American superstar and 2026 Olympic men's gold medal favorite Ilia Malinin peforms a backflip in his short program.

The Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony is Friday, along with mixed doubles curling, figure skating and training for Alpine skiing, luge and ski jumping.

Lindsey Vonn, 41, will compete in her first Olympic event since 2018, and it comes just over a week after she tore her ACL. Follow for live updates.

The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, have arrived as the top speed skaters in the world are set to compete for their respective nations on the global stage.

Figure Skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics Has Begun. How to Watch Every Spin, Jump and Fall

What to watch for: Austria’s Anna Gasser is the two-time defending Olympic gold medalist, but she hurt her shoulder surfing during the summer and has been rehabbing with the hope of making it three straight. New Zealand’s Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, the 2022 big air silver medalist and also a slopestyle star, is another favorite.

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By Lori Ewing MILAN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Canada's Stephen Gogolev made a memorable Olympic debut with a third-place finish in the men's short programme of the Milano Cortina team event — a moment that once felt far from guaranteed during years of injuries after a major growth spurt.