2026 Winter Olympics

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Bettors' Surprise Olympic Favorite? Curling

The stones and brooms are second only to hockey in this Olympiad

(Newser) - Hockey is the top Winter Games sport among gamblers, but curling with its sliding stones, spirited sweeping, and cheating allegations has surprised oddsmakers. Bettors are showing significant interest in the quirky sport, reports the AP , which piques viewers' curiosity every four years at the Winter Olympics. "There's definitely...

Eileen Gu Balks at Question on &#39;Lost&#39; Olympic Golds
Eileen Gu Balks
at Question on
'Lost' Olympic
Golds
2026 Olympics
Feb 18, 2026 11:20 AM CST

Eileen Gu Balks at Question on 'Lost' Olympic Golds

Gu calls query 'ridiculous' on whether 2 silvers won at 2026 Games are really '2 golds lost'

(Newser) - Eileen Gu isn't sweating the what-ifs. After becoming the most decorated women's freestyle skier in Olympic history with five medals, the 22-year-old US citizen competing for China was asked at a Milan Cortina press conference if she viewed her pair of 2026 silver medals as "two silvers...

Russia Inches Its Way Back Onto the World Sports Stage

Committee allows Russians to represent their nation at Paralympics next month, for first time since 2014

(Newser) - Russia is about to step back onto one of sports' biggest stages, and not everyone is cheering. More than 10 years after a massive state-backed doping scandal pushed it to the sidelines, and amid its ongoing war in Ukraine, Russia will send six skiers to next month's Paralympic Games...

Shiffrin Ends Her Medal Drought on Top
Shiffrin Ends Her
Medal Drought on Top
2026 Olympics
Feb 18, 2026 9:02 AM CST

Shiffrin Ends Her Medal Drought on Top

8-event Olympic drought ends with a dominant slalom victory in Cortina

(Newser) - Mikaela Shiffrin saved her best for last in Cortina. In her final event of the 2026 Winter Games, the American skier finally claimed slalom gold, snapping an Olympic medal drought that covered eight straight events stretching back to 2018, per NPR . Racing under clear blue skies, Shiffrin built a commanding...

Norway&#39;s Klaebo Continues &#39;Golden Run&#39; at Games
Norwegian Rules
Cross-Country
Slopes, Along
With a Dog
2026 Olympics
Feb 18, 2026 8:17 AM CST

Norwegian Rules Cross-Country Slopes, Along With a Dog

Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo earns 5th gold medal of Games, while a pup infiltrates the women's heat

(Newser) - Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo's golden run at Milan Cortina continued Wednesday as the Norwegian cross-country ski star secured his fifth gold at the Milan Cortina Olympics—and a record 10th overall—in the men's team sprint. Klaebo beat back a challenge from the United States to improve on his...

Disqualified Ukrainian Olympian Scores a Bonus Worthy of Gold

Billionaire gives more than $200K to Vladyslav Heraskevych, 'a true winner'

(Newser) - The Ukrainian Olympian disqualified over a helmet honoring his fallen compatriots has nonetheless received the sort of payout usually reserved for gold. Ukraine's wealthiest man, billionaire Rinat Akhmetov, has given skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych more than $200,000, equal to the prize money Ukraine gives athletes who bring home...

Lindsey Vonn Says Injury &#39;Worse Than a Broken Leg&#39;
Lindsey Vonn Says Injury
'Worse Than a Broken Leg'
2026 OLYMPICS
Feb 17, 2026 2:48 PM CST

Lindsey Vonn Says Injury 'Worse Than a Broken Leg'

She says she's back in the US but still 'immobile' after complex tibia fracture

(Newser) - Lindsey Vonn says she is back in the US after her downhill crash at the Olympics, but she is still "immobile" and her injury was worse than "just" a broken leg. "Haven't stood on my feet in over a week… been in a hospital bed immobile...

France Bans Player From Olympics After Hockey Fight
French Hockey Player Barred
From Olympics After Fight
2026 olympics
Feb 17, 2026 12:30 AM CST

French Hockey Player Barred From Olympics After Fight

French defenseman banned for provocative gestures after Wilson altercation

(Newser) - Pierre Crinon's is done playing Olympic hockey for the rest of these winter games—and not because of anything on the scoreboard. France's defenseman has been sidelined for the rest of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games after tangling with Canada's Tom Wilson during a lopsided 10-2 loss, a...

Elana Meyers Taylor, 41, Wins Her First Olympic Gold
Elana Meyers Taylor, 41,
Wins Her First Olympic Gold
2026 OLYMPICS
Feb 16, 2026 4:54 PM CST

Elana Meyers Taylor, 41, Wins Her First Olympic Gold

Bobsledder is the oldest US woman to win Winter Olympics gold

(Newser) - Elana Meyers Taylor has won World Cups, won world championships, already was the oldest woman to win an Olympic bobsled medal, recruited dozens of people to the sport, and twice pulled off comebacks after becoming a mother. There was only one thing missing. Not anymore. The 41-year-old Meyers Taylor finally...

Naumov Says Skating World Stands Behind Malinin
Naumov Says Skating World
Stands Behind Malinin
2026 OLYMPICS
Feb 16, 2026 2:26 PM CST

Naumov Says Skating World Stands Behind Malinin

'Quad God' posts on Instagram about 'fighting invisible battles on the inside'

(Newser) - American skater Maxim Naumov has a message for Ilia Malinin after the star's rough Olympic outing : you're not alone. "We've got his back no matter what," Naumov said on NBC 's Today, speaking after Malinin, considered a favorite for gold, stumbled repeatedly in his...

US Beats Sweden to Reach Women&#39;s Hockey Final
US Women Book Their
Place in Hockey Final
2026 OLYMPICS
Feb 16, 2026 12:44 PM CST

US Women Book Their Place in Hockey Final

Frankel stopped 21 shots in 5-0 win over Sweden

(Newser) - Aerin Frankel stopped 21 shots for her third shutout of the Olympic women's hockey tournament and the favored United States advanced to the gold-medal game by defeating Sweden 5-0 at the Milan Cortina Games on Monday. Abbey Murphy, Kendall Coyne Schofield, and Hayley Scamurra scored on consecutive shots over...

Ski Jumper Disqualified Over &#39;Stupid&#39; Mistake
Ski Jumper Disqualified
Over 'Stupid' Mistake
2026 Olympics
Feb 16, 2026 7:17 AM CST

Ski Jumper Disqualified Over 'Stupid' Mistake

Austria's Daniel Tschofenig wore boots that were slightly too long

(Newser) - Daniel Tschofenig's Olympic run ended not with a crash, but with a tape measure. The 23-year-old Austrian ski jumper was kicked out of the men's large hill individual event after officials found his boots were four millimeters bigger than regulations allow, wiping out his 137.7 first-round score,...

Norwegian Coasts to Record 9th Gold
Skier's Record Gold
Is a Party
2026 olympics
Feb 15, 2026 10:28 AM CST

Skier's Record Gold Is a Party

Fans from Norway and Sweden, including a prime minister, celebrate cross-country relay victory

(Newser) - A wave to the celebrating crowd, a glide across the line—and a moment of Winter Olympic history. Norway cross-country skiing star Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo won his ninth gold medal on Sunday, setting a Winter Games record. The 29-year-old anchored the 4 x 7.5-kilometer relay in the men's...

Curling Controversy Now Hits Canadian Women, Too
Curling Controversy Now
Hits Canadian Women, Too
2026 olympics
Feb 15, 2026 7:30 AM CST

Curling Controversy Now Hits Canadian Women, Too

Both the men's and women's teams have been accused of the same infraction

(Newser) - Controversy is swirling in curling at the Winter Olympics, and it centers on whether the mighty Canadian team is cheating. Both men's and women's teams have now been accused of the same infraction: double-touching the curling stone after it is released, per the AP .
  • Men's team: On
...

Curling Authority Warns Canada After Accusation
Curling Authority Warns
Canada After Accusation
2026 olympics
Feb 14, 2026 4:00 PM CST

Curling Authority Warns Canada After Accusation

Committee adds officials for on-ice delivery monitoring

(Newser) - Tension on the curling sheet escalated into an Olympic disciplinary warning after a profanity-laced dispute between Canada and Sweden over an accusation of a rule violation. The World Curling Federation said Saturday it issued a verbal warning to a Canadian men's player over language used during Canada's 8-6...

&#39;Quad God&#39; on Stunning Falls: &#39;Felt Like I Had No Control
Malinin: I Was Hit With 'Negative
Thoughts' Before Skate
2026 Olympics
Feb 14, 2026 6:50 AM CST

Malinin: I Was Hit With 'Negative Thoughts' Before Skate

US figure-skating favorite for gold speaks on his disastrous performance in Milan

(Newser) - Ilia Malinin arrived in Milan as the man to beat. He left with a team gold medal, but also with an eighth-place finish in the event that was supposed to define his career. The 21-year-old American, dubbed the "Quad God" for his unmatched jumping ability, needed only a solid...

&#39;Quad God&#39; Falls Twice, and Kazakhstan Has First Gold
Skating Stunner:
American
'Quad God'
Falls Twice
2026 olympics
Feb 13, 2026 4:46 PM CST

Skating Stunner: American 'Quad God' Falls Twice

"Maybe I was too confident it was going to go well,' says Ilia Malinin

(Newser) - American figure skating sensation Ilia Malinin fell twice in a disastrous free skate that sent him tumbling out of the medals at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Friday night, clearing the way for Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan to claim a stunning gold medal. Malinin, who led by a comfortable margin...

Olympic Village Was Apparently a Little Light on Condoms

Supply ran out in just 3 days, is blamed on lower supply than that offered in previous Games

(Newser) - Condoms at the Olympic Village didn't just go fast—they vanished in what one Italian outlet is calling record time. The Guardian reports that condoms handed out to athletes at the Winter Games were gone in three days, at least according to an anonymous competitor who spoke to the...

Norwegian Skiing Star Ties for Most Winter Olympics Golds
It Was a Lucky
Friday the 13th
for Cross-Country Star
2026 OLYMPICS
Feb 13, 2026 9:59 AM CST

It Was a Lucky Friday the 13th for Cross-Country Star

It's now a 4-way, all-Norwegian tie for most gold medals at a Winter Olympics

(Newser) - Friday the 13th will be remembered as a lucky day for Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo. Norway's cross-country skiing star tied an all-time Winter Games record by winning his eighth gold medal Friday at the Milan Cortina Olympics. The 29-year-old claimed victory in the men's 10 kilometer interval-start race for...

Winter Games Have Their First Judging Controversy
Figure Skating Has
a Judging Controversy
2026 olympics
Feb 13, 2026 8:26 AM CST

Figure Skating Has a Judging Controversy

French skaters won gold over American duo, and there is much head-scratching

(Newser) - The first big judging controversy of the Winter Games is here. American ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates won silver this week, but many of their supporters say Chock and Bates skated well enough for gold, reports the Wall Street Journal . The judging process in skating is subjective, and...

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