What to know about skeleton at the Winter Olympics: Hurtling head first down an icy chute on a sled

The Winter Olympics skeleton competition is a thrilling head-first sliding sport. Athletes start by running about 30 meters ...

Feet first downhill on a sled at cheetah speed: What to know about luge at the Winter Olympics

Luge is a thrilling, feet-first sliding sport featured in the Winter Olympics. It includes men’s singles, women’s singles, ...
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What to know about curling, the popular Olympic sport with an Italian star seeking more gold at home

Curling will be the first sport to open competition, two days before the opening ceremony for the Milan Cortina Games in ...
Los Angeles Times

Why watch the Winter Olympics

The first Olympics date all the way back to the year 779 BC and were held in the city of Olympia, Greece. They were held in honor of Zeus and legend has it that his sons, Hercules and Alcmene, were ...

2026 Olympic speed skating team set as Pettit Center trials conclude

Two athletes raced their way into the Olympics with victories Jan. 5 at the Pettit National Ice Center, and now the U.S. team ...
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Laila Edwards To Make History As First Black Women To Play Ice Hockey For Team USA At Winter Olympics

Laila Edwards will make history at the upcoming Winter Olympics as the first Black woman to play ice hockey for Team USA.
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First look at LA Olympics competition schedule 3 years out from Opening Ceremony

Three years from today, the torch will be lit in LA. Monday marks three years out from the Opening Ceremony of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The city will be hosting its third Olympics (1932 and 1984 ...

The most unusual Winter Olympics in history has athletes competing across 5 different locations

Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo are separated by 250 miles, with the closing ceremony in Verona creating unprecedented logistical ...