Sweden beats Germany 4-1
Digest more
Olympic, Winter Games and the most gold medals
Digest more
Ice hockey super star Leon Draisaitl and seven-time ski jumping world champion Katharina Schmid will be Germany's flag bearers at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Olympics, the German Olympics body DOSB said in a statement on Wednesday.
According to Germany’s OIympics website, fans have been able to vote for the flagbearers, along with the athletes of the team, since 2016. The votes of the Olympics athletes and fans each count for 50 percent with one man and one woman being selected.
Edmonton Oilers center Leon Draisaitl was named Wednesday as one of Germany’s flagbearers for the Milan Cortina opening ceremony in a sign of recognition for one of the NHL’s biggest stars as the leag
NFL players are expected to take part in flag football at the 2028 Olympics — and Detroit Lions WR Amon-Ra St. Brown wants to play for Germany.
The target number of medals for a country to win the overall medal table is 35. Norway captured 37 medals to top the 2022 Winter Olympics medal table. That was 10 more than Germany in second place and 12 more than Team USA in third.
Follow NBC News live updates for the latest on the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, where hockey and snowboarding events will open ahead of the opening ceremony.
Germany has a shot at an ice skating medal at the Milan/Cortina Winter Olympics with its top figure skating pair, Minerva Hase and Nikita Volodin. But that's about it.