U.S. skier Mikaela Shiffrin is looking to make amends in the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. Shiffrin failed to add to her medal tally in the Beijing Olympics four years ago. She entered the 2022 Winter Games with three medals — two gold and a silver — from her previous two Olympic appearances.

Mikaela Shiffrin was 15th in the slalom portion of the Alpine team combined event, causing. her and Breezy Johnson to miss the podium. Was it a fluke?

Catch up on what’s changed in Olympic Nordic combined since the Beijing Games — returning medalists, emerging stars, major format updates and how top nations are shaping up for Milan Cortina 2026.

Chock and Bates, who began their quest for individual gold on Monday, are the only repeat Olympians from a remarkable moment in Team USA figure skating history: a medal celebration at the height of the 2024 Paris Olympics to present medals to winners of the 2022 Beijing Olympics.

Brittany Bowe and Hilary Knight have been dating since 2022 and both are looking to cap their prolific Winter Olympic careers by winning gold in Milan.

Catch up on what’s changed in Olympic figure skating since Beijing—returning medalists, rising stars, major rule changes, and country-by-country developments.

Competitions at the Winter Olympics are defined by extremes: extreme air, extreme speed and extreme temperatures. On sliding tracks, athletes in luge, bobsleigh and skeleton break highway speed limits.

The Winter Olympics bring sports we barely see outside of these few weeks. Many of them look exciting. Some of them look like a bad idea for normal people. A lot of these events mix speed, ice, height,