Olympic Sports#
Locations#
Anterselva/Antholz
Bormio
Cortina D'Ampezzo
Livingo
Milano
- Opening Ceremony
- Figure Skating
- Ice Hockey
- Speedskating
Predazzo
Tesero
Verona
- Closing Ceremony
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics FAQ#
The Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics start Feb. 6, 2026 and end Feb. 22, 2026.
The Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics will last 17 days.
The Olympics occur every two years and alternate between summer and winter. This means that the summer and winter Olympics each occur every four years.
Tickets are available starting February 2025. To be alerted when tickets go on sale, fill out the form at https://www.teamusa.com/tickets.
Tickets to the Milano Cortina Olympic Games will be available beginning in February 2025, one year before the Games.
The 2026 Winter Olympics will be held in Milano and Cortina d’Ampezzo in Italy.
In the Milano area, events will be held at San Siro Stadium, Mediolanum Forum in Assago, Palasharp in Lampugnano and the Santa Giulia arena.
The 2026 Olympics features two mascots, Tina and Milo, whose names are representative of the host cities Cortina and Milano. Tina and Milo are stoats, or small mammals that are part of the mustelid family along with weasels and otters. The mascots were designed in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Education by students of the Istituto Comprensivo of Taverna in Calabria.
The most decorated Team USA winter Olympian is Apolo Ohno, who won eight medals for short track between 2002 and 2010. Bonnie Blair and Eric Heiden are tied for the most gold Winter Olympic medals, with five medals in speed skating each.
Alpine skiing mixed team parallel event is being removed from the 2026 Olympics with men and women competing separately.
There are eight new winter Olympic events in 2026 including:
Ski mountaineering: men’s sprint, women’s sprint and mixed-gender relay
Freestyle skiing: men’s and women’s dual moguls
Open luge: women’s doubles
Skeleton: mixed-gender team event
Ski jumping: women’s large hill event
The winter Olympics occur every four years. The Olympic games are held every two years, alternating between the summer and winter Olympics.
The United States will be hosting the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, California, with events occurring at several pre-existing stadiums and arenas across the area.
The next three winter Olympics will be the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Games in Italy, the French Alps 2030 Olympic Games in France and the Salt Lake City 2034 Olympic Games in Utah in the U.S.
Team USA Olympians have won 330 Winter Olympic medals through Beijing 2022. Click here for every medalist at every Games.
Athletes from Beijing 2022#
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 | Bobsled | University of Virginia at Wise | Powhatan, VA | ||||||
 | Ice Hockey | Harvard University ‘23, Psychology | Slate Hill, NY | ||||||
 Jake Adicoff Para Biathlon, Para Nordic Skiing Paralympian 2014, 2018, 2022 Bowdoin College Sun Valley, ID Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
| Para Biathlon, Para Nordic Skiing | Bowdoin College | Sun Valley, ID | Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
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 Kenny Agostino Ice Hockey Olympian 2022 Delbarton High School (Morristown, N.J.) ‘10 Yale University ‘14, Political Science Morristown, NJ | Ice Hockey | Delbarton High School (Morristown, N.J.) ‘10 Yale University ‘14, Political Science | Morristown, NJ | ||||||
JA Jamie Anderson Snowboarding Olympian 2014, 2018, 2022 South Lake Tahoe, CA Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
| Snowboarding | South Lake Tahoe, CA | Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
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 Dani Aravich Para Nordic Skiing, Para Track and Field Paralympian 2020, 2022 Butler University Boise, ID | Para Nordic Skiing, Para Track and Field | Butler University | Boise, ID | ||||||
 | Figure Skating | Kamiak High School (Mukilteo, Wash.) | Edmonds, WA | ||||||
 Jasmin Bambur Para Alpine Skiing Paralympian 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 University of North Carolina at Charlotte Granby, CO | Para Alpine Skiing | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | Granby, CO | ||||||
 Cayla Barnes Ice Hockey Olympian 2018, 2022 Boston College Eastvale, CA Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
| Ice Hockey | Boston College | Eastvale, CA | Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
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 Evan Bates Figure Skating Olympian 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 University of Michigan ‘13 Northville, MI Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
| Figure Skating | University of Michigan ‘13 | Northville, MI | Number of olympic medals this Athlete has won
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Team USA News#
Women of Winter: U.S. Para Snowboarder Darian Haynes
For Para snowboarder Darian Haynes, everything is a waiting game.It’s not the same waiting game that able-bodied athletes are used to. Haynes doesn’t wait for scores to appear on an electronic screen for final times at the end of runs. Nor does she wai...
What to Watch: FIS Ski World Cup Finals
After a season full of twists and turns, the International Ski & Snowboard Federation (FIS) is headed stateside for its final alpine skiing event. For the first time in FIS history, the World Cup Final will occur at Sun Valley Resort in beautiful Sun V...
U.S. Para Snowboarder Noah Elliott is out for Revenge
The first time 2018 Paralympic Snowboarding gold medalist Noah Elliott clipped into a snowboard was a “new awakening,” according to the 27-year-old. “It was like that this can be the new version of Noah,” he explained.But the road to get there was just...
Women of Winter: USA Luge's Emily Sweeney
USA Luge's Emily Sweeney could call multiple states in the Northeast her home. While she spent significant time in Maine and Connecticut, she often attributes her hometown to Lake Placid, New York. It is a small mountain town known primarily for two th...
A Year Before Skimo’s Olympic Debut, Veteran U.S. Racer Jessie Young Looks to Close Out Her Career With ‘Last Hurrah’ At World Championships
At 41, Jessie Young balances a family with a full-time job and a ski mountaineering career that has produced a national championship.How has she managed all this?“We kind of piece things together and try to be as efficient with our time as we can,” You...
Five U.S. Athletes Look To Bolster Their Olympic Hopes At Ski Mountaineering World Championships
The previous 12 editions of the ISMF World Championships served as the pinnacle of ski mountaineering.The 13th edition, which runs March 2-9 in Morgins, Switzerland, carries additional significance now that the sport known as skimo will be included in ...
Continuing the Legacy: U.S. Bobsledder Azaria Hill
The first time U.S. bobsledder Azaria Hill raced down the famed track located in Lake Placid, New York, she thought it “wasn’t that bad.” But there was one small issue with her line of thinking. That run began from the non-Olympic starting point. “On t...
Curler John Shuster Has Been to a Handful of Olympic Games, but He Hopes To Change That
John Shuster can count on one hand how many Olympic Games he’s been to. But that will have to change if he qualifies for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games. The five-time Olympian would tie the record for most Winter Olympics attended by a U....
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Team USA Winter Olympic Medals#
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