#olympics-2026

#olympics-2026

On my first day in Milan for the 2026 Winter Olympics, I wandered to the heart of the city to admire the stunning marble facades of the Duomo and window-shop through the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. The Piazza del Duomo was filled with Olympic spectators decked out in their countries' colors, and on one end, a long line snaked outside the official Milano Cortina 2026 Megastore, with hundreds of customers waiting to buy some of the event merch.

For the first time since 2014, NHL players from the United States will be competing at the Olympic Games. Team USA's opening matchup of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games is against Latvia, a team that features several current and former NHL players as well. The U.S. is led by arguably the strongest collection of talent to ever represent the country in international best-on-best competition, including a 1-2 punch of Auston Matthews and Jack Eichel at center, do-everything defensemen like Quinn Hughes,

Nathan MacKinnon knew he wouldn't make Canada's 2014 Olympic team as an 18-year-old NHL rookie, while Germany's Leon Draisaitl and Czechia's David Pastrnak were still a year away from being drafted. Canadian Connor McDavid and American Jack Eichel were just 17 and Auston Matthews 16 when the best hockey players in the world went to Sochi. They all figured they'd get their chance four years later, and it never came as the league chose not to go to Pyeongchang in 2018 and then a global pandemic wreaked havoc and wrecked the chance to play in Beijing in 2022.

Kim Boutin and Courtney Sarault of Canada in action during the mixed team relay. (Yves Herman/Reuters) Team Canada wins silver in short-track mixed relay for country's third medal Moguls star (and Canadian flag-bearer) Mikael Kingsbury returns for his fourth Olympics today. Canadian women's hockey faces Team USA at 2:10 p.m. ET, but captain Marie-Philip Poulin's condition is unclear after an injury in physical game against Czechia last night. Live coverage continues on CBC Gem, or you can follow updates on this page.

Ramos is a Barcelona-based staff photographer for Getty Images, with a career spanning news, international conflicts, and high-profile sports coverage-including the Winter Olympics. Ramos received an Award of Excellence in the Sports Photographer of the Year category for his full portfolio of sports coverage from 2023, including the World Athletic Championships, Tour de France, Alpine Ski World Cup Finals, surfing sessions in Portugal, and more.

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Here are the 2⃣5⃣ players who will wear the 🍁 at #MilanoCortina2026! 🇨🇦 Voici les 2⃣5⃣ joueurs qui porteront la 🍁 à Milan-Cortina! 🇨🇦 ROSTER: hc.hockey/OLYMRoster26 FORMATION : hc.hockey/FormationOLYM26@TeamCanada | @Equipe_Canada