Jadin O'Brien thought she was being scammed. The Milan Cortina Olympics — and the sport of bobsled, for that matter — were not anywhere near O'Brien's radar a couple years ago, when the Notre Dame track and field star saw that someone sent her a direct message on Instagram.

Short track speed skating star Choi Min-jeong has never been one to get caught up in records. Even though she is now on the verge of becoming the most decorated South Korean Olympian, Choi is not about to change her approach.

Understand the Olympic short track format — explore event types, race structure, qualification heats, scoring system, penalties and how athletes advance through rounds to compete for medals at Milan Cortina 2026.

Who says serious athletes are always serious? Akwasi Frimpong, who's competed for Ghana, is a world-class wisecracker as he reflects on being a Black African athlete in the white world of winter sports.

Jens van ’t Wout of the Netherlands has won his second gold medal in short track speedskating at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Olympic short track begins Tuesday, Feb. 10, with the qualifying rounds for the women's 500m and the women's 1000m, as well as the mixed relay finals.

Swiss watchmaker Omega has been the official timekeeper of every Olympic event for nearly 100 years, initially chosen for the 1932 Los Angeles games as it was the only watch brand capable of providing accurate timing to the nearest tenth of a second.

Arkansas State track & field standout Menachem Chen is on the historic Israel bobsled team. He‘s a brakeman on the four-man bobsled squad, they finished 5th in the North American Cup on January 11th. The team earned an Olympic spot on January 22nd. Chen has also competed in two-man bobsled.