2026 Winter Olympics Review
2026 Winter Olympics Review
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Adie, Staff Writer
Mar 2nd, 2026
The 2026 Winter Olympics have come and gone once again. Ice hockey, curling, speed skating, figure skating, alpine skiing, bobsleding, and cross-country skiing were some of the most anticipated sports of the Winter Olympics in 2026. Team U.S.A. also had some new and exciting athletes like Abby Winterberger (Freestyle Skiing), Oliver Martin (Snowboarding), and Ilia Malinin (Figure Skating). USA also had returning superstars from the state of Colorado like Mikaela Shiffrin (Alpine Skiing) and Red Gerard (Snowboarding).
New Members of Team U.S.A.
New Members of Team U.S.A.
Some new athletes made their first Olympic appearance in Milan, Cortina that year from the United States, and here is a little bit about these first-time Olympians.
Abby Winterberger
Abby Winterberger
Abby competed for the first time this year in Milan for Team U.S.A’s freestyle skiing team at only 15 years old. She is from Truckee, California. She grew up skiing, having been raised by parents who are also big skiers, starting at age 2 and began competing at 6. She is the middle child with her older brother Mack and her younger sister Greta. Additionally, her older brother Mack Winterberger, 17, competed in the World Cup halfpipe not long ago and 10-year old Greta Winterberger does competitive skiing and gymnastics. Since Abby is still in high school, she manages online classes, is a straight A student, along with countless hours of training per day!
Abby Winterberger - TeamUSA.com
Ilia Malinin
Ilia Malinin
Ilia Malinin is a 21-year old U.S figure skater from Fairfax Virginia. Part of a family of skaters, his parents are former olympic skaters from Russia and his little sister Elli is a junior skater. He began figure skating at the age of 6 and started at competitions when he was 10. He is known as the “Quad God” for being the only person to ever to land a quadruple axel which is 4.5 rotations in the air, a record he set when he was only 17 years old. He additionally owns two cats named Mysti and Miu, Miu was a crowd favorite going into the 2026 Olympics.
Oliver Martin - TeamUSA.com
Oliver Martin
Oliver Martin
Nicknamed ‘Ollie’, is a 17-year old from Wolcott, Colorado. Oliver made his Olympic debut this year in Milan for the men’s snowboarding team. Ollie was actually born in New Zealand and his family moved to Colorado when he was three years old. His first snow sport was not snowboarding at all, it was skiing until he switched to snowboarding a year later at age 6. Unlike some other Olympians, neither of his parents are skiers, he happens to come from a family of architects. His older brother Kade is also on the U.S snowboarding team for 2026.
Anna Gibson
Anna Gibson
Anna Gibson is 26 years old and from Jackson Wyoming. She competed for the U.S in ski mountaineering (skimo) which also made its Olympic debut this year, meaning it was a new event this year. In Skimo, people will put special skins on their skis and hike up the mountain,then once they reach the top they remove the skins and ski back down. Anna also does trail-running, track, and alpine skiing, all of which are a part of how she trains for skimo.
2026 Olympic Highlights
2026 Olympic Highlights
Alysa Lui wins gold for Team U.S.A in the women's short program, first since 2006!
Mikaela Shiffrin gets gold in the Giant Slalom, beating her opponents by over 1 second.
Both men’s and women’s hockey teams defeat Canada in the gold medal game.
Jordan Stolz wins gold in 500m speedskating race.
Ilia Malinin secures gold for team event along with Amber Glenn, Alysa Lui, Madison Chock and Evan Bates
U.S.A wins second for most medals this Olympics, right behind Norway
Congrats To Team U.S.A’s 2026 Athletes!!!
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