Appleton native Paul Schommer overcame a knee injury and personal struggles to compete in his second Games at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

Biathlon is back at the Winter Olympics. Here's a look at all the equipment that biathletes will use for Milan Cortina 2026: Olympic biathletes use the following equipment:

The United States has the most athletes competing in the Winter Olympics, but is not favored to win the gold medal race.

Each documentary will be dedicated to a different winter discipline: biathlon, cross-country skiing, and mogul skiing

The makeup of the Winter Olympics has changed many times in the 100-plus years of the Games. Here are some sports that haven’t stood the test of time.

The biathlon made its debut in the 1960 Winter Olympic Games, but it was not until 1992 that women's events were added. It remains the only Winter Olympic event in which the United States has not won a medal.

ROME (AP) — Italian biathlete Rebecca Passler tested positive for doping and was provisionally suspended Monday from competing in her hometown at the Milan Cortina Olympics. Italy’s anti-doping agency said Passler tested positive for letrozole in an out-of-competition sample ahead of the Olympics that open Friday.

Russia's sports minister Mikhail Degtyarev believes that the Milan/Cortina Winter Olympics could be a turning point. "We are returning to world sports," Degtyarev has said in the run-up to Friday's opening ceremony.