Feb 12, 2026, 05:51 AM ET CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych will not compete at the Milan Cortina Games on Thursday after refusing a last-minute plea from the International Olympic Committee to use a helmet other than the one that honors more than 20 of his country’s athletes and coaches killed … Read more
Cambria County native Dan Barefoot made his Olympic debut in Italy on Thursday. Barefoot opened his men’s skeleton competition at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games with two runs that left him in 19th place overall going into the final day of racing. The Geistown native, who’s competing for Team USA, finished his first run of … Read more
If the Team USA men’s hockey team is going to take home gold in the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, they’re going to need world-class defender Quinn Hughes to play up to his potential. The former Vancouver Canucks star (who won the Norris Trophy in 2024) was traded to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for … Read more
MILAN — Imagine having everything you’ve wished for, everything you’ve worked for, everything you’ve trained for, right there in front of you, just a few seconds away. And then imagine losing it all, all at once, through no fault of your own. Team USA speed skater Kristen Santos-Griswold, who will compete Thursday in the 500-meter … Read more
History is on the line for American snowboarder Chloe Kim at the Winter Olympics on Thursday. Editor’s Picks 2 Related Kim will compete in the women’s snowboard halfpipe final with a chance to become the first snowboarder to win three straight Olympic gold medals. She qualified for the final on Wednesday while racing with a … Read more
An Olympic sport that sleighs? That’s luge—French for sled—in which athletes lie on their backs on a small sled, feet outstretched, and race down an ice track at about 100 mph without mechanical breaks. Lugers compete in singles or doubles, and for the first time at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, women will compete … Read more
Winter Olympics 2026 LIVE: Day six – watch luge and ice hockey on BBC – medals, results, TV stream & updates from Milan-Cortina – BBC Sport Rank Country GGold SSilver BBronze TotalTotal 1 NORNorway 7 2 5 14 2 ITAItaly 6 2 8 16 3 USUnited States 4 6 3 13 4 GERGermany 4 3 … Read more
One of the biggest changes since NHLers were last on the Olympic stage 12 years ago is how the games will be called. Without much fanfare, the NHL and IIHF have spent the last five years or so diligently narrowing the gap between rulebooks. “The last time the NHL players were at the Olympics, the … Read more
P1 5:00 – Czechia 0, Canada 0 Horvat finds space on the left side and fires a shot that misses the target. He regains the puck and slides it in front of net for Marchand, but Marchand can’t finish into an open net! Moments later going the other way, Necas beats a defender and drives … Read more
MILAN — Gold or bust. That’s it for Team Canada at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. That’s all it is. Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon and company are here for one reason only: to win Canada’s third consecutive gold medal in Olympics involving NHL players and its fourth gold in six such … Read more