The 2026 Winter Olympics are bringing thousands of athletes from around the world together for more than two weeks of competition — and the Games are a gold mine for statistics.

Team USA comes into the Milan Cortina Games with a handful of gold-medal hopefuls in both individual and team events.

For many decades, Olympic Games included "demonstration sports." Some, like curling, became part of the permanent roster. But others, like skijoring, didn't stick around.

MILAN, Italy (AP) — Annika Malacinski remembers the moment the door to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics was slammed shut. On a flight from Munich to Denver, she bought airplane Wi-Fi to join a conference call with the International Olympic Committee,

The country that has steadily been asserting mastery over the halfpipe took that show to the Winter Olympics big air contest Saturday night, where Kira Kimura and Ryoma Kimata flew and stomped their way to a 1-2 finish to put their country on the top of the sport’s highest flying event.

Isabeau Levito was born in Philly and now lives in Mount Holly, N.J. She won gold in the singles of the 2022 World Junior Championships at age 14, followed by gold in the U.S. Championships a year later. Now 18 years old, this is Levito’s first Olympic Games.

From Zoi Sadowski-Synnott to Mark McMorris, these eight slopestyle and big air snowboarders are threats to make the podium at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

With the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina, Norway aims to extend its legendary dominance in winter sports. As the world's winter powerhouse, Norway's Olympic success is rooted in its pervasive athletic culture and development philosophy.