Jordan Stolz could go for three gold medals at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Eric Heiden is the only American to win that many at one Winter Games.

This past May 17, Eric Heiden stood behind ... men's speed skating events at the 1980 Lake Placid Games. It may be the greatest singular accomplishment in Winter Olympic history.

Jordan Stolz could go for three gold medals at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Eric Heiden is the only American to win that many at one Winter Games.

As a 17 year old, Eric Heiden competed in the ... next three World Championships. At the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games, Heiden won all five speed skating events from 500m all the way up to 10,000m, ...

Jimmy Carter's call for an Olympic boycott weighed heavily on him for more than four decades. It was a Cold War power play ...

It was a decision that robbed hundreds of athletes of their once-in-a-lifetime chance at Olympic glory COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- It was a decision that robbed hundreds of athletes of their once ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — It was a decision that robbed hundreds of athletes of their once-in-a-lifetime chance at Olympic glory, and for more than four decades, it weighed heavily on the ...

For decades, members of the 1980 U.S. Olympic team — recognized as Olympians at home but not by the International Olympic Committee abroad — told stories about opportunities missed and dreams ...

Somewhere between his greatest foreign-policy success (the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt) and his greatest failure (the Iran hostage crisis) sits the US boycott of the 1980 Olympics ...