The 2026 Games will feature just one new sport in the program: skimo. It follows in the IOC’s tradition of experimentation that has brought us several mainstays, as well as a few oddballs.

The United States has the most athletes competing in the Winter Olympics, but is not favored to win the gold medal race.

McCabe, 24, grew up in the Methow Valley and began skiing at a young age as part of the region’s strong winter sports community.

Cross-country skiing, the rugged grandfather of snow competition, will give its brightest stars a defining stage at the Milan Cortina Winter Games. Sporting greats such as Jessie Diggins of the United States and Italy’s own Federico Pellegrino arrive at the Feb.

MILAN, Metropolitan City of Milan — Jessie Diggins, the most decorated American cross-country skier in history, will compete in her fifth and final Olympic Games at Milan Cortina in 2026. The Minnesota native announced she plans to retire from competition and transition to public speaking after the event..docx)

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,

The Winter Olympics got underway Wednesday with the first curling matches in Cortina, but came to a halt only moments later because of a power outage