Kim, who will be 25 come the Milan Cortina Games, can become the first snowboarder to win the same Olympic event three times, if she isn’t beaten to it by Austrian Anna Gasser (big air) and Czech Ester Ledecka (parallel giant slalom).

Cortina, however, might set an unofficial record for running late on preparations. That’s because the century-old sliding center being completely rebuilt for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games is pushing the deadline so tight that the IOC has gone so far as to demand a Plan B option that would require moving bobsled,

Next year’s Olympics might be called the Milan Cortina Games but it will actually be staged across a large swath of northern Italy spread over five different venue clusters.

The mascots for the 2026 Winter Olympics have officially been revealed! Meet Milo, short for Milano, and Tina, short for Cortina, who are stoats which are a short-tailed mammals that can be found in the Italian Alps.

Winter Olympics will be held across multiple venues in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo. Spanning a distance of 160 miles, the event will be split between the two places.

Olympic curling champion Eve Muirhead believes Milan-Cortina 2026 will be a mix of the Winter Games’ past and future as it combines alpine resort settings with a wide geographic spread of existing venues to keep costs down.

From NHL stars on the ice to Mikaela Shiffrin on the slopes, here are five storylines to watch with the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics just one year away.

The next Olympics will kick off next February, spanning two host cities in Italy. NBC News’ Stephanie Gosk headed to both Milan and Cortina, where she found venues nearing completion and excitement growing.