The 2026 Winter Olympics are bringing thousands of athletes from around the world together for more than two weeks of competition — and the Games are a gold mine for statistics.

Team USA comes into the Milan Cortina Games with a handful of gold-medal hopefuls in both individual and team events.

It’s time to get in the winter sport spirit! The 2026 Winter Olympics have officially kicked off, with the opening ceremony happening today.

MILAN, Italy (AP) — Annika Malacinski remembers the moment the door to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics was slammed shut. On a flight from Munich to Denver, she bought airplane Wi-Fi to join a conference call with the International Olympic Committee,

For many decades, Olympic Games included "demonstration sports." Some, like curling, became part of the permanent roster. But others, like skijoring, didn't stick around.

Now I will continue and go on.” There was a consolation prize of sorts for Prevc by becoming the first sister to join a brother — two in her case — to have also won Olympic medals in the sport. Prevc follows in the footsteps of her brothers,

Isabeau Levito was born in Philly and now lives in Mount Holly, N.J. She won gold in the singles of the 2022 World Junior Championships at age 14, followed by gold in the U.S. Championships a year later. Now 18 years old, this is Levito’s first Olympic Games.