Organizers of the 2026 Winter Olympics say they have solved problems impacting the production of artificial snow at the site that will host snowboarding and freestyle skiing events. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/12/23/winter-olympics-snow-problem/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2026milanocortinaolympics #freestyleskiing #snowboarding
Organizers of the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics said Tuesday they had "a technical problem" with the production of artificial snow which will play a key role in the Games in Italy next February. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/12/17/olympic-snow-issues/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2026milanocortinaolympics #italy
Canadian standout Connor McDavid and a number of his NHL peers are not concerned that the ice rinks for the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics will be smaller than what they are used to playing on. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/12/16/olympics-nhl-rinks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2026milanocortinaolympics #nhl
The International Olympic Committee on Thursday urged sports bodies to fully reintegrate Russian and Belarusian athletes into junior competitions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/12/12/ioc-russia-belarus-youth-competitions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #internationalolympiccommittee #russia #belarus
If NHL players feel the quality of the ice at the upcoming Olympics in Milan isn't safe, "then we're not going to play," NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/12/11/nhl-olympics-arena-ice-concerns/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2026milanocortinaolympics #nhl #billdaly
The International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday it would announce eligibility criteria for transgender athletes early next year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/12/11/ioc-gender-eligibility-decision/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #internationalolympiccommittee #kirstycoventry #lgbtq #transgender
Alpine skiing great Lindsey Vonn said she felt stronger, fitter and faster as the she prepares for what would be an extraordinary Olympic comeback at the age of 41. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/12/11/vonn-feels-better-faster-olympics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #lindseyvonn #2026milanocortinaolympics
The organizing committee of next year's Winter Olympics on Monday defended the size of ice hockey rinks for the Games after criticism from the sport's governing body. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/12/09/olympics-defend-ice-hockey-rinks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2026milanocortinaolympics #icehockey
After an injury derailed her spot on Britain's curling team at the Nagano Winter Olympics in 1998, 52-year-old Helen Williams is now hoping to make it to Milano Cortina in 2026 — with Australia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/12/03/curling-williams-scotland-australia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #australia #helenwilliams #2026milanocortinaolympics
Fencing may be one of the Olympics' oldest events, but three-time Olympian Miles Chamley-Watson says it urgently needs a reboot, hoping his new World Fencing League will drag the sport into the modern entertainment age. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/12/03/world-fencing-league/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #mileschamleywatson #worldfencingleague
Local organizers have been forced to cap the number of tickets on sale for Winter Olympic events in Cortina d'Ampezzo in February because of concerns over transport congestion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/11/28/cortina-tickets-transport-fears/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2026milanocortinaolympics #italy
Italian skiing star Federica Brignone stepped up her recovery from a horror double leg break by returning to the piste on Wednesday as she targets her home Winter Olympics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/11/27/brignone-injury-return-olympics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2026milanocortinaolympics #federicabrignone
Three-time Olympic gold medalist Max Whitlock is coming out of retirement to target a place at the 2028 Los Angeles Games, the 32-year-old Briton has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/11/25/whitlock-gymnastics-olympics-return/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #maxwhitlock #gymnastics
Tony Hawk is pushing for vertical skateboarding to become an Olympic event and said he is making progress in getting the high-flying discipline accepted as an exhibition sport at the 2028 Summer Olympics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/11/19/tony-hawk-vert-olympics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #tonyhawk #2020losangelesolympics #la28
The Olympic torch will go on a 12,000 kilometer journey across Italy in the two months leading up to the Winter Olympics in February, Games organizers have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/11/18/italy-olympic-torch-journey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2026milanocortinaolympics #italy
The women's 100-meter final will headline the first day of competition at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, organizers said on Wednesday, part of a reshaped schedule that moves athletics into Week 1. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/11/13/la28-womens-100-final-day-one/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2028losangelesolympics #trackandfield
🏳️⚧️ Transgender athletes will be banned from the Olympics to keep Trump happy.
U.S. athletes are preparing for anti-American feeling at the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics, a little over three months before next year's global event. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/10/29/anti-us-sentiment-olympics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2026milanocortina
With time ticking down to the start of an unusually intricate and spread-out Winter Olympics, organizers of the 2026 Milano-Cortina Games say that they are on track. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/10/29/milano-cortina-100-days/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2026milanocortina #italy
Mikaela Shiffrin knows she is not firing on all cylinders yet after suffering serious injuries in a crash last year and the American is trying to temper expectations ahead of her bid for a fourth Olympic title. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/10/28/shiffrin-milano-cortina-olympics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2025milanocortinaolympics #mikaelashiffrin #alpineskiworldcup