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.

Bobsledders — and newly engaged couple — Kaysha Love and Hunter Powell will represent Team USA at the 2026 Olympic Games. It will be Love's second time at the games and Powell's first, after he was recruited from track and field by his fiancée.

The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics officially get underway on Friday, February 6, with the Opening Ceremony, which features the flag bearers from every participating country making the march alongside the country’s flag and their countrymates who will be

The colors signify five continents: Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and Oceania. According to Rule 8 of the Olympic Charter, “The Olympic symbol expresses the activity of the Olympic Movement and represents the union of the five continents and the meeting of athletes from throughout the world at the Olympic Games.”

Get your poles ready. Here's a list of every skiing event in the Winter Games, from ski jumping to biathlon.

It’s been 106 years since “ice hockey,” so called to differentiate it from the game that’s played on grass, made its Olympic debut, the Winnipeg Falcons winning the historic first gold medal at Antwerp, Belgium in 1920, representing Canada.

Team USA bobsledders Kaysha Love and Hunter Powell both started off their careers as track and field stars at the University of Nevada, but after Kaysha made the switch in 2022, she convinced Hunter to try the sport two years later. In July 2025, the couple got engaged, and now they’re heading to their first Olympics together as fiancés.