Latest Winter Olympic games News

What do you get when you cross rodeo with skiing? The wild and wacky skijoring

Mar. 08, 2024 23:15 PM EST

LEADVILLE, Colo. (AP) — Nick Burri clicks into his ski bindings, squats to stretch his knees and scans the snowy race course. Moments later, he's zipping past a series of gates at high speed and hurtling off jumps. But it's not gravity pulling him toward the finish line: It's the brute force of a...

Brazil gains Winter Olympics medal prospect after skier Lucas Braathen switches from Norway

Mar. 07, 2024 11:51 AM EST

SALZBURG, Austria (AP) — Brazil has a top Winter Olympics medal prospect in Alpine skiing after the World Cup slalom champion last season, Lucas Braathen, announced on Thursday he will start to compete for his mother’s home nation. Braathen, whose father is Norwegian, split from...

War-scarred Sarajevo celebrates 40th anniversary of 1984 Winter Olympics and looks to the future

Feb. 12, 2024 04:15 AM EST

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — War-scarred Sarajevo is looking back to happier times from February 1984 as it celebrates the 40th anniversary of staging a successful Winter Olympics. “Our Olympic spirit is alive," said Izet Radjo, president of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Olympic...

NHL announces plans to send its players to the Winter Olympics in 2026 and 2030 for first time since 2014 Sochi Games

Feb. 02, 2024 13:36 PM EST
TORONTO (AP) — NHL announces plans to send its players to the Winter Olympics in 2026 and 2030 for first time since 2014 Sochi Games.

IOC pushes back again on Italy's $90M plan to rebuild bobsled track for 2026 Winter Olympics

Jan. 31, 2024 13:41 PM EST

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The International Olympic Committee is still not impressed with Italy’s determination to spend about $90 million rebuilding a historic bobsled track for the 2026 Winter Games. The IOC’s latest statement Wednesday on the public rift came one day...

Eileen Gu chooses 'All of the Above' when faced with choices involving skiing, Stanford and style

Jan. 29, 2024 17:31 PM EST

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Whether the choices are serious or of a more trivial nature, Eileen Gu refuses to be hemmed in. Two years after exploding onto the world stage at the Beijing Winter Games, the 20-year-old Olympic champion, straight-A student and fashion model remains as...

Shiffrin already in love with 2026 Olympic skiing venue in Cortina

Jan. 25, 2024 10:43 AM EST

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Two years after a disappointing Winter Olympics in Beijing, Mikaela Shiffrin couldn’t be happier about where she’ll be competing in two years at the Milan-Cortina Games. Women’s skiing in 2026 is slated for Cortina, and the resort known as the...

Italian company makes 81.6 million euro offer to rebuild Cortina bobsled track amid IOC standoff

Jan. 19, 2024 11:13 AM EST

MILAN (AP) — An Italian construction company has made an 81.6 million euro ($89 million) offer to rebuild a historic bobsled track in Cortina d’Ampezzo for the 2026 Winter Olympics amid a standoff between local organizers and the IOC, which wants an existing venue in Austria or Switzerland to...

Standoff between IOC and Italy over 2026 Winter Olympics sliding track to be decided within 2 weeks

Jan. 18, 2024 06:16 AM EST

GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) — A standoff between the IOC and 2026 Winter Games officials in Italy about using a bobsled track in another country should be resolved within two weeks, the Olympic body said Thursday. The International Olympic Committee has repeatedly insisted that an...

Olympics brings on its first beer brand as a global sponsor — Budweiser's AB InBev

Jan. 12, 2024 13:10 PM EST

LONDON (AP) — The International Olympic Committee has signed Anheuser-Busch InBev as the first beer brand in the 40-year history of its sponsorship program, which earns billions of dollars for the organization and international sports. The deal was announced Friday by the IOC and...