CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — It takes an immense amount of energy to power venues and make snow for the Winter Olympics and, for the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, organizers pledged that virtually all of the electricity would be clean.

All five figure skating champions at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games have been crowned. Olympic figure skating took its final curtain call until 2030 on Thursday as Alysa Liu won gold and snapped the individual Olympic medal drought that plagued American women for 20 years.

The 2026 Winter Olympic Games added another controversy to their growing list. As defending hockey champions, Finland, took on Canada, one of the strongest teams in the tournament, fans witnessed a controversial moment before the end of the first

While the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics continue to captivate, some are wondering about the next Winter Olympics.

After retiring from figure skating at the age of 16, UCLA student Alysa Liu returned for the love of the sport — and the sport showed her love back.

A figure skating spin, above, captured with 49 photographs reveals the beauty of Isabeau Levito’s motion on ice. A downhill sequence simultaneously shows the slimmest of winning margins and the grandeur of the Dolomites. A visually stunning image of a backflip landed by Ilia Malinin captures his daring athleticism.

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.

Daniela Maier of Germany has won the gold medal in women’s skicross ahead of Swiss freeskier Fanny Smith at the Winter Olympics