Month: February 2026

TODAY’s Molly Hunter dives deeper into the sport of ski mountaineering that makes its Olympic debut in Milan Cortina.

American speed skater Jordan Stolz battled his way to silver in the 1500m, claiming his second medal of the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Team USA skip Tabitha Peterson threw a perfect shot in the 11th end that scored the game-winning point over Switzerland and sent her team to the women’s curling semifinals at Milan Cortina Olympics.

Canada’s women’s curling team finished round-robin play with five straight victories, including Thursday’s 10-7 win over South Korea to move on to the semifinals of the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Great Britain was unable to get into the women’s curling semifinals, but they still ended their Olympics on a high note with a 7-4 win over Italy on Thursday.

It took an extra end, but the U.S. women’s curling team got its point when needed, defeating Switzerland 7-6 in the final round-robin game to advance to the Olympic semifinals.

Coming off of wins in the 500m and 1000m, American speed skater Jordan Stolz battled back from a significant 1.35-second deficit, skating up from 4th to 2nd place by the time he crossed the finish line.

Switzerland women’s hockey outlasted Sweden to take home Olympic bronze. Alina Muller’s score the game-winning goal in overtime to seal the victory for the Swiss.

It’s been exactly 70 years since the last time the Winter Olympic Games took place in Italy. Gadi Schwartz discovers what has changed in that time, both on and off the field of competition.

The powdery white landscape in the Italian Alps is stunning, but not all of the snow in Olympic venues is fresh from the sky. Sam Brock consulted with experts in Livigno about the purpose and impact of technical snow.

Intense research and thorough experiments need to take place before a bobsled can hit the track at the Olympics. Savannah Sellers got to experience the testing process first-hand.

One of Italy’s classic holiday desserts may have begun as a happy accident centuries ago. Ezra Frech consulted with master bakers in Milan to try his hand at making panettone.

After falling short of the podium at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, bobsledder Kaysha Love made the jump from being a push athlete to a pilot as she continues to showcase her signature energy on the track.

Peter Alexander took a trip to Bar Basso, a Milanese staple that has been innovating cocktails for almost 80 years, to get a taste of the Italian tradition of aperitivo.

From the mountainside in Bormio to the slopestyle course in Livigno and all the way to the Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium, Team USA excelled across Italy on Wednesday.