Delta Says CrowdStrike Outage Wreaked Havoc on Team USA’s Travel

The US Olympic team has won more than 30 medals over the past week. But it took an unusual amount of effort to get them to the games on time.

That’s because Delta Air Lines Inc., the official airline of Team USA, was crippled by the CrowdStrike tech outage just when it was supposed to be transporting 1,800 athletes, coaches, staff and equipment to Paris.

As Delta was forced to cancel thousands of commercial flights in the fallout from the outage, it also had to quickly scramble to fulfill its obligations to Team USA.

Athletes whose flights had been ...