Olympics

"It's pretty surreal," the Norwich native says of qualifying for the 2024 summer Olympics.

Ryan Cochran-Siegle's Vermont family has sent six athletes to the Winter Olympics. His mom, Barbara Cochran, won gold in Sapporo, Japan, as an alpine ski racer in 1972.

Shiffrin, known as the reigning queen of the slopes, fell in her first run in the giant slalom at the Beijing Olympics. It was the first time she did not finish a giant slalom race in four years.

Vermont Edition hosts Connor Cyrus and Mikaela Lefrak talk with NBC5 sports anchor and reporter Marshall Kramsky about the Vermonters gearing up for the Winter Olympics in Beijing.

On a cold afternoon, VPR's Josh Crane met Olympian John Morton to talk biathlon — that odd mashup of cross-country skiing and riflery — and the U.S. team's chase for that elusive Olympic medal.

This hour, Vermont Edition hosts Connor Cyrus and Mikaela Lefrak ask listeners to share what they are looking forward to.

VPR's Mitch Wertlieb talks with Leif Nordgren ahead of the 2022 Winter Olymipcs in Beijing.

The White House cited the "ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity" in the Xinjiang region of China. U.S. athletes will compete in the Olympics.

Ilona Maher from the U.S. women's rugby sevens team speaks with Connor Cyrus about her Olympic experience and social media use.

For the seventh Olympic games in a row, the United States took home more medals than any country. But in the gold-medal race, they just barely edged China.