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Olympics

Speed skating-Netherlands' Leerdam channels expectations to win gold

Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Speed Skating - Women's 1000m - Milano Speed Skating Stadium, Milan, Italy - February 09, 2026. Jutta Leerdam of Netherlands celebrates her Olympic record time and winning the women's 1000m race with her coach Kosta Poltavets. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Speed Skating - Women's 1000m - Milano Speed Skating Stadium, Milan, Italy - February 09, 2026. Jutta Leerdam of Netherlands celebrates her Olympic record time and winning the women's 1000m race with her coach Kosta Poltavets. REUTERS/Yves Herman

Figure Skating-Milano Cortina organisers apologise for medal podium surface mishap

Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Figure Skating - Team Event - Victory Ceremony - Milano Ice Skating Arena, Milan, Italy - February 08, 2026. Gold medallist's Ilia Malinin, Amber Glenn, Ellie Kam, Danny O'Shea, Madison Chock, Evan Bates and Alysa Liu of United States celebrate on the podium after winning the Team Event with Silver medallist's Shun Sato, Kaori Sakamoto, Riku Miura, Ryuichi Kihara, Utana Yoshida, Masaya Morita and Yuma Kagiyama of Japan and Bronze medallist's Matteo Rizzo, Lara Naki Gutmann, Sara Conti, Niccolo Macii, Daniel Grassl, Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri of Italy REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Figure Skating - Team Event - Victory Ceremony - Milano Ice Skating Arena, Milan, Italy - February 08, 2026. Gold medallist's Ilia Malinin, Amber Glenn, Ellie Kam, Danny O'Shea, Madison Chock, Evan Bates and Alysa Liu of United States celebrate on the podium after winning the Team Event with Silver medallist's Shun Sato, Kaori Sakamoto, Riku Miura, Ryuichi Kihara, Utana Yoshida, Masaya Morita and Yuma Kagiyama of Japan and Bronze medallist's Matteo Rizzo, Lara Naki Gutmann, Sara Conti, Niccolo Macii, Daniel Grassl, Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri of Italy REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

Ski Jumping-Germany's Raimund soars to gold, Slovenia's Prevc falls short

Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Ski Jumping - Men's Normal Hill Individual - Final Round - Predazzo Ski Jumping Stadium, Predazzo, Italy - February 09, 2026. Philipp Raimund of Germany reacts after performing. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Ski Jumping - Men's Normal Hill Individual - Final Round - Predazzo Ski Jumping Stadium, Predazzo, Italy - February 09, 2026. Philipp Raimund of Germany reacts after performing. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq

Ice hockey-France exit in debut appearance but learn lessons for next Games

Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Ice Hockey - Women's Preliminary Round - Group B - Germany vs France - Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena, Milan, Italy - February 09, 2026. France players react after the match REUTERS/David W Cerny
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Ice Hockey - Women's Preliminary Round - Group B - Germany vs France - Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena, Milan, Italy - February 09, 2026. France players react after the match REUTERS/David W Cerny

Figure skating-Kam and O'Shea delighted to defy expectations to help U.S. win team title

Feb 8, 2026; Milan, Italy; Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea of the United States of America celebrate after winning gold in the figure skating team event during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Milano Ice Skating Arena. Mandatory Credit: Amber Searls-Imagn Images
Feb 8, 2026; Milan, Italy; Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea of the United States of America celebrate after winning gold in the figure skating team event during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Milano Ice Skating Arena. Mandatory Credit: Amber Searls-Imagn Images

Speed skating-Leerdam wins 1,000m gold in Dutch one-two with Kok at Milano Cortina

Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Speed Skating - Women's 1000m - Milano Speed Skating Stadium, Milan, Italy - February 09, 2026. Jutta Leerdam of Netherlands in action REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Speed Skating - Women's 1000m - Milano Speed Skating Stadium, Milan, Italy - February 09, 2026. Jutta Leerdam of Netherlands in action REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw

Skeleton-Ukraine's Heraskevych displays images of athletes killed in war on his helmet

Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Skeleton - Men Official Training Heat 2 - Cortina Sliding Centre, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy - February 09, 2026. Vladyslav Heraskevych of Ukraine during training REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Skeleton - Men Official Training Heat 2 - Cortina Sliding Centre, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy - February 09, 2026. Vladyslav Heraskevych of Ukraine during training REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Luge-Taubitz and Fraebel vie for another German gold

Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Luge - Women's Singles Run 1 - Cortina Sliding Centre, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy - February 09, 2026. Merle Malou Fraebel of Germany reacts ahead of start of her run REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Luge - Women's Singles Run 1 - Cortina Sliding Centre, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy - February 09, 2026. Merle Malou Fraebel of Germany reacts ahead of start of her run REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Biathlon-Greenland's Sondre set to follow in family footsteps with Games debut

US athletes say they have right to speak up after Donald Trump brands skier a ‘loser’

American skier Hunter Hess celebrates after placing second in the men's freeski halfpipe final during the Toyota US Grand Prix 2025 in Colorado on Dec 20, 2025.
American skier Hunter Hess celebrates after placing second in the men's freeski halfpipe final during the Toyota US Grand Prix 2025 in Colorado on Dec 20, 2025.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.