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Cross-country skier Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo just became the most decorated Winter Olympian ever, capturing five gold medals at the 2026 Milano Cortina Games. His historic performance led a celebration of athletic excellence across the Italian Alps.
A mountain photographer stumbled upon thousands of perfectly preserved dinosaur footprints on vertical cliff faces in the Italian Alps. The discovery has become one of the world's richest deposits of Triassic-era tracks.
Lucas Pinheiro Braathen just won Brazil's first Olympic alpine skiing gold medal after choosing to compete for his mother's home country instead of Norway. His bold decision to embrace his full identity paid off with a stunning giant slalom victory in the Italian Alps.
When Ukrainian freeskier Kateryna Kotsar qualified for the Olympic big air final, her boyfriend had one more surprise waiting. He dropped to one knee in the Italian Alps and proposed, giving her double the reason to celebrate.
Two American backcountry skiers stranded in the dark near Italy's Olympic venue were rescued in record time thanks to thermal imaging drones and emergency protocols already in place for the 2026 Winter Games. The technology-powered rescue shows how Olympic preparation benefits everyone in the region.
The Milano Cortina Winter Olympics kicked off Wednesday with curling mixed doubles, marking a quieter but hopeful start to a Games spread across 350 kilometers of northern Italy. Britain, Sweden, Canada, and Estonia claimed opening day victories as hundreds gathered to watch in historic Cortina d'Ampezzo.
The Winter Olympics flame is making its final journey through Italy, gliding across the famous Lake Como just two days before the opening ceremony. The Milan-Cortina Games kick off Friday with athletes and fans ready to celebrate winter sports in the Italian Alps.
Siblings Karen and Mark Chanloung will compete at Milano Cortina 2026, representing their father's homeland of Thailand in the very Italian Alps where they learned to ski. Their decade-long journey helped build Thailand's winter sports program from the ground up.
Heavy snowfall has blanketed Italy's Olympic venues just two weeks before the Milan-Cortina Winter Games begin, easing fears about spring-like conditions. The natural snow comes as a relief in a region where snow cover has dropped by half over the past century.