The 2026 Milan Cortina Olympic Games officially open Friday. One athlete with Georgia ties will compete at the winter games.

Former Russian figure skating coach Eteri Tutberidze returned to the Olympics at Milan Cortina despite controversy over Kamila Valieva's doping scandal at the 2022 Beijing Games.

Here’s what to know about the Team USA bobsledder representing the state of GA for Team USA. And here’s how to watch the Olympics live.

Following the 2022 Beijing Olympics, Norway pushed its all-time medal total to 405, becoming the only country with more than 100 gold, silver and bronze medals in Winter Games history.

ATLANTA, GA, UNITED STATES, January 22, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Special Olympics Georgia (SOGA) will host the 2026

The afternoon's events will feature the lighting of two Olympic cauldrons for the first time: one in Milan at the iconic Arco della Pace, and one in Cortina d’Ampezzo at Piazza Dibona in the heart of the mountain town. The ceremony will be broadcast on NBC and streamed on Peacock.

Japan's Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara dominated the pairs figure skating event with a career best performance at the Winter Olympics on Friday, as United States duo Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea finished fifth in a dramatic session at the Milano Ice Skating Arena.