12 h. ago London hockey stars thrilled to be on Team Canada for Winter Olympics

London hockey stars thrilled to be on Team Canada for Winter Olympics  CBC

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17 h. ago JD Vance to lead US presidential delegation at Milano Cortina Winter Olympics

Vance to represent US at Olympic opening ceremonyCeremony spans Milan and three mountain venuesFormer US Olympic champions set to join delegationUS vice-president JD Vance will head the American presidential delegation to the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, the White House confirmed Saturday.Vance is scheduled to attend the ceremony on 6 February, when the Milan-Cortina Games officially get underway. He will be accompanied by second lady Usha Vance, secretary of state Marco Rubio and US ambassador to Italy Tilman Fertitta. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Australia dominate snowboard halfpipe as Scotty James wins final World Cup before Olympics

Valentino Guseli takes bronze and NZ’s Campbell Melville Ives silverMore medals in bobsleigh and snowboard cross ahead of Milan-Cortina GamesSnowboard king Scotty James has dazzled to reign supreme in the last World Cup halfpipe event before the Olympics, where he’ll be seeking an elusive gold medal.On a big day for Australia’s Olympic hopes, James sent a clear message to rivals as he won the prestigious Laax Open in Switzerland for a third consecutive time and fifth time in total, while young countryman Valentino Guseli was third. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson miss out on maiden European ice dance title

The British pair took bronze for the second year in a row, behind France’s Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Italy’s Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri

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51 h. ago British skeleton star Matt Weston seals World Cup triumph to lay down Winter Olympics marker

Matt Weston is set to go for gold at next month’s Winter Olympics

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52 h. ago European Figure Skating Championships: Nailbiting final ahead as Scottish skaters in silver medal spot

Gibson and Fear will be vying for a podium place in Milan at the Winter Olympic Games next month

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52 h. ago Great Britain’s Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson in contention for European title after first skate

Three-time European medallists Fear and Gibson sit in second place after the rhythm dance in Sheffield

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3 d. ago US star dealt major blow to hopes of reaching sixth Winter Olympics after sabotage claim dismissed

Katie Uhlaender, 41, is trying to qualify for her sixth Winter Olympics

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3 d. ago Canadian skater, 42, aiming for Winter Olympics history after ending 16

Deanna Stellato-Dudek is eyeing an Olympic gold medal at the age of 42 at next month’s Games

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3 d. ago Canada cleared of US allegations they rigged skeleton qualifying for Winter Olympics

US athlete said she was deliberately deprived of pointsInvestigation says Canada acted within rulesCanada’s skeleton team have been cleared of allegations they rigged a qualifying event for the Winter Olympics and denied rival athletes from qualifying for next month’s Games.USA’s Katie Uhlaender, a five-time Winter Olympian in skeleton, accused the Canadian team of deliberately pulling four of its six athletes from a race in Lake Placid, New York, last weekend in order to make it harder for athletes from other countries to qualify. The reduced field meant fewer qualifying points were available and Uhlaender, who won the event, missed out on a place at this year’s Games, which will take place in Milan-Cortina, Italy. Uhlaender claims Joe Cecchini, the head coach of Canada’s skeleton team, told her he had come up with the scheme. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Ski jumping coaches banned weeks before Winter Olympics amid suit scandal

Three Norwegian coaches have been handed bans ahead of next month’s Winter Olympics

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3 d. ago US snowboarder who became a plumber eyes Winter Olympics after retirement U

Maddy Schaffrick retired from snowboarding at the age of 20 but is now aiming to complete a remarkable comeback over a decade later

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3 d. ago Ski jumping coaches banned weeks before Winter Olympics after manipulated suit scandal

Three Norwegian coaches have been handed bans ahead of next month’s Winter Olympics

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4 d. ago Greenland biathlete pursues Olympic dream while anxious about 'terrrifying' threats to her homeland

Greenland biathlete Ukaleq Slettemark is used to the stress of competing on the world stage as she tries to qualify for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

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4 d. ago Diversity still a major issue at the Winter Olympics. The US is making some strides

USA Bobsled and Skeleton is set to unveil its Olympic rosters, with most women competing likely being women of color

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4 d. ago US men’s bobsled team hit by dramatic mishap during World Cup race

The US’s men bobsled team suffered a mishap during Winter Olympics preparation, when three of the athletes failed to board their sled.

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4 d. ago Winter Olympics snowboarding medallist Ueli Kestenholz, 50, tragically dies after being swallowed by avalanche

SNOWBOARDING legend Ueli Kestenholz died after a tragic accident in Switzerland. Kestenholz, who represented Switzerland at the 1998 and 2002 Winter Games, passed away at the age of 50. The Swiss Ski Federation announced the sad news on Tuesday and said the 1998 Olympic bronze medallist got trapped in an avalanche in the Lotschental valley on Sunday....

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5 d. ago Disaster for US bobsled team as three of them fail to board as they prepare for Winter Olympics

The US’s men bobsled team suffered a mishap during Winter Olympics preparation, when three of the athletes failed to board their sled.

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5 d. ago Moment US bobsled team suffers ‘absolute disaster’ as three out of four

THE US men's bobsled team suffered a domino-style disaster in their Winter Olympics preparations this weekend. The four-man team avoided serious injury when a scary crash occurred at the start of their run at a World Cup event. Three of the four Americans took a tumble on the ice and were unable to get into...

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5 d. ago How will climate change reshape the Winter Olympics? The list of possible host sites is shrinking

Belgian biathlete Maya Cloetens is concerned about the future of winter sports in a warming world

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