Reid’s path to figure skating is unique. An amputee athlete who won three Paralympic medals in track and field, she was a ...

On the final Sunday of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games, podiums had been claimed by skiers, skaters, and hockey players representing dozens of nations. From overtime thrillers on the ice to ...

These sleep rules will make you feel like a champion.

Those of us who watch the Olympics as bystanders tend to smugly judge athletes for succumbing to pressure without ...

If our bodies are machines and food is fuel, it is safe to say that elite performance requires high-octane nutrition. As the Winter Olympics continue in Italy, the world watches as top athletes ...

Speed and figure skaters in particular are flocking to them for deep core work, flexibility, and stretching, Manaresi says.

Several athletes at the Olympics have looked as if they're dancing just before they set off to compete, but they are visualizing.

A total of 20 athletes are competing under the designation "AIN" at the Milan Cortina Olympics - an abbreviation often clearly visible on their uniforms. The letters have trigged a number of questions ...

It's a bird, it's a plane! Nope — it's a luge racer speeding down an ice track at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. Luge — a sport where athletes hurl themselves downhill feet-first on a small sled — ...

New research on heart rate variability suggests that composure isn’t a personality trait. It’s a physiological skill the nervous system can train—one that may determine who thrives when the stakes are ...

After a disappoint performance, Ilia Malinin said the Olympics are "not like any other competition.” Illustration: Dan Goldfarb / The Athletic; Tim Clayton / Getty Images This story is part of Peak, ...

Chloe Kim of the United States walks with her snowboard and an American flag after the women's halfpipe final during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Livigno Snow Park. Credit: Joe ...