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Winter Olympics: the new video technology that could help push Britain’s skeleton team to gold

Skeleton is an exhilarating Winter Olympic sport in which athletes race head-first down an ice track at speeds reaching over 80 miles per hour (130km/h). While the event can look basic at first glance, success relies heavily on highly engineered equipment and extensive wind‑tunnel testing – much like elite Olympic…

The Conversation · Feb 4

Don't Call Them ‘Cool Runnings’—This Jamaican Bobsled Team Is Looking for More

Nearly 40 years after inspiring the classic Disney film, the Caribbean nation’s sliding program is eyeing an Olympic medal in the next decade, if not at Milan Cortina.

Sports Illustrated · Feb 4

Mamma mia - Milan wrong turn for flag bearer's family

Australian flag bearer Matt Graham's family will be at a Winter Olympics opening ceremony, but not the one the mogul star is marching at.

AAP · Feb 4

How NASCAR is helping USA Luge fight for gold in the Winter Olympics

A unique partnership has formed between NASCAR and and the Olympic athletes leading USA Luge into the 2026 Winter Olympics

Motorsport · Feb 4

The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics take shape, in photos

The 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy are fast approaching. As the torch relay nears completion, athletes are arriving, with some already making headlines. There are 16 sports in total, including some never before seen, with 116 gold medals to be awarded. Milan’s San Siro stadium is the venue for Friday’s…

The Independent UK · Feb 4

Team GB’s best chance of Winter Olympics gold dealt major blow after helmets ban

Great Britain’s best hopes of a gold medal at these Winter Olympics have suffered a significant blow after their aerodynamic helmets were banned for being the wrong shape

The Guardian - UK · Feb 4

Skinning, boot-packing and downhill skiing: welcome to skimo at the Winter Olympics

The Games’ newest sport combines the seemingly impossible task of ascending a mountain on skis with hiking and then a rapid descent

The Guardian - AU · Feb 4

Will Lindsey Vonn compete at 2026 Winter Olympics with ACL injury?

Team USA star “completely ruptured“ an ACL just days before competing

Evening Standard · Feb 4

Winter Olympics officials suggest major date shift due to climate change

Only 10 nations will be able to host the snow sports of the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games by 2040, according to an IOC study

The Independent UK · Feb 4

‘It exceeds my wildest dreams’: Hall and Fear named Team GB flagbearers for Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony

Lilah Fear and Brad Hall have been awarded the role of flagbearers four years on from curler Eve Muirhead and slalom skier Dave Ryding leading out Team GB in Beijing

The Independent UK · Feb 4