From frozen lakes to the Olympic stage: Maïa Schwinghammer’s road to Milano-Cortina
Maïa Schwinghammer’s Olympic journey didn’t begin on a mountain. It began behind a snowmobile, being towed across Christopher Lake in Saskatchewan.
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Explainer-Are athletes at Milano-Cortina Games free to express themselves?
MILAN, Jan 31 : While Italians took to the streets of Milan on Saturday to demonstrate against the presence of U.S. ICE agents in their country, athletes will have to stick to a tight set of rules if they want to express personal views during the Winter Olympics.
Demonstrators in Milan protest ICE unit at Winter Olympics - ESPN
MILAN — Hundreds of demonstrators gathered Saturday in Milan to protest the deployment of ICE agents during the upcoming Winter Olympics, unbothered by the fact that agents would be stationed in a control room and not operating on the streets.
Olympian Sha'Carri Richardson pleads with officer to ‘work with me’ during speeding arrest: ‘I’m begging you’
U.S. track star Sha'Carri Richardson pleads with an officer not to arrest her after being clocked at 104 mph on a Florida highway, according to body-camera footage. (Credit: Orange County Sheriff’s Office)
Reece Howden takes bronze in final World Cup ski cross event before Olympics
Canadian Reece Howden will head into the Winter Olympics coming off of a podium result.
Exclusive-Olympics–Cortina cable car will not be ready in time for start of Winter Games, letter shows
MILAN, Jan 31 : A cable car intended to carry spectators to the women's Olympic Alpine skiing events in Cortina will not be ready in time, prompting Games organisers to request school closures to ease the pressure on the Dolomite resort's transport system, a letter seen by Reuters showed.
UN General Assembly calls for Olympic truce during the 2026 Winter Games
The UN General Assembly has called on warring parties around the world to agree to "true mutual ceasefires" during the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, reviving the traditional principle of the Olympic truce.
Swiss skier Blanc wins super-G with Vonn sitting out day after crash
Swiss skier Malorie Blanc won the last women's World Cup race before the Milan Cortina Olympics on Saturday with Lindsey Vonn sitting out the super-G a day after hurting her left knee in a downhill crash.