Consists of unique interviews, highlights the worldwide superstars and a day-to-day information of the Winter Olympics 2026 which begin on February 6 in Italy.
(From L) Canada’s Meryeta O’Dine, France’s Lea Casta, Nice Britain’s Charlotte Bankes and Switzerla (Picture: Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP by way of Getty Pictures)
There are excessive hopes of a powerful medal haul for Crew GB at this yr’s Winter Olympics.
Our unofficial information to the Video games is on sale now and consists of unique interviews, takes a have a look at our greatest probabilities for glory, highlights the worldwide superstars to not miss and provides explainers to the 16 sports activities on present at Milan Cortina.
And so you may plan out your viewing schedule, we have now a day-to-day information so that you catch all of the motion on the ice and snow.
Winter Olympics unofficial information now on sale (Picture: Every day Specific)
Mia Brookes was simply 16 when she turned the youngest snowboarding world champion in historical past and has an opportunity of changing into the primary Brit to win two medals on the identical Winter Video games in slopestyle and massive air.
Zoe Atkin’s sister Izzy gained bronze in 2018, and he or she herself gained world gold in freestyle snowboarding’s halfpipe final yr, whereas underlining her consistency by taking the World Cup title too.
Kirsty Muir is one other freestyle skier to control within the huge air and slopestyle disciplines, a double X Video games medallist and Youth Olympic medallist too, nonetheless aged simply 21.
Thrills and spills are assured in snowboard cross.
Charlotte Bankes was favorite in Beijing however crashed out, since profitable world silver and claiming a slew of World Cup victories. Alongside Huw Nightingale, she’ll have a robust probability within the workforce occasion too.
Skeleton is Britain’s nationwide winter sport. A run of 5 consecutive podiums within the girls’s occasion – together with three golds – ended final time in Beijing. It’s the lads who fly the flag this time, with Matt Weston the dominant power as a two-time world champion and a number of World Cup winner. His closest rival might properly be his team-mate, Marcus Wyatt.
It’s been 12 years since Britain’s final bobsleigh medal, however Brad Corridor’s crew have proved constant challengers to the powerhouse German sleds since Beijing, profitable two world medals.
Lilah Concern and Lewis Gibson are proper within the combine to win Britain’s first determine skating medal since Torvill and Dean claimed bronze in Lillehammer 32 years in the past, having gained world bronze in Boston final yr.
After which there’s curling – Bruce Mouat has gained two world titles since his silver in Beijing, whereas the ladies’s rink gained silver on the current Europeans. As well as, Mouat and Jen Dodds can be ones to beat within the 10-strong blended workforce occasion.
However don’t be too parochial, sit again and marvel as Ilia Malinin, determine skating’s ‘Quad God’, defies gravity, or Lindsey Vonn defies time, returning to the Video games for the primary time in eight years and lately changing into the oldest skier to win a World Cup race at 41.
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