU","content":"While the International Olympic Committee had been expected to select at least the 2030 host and possibly the 2034 host in December, it <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/12/06/olympics-utah-every-20-years//">tabled that decision until at least 2024</a>. It said at the time that it wanted to take a closer look at the impacts of climate change on the Winter Games sites. That its options were dwindling, though, was undeniable.","type":"text"},{"_id":"G7LWBWTD5NGK3EXPP37GZNRMBM","content":"Cox said he has no concerns about committing the state to foot the bill if something goes wrong the next time Utah hosts the Games.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XALGUQK7OVE7JJNP44RRR7NHK4","content":"“We actually feel more confident than we did when Gov. [Mike] Leavitt signed these agreements 20 years ago, much more confident,” Cox said, “because at that time we did not have all of these facilities. There were significant investments and there was a lot of risk to the public 20 years ago. That risk 30 years post our last Olympics is very, very minor.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"L7B4ZC2PPJGIVFIJWCHDIBTOUQ","content":"Bullock and the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games estimate it will <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/06/25/why-utahs-olympic-bid-has//">cost $2.2 billion to host the 2030 </a>event. They estimate closer to $2.4 billion for the 2034 Games to account for additional upgrades to aging facilities. The committee and the USOPC prefer the latter because it allows for more separation from the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LGFYMCGZ4ZG6NMNWQVUJEUEYDA","content":"Organizers have promised those costs will be privately funded and not borne by taxpayers, whenever the Games return to Salt Lake City. Bullock said the bills passed by the legislature and the governor’s ability to sign assurances won’t change that.","type":"text"},{"_id":"N43XCQYIMJAF7FCEMHKF7O5VKY","content":"“Many of [the assurances] include that the state will provide security, that transportation will be available, power will be available. And ultimately they’re also the financial backstop in case something goes wrong,” Bullock said. “But in Utah, we have a different business model. Our business model is that we don’t use any local taxpayer money. We stand alone on our own. And so even though we have that backstop there, we don’t ever intend to use it, but it has to be there as part of our bid.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"FRIWNQZYQZAJLK7LQZPES7HEXU","content":"During discussion on the House floor, representatives also expressed little concern about the potential negative financial ramifications. Rep. Brett Garner, D-West Valley City, said he wanted to ensure Utah’s bid wasn’t stained by scandal as it was in the run-up to the 2002 Games. Rep. Ryan Wilcox, R-Ogden, meanwhile, extolled the ways hosting the Olympics benefited Utah’s infrastructure. Others shared memories about the 2002 Games.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GKFMYNVBHVASLBKY27SFEYLOGM","content":"The bills were not discussed on the Senate floor.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PANEGN64KBAZXCJXVYOXGHHLQY","content":"<b>Editor’s note •</b> <i>This story is available to Salt Lake Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting local journalism.</i>","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2023-02-17T13:00:56Z","headlines":{"basic":"Utah lawmakers pass Olympics bills that put support — and potentially money — behind another Salt Lake bid"},"last_updated_date":"2023-02-17T13:00:56.195Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(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. 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Stevenson of Park City counted among those dropping off cliffs at the Wyoming resort, as did Piper Kunst and <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2021/10/26/experts-only-pro-skiers//" target=\"_blank\">Madison Blackley</a>, both of Salt Lake City, and Blake Wilson of Sandy.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BBFY7Y2FX5EYHIB6NIY6ZXECSA","content":"Kunst, a skier, and Blackley, a snowboarder, were trying to bring the queen’s crown back to Utah for the third straight year. 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Instead, they will be unveiled during the online recap show that is scheduled to air Tuesday on the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.redbull.com/int-en/live-events/">Red Bull TV website</a> and app and on the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.youtube.com/@jacksonhole/">Jackson Hole resort YouTube channel</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"T5WEC6FHKJDLRFL6O557JO645M","content":"Until then, clips of each athlete’s run can be found at <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"http://redbull.com//" target=\"_blank\">redbull.com</a>. Fans can vote for their favorites until 5 p.m. Wednesday. The top vote-getters will receive a <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.redbull.com/us-en/events/kings-and-queens-of-corbets/kings-and-queens-of-corbets-peoples-choice-award/">People’s Choice award</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SPKVAAJUYZAGRKG4VF3CWHSINE","content":"Athletes from a variety of backgrounds compete in the event, which has grown in prestige since its inception in 2018. Stevenson, for example, missed last year’s Kings and Queens event because he was in China winning the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/02/08/park-city-skier-colby//" target=\"_blank\">Olympic silver medal in big air skiing</a>. Kunst, on the other hand, moved from Colorado to attend the University of Utah and later Westminster College. The 22-year-old was basically an undiscovered talent before winning last year’s event.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IBIGCNOB6ZHNZGBRXJ3RWBGD7U","type":"reference"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2023-02-10T21:21:04.536Z","headlines":{"basic":"Utah skiers, snowboarders looking for crown at Kings and Queens of Corbet’s"},"last_updated_date":"2023-02-11T20:09:27.875Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(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.","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/NQH7S3R325F35NCAPYXC4UB4K4.jpg"}},"publish_date":"2023-02-11T20:09:27.578Z","subheadlines":{"basic":"Utah’s Piper Kunst, Madison Blackley coronated as queens of the past two Jackson Hole big mountain contests; voting is ongoing for Peoples Choice award."},"taxonomy":{"primary_section":{"_id":"/sports","name":"Sports","parent_id":"/","path":"/sports"},"sites":[{"name":"Sports","path":"/sports"}],"tags":[{"description":"Skiing","slug":"skiing","text":"Skiing"},{"description":"Olympics","slug":"olympics","text":"Olympics"}]},"website_url":"/sports/2023/02/10/utah-skiers-snowboards-looking"},{"_id":"HHLHPVXMYJH2RMBVXGNPJ4B3WI","canonical_url":"/sports/2023/02/04/lights-party-back-deer-valley","content_elements":[{"_id":"2PKXA62XKNATNJGOVMN23JDRAI","content":"<b>Park City •</b> The freaks come out at night, even at Deer Valley Resort.","type":"text"},{"_id":"243RDOT7IBCBLDBV45HKUNIO6E","content":"The Park City ski area has a reputation for being the most prim and proper of all of Utah’s resorts. For the past two years, the FIS Freestyle World Cup events held at the resort have followed suit. Competition all took place in broad daylight and with sparse crowds due to low snowpack and COVID-19 restrictions.","type":"text"},{"_id":"A2H2TUT6N5EQHEFT4IO5WFHI6Q","content":"This year, though, the lights are back and so are the fervent, and real and faux fur-clad, fans.","type":"text"},{"_id":"L2A3UDQPDVEA7DB3FBRF6MZFQI","content":"“We’re just here to support the fun people who are competing out here,” said Matt Jimenez, 33, one of a crew of five friends who drove up from Salt Lake City to watch Friday’s aerials competition. They tailgated in the parking lot while wrapped in colorful ultra-fluffy, animal-print coats.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SOG4WGYPHFDHJG5RXAALSMH7NE","content":"“How often do you get an opportunity to watch something like this?” said Hillary Dunks, 29.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TDSGKWCVKFCLDIS5O5YNM63WLA","content":"They weren’t the only ones in a festive mood. Aerials competitors who reached the finals could hear the clamor of cowbells and the roar of at least 5,000 fans — especially after men’s winner Dmytro Kotovskyi of Ukraine landed the most difficult jump in the sport, the “Hurricane,” a twisting marvel invented by former Park City resident Jeret “Speedy” Peterson. Another 2,000 were estimated to have watched Thursday night’s moguls finals.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IMPFO72NQFEFLEEJXRDMR35YJ4","caption":"(Julie Jag/The Salt Lake Tribune)\nFur-clad friends Matt Jimenez, Hillary Dunks, Shane Jimenez, Erin Jimenez and Hugo Foucher tailgate in the Deer Valley Resort parking lot prior to the FIS Freestyle World Cup aerials competition on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. The Champion moguls course is in the background behind them. World Cup action will continue Saturday with men's and women's dual slalom.","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/IMPFO72NQFEFLEEJXRDMR35YJ4.jpg"},{"_id":"HP5KURHDCNHAZIKFWCK7WGH3FM","content":"Competitors have also been relishing the opportunity to have their moment under the stadium lights — whether it’s their first time or their 15th.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6PAKP3KTJZHDXJ22PEKHUKZWFU","content":"Jaelin Kauf has had plenty of opportunity to ski under the lights. She has skied 15 World Cup moguls competitions at Deer Valley and came away with a win in 2018.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FW4PHLZWTFEZNI3JRIUPC7KQHE","content":"Over that span, her family and friends from Alta, Wyoming, have perfected the art of creating a hullabaloo. They bring American flags and cowbells and without fail a Costco-sized supply of giant cardboard Js. On Thursday, they rooted her to a second-place finish behind Jakara Anthony of Australia. They finished in the same order at the 2022 Olympics.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TR5JVF3PSBFBDKKUGMNBCDR5NU","content":"“The crowd here is just such a different energy than we see anywhere else,” Kauf said. “When you’re standing in the starting gate and dropping into the course, you can feel the excitement and the energy of the crowd. And honestly, whether you’re competing on the course or standing down in the crowd, you can feel it. It’s just such an exciting, just moving energy, and it’s a really special thing as an athlete to be a part of and feel when you’re skiing.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"7CK4XNZLXJDA5JKWICHJJUPJHQ","content":"Cole McDonald can’t wait to “get that full Deer Valley experience.” He grew up in Park City and can tell stories of sneaking into the trees paralleling the moguls course as a kid to get a better view of the action during the nighttime finals.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SYDDMX6LAVDHXPXXWNLHFJWLX4","caption":"Jaelin Kauf of the United States, right, is congratulated after her second place finish in the women's moguls World Cup race Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, in Park City, Utah. 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Still, until this week, a night run at Deer Valley remained elusive.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GJZRLVQLZVE5RICGQVBOMO5N2Q","content":"“To finally get that full Deer Valley experience under those lights is going to be super amazing,” McDonald said following Wednesday’s practice rounds. “I’m just really, really happy to be able to finally ski under these lights. It’s a lifelong dream of mine.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"MAKIHT7BRJAFDNGBH3D4ZC6FJQ","content":"Skiing Deer Valley at night might be the dream. Winning, though, would be the pinnacle.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6DBZEPAPSVH4LNCCGZEYSB3G3Y","content":"“Some people refer to this event as a Super Bowl of skiing or the Ski Bowl …,” he said “It’s definitely one of the biggest events of the year and winning a title here or just getting on the podium I think is just as valuable as winning the Olympics if not more to me.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"6QUJMX7P6BGRZHUOHF4JAWG6J4","content":"McDonald achieved that goal of skiing under the lights Thursday when he reached the final in the individual moguls where he finished 13th. He, fellow Park City native Nick Page and the rest of the Americans mogul skiers will have another shot Saturday in the dual moguls, which will be a new event for the 2026 Olympics in Italy. That event is expected to draw the largest crowd of the three nights.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YN4EOPEAO5EQXDYOFJFUTEUP2I","content":"The question remains, though, will any of them have a rainbow-colored fur coat like Dunks?","type":"text"},{"_id":"O4HYEPI2HVGIXCTEPCOZYPR2KI","content":"Who cares, she said, “We’re here to party!”","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2023-02-04T13:00:16.570Z","headlines":{"basic":"Lights, and party, back for Deer Valley World Cup"},"last_updated_date":"2023-02-04T13:00:17.150Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(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.","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/46R7AUHBARF7VIUOE6FZX2TNC4.jpg"}},"publish_date":"2023-02-04T13:00:17.158Z","subheadlines":{"basic":"For past two years, crowds were limited, night events nonexistent because of COVID-19, but they return as resort celebrates its 25th year of hosting international ski events."},"taxonomy":{"primary_section":{"_id":"/sports","name":"Sports","parent_id":"/","path":"/sports"},"sites":[{"name":"Sports","path":"/sports"}],"tags":[{"description":"Deer Valley Resort","slug":"deer-valley-resort","text":"Deer Valley Resort"},{"description":"Skiing","slug":"skiing","text":"Skiing"},{"description":"Olympics","slug":"olympics","text":"Olympics"}]},"website_url":"/sports/2023/02/04/lights-party-back-deer-valley"},{"_id":"4II562VULJG6BIVJFCOYWFJW3U","canonical_url":"/sports/2023/01/11/could-an-avalanche-vest-become","content_elements":[{"_id":"HZ2IJWDDAZCAVIPSMKC23YKRLE","content":"Sage Kotsenburg had a ticket to ride Japan’s famous “JaPow” this week, but he canceled the trip. The snow around his Park City home has been so plentiful and deep that the Olympic gold medal snowboarder couldn’t pull himself away.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5II5HY2TVZFHFAYU7MCWCEQSUA","content":"“I literally just canceled my trip to Japan to stay at home, it’s so good,” Kotsenburg said. “It’s just such a rad place having the Wasatch in the backyard and being able to <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2018/02/09/the-olympics-might-miss-sage-kotsenburg-but-the-park-city-snowboarder-isnt-exactly-missing-them//" target=\"_blank\">go hit the resort, go snowmobile, go splitboard, go hike out</a>. You can do anything.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"QCVVVB4EORFCTEQLXVDT5JPEMY","content":"As the powder piles up, though, so do the risks, even for a professional snowboarder.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NPWN7OJ6FBHKXHLIMWLKHDX5LU","content":"So Kotsenburg has been helping develop a vest equipped with an air filtration system that can give someone buried in the snow about 90 minutes of additional breathing time. The vest can provide some safety without the need for a bulky backpack. It also has room for standard avalanche gear like a probe and a shovel and a beacon can be worn beneath the vest. Kotsenburg said he sees it as particularly useful for people who mostly ride at resorts but might take an occasional trip beyond the boundary lines or through the trees.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EPTOHJYQWVCB5JOEFFXJW53ZRY","content":"Its potential to become a standard safety feature for most skiers, snowboarders and snowmobilers — much like the helmet — has earned it a nomination for the Innovation Award at the Outdoor Retailer trade show being held this week at the Salt Palace Convention Center.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RWTZFSP73RCDPBJ7ZGIE5GV7ME","content":"“We really kind of designed this to be something that I’ll bring out on a day that we’re going to go snowmobile pretty far in the backcountry: I could have a vest on me when I’m riding because it’s so lightweight,” Kotsenburg said. “But also, I can go to Brighton and just be riding in some of the sidecountry there and just have it on and not really feel like I’m riding with a pack, like it’s a really heavy thing.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"DIIIUVAP6FDBRJOKWZGFIFK6WU","caption":"(Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sage Kotsenburg of Park City poses for a portrait after winning in the men's slopestyle finals at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014.","subtitle":"Park City's Sage Kotsenburg wins gold in Men's Slopestyle Finals","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/DIIIUVAP6FDBRJOKWZGFIFK6WU.jpg"},{"_id":"4PII3FH7ZNHUXN5LLRCGGMRYN4","content":"The vest, made by the Norwegian company Db and called the Snow Pro, has pockets big enough to fit a couple pairs of backcountry skins while still clinging close to the body. The crux of the innovation, though, is the Safeback SBX air filtration system.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EVF7DQDVXZH2PFJETM4RB2A7HM","content":"The SBX uses technology similar to that of the AvaLung, a groundbreaking piece of avalanche safety gear first <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/AvaLung-an-Added-Layer-of-Snow-Safety-Vest-has-2947583.php/" target=\"_blank\">introduced at the 1999 OR show </a>by Salt Lake City’s Black Diamond (and recently discontinued). Like the Avalung, the SBX filters oxygen out of snow crystals and feeds it into air pockets around the nose and mouth of a wearer who is buried in the snow. Unlike the Avalung, however, skiers and snowboarders don’t have to ride with a tube resembling a snorkel in their mouth. To activate the air flow, though, current models require them to pull a release, similar to that on most avalanche airbags.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JFBZL4KZ6RFT7P4AZFHQLO3CBE","content":"William Sherman, the chief marketing officer for Safeback, noted that many <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2021/03/08/ninety-nine-problems-why//" target=\"_blank\">avalanche burials occur just outside ski resort boundaries</a>. Often in those cases people don’t think to bring their avalanche gear with them even if they have it because they are accessing the terrain from a chairlift and aren’t going deep into the backcountry. He said the Snow Pro vest with the SBX system — which weighs just 18 ounces, is battery operated and costs $699 — can fill that in-between area.","type":"text"},{"_id":"R5RR5VGRNFEDVDTMEEXMAPNTAU","content":"“What we’ve seen with airbags and user behavior with airbags [through surveys] is that people are not taking them out unless they know that their risk to have an avalanche is very high, and there are very few tools which can help victims buried in tree wells on the market today,” he said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"F2Z7JNV5AFC4RCXPR2I5455DZI","content":"“So we designed it with the ethic that the safest backcountry gear you can have is the backcountry gear you take with you.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"WNBS54HLLFFBPHKRGHPYIS4ZGA","content":"Craig Gordon, a forecaster for the Utah Avalanche Center, voiced concern about the use of the air filtration system in the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.outtherecolorado.com/news/report-full-detail-of-fatal-sidecountry-avalanche-near-colorado-resort-released/article_3ba758a0-904a-11ed-81fc-07e055b6ddcf.html?utm_source=Master&utm_campaign=dfea53e86f-Daily+Newsletter_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b88b5f678d-dfea53e86f-174440449\%22 target=\"_blank\">sidecountry</a> — a term avalanche officials are loath to use because the connotation is that it is less dangerous than other backcountry terrain. Gordon said a beacon, shovel and probe should be carried by anyone going outside boundary lines — and even within the boundary lines on heavy powder days. Without a beacon, a buried person likely would be nearly impossible to find, rendering the 90 or more minutes of additional air superfluous. If someone else is buried, Gordon said, having an air system strapped to their back won’t help someone perform a rescue.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IYK7KNJIJ5DR3AXFBETOGZNWOI","caption":"(Safeback) The Safeback SBX system filters oxygen out of snow crystals and filters it into the air pocket of someone buried in the snow, potentially extending their ability to avoid asphyxiation by 90 minutes.","subtitle":"","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/IYK7KNJIJ5DR3AXFBETOGZNWOI.jpeg"},{"_id":"ASYOVMIRFRGETBROQ6ZL23SBZM","content":"Through the first 10 days of 2023, the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://utahavalanchecenter.org/avalanches?page=1\%22 target=\"_blank\">UAC has tracked 96 avalanches</a>, though none have been fatal. Thirteen were known to be caused by a skier or snowboarder and three by a snowmobiler. In Colorado, <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://avalanche.state.co.us/accidents/us/" target=\"_blank\">four people have died in avalanches </a>this season.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AKPLNWJTIJEL7GHX6L7ABAFHIY","content":"“I think that we’re relying too much on technology,” Gordon said, comparing wearing the vest in avalanche terrain without the other equipment and training to surfing among a swarm of great white sharks and bringing a tourniquet in case of a bite. “I just feel like, man, we’re getting away from a lot of just the basics.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"SMWDD2LGMVCVLIGBE3ZAQZUNFY","content":"Still, Gordon acknowledged that the vest could be a valuable safety tool for anyone who might get stuck in a tree well. Tree wells are soft, deep pockets of snow that form around tree trunks. About four people die in tree wells in the United States each season, according to an article published in the journal Wilderness & Environmental Medicine.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WX7XFFZ7URHILPJQUXQGAUATAA","content":"Gordon added that combining the SBX technology with a pack that has an airbag and standard avalanche gear would be the best option, aside from avoiding an avalanche all together, of course.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SZMDDO3NINDMHOGU5RJMUCGT6E","content":"Williams said Safeback is working with backpack manufacturers to create a pack that would allow both an airbag and the SBX system to be activated with a single pull. As for a system that will trigger automatically if a person is caught in a slide, he said, “I think we’ll get there.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"TB5KPQ5HFFBPTA7HC735UJDO2E","content":"Kotsenburg, who has become more involved in splitboarding and filming since he <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=58149586&itype=CMSID\%22 target=\"_blank\">won the first Olympic gold medal in slopestyle snowboarding</a> in 2014, said he’s excited about the existing technology and its potential.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VYBSGEZULRAZTAHQQUZFC7SOEI","content":"“I love it,” he said. “It’s something I really, really am happy about.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"ON5THWJFINHAZPJPGXUJ4DUR3Q","content":"The Innovation Award winners will be announced at a ceremony at the OR show Wednesday night. Twenty-nine products were selected as finalists out of 132 entries.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GNA2G2L7KJHCXOTFPZW45MXZC4","content":"<b>Correction: </b>Jan. 13, 2023, 2:25 p.m. >> <i>The Snow Pro vest has room in the back for a shovel and probe. A previous version of this article stated those items could not be carried in the pack.</i>","type":"text"},{"_id":"PANEGN64KBAZXCJXVYOXGHHLQY","content":"<b>Editor’s note •</b> <i>This story is available to Salt Lake Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting local journalism.</i>","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2023-01-11T13:00:00Z","headlines":{"basic":"Could an avalanche vest become a staple for resort skiers, snowboarders?"},"last_updated_date":"2023-01-12T21:28:53.885Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(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.","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/A5CZLNXBF5H4DFKIN3U7LCL36A.jpeg"}},"publish_date":"2023-01-12T21:28:53.539Z","subheadlines":{"basic":"Olympic snowboarder Sage Kotsenburg helped develop a device that is an Outdoor Retailer Innovation Award finalist, but avalanche experts are wary that “we’re relying too much on technology.”"},"taxonomy":{"primary_section":{"_id":"/sports","name":"Sports","parent_id":"/","path":"/sports"},"sites":[{"name":"Sports","path":"/sports"}],"tags":[{"description":"Skiing","slug":"skiing","text":"Skiing"},{"description":"Olympics","slug":"olympics","text":"Olympics"}]},"website_url":"/sports/2023/01/11/could-an-avalanche-vest-become"},{"_id":"SMLPAHN5XZDVNH6UX25HFNZD6A","canonical_url":"/sports/2022/12/06/olympics-utah-every-20-years","content_elements":[{"_id":"XORI7TISORC6PP7TC6L7KLIDXY","content":"Salt Lake City has said it’s ready, able and willing to host another Olympic Games whenever called upon.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DKKCJXW2GVELVKDQADM2S5LTOA","content":"But is the region willing to make a habit of it?","type":"text"},{"_id":"74EGFCAZBREO5GEC5CW7SY45H4","content":"The International Olympic Committee may be asking that question in the coming months after its executive board decided Tuesday to table a decision on where the 2030 Winter Games would be held and instead make a considerable pivot. With climate change eroding its options for Winter Games hosts, it has decided to seriously consider a rotation of Winter Olympics hosts. That means, if selected, Salt Lake City could be guaranteed to hold the Olympics perhaps every 20-30 years instead of having to rebid.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UJISMUXNMRCLLAVTJ5HZ54QJP4","content":"Jacqueline Barrett, the IOC’s director of future Olympic Games hosts, said the novel consideration “is to ensure there is a longtime future for winter sports and the winter sports industry.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"DRAMU6VRH5HG3E37PM2IURQDSA","content":"Among the considerations the IOC may make in determining what sites it will select for the rotation — if it does go that route — is whether the average temperature at the site over the past 10 years has been at or below freezing. Fraser Bullock, the CEO and president of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games, said his group had previously done an analysis of the state’s viability to host through 2050 and that it met “all of the criteria.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"GKJWYHAZSFEKZP63AYH6HPHLY4","content":"The IOC will hold off naming a host, or even a finalist, for the 2030 and 2034 Games as it analyzes the pros and cons of the rotation approach.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LWIWB22NIVHC3EHLY6VAXXS2CQ","content":"“So there’s no decision next year for the awarding,” said Christophe Dubi, the Olympic Games executive director. “Targeted dialog, we’ll see.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"WDAA23OIGFFLDBL7FKFT5HXVIM","content":"Prior to the IOC’s decision, the host of the 2030 Olympics looked like it would come down to two former hosts: Salt Lake City, which held the Winter Games in 2002, and <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/09/08/scandal-japan-could-bring-winter//" target=\"_blank\">Sapporo, Japan,</a> which had them in 1972.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KPPL35PAJJHZFEBLCJUD65VVFU","content":"A third potential host was Vancouver, host of the 2010 Games, whose bid piqued interest in part because it was the first Indigenous-led effort. It seemed to receive a fatal blow, however, when <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/10/27/utahs-chances-host-2030-winter//" target=\"_blank\">British Columbia refused to serve as the underwriter for the Games</a>. Yet according to <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://gamesbids.com/eng/winter-olympic-bids/future-winter-bids/despite-setbacks-vancouvers-2030-olympic-bid-hangs-on-meeting-with-ioc-decision-makers-this-week//">GamesBids.com, organizers of Vancouver’s bid weren’t giving up. They delivered a presentation to the Future Host Committee via a video conference late last month — as did organizing committees from Sapporo and SLC.","type":"text"},{"_id":"L6SQ47NS7ZAR3LL4N36SZS2ND4","content":"Ukraine and Spain also expressed interest in the 2030 Winter Olympics as late as last year. However, the conflict with Russia has kept Ukraine from contending and <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/spain-withdraws-bid-2030-winter-games-due-political-row-2022-06-21//">Spain’s bid met its end</a> this summer when the two hosting regions could not come to an agreement on how to divvy up events.","type":"text"},{"_id":"D5CU4W5TNRC4HPH3BPQA6IRI2A","content":"Because it is not entering a “targeted dialog” with a potential host, Barrett said the IOC will continue to welcome interest from other sites that want to stage the Games.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PJZY5PIHCBHQTF7547N76XKX2A","content":"Bullock expressed some disappointment that a decision on the 2030 and 2034 hosts won’t be made next year. Nonetheless, he noted, it might work out in Salt Lake City’s favor because the IOC might then be more likely to name the hosts of both Games in 2024. If <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/06/25/why-utahs-olympic-bid-has//" target=\"_blank\">Utah gets the 2034 Games</a> — as it would prefer because of the otherwise short runway between it and the Summer Games in Los Angeles in 2028 — it would still have a decade to prepare.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2MY3ESULWZDGTOTVCWI2VWIQPI","content":"Even with a shorter timeline, though, he said Utah could make it work.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BTJGQN2TNRENZJZVSOHUQWYI5M","content":"“We’ve got the venues, all the pieces in place,” he said. “Probably the one negative is that you have a shorter time frame to bring domestic sponsors and the domestic sponsors have a shorter time frame to activate their sponsorship.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"TDAAHIVK5FG3ZLHLLM3O73TP4U","content":"Even so, he held to his promise that local taxpayers would not have to fund any of the estimated $2.4 billion it will cost to host the games. He said the committee had already accounted for that type of scenario when it made its budget to host shortly after L.A.","type":"text"},{"_id":"T3SIWDTDZZBXJM55N3PBXOVNXQ","content":"As far as joining a Winter Games rotation, Bullock said it seemed like it could be an ideal situation for Utah.","type":"text"},{"_id":"D6UAI4K2LBBZVIIC3D4QUCDUUI","content":"“The rotation actually is an intriguing opportunity because we have everything in place,” he said. “We have different economics than a new city that doesn’t have venues in place. We have the expertise. We’re the state of sport, we have competitions all the time. This would naturally fit into our branding of the State of Sport. So we think it’s an interesting, intriguing opportunity.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"GHKISIBMB5GXFDIMOYAVSMAW5A","content":"The <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/12/14/us-officials-pick-salt//">United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee in 2018 selected Salt Lake City</a> over Denver as the city it would put forth as its candidate to host the U.S.’s next Winter Olympics.","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2022-12-06T19:12:23.083Z","headlines":{"basic":"Olympics in Utah every 20 years? 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However, the Province has the responsibility to weigh the benefits with the costs and possible risks of the project,” Lisa Beare, the British Columbia Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport, said in a statement Wednesday.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WBPN2NZKEFELPEKXEMTVYXNN3Y","content":"“There are billions of dollars in direct costs, and potential guarantee and indemnity liability risks on this project that could jeopardize our government’s ability to address pressures facing British Columbians right now.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"AJ5TA3OO3VEFDM564NOAUKOL7A","content":"Beare estimated the province stood to be on the hook for $1.2 billion in direct costs and $1 billion in liability risk, according to the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://vancouversun.com/news/bc-not-supporting-2030-olympics/" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Sun</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JS2RWASEWFABPP666C7C4JGXGE","content":"The International Olympic Committee requires its hosts to have an entity that will assume legal liability and serve as the Games’s underwriter. B.C. did that for the Olympics in 2010. Its unwillingness to do so again does not leave Vancouver’s bid DOA, but it is a sizable dagger to the heart. The IOC’s deadline for naming that entity is in January.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RLJ6YU3MM5A5RDYKX6OMIPA24A","content":"British Columbia still plans to host the 2025 Invictus Games and matches in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will also be spread around Mexico and the United States.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MXFTQ3RPDNGH7GKQPVBBZ64DMI","content":"A spokesperson for the Canadian Olympic Committee told <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"http://gamesbid.com//" target=\"_blank\">GamesBid.com</a>, which broke the news, that the organization would take time time to “process” the news before responding.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DCNEKPRA4NATZLAE33ZZG3WY3Q","content":"“The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC), working under the leadership of the Lil’wat, Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, believes in the strengths of this Indigenous-led process to bring the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games back to the region,” the organization said in a statement.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5SOSRDI5NJBBJICAME3UT26VZQ","content":"In July, Vancouver’s city council approved pursuing the 2030 Games despite a report from city staff that said there wasn’t enough time for them to compile the necessary elements for a formal bid.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YMUHQGDNENDWNEY5ZKMJXH6ZTM","content":"Still, Vancouver had been considered a strong candidate for 2030 and a pivotal player in <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/10/27/dont-air-our-dirty-laundry//" target=\"_blank\">Utah’s bid to host its second Winter Olympics.</a>","type":"text"},{"_id":"RQNVPDLNKVCKTFR6XIJCHCG4FI","content":"One of Salt Lake City’s trump cards in the bid to host the Games is that it fits almost perfectly within the International Olympic Committee’s new focus on sustainability. Yet Vancouver was a model example for that new tack as well. Those two are the only Olympic sites that still have 100% of their venues in use. Like Utah, Vancouver’s Games, held in 2010, were considered a booming success. Plus, the collaboration with local Indigenous groups fit nicely into the IOC’s core values of friendship and respect.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FDXOJKB3PNGDRD5I66VMJA4SYI","content":"However, the IOC likes to spread its marquee events out among different regions. And concerns had bubbled up that if either Salt Lake City or Vancouver was picked as host for 2030, that could have scuttled the other’s hopes to host in 2034 — especially since Los Angeles will hold the Summer Games in 2028.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GE36UEOJ2ZANHLYJT5VUAMWYIY","content":"Fraser Bullock, who is leading the effort to return the Olympics to Utah as the president and CEO of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games, said B.C.’s withdrawal underscores how challenging it can be to get all the pieces in place to make a bid.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XB5FICKESZC5NMJHDUZKJOL6LQ","content":"“I applaud them for their efforts in trying to host the Games because hosting the Games is immensely challenging,” Bullock said. “So I applaud them for giving it a try. But it is understandable why, with the background of British Columbia, they are withdrawing. We just respect the effort they put in to try to host again.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"7BS6ZKA7NBFA7LXAYITHSVVC5M","content":"Sapporo, the 1972 Winter Games host now Utah’s only competition, has undergone its own difficulties of late. Only about half the people in the Hokkaido region support hosting the Games compared to nearly 80% in Utah. Plus, a bribery scandal that occurred during the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo cast a shadow over another Japanese bid.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UXUEXXJOBJHGPM4OQWNTWD5KIA","content":"Bullock said Vancouver’s withdrawal does not change anything in regard to how Utah will approach the bid process.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2YETCUS5WZB67JNNXYDT7J7RYM","content":"“For us, we just continue forward,” he said. “It doesn’t change our path.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"AVDTKAASVFE5DJKLFGHEBPRKAM","content":"Next month, the IOC’s Future Host Commission is expected to recommend a host for the 2030 Games to the IOC’s executive board. The board could enter into a targeted dialog phase with a city by early December. If the city it chooses at that time is able to fulfill all its contracts and obligations, it is almost guaranteed to be named the host at the IOC’s general meeting in October 2023.","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2022-10-27T21:27:53.220Z","headlines":{"basic":"Utah’s chances to host the 2030 Winter Olympics just improved"},"last_updated_date":"2022-10-27T23:43:17.051Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(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.","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/LY62CJBQHVA5HKQIZWOV4UIVLU.jpg"}},"publish_date":"2022-10-27T23:43:16.722Z","subheadlines":{"basic":"British Columbia announced Wednesday it won’t back Vancouver’s bid, likely leaving the IOC to choose between Utah and Sapporo, Japan."},"taxonomy":{"primary_section":{"_id":"/sports","name":"Sports","parent_id":"/","path":"/sports"},"sites":[{"name":"Sports","path":"/sports"}],"tags":[{"description":"Olympics","slug":"olympics","text":"Olympics"}]},"website_url":"/sports/2022/10/27/utahs-chances-host-2030-winter"},{"_id":"57DUFETQVZDURL2U7YYRU77HIA","canonical_url":"/sports/2022/10/27/dont-air-our-dirty-laundry","content_elements":[{"_id":"GF2ITRXKSZH63J4GCSBKHHADHE","content":"Liza Springmeyer and her friends share an inside joke: Utah is great, they say, just don’t tell anyone.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VBRZA5WGXZEZZBTQTVPBL5MX7A","content":"That secret will be spread far and wide, though, if the Olympics return to the state as they are projected to as soon as 2030 or 2034. Considering how difficult it has already become to find affordable housing along the Wasatch front, and that the state is facing current and looming environmental troubles, Springmeyer sees the attention from their return as a source of apprehension.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UVARPOAULRG6FHQZKONOOUY23U","content":"So, she took her concerns to the top. She aired them at the first of two listening sessions held Wednesday by the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games, which is heading the effort to bring the international sporting spectacle back to the state.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HTUBYBFUJJDOPB7VGXJTNSM6CY","content":"“I think it has to be said,” Springmeyer, a Salt Lake City resident who is a consultant for nonprofits, said. “Maybe I’m just one person saying it, but I would hope that they’re hearing it in lots of different areas that we are growing and we’re reaching our limits here.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"P4WTLYWTJBBC5IVZNYRU3V4F24","content":"Committee members heard from about 40 people over the two sessions, which were presented as an opportunity for the city’s residents and leaders to voice their concerns about, and hopes, for the lasting impacts a second Winter Olympics would have on the area. Some, like Springmeyer, voiced uneasiness about the attention and growth it could bring to the state. Others aired concerns and suggestions on topics ranging from housing and homelessness to equitable access at events to transportation plans to environmental stewardship and, yes, even to air.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OWXXVFYIEBE5VGR3Z55RU452LA","content":"The meeting was an addition to the six listening sessions the SLC-UT committee held in Summit County over the past month. Fraser Bullock, the president and CEO of the committee, said his group is gathering input with the intention of singling out a handful of issues on which to focus. He noted, however, that some broad issues, such as rent control, might be out of the group’s reach.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6DQUUPRB3BCEXEURUXJXL5VQ4A","caption":"(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fraser Bullock, the president and CEO of the Salt Lake City - Utah Committee for the Games, leads a discussion during a listening session at Industry SLC on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022.\n\n","subtitle":"","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/6DQUUPRB3BCEXEURUXJXL5VQ4A.JPG"},{"_id":"VTSOVAEPRJBORFOA5HC5AEEBYE","content":"“We can’t solve every societal ill, although we would love to,” Bullock said. “We have to pick our spots. We’re going to have to choose a few key initiatives where we say, ‘OK, this is one where we are uniquely positioned to help,’” Bullock said. “But when it comes to clean air, absolutely [that’s a priority]. Because that’s part of the experience of the Games. Are we going to be able to see our mountains?”","type":"text"},{"_id":"3KQ6KLWUCZBFFBWLH4ALDASQYQ","content":"Environmental stewardship in general is a high priority for the committee, Bullock said, noting the goal for the Salt Lake Games is to make them “climate positive.” It appeared to be a focal point for residents as well. A breakout group discussing sustainability and environment during the morning session, which was held over Zoom, drew nearly half of the attendees. In addition to improving air quality, discussions centered around educating visitors about the fragility of Utah’s environment, preservation of the Great Salt Lake and water conservation.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TOH6KJGSFBGF7CEGPIEZ7AGY7M","content":"Perhaps most pervasive was trepidation that resorts in the Cottonwood Canyons, which already see heavy winter traffic, would host Olympic events. That was immediately squashed by Bullock.","type":"text"},{"_id":"K6THVYF7WFGXJDRPFDQFSCT3B4","content":"“I’m giving you my personal guarantee that we will not use the Cottonwood Canyons,” he said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NIPZ4JAINBG25O6JLQAUBPFXLU","content":"The environment wasn’t the sole source of conversation, however. Another breakout group looked at equity and inclusion. Its participants wanted the committee to make both the Games-time events and subsequent community sports programs — such as youth skating camps — more accessible to rural and diverse communities. It also sought to highlight the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/05/31/hate-crimes-against-utah//" target=\"_blank\">achievements of LGBTQ</a> and Paralympic athletes and coaches.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KOKZV2BMCVCI7KVIBDQUQ73PRU","content":"The topic of homelessness also sparked some impassioned pleas. Bill Tibbitts, the associate director of the Crossroads Urban Center, noted that many elderly tenants and families were displaced in 2002 when landlords raised rents for the month of the Olympics. He urged the committee to <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/08/09/no-more-avoiding-it-calls//" target=\"_blank\">provide shelters and alternate housing</a> for people who might find themselves in a similar situation during the next Games.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZAF3WAHMNFDWFFFLUB7GZTKBEA","content":"“If we as a community set the goal of ending unsheltered homelessness between now and the Games and had proactive steps for housing people who are displaced during the Games,” Tibbitts said, “that could be an amazing story in terms of what the Games accomplished in our community.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"MG4NQLH4PRFJVEMDZZYMX6A3AU","caption":"(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Richard Layman, a Salt Lake resident, makes a comment during a listening session with Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022.\n\n","subtitle":"","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/MG4NQLH4PRFJVEMDZZYMX6A3AU.JPG"},{"_id":"DNMNVPWO3VB5FLWB2FI2RRAELQ","content":"Along those same lines, Richard Layman, a Salt Lake City resident who attended the in-person session held at Industry SLC, asked that the committee push for major policy and cultural shifts.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2LG7AHJASNAGFCQCW55LQEGFXI","content":"“Here’s this opportunity just to be quantum mechanics,” he said, “and to really change the whole way we do things.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"X6AIA6KD7NHFPJLPX5D4ERM74A","content":"Bullock said that in addition to the handful of initiatives it takes on itself, he hopes the committee can be a conduit between the groups spearheading other major projects and the federal funds or policy makers who can help bring them to fruition. The Salt Lake Games, his group has promised, will be entirely privately funded except for federal dollars spent on security measures.","type":"text"},{"_id":"C22LXXRZGRCC3GQXILWFOAOZ7I","content":"First though, Utah has to win the right to host another Olympics.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RPK6LX6RZNHCNKBBF7362DUKKQ","content":"Salt Lake City has put its hat into the ring to host either the 2030 or 2034 Winter Games. <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/06/25/why-utahs-olympic-bid-has//" target=\"_blank\">It prefers the latter</a>, though, since that gives it more separation from the 2028 Summer Games, which will be in Los Angeles. If the International Olympic Committee decides to award the 2030 Olympics to Utah anyway, that announcement could come as soon as December. That’s when the IOC’s executive board is expected to enter a targeted dialog with a potential host, which all but locks that city into position unless it cannot meet all of its obligations to the IOC. The IOC is expected to officially name the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/09/08/scandal-japan-could-bring-winter//" target=\"_blank\">2030 host next October</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DIM67QINRVH5JGIGZ2WAF7TTCM","content":"The host of the 2034 Games is not expected to be named until at least 2024.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AEALDYFEOBDDTOLSA2PGL4SPEM","caption":"This Feb. 3, 1972, photo shows a ceremony marking the opening of the XIth Winter Olympic Games at Makomanai Ice Stadium. The city of Sapporo was the first to officially bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. Sapporo was host to the 1972 Winter Olympics but its 2030 bid has been rocked by a bribery scandal related to the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo. (Kyodo News via AP)","subtitle":"","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/AEALDYFEOBDDTOLSA2PGL4SPEM.jpg"},{"_id":"NZTJS7WAUBENTP4HRH4EUVKXDM","content":"In addition to Utah, cities in the running for the 2030 Games include Sapporo, Japan, and Vancouver, Canada.","type":"text"},{"_id":"O3KWC5J6BNBTBGB7GATNM4MSRQ","content":"For her part, Springmeyer said she’s pro Olympics in Salt Lake City, but with reservations.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DXUYIC5TEFEMTAPUULXSIWAPKM","content":"“Let’s make sure that this next one that we’re not literally airing our dirty laundry: horrible air quality and a lake that’s dried up and no snowfall,” Springmeyer said. “These are real risks that we could come upon. And so if we’re going to do this, let’s invest in making sure those things don’t happen and let’s make sure that they don’t happen not just for the Olympics, but for forever.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"PANEGN64KBAZXCJXVYOXGHHLQY","content":"<b>Editor’s note •</b> <i>This story is available to Salt Lake Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting local journalism.</i>","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2022-10-27T15:42:03.807Z","headlines":{"basic":"Don’t air our ‘dirty laundry’: Utahns ask Olympic group to clean up state’s issues if Winter Games return"},"last_updated_date":"2022-10-27T17:46:53.061Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(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. 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Now another one might result in the Winter Games returning to Utah sooner than expected.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BGNBWG2KLJA4DIEXA5MYRXAT2I","content":"Sapporo, Japan, emerged in recent months as the International Olympic Committee’s frontrunner to host the 2030 Olympics over candidates Salt Lake City and Vancouver, Canada. But reverberations from investigations into bribery at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games appear to have shaken the country’s confidence in the Olympics and could deter the IOC from selecting Sapporo.","type":"text"},{"_id":"N5YKPOFHD5CDPEJDCDGBIEZMIQ","content":"Citing a report in Japan’s Jiji Press, the website <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"http://gamesbids.com//" target=\"_blank\">GamesBids.com</a> said rising public opposition to Sapporo’s bid caused the city’s mayor and the head of the Japanese Olympic Committee to cancel a joint trip this month to IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. That announcement came Monday, the day before two top executives at publishing company Kadokawa were <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/09/06/national/tokyo-olympics-bribery-kadokawa-arrests//">arrested for allegedly bribing Haruyuki Takahashi</a> for favored status as a Tokyo Games sponsor, including receiving the rights to publish official Olympic programs.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WWMSCOJ2NNH4BO2BSJSEXFU3HE","content":"Takahashi, a Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive, was arrested late last month on suspicion of taking <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/08/26/national/crime-legal/tokyo-olympics-scandal-explainer//">bribes from another company, Aoki Holdings</a>. The little-known clothing company was a surprise pick when it was commissioned to provide opening ceremony outfits for Japanese athletes. The offices of a third company, Daiko Advertising, were searched Monday on suspicion of bribery in a related case.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EQX5FTXGNJGUJNAJQHTEL4O5KI","content":"Yasuhiro Yamashita, the president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, said his and mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto’s trip to meet with IOC president Thomas Bach to discuss Sapporo’s bid was called off because of scheduling conflicts. IOC spokesperson Mark Adams corroborated that statement in a media call Thursday.","type":"text"},{"_id":"Y3SOWHW4MRCZVOS3OW4SLHQGY4","content":"In a statement, Yamashita said the cancellation “has nothing to do with the bribery case surrounding the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"R4RTQMENDBHHPLBVMNGCRAA5VU","content":"Still, leaders in that country are taking measures to create a disconnect between Tokyo’s corruption issues and Sapporo’s bid.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PBWEP7Q6IFET5ITZGP56UYXGGU","content":"Yamashita and Akimoto <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2022090800677\%22>released a joint declaration</a> Wednesday pledging Sapporo would host a corruption-free Games. They also pledged to review and clarify their policies around conflicts of interest and the roles and powers given to advertising agencies.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IKYDPTDT6JDLHNSXGK5QFZ3GGU","caption":"(Tsuyoshi Ueda | Pool photo) Kyra Condie, of the United States, during the speed qualification portion of the women's sport climbing competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Tokyo.","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/IKYDPTDT6JDLHNSXGK5QFZ3GGU.png"},{"_id":"HCYO73JWYBAQ7KB6TSVCTLBCPM","content":"The IOC has made a number of changes in recent years in an effort to clean up an image that had been badly tarnished by bribery scandals, including the one in Salt Lake City. In that case, investigations into gifts given to IOC members to secure the right to host the 2002 Winter Games resulted in the Department of Justice handing down 15 charges of bribery and fraud. Top organizing executives Tom Welch and David Johnson were forced to resign. They were replaced by Mitt Romney, who now represents Utah in the United States Senate.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LYGAHO6XD5EERPABZASL7WDWPI","content":"The IOC is just starting to rehabilitate its image and might not be keen on potentially putting itself back in the muck by rewarding a Games to a nation embroiled by an Olympic scandal.","type":"text"},{"_id":"V4JQD3JKGFFM7M6P7YE5FAYNTE","content":"Adams, speaking to the media following the first day of a two-day IOC executive board meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, said the bribery allegations had not been discussed during Thursday’s session.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KVJG27I4CJAI3N2GJS74TNSIWI","content":"“We have full confidence in the Japanese authorities,” he said. “The IOC has every interest in the full clarification of that case.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"VLU57VM5BFDEJIMR2DXPPXP4MI","content":"Former Olympics Minister Toshiaki Endo voiced concern with the public broadcasting station NHK that the bribery accusations would end up “<a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1127151/concerns-scandal-sapporo-2030/">watering the Sapporo bid activity</a>.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"2DFDCQ3WBNAG7N6O3ZAAXWPCCI","content":"If that’s the case, it could bring another Olympics to Utah sooner than expected.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LAK6OYBKLVFT5DELHT5WCRNXTE","content":"The Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games originally focused on hosting in 2030 but has changed its stance in recent months. Climbing inflation and the possibility of a recession, combined with the financial hurdles of convincing sponsors to contribute 18 months after they helped Los Angeles host the 2028 Summer Games, <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/06/25/why-utahs-olympic-bid-has//">made 2034 more attractive</a>. However, the Salt Lake committee has continually said it is “ready, willing and able” to host whenever called upon, and CEO Fraser Bullock said Tuesday that it still stands by that promise.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2QRU64CWZNGRZCKKEKAJ34XUYA","caption":"Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune \rA steady line of former Olympic volunteers asked for photos with Mitt Romney at the 15th Anniversary of the 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games at Utah Olympic Park, Soldier Hollow Nordic Center, Saturday, February 4, 2017. ","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/2QRU64CWZNGRZCKKEKAJ34XUYA.jpg"},{"_id":"TCCELJSVWNC5PCYJKMAM2SEEUA","content":"Bullock does not comment on other candidate sites’ bids, so he would not speculate on how Tokyo bribery accusations might affect Sapporo’s bid. He also declined to discuss how Salt Lake City succeeded in rubbing off the tarnish from its own scandal. Of the candidate cities, Salt Lake has the most community support with <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2019/01/30/young-utahns-who-likely//">about 80% of registered voters in favor of bringing the Olympics back</a>.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YMH3U2P4EJGK3ONJNA7IH3LCLU","content":"Prior to the bribery accusations, about 60% of Hokkaido province residents supported Sapporo’s bid, depending on the demographic asked, according to <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"http://gamesbids.com//" target=\"_blank\">GamesBids.com</a>, and 26% opposed it.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JQXUL2QG3NAL3CVLQZ7GIKQKH4","content":"Vancouver’s city council in July voted down a proposal to hold a vote on the bid in October. At that same city council meeting, Deputy City Manager Karen Levitt warned there were t<a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://biv.com/article/2022/07/still-many-unanswered-questions-vancouver-2030-olympics-bid/">oo many questions about cost and risk and not enough time</a> for overburdened city staff to answer them for her to recommend Vancouver back an Olympic bid. The city’s partners in the Host Nations Exploratory Assembly have also not formally backed the bid.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CJ4XOPN4I5AXBBPVEIHNYU6T2I","content":"Vancouver is expected to submit the first Indigenous-led bid in Olympic history.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XPZ343P6Y5BUFJBSQGWM6PYYRU","content":"Even if Salt Lake City hosts earlier than expected, it will have to weather a delay in the announcement.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NXDLRJN7PFDWRH5J2QPKEUQASM","content":"The <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/05/24/olympic-countdown-is-when//">IOC still plans to announce the 2030 host</a> at its 140th general session, but that event has been rescheduled from late May to September or October and may be moved from Mumbai, India. The change was announced Thursday as the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/india-faces-olympic-ban-if-governance-dispute-not-resolved-2022-09-08//" target=\"_blank\">IOC reprimanded the Indian Olympic Association</a> for governance and election disputes. If India’s national Olympic committee can’t resolve its issues by December, it will be banned by the IOC and the country’s athletes will not be allowed to compete in upcoming Games or sanctioned contests.","type":"text"},{"_id":"675M6YUXZNA5BM46Z63AB37JTU","content":"Adams said he expects the 2030 host will still be announced at the rescheduled general session but that should not disrupt the rest of the 2030 bid timeline. The IOC’s Future Host Commission will make its recommendations in November and in December the executive committee will select a site or sites for a “targeted dialog.” That site is virtually guaranteed hosting duties as long as it can prove to the IOC that it can actually produce all of the guarantees required to pull off hosting the Games.","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2022-09-08T19:20:46.348Z","headlines":{"basic":"Scandal in Japan could bring the Winter Olympics to Utah earlier than expected"},"last_updated_date":"2022-09-08T19:20:47.034Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(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. 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This is the second year Hawk had staged his nascent <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2021/07/19/tony-hawks-first-vert//" target=\"_blank\">Vert Alert skateboarding contest in Salt Lake City</a> and he <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2022/08/23/tony-hawk-says-utah-event//" target=\"_blank\">promised those attending the “Legends Demo” would get to see him drop in</a>. He made the guarantee even though the 54-year-old had not skated in public since before he broke his femur five months ago — an injury that required a titanium rod to be placed in his leg.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NHYY4UIT65BD7FLL4WZDD2ZCAE","content":"“I’m definitely not at the level that I had hoped I’d be,” Hawk told The Salt Lake Tribune in the run-up to the event. “But at the same time, I can’t miss it. I mean, this event is too important to me.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"GPFDCOTRCBFZ7EEUL2UCJBJ2YY","content":"Hawk was joined on the ramp by such legends as <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.thvertalert.com/legends/" target=\"_blank\">Sandro Dias and Lincoln Ueda</a> and Andy Macdonald, who stole the show, as well as the likes of Christian Hosoi and Lizzie Armanto. He wasn’t the only one banged up either. Bucky Lasek dropped into the showcase despite dropping out of the main competition with an injury and Cara-Beth Burnside was sidelined for the whole event.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EOH65JNRQBANTKH6LZCTZ3PI7E","content":"Hawk had a noticeable limp, though not as prominent as it was in April when showed up to accept the 2021 Event of the Year award from <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/04/16/tony-hawk-his-vert-alert//" target=\"_blank\">Utah Sports Commission</a> at Vivint Arena. He also appeared frustrated when his first few official runs ended in falls. Still, Hawk held his own and showed he still knows how to put on a show.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5OQAPKER75C7LI4RGAPCHWPDMY","content":"“Till the wheels fall off,” he told an adoring crowd that would later give him a standing ovation, referencing both his motto and a recently released documentary about the latter part of his career.","type":"text"},{"_id":"P6KMVUTP55GS3C4E5WY7YHL5UI","content":"Earlier in the day, high-flying skateboarders — some as young as 8 — took their turn on the ramp as they battled for a spot in the Vert Alert finals and a share of the $75,000 purse. The <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.thvertalert.com/schedule/" target=\"_blank\">finals will be held Saturday</a>, starting at 3 p.m. for the women and 4:15 p.m. for the men. 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At the Beijing Games in February, Marius Lindvik of Norway won Olympic gold in ski jumping on the large hill.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UC27JLLLC5CS5FF6ZUL22B6RAU","content":"“Our goal is to solidify Norway’s position as the most important ski jumping nation in the world,” said Bråthen, the national team leader for Norwegian ski jumping. “Combining the resources of the U.S. and Norway will help fulfill our intense desire to be a leader pushing the sport of ski jumping to the highest possible level worldwide.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"EPVSC7X76FHZHJQHMZVGAMT5A4","content":"The U.S. won its only ski jumping Olympic gold medal at the first Winter Olympics in 1924. American Anders Haugen left the games without any hardware, but 50 years later was awarded bronze after a scoring error was confirmed.","type":"text"},{"_id":"X7ERVFFIRBBTFCFN6EJRH4J2EQ","content":"“Our mutual goal is to make our sport more relevant and exciting for young women and men around the world,” said Tom Bickner, who chairs the Salt Lake City-based USA Nordic Sport board of directors.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NTASO6CWA5G2TAASAMYQR57ZKE","content":"The International Ski Federation said the partnership will also assist other ski jumping teams around the world.","type":"text"},{"_id":"4PKVRFDEQFGODAG7AEFFGKR5GY","content":"“FIS applauds the unprecedented agreement between Norway and the United States to collaborate toward achieving athletic greatness,” said Sandro Pertile, ski jumping race director for the governing body.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GUKGQCC6MZGEPCGFYT2M5GFUPU","content":"Italy will host the 2026 Olympics, where venues will be very spread out in the northern part of the country, including Trentino for ski jumping.","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"name":"Larry Lage | The Associated Press"}]},"display_date":"2022-08-24T15:43:59.290Z","headlines":{"basic":"U.S. and Norway forge unprecedented ski jumping partnership"},"last_updated_date":"2022-08-24T15:43:59.754Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(Terje Bendiksby/NTB via AP, File) Norway's Marius Lindvik competes during the World Cup ski jumping in Vikersundbakken, Norway, Saturday March 12, 2022. 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His 54-year-old body, meanwhile, must have expected a little more recovery time.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FZH5MASTERGY3DON5QKM62RTWE","content":"Looks like neither is going to get its way.","type":"text"},{"_id":"3PK3ACG4U5D2JNEABFCOHADWXI","content":"Hawk told The Salt Lake Tribune he will participate in the “Legends Demo” session at the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.thvertalert.com/schedule/" target=\"_blank\">Tony Hawk Vert Alert</a>, a free, big-air skateboarding competition scheduled to be held at the Utah State Fairpark on Friday and Saturday. Still limited by his injury, which required a <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/04/sports/tony-hawk-documentary.html#:~:text=Less%20than%20three%20weeks%20before,my%20leg%20didn't.%E2%80%9D\" target=\"_blank\">titanium rod to be inserted into his bone</a>, though, he acknowledged he’s not even close to peak form.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ANAQ5YRBP5BZJN2YEYEPLJLPZQ","content":"“It is a little scary because it’s my first public skate appearance since my injury, and I’m definitely not at the level that I had hoped I’d be,” Hawk said in a phone interview last week. “But at the same time, I can’t miss it. I mean, this event is too important to me.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"HIUNTG6BTJFETNQBVF24J7GVQM","content":"For Hawk, the <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2021/07/19/tony-hawks-first-vert//" target=\"_blank\">Vert Alert is keeping relevant the ramped, big-air style of skateboarding</a> that made him a household name. Over the past decade or so, vert has fallen out of vogue for broadcasters, event managers and sponsors as the street and park styles of skateboarding gained acceptance due to a surge in neighborhood skateparks. But Hawk believes vert is regaining its popularity among skaters and is still deserving of a place at the table, maybe even at its head.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GZH5N5DSJBH6PGH4QP3YAQWFNI","content":"<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CTG3HhQARuG/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.instagram.com/p/CTG3HhQARuG/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\%22 style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\"> <div style=\" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\"> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; 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And those vert tricks are not of the highest caliber.”I feel like that’s something that’s sort of lost in the noise, and we’re here to make it known.��","type":"text"},{"_id":"THKY5GX4PJBYDBZTCTKR455ZHU","content":"Hawk had been puzzling out the idea of a vert-based skateboarding competition, similar to the halfpipe in snowboarding, for years. Then, last year, the Utah Sports Commission offered to host it at the Fairpark in conjunction with the Street League Skateboarding season opener. The SLS will not return this year, in part due to a decision to hold its main events indoors, but the Vert Alert will for a second time. Eventually, Hawk said, he envisions it becoming an annual contest and maybe even a series.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AS5IHVUBUFEI3DSAWMXFL6Z3PE","content":"The event will be welcome back in Utah again next year, according to Jeff Robbins, president and CEO of the Utah Sports Commission. The commission named the Vert Alert its 2021 Event of the Year at its State of Sport Awards in April. When Hawk accepted the award at Vivint Arena, it was with a heavy limp and the help of a cane.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5YJVVZUAVJGS7GPZ6FOIM36OEI","content":"“Hopefully we can continue to do it in the future and bring Tony in and build it more,” Robbins said. “And who knows, maybe next year we’ll bring back some of those other events [like the SLS]. But we’re just excited that he would come and do this.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"VIDUWP42HZFHNKXRYHTN6AJNOY","caption":"(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The crowd cheers on the women’s completion in Street League Skateboarding at the Utah State Fairpark in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. Now in its 11th year, the sport’s premier competition series includes more of the world’s best skaters than ever before, with the tour roster featuring 47 athletes hailing from 11 countries, including 21 Olympians and multiple X Games medalists.","type":"image","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/VIDUWP42HZFHNKXRYHTN6AJNOY.JPG"},{"_id":"2XSXZF3R4FDRHH5TFJUXJLE6QE","content":"Like last year’s event, which was won by Olympians Edouard Damestoy of France and Sky Brown of California/Britain/Japan, this year’s contest will feature a $75,000 purse split evenly between the men and the women. However, this year’s Vert Alert will feature more international talent, including Moto Shibata of Japan and Rony Gomes of Brazil. Free skateboarding clinics will also be presented by Woodward Park City on both days.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CASYGMWBERGDDCPB2EV5IMA77A","content":"Hawk originally envisioned the event as a catalyst to get <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/04/16/tony-hawk-his-vert-alert//" target=\"_blank\">vert skateboarding into the Olympics</a>. Park and street competitions were included when skateboarding made its Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games, and those same disciplines will be featured in Paris 2024. The 2028 Summer Games will be in Los Angeles, which as Hawk’s home and the birthplace of skateboarding culture would seem like the perfect place for vert to make its Olympic debut.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2I64PMFZPJA4XNH72T6FT5LSRY","content":"Hawk, however, said he’s “not actively campaigning” to make that happen.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QWQRJEFRAVBAFMHNYCS3VAGUAI","content":"“I just feel like we’re trying to make enough noise that they can’t dismiss it,” he said. “It’s more that we just want to build something where it is undeniable that it is something valid and that should be included. But that’s not the ultimate goal for me. The goal is just to raise awareness and to have these incredible skaters get the respect they deserve.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"Z73PTH7WGJE4BAZ443JB4OKE5Q","content":"One of the best ways to draw eyeballs to his event is for Hawk himself to skate in it. That’s why he committed to participating in Friday night’s <a href=https://www.sltrib.com/"https://www.thvertalert.com/legends/" target=\"_blank\">“Legends Demo”</a> alongside the likes of Bucky Lasek and Cara-Beth Burnside.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BWD3QFNGDNESLLATYF7PPYNTMA","content":"It will be Hawk’s first time back on the ramp in front of an audience since before he broke his leg while skating in late March. He didn’t generate enough speed to stick the landing on a 540-degree aerial rotation — a trick known as a McTwist, which he’s done thousands of times — and snapped his right femur. In an Instagram post he made the day after the injury, he acknowledged the injury may be the biggest test of his lifelong creed that he will continue skating until he physically can’t.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RN2DIVHMS5FVHO5KOVSGHXAZVY","raw_oembed":{},"type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"2BCFCO7DGVGUZKMPWLCO6X2BWE","content":"That day, he said, hasn’t come yet. The Vert Alert beckons.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ULHW2WB4JFFUNEFQ7VGNMRBL3E","content":"“I made a promise a long time ago that I’d be there,” he said. “So I’m obviously not going to be at my usual capacity, but I’m making it work and, you know, I’ll do what I can.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"E45ODVULE5C3DEUAV2GBPTGXXI","citation":{},"content_elements":[{"_id":"BSWN6KVYL5BAHAXZV3POU7ZWFM","type":"header"},{"_id":"QDQZGFJWRVGELN4WZT5JILPRNU","type":"text"},{"_id":"OQBDB2WMAZDHHGXGT5G7UFR7PI","type":"text"},{"_id":"V7GEP4MOIZFKLOVCD6LGCDG57I","type":"text"},{"_id":"K2UXLIWCXFEBJJ2HJZ2ABJWI6M","type":"text"}],"type":"quote"},{"_id":"ON6DJE5QO5FGHJN5LWHD5HBHYI","content":"<br/>","type":"text"},{"_id":"4LXZD7FMEJHKPMQHIJGHRF74ZY","content":"<br/>","type":"text"},{"_id":"FLHLFFHYLZCWVMB4LPMP5YDCGY","content":"<br/>","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"jjag","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bc674ce3-2d61-4899-8d38-81e1a1f71dc1.png"},"name":"Julie Jag"}]},"display_date":"2022-08-24T12:30:36.368Z","headlines":{"basic":"Tony Hawk says Utah event too important to miss, but his return to the ramp is ‘a little scary’"},"last_updated_date":"2022-08-24T12:30:37.468Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(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.","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/2DMX3JDROZFDDBNSGLMKZ2HEY4.jpg"}},"publish_date":"2022-08-24T12:30:36.368Z","subheadlines":{"basic":"Five months after he broke his leg, skateboarding icon plans to ride in “Legends” session at his free Vert Alert event in Salt Lake City."},"taxonomy":{"primary_section":{"_id":"/sports","name":"Sports","parent_id":"/","path":"/sports"},"sites":[{"name":"Sports","path":"/sports"}],"tags":[{"description":"sports features","slug":"sports-featured","text":"Sports Featured"},{"description":"Olympics","slug":"olympics","text":"Olympics"},{"description":"Put stories behind the paywall.","slug":"paywall","text":"Paywall"}]},"website_url":"/sports/2022/08/23/tony-hawk-says-utah-event"}],"_id":"26355ac502e05c49fde628e83ea213b3c561a0a6f8da517716f808b6400a7b75"}" cloudflare="https://id.sltrib.com/">