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2026 Winter Olympics

Saranac Laker finishes 4th in 2-man Olympic bobsled

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Germany left no doubt, again: It dominates the men’s bobsled world. Johannes Lochner left no doubt, either: In his farewell season, he’s going out as the most unbeatable bobsledder on the planet. Making it look as easy as one, two, three — or eins, ...

Brit Matt Weston gets 1st Olympic skeleton gold medal

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Matt Weston doesn’t always win. It only seems that way. And at the Milan Cortina Olympics, the 28-year-old slider from Britain left no doubt — he’s the best skeleton racer in the world. Capping a four-year run that featured one remarkable finish after ...

US finishes 5th in Olympic luge team relay

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Germany, Austria, Italy. They were the three best luge nations at the Milan Cortina Olympics, and very fittingly, they were the three best teams in the team relay on Thursday night, Feb. 12. Germany is now 4-for-4 in the team event in the Olympic program, ...

Shiffrin becomes 3-time Olympic champion for US with slalom win

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Mikaela Shiffrin closed her eyes, gave a deep breath and took a big step back onto the top of an Olympic podium. The American skiing standout was a gold medalist at the Winter Games once again — and she couldn’t quite believe it. Shiffrin put in two ...

An ‘ice bath from the ground up’

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Frank Del Duca and Josh Williamson quickly began icing down after their first two runs of the two-man bobsled event at the Milan Cortina Games. It was not in a recommended fashion. They didn’t even use ice. The American bobsledders — who are fourth at ...

For US snowboarder, Olympic bronze is the prize after near-death journey

LIVIGNO, Italy — Nobody could blame the doctors for telling 13-year-old Jake Canter he should never step on a snowboard again. Nobody could blame 22-year-old Jake Canter for ignoring them. Nine years after enduring a traumatic brain injury, the result of getting kicked in the head in a ...