Follow along for live updates from the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games. Get the latest news, results, TV schedules and highlights from Italy.
U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance is in Milan, Italy, to proudly represent the President's delegation at the 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony. Accompanied by his family, Vance is set to join Secretary of State Marco Rubio and a group of America's former Olympic champions in celebrating the games.
Armenia will be represented by cross-country skiers Mikael Mikaelyan, Katya Galstyan, alpine skier Harutyun Harutyunyan, and the figure skating pair Karina Akopova - Nikita Rakhmanin.
Azerbaijan has filed a complaint with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over Armenia figure skaters' performance under the song, “Artsakh”—the Armenian word for Nagorno-Karabakh. The Karina Akopova/Nikita Rakhmanin pair skating duo,
While athletes from the U.S. were cheered when they appeared, Vice President JD Vance was jeered when he was shown briefly on the arena's video boards.