If ski jumper Ryoyu Kobayashi is feeling pressure about defending his gold medal at the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics next month, he isn’t showing it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2026/01/20/kobayashi-milano-cortina-medals/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #ryoyukobayashi #2026milanocortinaolympics
Lindsey Vonn continued her remarkable form in the lead-up to the Winter Olympics with her seventh World Cup podium of the season in Sunday's super-G in Tarvisio. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/19/more-sports/lindsey-vonn-podium-superg/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #lindseyvonn #emmaaicher #sofiagoggia #federicabrignone #alpineskiingworldcup #2026milanocortinaolympics
Kaori Sakamoto says she is relaxed as she skates toward her final Winter Games, but there will be no coasting for the three-time world champion under the watchful eyes of her long-time coach. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2026/01/18/kaori-sakamoto-olympic-motivation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #kaorisakamoto #2026milanocortinaolympics #teamjapan
Japan will not be able to compete in the men’s two-man bobsleigh event at next month’s Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics due to a misunderstanding of qualification requirements. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2026/01/14/japan-bobsleigh-olympics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #wintersports #2026milanocortinaolympics #internationalbobsleighskeletonfederation
U.S. snowboarder Chloe Kim, winner of back-to-back Olympic gold medals in the halfpipe, said on Tuesday that she would be able to compete in next month's Milano-Cortina Games despite a shoulder injury. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2026/01/14/chloe-kim-olympics-update/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #chloekim #2026milanocortinaolympics
Canadian officials have issued a staunch defense of their decision to withdraw four athletes from a skeleton race on Sunday, which ended American Katie Uhlaender's hope of making a sixth Olympics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2026/01/13/canada-defends-skeleton-withdrawals/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #katieuhlaender #2026milanocortinaolympics
One day after capturing a fourth straight U.S. title in St. Louis in dominant fashion, skating's "Quad God" is officially headed to his first Olympics, where he will headline a powerful U.S. team. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2026/01/12/malinin-leads-us-olympic-team/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #iliamalinin #2026milanocortinaolympics #maximnaumov #vadimnaumov #evgeniashishkova #amberglenn #alysaliu #isabeaulevito #madisonchock #evanbates
Winter Olympics organizers insisted on Friday that the Milano-Cortina Games' main ice hockey rink will be ready for competition next month despite a key test event being briefly delayed by a small hole in the ice. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2026/01/10/milan-rink-ready/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2026milanocortinaolympics #milan #italy #nhl #ioc
U.S. snowboarder Chloe Kim, who is aiming to become the first woman to win three consecutive Olympic gold medals in the halfpipe next month, said on Thursday she had dislocated a shoulder during training in Switzerland. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2026/01/09/chloe-kim-shoulder-injury/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #chloekim #2026milanocortinaolympics
Japan’s top figure skaters have plenty of potential to win medals at the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics, but will have to contend with a resurgent United States as well as Russian athletes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2026/01/08/figure-skating-milano-cortina/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2026milanocortinaolympics #kaorisakamoto #yumakagiyama #rikumiura #ryuichikihara #aminakai #monechiba #shunsato #adeliiapetrosian #petrgumennik #alysaliu #iliamalinin
World Curling President Beau Welling wants to sweep away the sport's Olympics-only tag and slide into a new era where fans are engaging with it throughout the year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2026/01/05/curling-olympics-spotlight/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2026milanocortinaolympics #worldcurling #beauwelling
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
Lindsey Vonn cemented her remarkable comeback with her first World Cup since 2018 in the women's downhill at St. Moritz on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/12/12/more-sports/vonn-world-cup-win/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #lindsayvonn #us #2026milanocortinaolympics
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
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
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