Ski mountaineering will make its Olympic debut this year, the first winter sport to do so since 2002. Skeleton, luge, ski jumping and moguls are also getting new events.

The 2026 Winter Olympics are officially underway. Even though the Opening Ceremony won't be held until Friday evening in Milan, events began on Wednesday, including round-robin curling and Alpine skiing men's downhill training.

The South Korean delegation will enter the stadium as the 22nd out of 92 nations during the opening ceremony of the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, scheduled for 4 a.m. on the 7th (Korean time). The relatively early entry order was determined by the Italian alphabetical sequence of participating countries.

The 2026 Winter Olympics are bringing thousands of athletes from around the world together for more than two weeks of competition — and the Games are a gold mine for statistics.

The 2026 Winter Olympics will begin this week when competitors walk under the wave of their nation's flags at Friday's Opening Ceremony. The ceremony not only offers Olympians a chance to represent their country on the international stage,

The American Alpine star, 41, who suffered the injury in a crash last week, says, “I have not deviated from my plan.”