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Skinning, boot-packing and downhill skiing: welcome to skimo at the Winter Olympics

The Games’ newest sport combines the seemingly impossible task of ascending a mountain on skis with hiking and then a rapid descent No one could suggest that the Winter Olympics are lacking in challenge. Skiers zipping down the slopes and flying through the air. Skeletons hurtling around at more than 100km/h. Ice skaters, metal-bladed, spinning, leaping and twisting. Slopestyle athletes pulling off the most outrageous tricks while landing the biggest air. But everyone from recreational skiers to the most extreme sports enthusiasts knows there is always room for more. Enter the new kid on the ice block at Milano Cortina 2026: ski mountaineering. The new challenge? How about going up the mountain, hiking a bit, followed by a rapid descent on the tiniest skis possible. Before you ask, “why”? Cast your mind over the other disciplines on the schedule and remember that the answer is almost always, “why not”? Continue reading...

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Moguls duo Jakara Anthony and Matt Graham to carry flag during Winter Olympics ceremony

* Anthony attempts to successfully defend Olympics title * Graham competing for second medal at fourth Games Jakara Anthony, the defending Olympic champion, and fellow moguls medallist Matt Graham will lead the Australian team as the flag bearers during the Winter Olympics opening ceremony at Milan’s San Siro Olympic Stadium. For the first time, the opening event will be spread across four locations with the moguls duo to lead the Australian contingent marching in Livigno, a northern Italian town in the alps near the Swiss border. As well as freestyle skiers, which includes aerialists and freeski competitors, the snowboarders are also competing in Livigno. Continue reading...

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Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics 2026 schedule and TV listings

Here is the complete schedule of Winter Olympic 2026 events, day by day, including hockey, snowboarding, figure skating and more.

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From Olympic Snowboarder to FBI Most Wanted: The Arrest of Ryan Wedding

Ryan Wedding Arrested: How the Former Olympian Ended Up on the FBI Most Wanted List After a years-long inte...

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Figure skating, snowboarding, curling, hockey and more begin early at 2026 Olympics. How to watch

The 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics begin this week, but the actual events start earlier than you might think -- and that includes major sports like ice hockey, snowboarding and figure skating.

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SLCC Celebrates Its Largest-Ever Group of Olympians Heading to Italy in 2026

Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) is thrilled to announce and cheer on the largest contingent of students ever to compete in the Olympics. A total of 15 current or recent SLCC students will be repres...

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Panthers’ Bennett replaces Lightning’s Cirelli on Canada’s Olympic team

Bennett keeps the number of 4 Nations Face-Off players on Canada’s Olympic roster at 20.

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Why I love the Winter Olympics

After covering four Winter Games, our correspondent relishes the moments of “weak-kneed awe” that skiers, skaters, lugers, and snowboarders have inspired.

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Colorado is sending at least 34 athletes to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, more than any other state

The skiingest state in the U.S. is sending 29 skiers and snowboarders, two figure skaters and a bobsledder to the 25th Winter Olympics

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The Examiner Today: Peterborough has enough road salt to last this winter + snowboarder primed for Olympic debut

Here’s what you need to know about traffic, weather, transit and more in Peterborough and Kawartha Lakes.

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Freeskier Eileen Gu takes another wild ride to the Olympics — and invites the world to tag along

Eileen Gu returns to the Olympics in hopes of winning not one, not two, but maybe three more medals.

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How Snowboarding Is Scored At The 2026 Winter Olympics

These are the criteria judges take into account to score halfpipe, slopestyle and big air snowboarding at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.