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Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games

Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games
The 2026 Winter Olympics will be staged in three regions in Italy between February 6 and 22, with cities Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo the main hosts. It will be the third time the country has hosted a Winter Games, following Cortina in 1956 and Turin in 2006.
Han Cong (bottom) and Sui Wenjing perform on day two of the ISU Figure Skating Grand Prix in Osaka in November. Photo: Getty Images

China pair ready to defend Winter Olympics figure skating gold after 3-year break

Sui Wenjing and Han Cong seal Milano-Cortina spot after winning gold at National Figure Skating Championships in Harbin.

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022

Olympic snowboarding champ Su becomes first Chinese winner of Big Air World Cup

ISU bosses leave speed skater Lam’s Winter Olympics dream hanging by a thread

Winter Olympics 2026 organisers have fixed problems with fake snow

The company responsible for delivering Olympic facilities said the snowboarding and freestyle skiing site will be ready by January 20.

The Games in Milan-Cortina run from February 6 to 22. Photo: Reuters
Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan carries 2026 Winter Olympics torch through the ruins of Pompeii

Torch relay will cover 7,500 miles and work its way through all 110 Italian provinces before the Games’ opening ceremony on February 6.

Fake snow shortage for Winter Olympics? Ski chief urges organisers to hurry

Italy government has not released funding, skiing boss says as he calls situation ‘unexplainable’ with less than 50 days until Games.

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World gets pre-Winter Olympics view of Asian dominance in snowboard halfpipe

With US star Chloe Kim again expected to win gold, battle for second expected to come down to riders from South Korea, Japan.

South Korea’s Gaon Choi (left) and Japan’s Ryusei Yamada after winning their respective snowboard halfpipe finals at Copper Mountain. Photo: AFP
Zhao Rui

China curling duo lose to South Koreans, miss Winter Olympics mixed doubles spot

Newly formed pairing of Ye Zixuan and Yu Sen beaten narrowly by South Korean duo in play-off for place at Games in Milano Cortina.

India

How India’s Thekkada went from a coffee farm to chasing Winter Olympics dream

The 30-year-old grew up in southern India and is a long shot to qualify for the Milano-Cortina Games but wants to inspire others.

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022

No backup ice hockey arena for Winter Olympics as construction goes down to wire

Construction on the 16,000-seat Santagiulia Arena on the outskirts of the Italian host city is running late but organisers are optimistic.

A view in late October of the Santagiulia Arena in Milan, where the main matches of the ice hockey tournament of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics in February will take place. Photo: AP

China’s Su back to winning ways, has 2026 Winter Olympics gold in his sights

Snowboard star Su Yiming claims Big Air World Cup title on home slopes at Genting Secret Garden Resort, compatriot Ge Chunyu takes silver.

Su Yiming celebrates winning the men’s Big Air World Cup at Secret Garden. Photo: Xinhua
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Guinness World Records

Letters | Counting down to the first Winter Olympics shaped by reforms

Readers discuss a new model for the Olympic Games, a friendly US competition with China and other nations, and the latest crypto crash.

Eileen Gu

Eileen Gu returning to scene of Beijing Olympics gold glory for Snow League shot

Chinese skier has recovered from a ‘very terrible accident’ and will compete in a competition run by former snowboard star Shaun White.

Eileen Gu will be back at the Chinese mountain where she won gold at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Photo: Getty Images

India’s Olympics trailblazer frustrated by country’s indifference to winter sport

Former luger Shiva Keshavan, who made his Games debut at Nagano 1998, bemoans the lack of recognition for any winter sport in his nation.

India’s Shiva Keshavan competing in the luge at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics. Photo: Reuters
Formula One (F1)

Eileen Gu on chasing 2026 Olympics gold and her love for Brad Pitt’s new F1 film

Gu hoping to leave golden legacy behind after 2026 Milano Cortina Games, says precision of elite racing appeals to her ‘inner nerd’.

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2025 Asian Winter Games

Harbin agrees to help ‘snowless city’ Hong Kong win medals at future Winter Games

Agreement between SF&OC and Heilongjiang Sports Federation, Harbin Sport University to cover training resources, facilities and opportunities.

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Beijing Winter Olympics 2022

Olympic champion White looks to revolutionise snowboarding again with Snow League

Inaugural season kicks off in Aspen on Friday, with a field of 36 athletes – including reigning Olympic champion Ayumu Hirano of Japan.

Ayumu Hirano of Japan competes in the men’s snowboard halfpipe final last month at the Toyota US Grand Prix at Buttermilk Ski Resort, venue for the first event in the Snow League. Photo: AFP
Eileen Gu

Training budgets for US-born Eileen Gu, Beverly Zhu ‘censored’ on Chinese internet

A document showing amounts designated to the Chinese Winter Olympians was later changed to no longer include the names of the two athletes.

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022

China champion trio of Xu, Li, Qi win team title at FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup

The win by a team of two reigning Olympic champions and two World Cup winners comes a day after Chinese 1-2 finishes in the individual events.

2025 Asian Winter Games

Curl Runnings! Philippines curling team bank on unlikely Winter Olympics berth

Following the lead of the Jamaican bobsleigh team, a Swiss-Filipino quartet are gaining experience in Harbin before trying for the 2026 Games.

The Philippines Enrico Pfister (centre) curls a stone as the men’s team take on Kazakhstan at the Asian Winter Games in Harbin on Monday. Photo: Xinhua
2025 Asian Winter Games

Path to Olympic redemption starts at China’s Asian Winter Games for skier Yung

The 2022 Beijing Games were devastating for the history-making then-17-year-old, but he says he has learned from the experience.

Hong Kong’s Adrian Yung crashed out of the slalom, as well as the giant slalom, at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Photo: AFP
2025 Asian Winter Games

Xu Mengtao, Eileen Gu win World Cup titles as Chinese athletes dominate slopes

Sun Jiaxu pulls off shock victory in men’s skiing competition as Olympic champion Xu wins with hardest trick, while Gu wins snowboard gold.

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022

China’s pairs skating Olympic champs will not defend title as Han retires injured

Han Cong ‘still not fit to be back to the rink’ 18 months after Beijing Winter Olympics, as partner Sui Wenjing says ‘I understand and support his decision’.

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022

WADA seeks 4-year ban for Russian Olympic skater Kamila Valieva

WADA is seeking a 4-year ban for the Russian figure skater, which could rule her out of the next Winter Olympics in 2026.

Kamila Valiyeva could be banned through the 2026 Winter Olympics. Photo: dpa
Beijing Winter Olympics 2022

Valieva’s Winter Olympics saga sparks bid to raise figure skating age limit

The International Skating Union is exploring raising the minimum age for senior competitions to 17 from 15 before the 2026 Games in Milano Cortina.

Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee reacts after competing in the women’s free skate programme at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Photo: AP
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