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.

When longtime combat sports journalist Ariel Helwani first heard from the CBC to see if he'd be interested in an Olympic work assignment, he thought it was a prank.

As the Sacramento Sports Hall of Fame continues to celebrate excellence across generations of athletes, two Special Olympics competitors one newly honored and one previously inducted are helping highlight the power of inclusion in sports.

Here's what's new at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, from the debut of ski mountaineering to new events in alpine skiing and luge.

The 2026 Winter Olympics officially kick off on Friday, with the opening ceremonies set to start in northern Italy at 2:00 p.m. ET. This is the first time in Olympic history that two cities have been officially named as co-hosts: Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.

How did the U.S. become the Olympic powerhouse it is today? Cold War competition. The Soviet Union sponsored their athletes. But America wanted its athletes to pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

The Opening Ceremony for the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics may not be until Friday, but many events actually start before then, with competition kicking off Wednesday. “This is the biggest winter games ever,

Whether it’s on indoors halfpipes in New Jersey or the Rocky Mountains slopes of Colorado and Wyoming, there seems to be plenty of programs aimed at developing a diverse new generation of skiers, skaters and snowboarders.

National Girls and Women in Sports Day is more than just a day on the calendar. It’s a reminder of the progress that has occurred in putting female athletes on equal pedestals as their male counterparts — and the current efforts to further that movement.

Russian athletes will be competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics, but you might not realize it — and things will look very different from the last winter Games. A total of 13 Russian athletes are set to compete at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Caroline Harvey’s only Olympics came four years ago when she and the U.S. women’s hockey team lost to Canada in the final. The Americans are favorites this time, a status that brings with it the tantalizing prospect of a victory showered with cheers instead of the stunned silence of four years earlier.