(UPDATE: Olympics Schedule Changes) MILAN-CORTINA, ITALY (KTVZ) — Bend native Hunter Hess was scheduled to compete in the men’s freeski halfpipe at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina on Thursday, Feb. 19. The event was postponed due to heavy snow in the Levigno area. The men’s aerials qualifying and final were rescheduled for Friday starting
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OREGON (KTVZ) — Oregon-based alpine skier Jackie Wiles just qualified for her fourth Olympics and will head to Cortina to represent Team USA. Wiles hails from Aurora, Oregon, and grew up skiing out of White Pass Ski Area in Washington state. “She has been through injuries, comebacks, and more to get to where she is now. Most
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Shaniko Wool Company, located in the small town of Shaniko, Oregon, just north of Antelope, has been honored once again with an Olympics spotlight. The company recently provided wool to be used in Ralph Lauren’s Team USA Opening Ceremony sweaters for the 2026 Winter Olympics. This is the fourth time in
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For Ravi Drugan, what started as a dream to become a professional skateboarder in the X Games turned into something very unexpected.
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NewsChannel 21’s Katie Zuniga visited with the Bend Curling Club at The Pavilion to learn the ins and outs of the increasingly popular game of curling.
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Hunter Hess is one of the top freestyle skiers in the country, and despite missing out on this year’s Olympics, he continues to defy the odds.
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When you think of Oregon sports, hockey may not come to mind first. But Bend is brewing talent — and often, those with the desire to progress and excel in the sport end up traveling far away to pursue their dreams.
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“When I’m skiing on the mountain, I feel calm, I feel exhilarated — gosh, I feel happy,” Bend resident and 1992 Olympic skier Kyle Wieche remarked recently.
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NewsChannel 21’s Jack Hirsh talks with former Bend resident and three-time Olympic cross-country skier Justin Wadsworth about his new role, coaching Canada’s Olympic biathlon team.
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Five of the 15 winter Olympic sports have two common dominators: The ice they share and the machine that takes care of it.
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Just over a year ago, Tommy Ford was in a hospital bed, recovering from major knee surgery and a concussion, unsure of when he’d be able to race again.
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Snowboarding the halfpipe allowed Bend’s Ben Ferguson to travel the world, capturing a Youth Olympic gold medal and making two X Games podiums, but following the 2018 Olympic Games, he switched his focus to a more barebones snowboarding approach.
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When an Olympian makes the podium, they may be the only one to win a medal, but not the only one to share the Olympic glory. There are a lot of people behind the scenes putting in hard work, too. Bend is home to one of those key players.
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Jack Elder walked on to the world championships in Davos Switzerland, sled in hand and raced his first competitive race.
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In a special Olympic Zone segment, NewsChannel 21’s Lee Anderson talks with an organizer and a competitor in the 1965 National Junior Ski Championships, which were hosted in Bend, on Mt. Bachelor and… the ski-jumping competition on Pilot Butte!?
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When it comes to who gets to go to the Olympics, there are so many more involved besides athletes and coaches.
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Ellie Meyrowitz is doing what she knows best: living out her dream, by helping athletes reach theirs.
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What’s more important: winning a gold medal, completing a master’s degree, or helping grow an international sport? If your name is Eliana Mason, the answer is all of the above, and the sport might be one you’ve never heard of, called goalball.
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Whitney Gomez’s Olympic dream has taken her from swimming to water polo to boxing. She’s only been boxing for five years and nearly made the Olympics Trials team in 2019. In 2024, Whitney will be 36, but she will not let age stop her from reaching her goal.
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A sport invented in Central Oregon roughly 35 years ago, is now front and center on the world’s biggest stage.
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