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Every New Sport and Event Coming to 2026 Winter Olympics

What sports are in the Winter Olympics? Full list and explanations

The Winter Olympics are a bit of an enigma to most sports fans in the United States. The average person has seen hockey, the understand figure skating, and we get enough extreme sports through osmosis that the snowboard half pipe makes sense — but a lot of the events are more Euro-centric.

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The Winter Olympics get 8 new events, including the first new sport in decades

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What's the deal with curling? The Olympic sport that fascinates fans every four years

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The Team USA alpine skier looks to compete in the women's downhill this weekend after tearing her ACL in a crash last Friday.

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It’s Time for the Olympics

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All you need to know about the 2026 Winter Olympics

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8 Winter Olympic Sports You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

The 2026 Winter Olympics have expanded its lineup to include ski mountaineering, also known as "skimo," for the first time.

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Don’t Miss These Winter Olympic Games That Are Happening Before the Opening Ceremony

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Every New Sport and Event Coming to the 2026 Winter Olympics

Lindsey Vonn completes Olympic training

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Lindsey Vonn Calls Out Sports Doctor Over ACL Criticism After Olympic Training Run

One week ago, 41-year-old Lindsey Vonn suffered a torn ACL at a World Cup event in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, while preparing for the Winter Olympics, which begin Friday in Italy.

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Lindsey Vonn looks smooth in Olympic downhill training despite torn ACL

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Lindsey Vonn Ready for Her First Olympic Downhill Training Run to Test Injured Left Knee

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Lindsey Vonn Is Skiing on a Completely Torn ACL. Could She Still Win Olympic Gold?

When skier Lindsey Vonn announced on Tuesday she was going to try to race in the Olympics with a completely torn knee ligament, it sounded as though she’d left her good sense somewhere up a mountain.

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Lindsey Vonn’s coach has ‘no doubt’ she will race at the Olympics with a torn ACL

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Lindsey Vonn somehow completes Olympic training run with torn ACL

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Lindsey Vonn, skiing with ruptured ACL, takes crucial step in downhill medal bid

Vonn skied with visible intent from the top, briefly getting tight to her line midway down and only narrowly clearing one gate.

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Winter Olympics live updates: Men's Alpine training results, schedule today

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Lindsey Vonn Says She's 'Not Going to Waste' Her Chance as She Tests ACL Tear in First Olympic Training Run

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NBC SPORTS’ PRIMETIME MILAN CORTINA 2026 PREVIEW SHOW, ICE, SNOW & GLORY: THE WINTER OLYMPICS, IS TONIGHT AT 8 P.M. ET ON NBC AND PEACOCK

Live Coverage of the Opening Ceremony of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics is Tomorrow, Feb. 6th on NBC and Peacock; Live Coverage Begins at 2 p.m. ET, with Primetime Coverage at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Pope, an avid athlete, extols physical and spiritual benefits of sport in Olympic message

Pope Leo XIV, an avid tennis player, marks the start of the Winter Games by praising sports for promoting positive values and fair play.

As Olympics Open, Pope Leo Warns Against Using Sports for ‘Propaganda or National Supremacy’

The Milan-Cortina Games are overlapping with a moment of geopolitical turbulence as conflicts rage, national leaders issue threats and alliances are strained.

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An American skier is fighting to open up the last Winter Olympic sport off limits to women

MILAN, Italy (AP) — Annika Malacinski remembers the moment the door to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics was slammed shut. On a flight from Munich to Denver, she bought airplane Wi-Fi to join a conference call with the International Olympic Committee,

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Caitlin Clark sports Team USA hockey jersey for 2026 Winter Olympics

WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark is rooting for Team USA in a new video ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics.

2026 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony live updates: Time, schedule as Team USA arrives in Italy

When Team USA walks out for the Opening Ceremony on Friday evening in Milan, they'll be led by flag bearers Erin Jackson and Frank Del Duca. Jackson won gold in speedskating at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, while Del Duca will be the first bobsledder to carry the American flag at the Opening Ceremony in 70 years.

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Will Smith, Chris Taylor and More MLB Players Reveal the Olympic Sports They’d Love to Try (Exclusive)

As the 2026 Winter Olympics begin, Los Angeles Dodgers players reveal the sports they would love to try at a future event