Vonn and Shiffrin Glad to Race Olympics on Familiar Terrain

Cortina is a beautiful place and it's a place we know very well, as it's a regular venue for our shows in the Alps. And it's a really good feeling when we go somewhere where the venue won't be a complete stranger.

Vonn and Shiffrin glad to race Olympics on familiar terrain

Record-breaking downhill skier Lindsey Vonn said the choice of Cortina d'Ampezzo for the women's races at the 2025 Milan Winter Olympic was her main motivation for coming out of retirement.

The Olympic lights are still far away, but Italy is already running. A year and a half after the opening of the Winter Games in Milan Cortina 2026, the system...

Here's everything to know about the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

The 2026 Olympics are on the horizon. The Winter Games will be held in Italy for the third time, as the world’s greatest athletes will hit the slopes, ice and track in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo. Italy is returning as the host nation 20 years after the 2006 Torino Games and 70 years after the 1956 Cortina d’Ampezzo Games. While athletes and fans will get to take in the scenery, fashion and food of Milan, competitors will battle for medals in 11…

On October 18th, Lindsey Vonn will celebrate her 41st birthday, and the American will be in full preparation for her last season. After retiring in 2019, the American skier decided to return last winter, a few months after having had a titanium semi-prosthesis laid on her right knee. And she will compete next season, until the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games in February 2026. In an interview given to the AFP in Los Angeles, Vonn assures that the fac…

After a turbulent season that saw her miss two months due to injury, Mikaela Shiffrin is looking forward to the Olympic season, which will culminate in February at the games in the heart of the Dolomites in Cortina d'Ampezzo. The 30-year-old, who boasts a record 100 World Cup victories, is well aware that the unexpected can happen at the Olympics.