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As Canada’s most successful Olympic team with 42 Olympic and over 150 world championship medals through the years, the expectations are always high for the Canadian speed skating team. Italy holds a special place in the heart of Canadian speed skaters.

American speed skater Brittany Bowe is relishing the opportunity to close out her Olympic career on her own terms as she prepares for her fourth and final Games at Milano Cortina.

MILAN, Metropolitan City of Milan — Speed skating — one of the fastest and most technical sports of the Winter Olympics — will return to the spotlight at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games with a full slate of long track, short track and mass start events.

The 24-year-old short track speed skater will make his Olympic debut in Milan Cortina after years of juggling rigorous academics and improvised training plans.

By Pearl Josephine Nazare and Rory Carroll MILAN, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Jordan Stolz heads into the Milano Cortina Olympics with supreme confidence, the American speed skating phenomenon rating himself "95%" ready on Thursday as he prepares to launch his gold quest.

MILAN, Feb 3 - Dutch speed skater Suzanne Schulting is content with the conditions in Milan and ready for whatever the ice may bring once racing begins later this week at the Winter Games, she said on Tuesday.

Figure skating will be one of the first disciplines on the Olympic program at Milano Cortina 2026. The team event will begin on the same day as the opening ceremony, where Arianna Fontana

The 2026 Winter Olympics are upon us, as the best athletes in the world of winter sports meet in Milan Cortina, and for Team USA, the quest to rack up medals is set to begin. Unlike in the Summer Olympics where Americans often dominate the podium,