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Milan and Cortina are a few hours apart like New York and Lake Placid. Some see an Olympic blueprint
3+ hour, 16+ min ago (456+ words) CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy " Imagine: A sprawling world-class city and a small mountain village with a rich Olympic history, separated by about five or six hours, collaborate and play host to a truly dual-host Winter Games. Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo pulled…...
Alysa Liu carries US medal hopes into concluding women's free skate at the Milan Cortina Olympics
6+ hour, 22+ min ago (694+ words) Alysa Liu of the United States competes during the women's short program figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. Credit: AP/Natacha Pisarenko MILAN " Alysa Liu is left to bear the ambitions of the American figure…...
Tenley Albright, 90, takes in Olympic figure skating 70 years after winning gold
10+ hour, 48+ min ago (267+ words) MILAN " Seventy years after she won the gold medal at the original Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Olympics, figure skating great Tenley Albright put on her Team USA uniform again to watch the women's free skate at the Milan Cortina Games on…...
Jordan Stolz began skating on a frozen pond in Wisconsin. He seeks a 3rd Olympic gold Thursday
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (574+ words) Gold medallist Jordan Stolz of the U.S. celebrates after the men's 500 meters speedskating race at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. Credit: AP/Luca Bruno MILAN " Jordan Stolz's path to multiple speedskating gold medals at the Milan Cortina Olympics…...
Alysa Liu surges into medal range as US teammates stumble in Olympic short program
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (675+ words) MILAN " Alysa Liu is left to carry the hopes of the "Blade Angels" into the women's free skate at the Milan Cortina Olympics. The reigning world champion was the only one of American's vaunted figure skating trio to put herself…...
Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara win Japan's first Olympic pairs gold with a world-record free skate
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (882+ words) Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan react to their scores after competing during the pairs figure skating long program at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. Credit: AP/Francisco Seco MILAN " Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara thought…...
Russian figure skater Adeliia Petrosian is an Olympic mystery with big jumps and fitness concerns
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (708+ words) MILAN " Few figure skaters at the Winter Olympics have seen Adeliia Petrosian compete in real life. She might leave with the gold medal. Russia's exclusion from international sports events during its war with Ukraine means that the 18-year-old Petrosian has…...
Whether in the kitchen or on the ice, US Olympic bobsledder Frank Del Duca is cooking
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (1199+ words) Frankie del Duca, flag bearer of United States, leads his team in during the Olympic opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. Credit: AP/Misper Apawu CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy " Frank Del Duca is proud of…...
Jordan Stolz calmly looks ahead to trying to win a 3rd Olympic speedskating gold
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (609+ words) Jordan Stolz of the U.S. and coach Bob Corby talk after the men's 1,000 meters speedskating race at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. Credit: AP/Luca Bruno MILAN " Jordan Stolz is so preternaturally calm and apparently impervious to nerves…...
French duo Beaudry and Cizeron beat US stars Chock and Bates in controversial Olympic ice dance
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (935+ words) MILAN " Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron arrived at the Milan Cortina Olympics amid a swirl of controversy, with the French ice dancers hoping to upset the dominant American duo of Madison Chock and Evan Bates when it mattered most....