Just like the 2026 Winter Olympics, the 2026 Paralympics will take place in Milan-Cortina in Italy. Milan and Cortina are technically two separate cities, but the event was called the Milan Cortina Games due to their proximity, and the fact that events will be held in both cities during the games.

The International Paralympic Committee is celebrating the biggest ever Paralympic Winter Games in history and a record female participation at Milan Cortina. The Games will officially kick off on Friday with an opening ceremony that is set to be boycotted by some nations because of the return of the Russian flag and national anthem to the global stage.

The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina drew the largest U.S. audience for a Winter Games in more than a decade. Ohio University Professor and sports betting expert Jim Strode believes that increased wagers on Olympic events may be a contributor to this surge in viewership.

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The 2026 Winter Olympics saw Eileen Gu dominate skiing events, but fans are now interested in her love life after a dating profile went viral. At the Milan Cortina Games, Gu became a hot topic for Olympic fans not

The 11th gold broke the record set at the last Olympics on U.S. soil — in Salt Lake City in 2002, which has long stood as a turning point for a Winter sports program that had struggled over previous decades. Team USA took home 10 gold medals at those Games.

American alpine skier Lindsey Vonn provided an encouraging update on social media as she continues her rehab from a devastating <a href=" tibia fracture in her left leg suffered after her right arm got hooked in a gate while she raced in the downhill event at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

United States figure skater Alysa Liu is not dating anyone — at least, that’s what she shared in January during an interview with Cosmopolitan. Liu said, “I love being single” and that she sees herself “being single for a very long time.