2026 Winter Olympics

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IOC Boots Ukrainian Over Memorial Helmet
Ukraine Olympian's Memorial
Helmet Gets Him Booted
2026 Olympics
Feb 12, 2026 6:33 AM CST

Ukraine Olympian's Memorial Helmet Gets Him Booted

Vladyslav Heraskevych suggests Ukraine's fallen deserve the spotlight more than him

(Newser) - He knew he risked being kicked out of the Olympics. Still, the Ukrainian skeleton racer decided honoring his fallen compatriots on a global stage was more important than going for gold. Vladyslav Heraskevych, who continued to wear a helmet depicting fallen Ukrainian athletes and sports fans killed during the war...

Quad God&#39;s Insane Flex: Backflip Worth Zero Points
Quad God's
Insane Flex:
Backflip Worth
Zero Points
2026 Olympics
Feb 11, 2026 4:31 PM CST

Quad God's Insane Flex: Backflip Worth Zero Points

Skater Ilia Malinin's risky, newly legal move thrills Olympic crowd

(Newser) - " Quad God " Ilia Malinin doesn't need the most jaw-dropping move in his program to win—he does it anyway. The Wall Street Journal reports that the 21-year-old American, already rewriting figure skating with his record-shattering quadruple jumps and the sport's first quad axel in competition, has...

Sports Journos Revolt Over Error-Ridden Commentary
Sports Journos
to Strike Over
Boss' Olympic
Blunders
2026 Olympics
Feb 11, 2026 3:21 PM CST

Sports Journos to Strike Over Boss' Olympic Blunders

Reporters for Italian broadcaster plan post-Games strike over Paolo Petrecca's error-filled coverage

(Newser) - Italian sports reporters say they're done staying quiet about the boss who couldn't get the basics right on one of the country's biggest stages. Journalists at state broadcaster Rai Sport are planning protests after sports director Paolo Petrecca's error-studded commentary during the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics'...

US Speedskater Nabs One Gold, Eyes 3 More
If You're Counting Golds,
Keep an Eye on Jordan Stolz
2026 Olympics
Feb 11, 2026 2:20 PM CST

If You're Counting Golds, Keep an Eye on Jordan Stolz

American 21-year-old won the men's 1,000m on Wednesday

(Newser) - US speedskater Jordan Stolz won the men's 1,000 meters at the Milan Cortina Games on Wednesday in an Olympic-record time in the first of what he hopes will be a four-gold Winter Games. Skating in the next-to-last pairing at Milano Speed Skating Stadium, a temporary facility constructed for...

Olympic Snowboarder Breaks Neck in Training Accident
Olympic Snowboarder Breaks
Neck in Training Accident
2026 OLYMPICS
Feb 11, 2026 12:45 PM CST

Olympic Snowboarder Breaks Neck in Training Accident

Australia's Cam Bolton in stable condition after two neck fractures diagnosed

(Newser) - Australian snowboarder Cam Bolton's Olympic campaign is over after a training crash left him with two fractured neck vertebrae. The 35-year-old snowboard cross contender fell during training on Monday, then reported increasing neck pain the next day, NBC News reports. Scans at the Olympic Polyclinic revealed two stable fractures,...

Ukrainian Athlete Isn&#39;t Bowing to IOC&#39;s Threat
Ukrainian Athlete Wears
Helmet Despite IOC Warning
2026 Olympics
Feb 11, 2026 11:35 AM CST

Ukrainian Athlete Wears Helmet Despite IOC Warning

Heraskevych continues to wear memorial helmet ahead of Thursday's competition

(Newser) - Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych is daring Olympic officials to make good on their threat: bench him over his helmet, which features the faces of athletes killed since Russia invaded. After being told by the IOC on Monday that he could be disqualified from the Milan Cortina Games if he...

Olympian's Public Plea to His Ex Doesn't Land (With Her)

Former girlfriend says of cheating Norway biathlete Sturla Holm Laegreid: 'Hard to forgive'

(Newser) - Looks like an Olympian's plea to his ex isn't landing the way he'd hoped. After winning the bronze on Tuesday in the men's 20km biathlon, Norway's Sturla Holm Laegreid confessed to cheating on his former girlfriend, so "she will see what she really means...

Chloe Kim Is One Step Closer to Olympic History
Chloe Kim Is One Step
Closer to Olympic History
2026 olympics
Feb 11, 2026 9:21 AM CST

Chloe Kim Is One Step Closer to Olympic History

US snowboard star leads the pack, even with a taped shoulder

(Newser) - Chloe Kim is back atop an Olympic halfpipe—this time with a taped-up shoulder and a shot at history. The 25-year-old, who won gold in 2018 and 2022 , is trying to become the first snowboarder ever to threepeat in the event at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games, even though a torn...

US Figure Skater Channels Late Parents in Emotional Debut
US Skater at Games:
Late Parents
Had 'Hand
on My Back'
2026 Olympics
Feb 11, 2026 6:47 AM CST

US Skater at Games: Late Parents Had 'Hand on My Back'

Maxim Naumov says he felt support of mom, dad, who died in DC plane crash, in Olympics debut

(Newser) - Maxim Naumov's first Olympic skate came with an unusual sense of calm for an athlete who admits he's usually "a little jittery." The 24-year-old American figure skater delivered one of his strongest short programs to date at the 2026 Winter Games on Tuesday, scoring 85.65...

US Dominates Canada 5-0 in Hockey Showdown
US Dominates Canada
5-0 in Hockey Showdown
2026 OLYMPICS
Feb 10, 2026 8:08 PM CST

US Dominates Canada 5-0 in Hockey Showdown

Preliminary round game could be a preview of the women's hockey final

(Newser) - Team USA didn't just beat Canada in Milan—it changed the tone of the entire women's hockey tournament. In a group-stage matchup that felt like a dress rehearsal for the gold-medal game, the US steamrolled its longtime rival 5–0, scoring less than four minutes in and building...

Ben Ogden Ends 50-Year US Men&#39;s Cross-Country Drought
50-Year US Men's
Cross-Country Drought Is Over
2026 OLYMPICS
Feb 10, 2026 2:53 PM CST

50-Year US Men's Cross-Country Drought Is Over

Ben Ogden is first to win Olympic medal in sport since fellow Vermonter Bill Koch in 1976

(Newser) - For the first time since the Ford administration, an American man is back on an Olympic cross-country skiing podium. Ben Ogden grabbed silver in the men's sprint classic Tuesday at the Milan Cortina Games, ending a 50-year medal drought for the US in the sport, NBC News reports. Ogden,...

Swedes Beat US Pair for Mixed Doubles Curling Gold
US Takes First-Ever Medal
in Mixed Doubles Curling
2026 OLYMPICS
Feb 10, 2026 1:52 PM CST

US Takes First-Ever Medal in Mixed Doubles Curling

But the gold went to Swedish siblings

(Newser) - Sweden's brother-and-sister team of Isabella and Rasmus Wranaa won gold in mixed doubles curling at the Milan Cortina Olympics, beating the United States in the final on Tuesday night. The Wranaas won 6-5 over Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin, who became the first Americans to medal in Olympic mixed...

IOC Bans Ukrainian Athlete&#39;s Tribute Helmet
IOC Bans Ukrainian
Athlete's Tribute Helmet
2026 Olympics
Feb 10, 2026 8:46 AM CST

IOC Bans Ukrainian Athlete's Tribute Helmet

Skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych wanted to pay tribute to fellow Ukrainians felled by Russia war

(Newser) - Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych won't be allowed to slide in 2026 wearing a helmet that shows the faces of compatriot athletes killed in the war with Russia, the International Olympic Committee has told Ukraine's Olympic delegation. In a letter shared with CBS News , the IOC said it...

US Figure Skater Will Get to Keep Her Music
US Figure Skater Gets the OK
to Keep Skating to Song
2026 Olympics
Feb 10, 2026 8:01 AM CST

US Figure Skater Gets the OK to Keep Skating to Song

Amber Glenn makes a deal—and a friend

(Newser) - US figure skater Amber Glenn says she has smoothed out copyright concerns with the artist behind one of the pieces of her free skate music, and that the Olympic team gold medalist may have struck up a new friendship with him because of it. Canadian artist Seb McKinnon, who produces...

World&#39;s Best Women&#39;s Hockey Player Just Got Injured
World's Best Women's Hockey
Player Just Got Hurt
2026 olympics
Feb 10, 2026 7:16 AM CST

World's Best Women's Hockey Player Just Got Hurt

It's not clear if Canada's Marie-Philip Poulin will be able to play against USA on Tuesday

(Newser) - The rivalry between Canada and USA in women's hockey is one of the best in all of sport, notes the CBC , but this year's chapter just took a turn. The two teams meet in a preliminary round Olympic game Tuesday afternoon, with one giant question looming: Will Canada'...

Hunter Hess Defends Free Speech After Trump Criticism

Skier affirms love for US while defending right to criticize it

(Newser) - Hunter Hess says he's ready to ski for his country—and to keep saying that country can do better, CBS News reports. The US freestyle skier and first-time Olympian clarified his views Monday after President Trump blasted him as a "real loser" for earlier remarks that he had...

Lindsey Vonn&#39;s Father Wants No More Racing
Lindsey Vonn
Explains Crash, Injury
updated
Feb 9, 2026 7:33 PM CST

Lindsey Vonn Explains Crash, Injury

Olympic skier posts that tibia fracture 'will require multiple surgeries'

(Newser) - Lindsey Vonn had surgery on her injured leg Sunday after crashing during the women's downhill race at the Winter Games, and she said Monday that was just the first of many operations that will be needed. The injury is a complex tibia fracture, Vonn posted on social media, saying it'...

Snowboarder Kim: Immigration Flap 'Hits Pretty Close to Home'

She says she's proud to represent USA but defends fellow Olympian criticized by Trump

(Newser) - US Olympian Hunter Hess has been taking flak from President Trump —and now fellow Olympian Chloe Kim is weighing in to support Hess' right to speak out. Over the weekend, Trump labeled skier Hess a "real loser" after he said the administration's aggressive immigration tactics left him...

US Figure Skater May Have a Surprise Snag
US Figure Skater May
Have a Surprise Music Snag
2026 olympics
Feb 9, 2026 10:11 AM CST

US Figure Skater May Have a Surprise Music Snag

Amber Glenn is using a song by Seb McKinnon, who says he didn't give permission

(Newser) - Amber Glenn's first Olympic gold medal has come with some off-ice controversy. On Sunday, Glenn helped the US win the team event for figure skating. Hours later, Canadian artist Seb McKinnon, who produces music under the name CLANN, took to social media to object to the use of his...

Trump Calls US Skier a 'Real Loser'

Skier had voiced mixed feelings about representing US amid divisions

(Newser) - An American skier's ambivalence about wearing the flag on the world stage has drawn a rebuke from President Trump, USA Today reports. Hunter Hess, a US freestyle halfpipe skier at the 2026 Winter Games in Italy, said ahead of the opening ceremony that competing for the United States brings...

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