Editing Colorado Springs, Colorado (section)

==Sports==

===Olympic sports===
[[File:US Olympic Committee Headquarters by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|[[United States Olympic Committee]] headquarters and training facility]]

Colorado Springs, dubbed Olympic City USA, is home to the United States Olympic & Paralympic Training Center and the headquarters of the [[United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee]] and the [[United States Anti-Doping Agency]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympic City USA {{!}} Colorado Springs |url=https://coloradosprings.gov/ocusa |access-date=October 14, 2016 |website=coloradosprings.gov |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031027/https://coloradosprings.gov/ocusa |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Further, over 50 national sports organizations (non-Olympic) headquarter in Colorado Springs. These include the National Strength and Conditioning Association, Sports Incubator, a various non-Olympic Sports (such as USA Ultimate), and more.<ref name="BusinessAlliance2016">{{cite web |title=Colorado Springs Sports Industry Competitive Advantages |url=http://www.coloradospringsbusinessalliance.com/library/Industry_Brochures/Business_Alliance_Sports_Brochure.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912113056/http://www.coloradospringsbusinessalliance.com/library/Industry_Brochures/Business_Alliance_Sports_Brochure.pdf |archive-date=September 12, 2015 |access-date=September 6, 2016 |url-status=usurped |website=Colorado Springs Business Alliance}}</ref>

Colorado Springs and Denver hosted the [[1962 World Ice Hockey Championships]].

The city has a long association with the sport of [[figure skating]], having hosted the [[U.S. Figure Skating Championships]] six times and the [[World Figure Skating Championships]] five times. It is home to the [[World Figure Skating Hall of Fame|World Figure Skating Museum and Hall of Fame]] and the [[Broadmoor Skating Club]], a notable training center for the sport. In recent years, the [[Broadmoor World Arena (1998)|Broadmoor World Arena]] has hosted skating events such as [[Skate America]] and the [[Four Continents Figure Skating Championships]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Team USA |url=https://www.teamusa.com |access-date=February 23, 2016 |website=Team USA Home |archive-date=February 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223062743/http://www.teamusa.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Baseball===
Colorado Springs is home to a professional baseball team, the [[Rocky Mountain Vibes]], who are a member of the [[Pioneer League (baseball)|Pioneer League]], an MLB Partner League.

===Pikes Peak International Hill Climb===
{{see also|Pikes Peak International Hill Climb}}
The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), also known as ''The Race to the Clouds,'' is an annual invitational automobile and motorcycle hill climb to the summit of [[Pikes Peak]], every year on the last Sunday of June.<ref>{{cite web |title=What is the PPIHC? |url=http://ppihc.org/about-fans/ |access-date=November 27, 2019 |website=Pikes Peak International Hill Climb |archive-date=November 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127200213/http://ppihc.org/about-fans/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The highway wasn't completely paved until 2011.<ref>{{cite web |date=September 30, 2011 |title=Paving completed on Pike's Peak road, 13 years after Sierra Club suit |url=http://www.denverpost.com/ci_19016252 |website=The Denver Post |access-date=April 1, 2016 |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307032242/http://www.denverpost.com/ci_19016252 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Local professional teams===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Sport
! Founded
! League
! Venue
! {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| [[Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC]]
| Soccer
| 2015
| [[USL Championship]]
| [[Weidner Field]]
|<ref>{{cite web |date=March 7, 2016 |title=City of Colorado Springs Parks Department Unanimously Approves Sand Creek Stadium Renaming to Switchbacks Stadium |url=http://switchbacksfc.com/city-of-colorado-springs-parks-department-unanimously-approves-sand-creek-stadium-renaming-to-switchbacks-stadium/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503073226/http://switchbacksfc.com/city-of-colorado-springs-parks-department-unanimously-approves-sand-creek-stadium-renaming-to-switchbacks-stadium/ |archive-date=May 3, 2016 |access-date=August 20, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[Rocky Mountain Vibes]]
| Baseball
| 2019
| [[Pioneer League (baseball)|Pioneer League]]
| [[UCHealth Park]]
|<ref>{{cite web |date=June 13, 2018 |title=New Name on Tap for Colorado Springs Pioneer League Team |url=https://ballparkdigest.com/2018/06/13/new-name-on-tap-for-colorado-springs-pioneer-league-team/ |access-date=June 14, 2018 |website=Ballpark Digest |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614111732/https://ballparkdigest.com/2018/06/13/new-name-on-tap-for-colorado-springs-pioneer-league-team/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}

===Local collegiate teams===
The local colleges feature many sports teams. Notable among them are several nationally competitive NCAA [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] teams: [[United States Air Force Academy]] (Falcons) Football, Basketball and Hockey<ref>{{cite web |title=goairforcefalcons.com |url=http://www.goairforcefalcons.com/sports/m-footbl/afa-m-footbl-body.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012175415/http://www.goairforcefalcons.com/sports/m-footbl/afa-m-footbl-body.html |archive-date=October 12, 2016 |access-date=October 14, 2016 |website=goairforcefalcons.com |publisher=Air Force Academy Athletics Official Athletic Site – Football}}</ref> and [[Colorado College]] (Tigers) Hockey, and Women's Soccer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Varsity Athletics • Colorado College |url=https://www.coloradocollege.edu/lifeatcc/recreation/varsityathletics/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018200744/https://www.coloradocollege.edu/lifeatcc/recreation/varsityathletics/ |archive-date=October 18, 2016 |access-date=October 14, 2016 |website=coloradocollege.edu}}</ref>

===Rodeo===
Colorado Springs was the original headquarters of the [[Professional Bull Riders]] (PBR) from its founding in 1992 until 2005, when the organization was moved to [[Pueblo, Colorado|Pueblo]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Professional Bull Riders – PBR National Headquarters move to Pueblo, Colorado |url=https://www.pbr.com/en/news/features/other-features/2005/8/pbr-national-headquarters-move-to-pueblo,-colorado.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119174547/https://www.pbr.com/en/news/features/other-features/2005/8/pbr-national-headquarters-move-to-pueblo,-colorado.aspx |archive-date=January 19, 2019 |access-date=April 27, 2018 |website=Professional Bull Riders}}</ref>