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Following speeches by Kirsty Coventry, president of the International Olympic Committee, and Giovanni Malagò, president of the organizing committee for the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the Olympic flames were extinguished in the two cauldrons in Milan and Cortina.
The Milan-Cortina Games created a stunning Italian backdrop for an Olympics that saw records fall, golden performances and a some Shakespearean-like drama.
Jordan Stolz won three medals (2 gold, 1 silver). Stolz is the seventh U.S. athlete to win three medals at a single Winter Olympics and the first to do so since 2010, when Bode Miller (alpine skiing), Apolo Ohno (short track) and Johnny Spillane (Nordic combined) accomplished the feat.
Fur coats are plentiful on the streets of Cortina, especially during these Winter Games. When asked to explain why furs remain so common here, while much of the world has moved to synthetic alternatives whether for environmental,
With more than 100 years of Winter Olympics history, no city or ski resort has ever hosted the grand international sporting event more than 70 years apart. That will all change on February 6th, 2026, as the Olympic cauldron is lit at Milan’s San Siro ...
Listen to foreign commentators lose their minds when calling Winter Olympic events with some of the top calls of Milan Cortina, including Federica Brignone’s triumph and Lucas Pinheiro Braathen’s historic gold.
MILAN (AP) — The head of Haiti's ski federation, Thierry Montiller, spent over four hours driving mountain roads from Bormio, near the Swiss border, where his downhill skier is competing in the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics,
The Milano Cortina Olympics exceeded expectations despite a shaky build-up, IOC President Kirsty Coventry said on Friday, hailing the first spread-out Winter Games a success.