Lara Colturi is only 19 years old, but she's already one of the world's best slalom skiers, with four podium finishes in this season's World Cup. She heads into the Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina with the chance of making history, by becoming Albania's first Winter Olympic medallist.

For many decades, Olympic Games included "demonstration sports." Some, like curling, became part of the permanent roster. But others, like skijoring, didn't stick around.

Ski mountaineering makes its debut at the Milano Cortina Winter Games

In the iconic words of Mariah Carey, it's (almost) time! The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina, Italy officially begin on Friday, February 6, and the stakes never have been higher. Nearly with 3,000 athletes competing across 116 events in 16 sports ...