Olympic veterans, including skier Lindsey Vonn​ and bobsledders Kaillie Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor, are among the seven Americans making their fifth trips to the games.

There’s a very real chance that major league players could participate in the Olympics for the first time. If they do, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has strong feelings about who should lead Team USA at the 2028 Summer Games.

The U.S. is not alone in grappling with diversity in winter sports. In Europe, immigration from Africa and the Middle East has rapidly changed the demographics of countries like Germany, France, Norway and Sweden since the turn of the century.

Jack Eichel in the fall of 2021 still did not believe he and the rest of the world’s best hockey players would be going to the Olympics in Beijing a few months later, even after the NHL reached an agreement to do so. “Don’t hold your breath,” Eichel said at the time.

Prior to his debut in the K-pop group, the 23-year-old was a competitive figure skater on South Korea's national reserve team.

The 2026 Winter Olympics begin on Feb. 6.

The 2026 Winter Olympics will be held in Northern Italy, primarily in Milan and also the Alpine mountain resort town of Cortina d'Ampezzo, where events like bobsled, skeleton, alpine skiing, curling, para snowboard, and more will take place.

Three-time Olympic gold medalist snowboarder Shaun White is returning to the Winter Olympics, this time as a commentator for NBC, and said he has one mission he wants to fulfill at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games. Namely, White wants to get rapper Snoop Dogg, a fellow pundit at the upcoming sporting showcase, on a snowboard.