The 2026 Winter Olympics will begin this week when competitors walk under the wave of their nation's flags at Friday's Opening Ceremony. The ceremony not only offers Olympians a chance to represent their country on the international stage,

The Deseret News is on the ground in Italy for the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics, bringing you the most inspirational stories and images from the Winter Games.

The 2026 Winter Olympics will take place on Feb. 6 in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, and it will be the first time the Games will be jointly hosted.

Discover the complete Winter Olympics 2026 guide here. Find out when and where you can stream the Milan Cortina Games below!

The trip from Milano to Cortina, where women’s Alpine, curling and the sliding sports (bobsled, luge and skeleton) will be held, is almost five hours. Livigno, site of snowboarding and freestyle skiing, is about three hours from Milano.

Katie Uhlaender's Olympic dreams were crushed when Team Canada allegedly withdrew four skeleton athletes, reducing points and eliminating the five-time Olympian from qualification.