International Olympic Committee chooses Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo to stage 2026 Winter Olympics

Italy has twice previously hosted the Winter Games - in 1956 in Cortina d’Ampezzo and 2006 in Turin.

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· Jun 25, 2019 · 09:46 am

South Korea’s curling team coaches resign after players accuse them of abuse and exploitation

The team named Garlic Girls won the Olympic silver in the 2018 Pyeongchang Games in February

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· Dec 04, 2018 · 03:09 pm

Milan, Stockholm present bids to host 2026 Winter Olympics as other competitors withdraw

Initial interest from Calgary in Canada, the Swiss city of Sion, an Austrian bid based around Graz and Japan’s Sapporo disappeared.

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· Nov 28, 2018 · 03:07 pm

Milan, Turin and Cortina to launch joint bid for 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

If accepted, the Winter Games would be held by three cities for the first time.

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· Aug 02, 2018 · 01:25 pm

Winter Paralympics: Age no barrier for Japan’s 61-year-old grandpa goaltender

Shinobu Fukushima is the oldest ice hockey player in Pyeongchang.

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· Mar 16, 2018 · 04:42 pm

‘I feel like I’m on cloud nine’: Chernobyl victim Oksana Masters wins gold at Winter Paralympics

The American skier, who suffered birth defects, was born in Ukraine three years after the nuclear disaster.

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· Mar 14, 2018 · 04:02 pm

Meet Lena Schroeder, the lone woman fighting it out in tough Winter Paralympics sledge hockey

The 24-year-old is the first woman to compete in the discipline at the Games since 1994, and the only female player out of 135 at the Pyeongchang Paralympics.

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· Mar 12, 2018 · 11:55 am

Pyongyang to Pyeongchang: North Korean defector set to make Winter Paralympics debut for South

Choi Kwang-hyouk lost his left leg in an accident in the North before fleeing to the South in 2001.

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· Mar 09, 2018 · 10:53 am

Russia expects IOC doping ban to be lifted in ‘next few days’

Russian athletes will not be able to march behind their flag at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics closing ceremony later Sunday.

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· Feb 25, 2018 · 07:02 pm

Record-breaker Marit Bjoergen puts Norway on top of Winter Olympics final tally

The 37-year-old took her career tally to 15 medals to help her country overtake Germany.

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· Feb 25, 2018 · 02:51 pm

IOC to keep doping ban on Russia for Winter Olympics closing ceremony

One hundred and sixty eight athletes deemed ‘clean’ were allowed to compete as neutrals.

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· Feb 25, 2018 · 10:44 am

Winter Olympics mix-up: USA men’s curling team wins gold but receives women’s medals on podium

Skipper John Shuster and his team wore puzzled looks as they realised they had been given women’s medals instead of men’s after their 10-7 victory over Sweden.

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· Feb 24, 2018 · 05:51 pm