The Olympics in Milan and Cortina will feature 348 medals in 116 events across 16 disciplines. Reflecting the geography of recent Winter Games, these Winter Games will take place in five clusters, spread across northern Italy. The Olympic program will welcome a new sport, ski mountaineering, also known as skimo. Other established sports will feature new events such as men’s and women’s dual moguls in freestyle skiing, women’s doubles in luge, a mixed team event in skeleton and a large-hill women’s event in ski jumping.
Familiar U.S. stars Chloe Kim, Mikaela Schiffrin and Jordan Stolz are back to fight for medals. Traditional powers from Norway should dominate the Nordic sports, while athletes from Germany rule the sliding sports. In keeping with our own tradition at Sports Illustrated, here are our predictions for the podium.
