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.

A deep U.S. Figure Skating roster can contend across all disciplines, but the nation won't have an easy path to gold.

The Winter Olympics do not begin with competition. They begin with a theme. The organizing committee's theme for Milano-Cortina is Harmony

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Kazakhstan will host the 2029 Asian Winter Games after Saudi Arabia's withdrawal.

Some individual athletes from the banned countries will be permitted to participate in the Milano Cortina Winter Games

Italy's Winter Olympics promised sustainability. But in Cortina, environmentalists warn the Games could scar these mountains for decades.

MILAN, Feb 5 (Reuters) - U.S. athletes in Milan are bracing for what could be a chilly Winter Games reception as political unrest at home over federal immigration enforcement spills into host country and fuels protests against the policies of the Trump administration.