Lithuania's Winter Olympics team has removed an Estonian ice skating coach from its roster on the eve of the figure skating events in Milano Cortina.

The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics officially get underway on Friday, February 6, with the Opening Ceremony, which features the flag bearers from every participating country making the march alongside the country’s flag and their countrymates who will be

Greece, as always, will be the first country introduced in the Parade of Nations for the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.

There are few opportunities to mount an event of this scale, but the Olympics host country showed what it was made of through performances by Mariah Carey, Andrea Bocelli and Sabrina Impacciatore.

While Team Mongolia stole the show early on, Olympic fans are spotting other new and exciting medal-worthy Milano Cortina team uniforms

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Americans who top the podium at the Milan Cortina Games will be in line for a $37,500 bonus. Their competitors could collect as much as $800,000.

Of the 122 current National Olympic Committees (NOCs) that have ever sent athletes to the Winter Olympic Games, 92 are competing in Milan Cortina. The bid to win a medal is more elusive for some than others.

The 2026 Winter Olympics are in northern Italy for three weeks of best-on-best competition. Here's how to watch in the United States and Canada.