Winter Olympics
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NASA
Reaching Top Speed in the Dolomites
Nestled among high snowy peaks in northern Italy, Cortina d’Ampezzo is hosting athletes in the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics who are skiing, sliding, and curling toward a spot on the podium. The scenic mountain town is the co-host, along with Milan, of the international sporting extravaganza. Cortina sits within the Dolomites, a mountain range in the northern Italian Alps known for…
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Milano Cortina 2026
No Olympic competitions covers more ground than the 50-kilometer cross-country ski races. The grueling event takes more than 2 hours to complete, requiring competitors to ski a distance longer than a marathon. That’s still, however, less than an eighth of the distance between the two official host cities of the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics—Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo. With events spread across more than…
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Press Releases
Crosby, McDavid, Pietrangelo presented by Canada for 2022 Olympics
Connor McDavid, Sidney Crosby, and Alex Pietrangelo are the first names Canada Men’s hockey team submitted as part of their 2022 Beijing Olympics team. All the participating countries were requested to declare three players last month. The general manager, Doug Armstrong, claimed that Hockey Canada’s choices were straightforward. The names were presented to the Canadian Olympic Committee, which afterward forwarded…
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STEEP™ ROAD TO THE OLYMPICS VIDEO GAME INTEGRATES OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES ATHLETES IN A NEW STORY MODE
SAN FRANCISCO — October 12, 2017 — Today, Ubisoft® announced that Steep™ Road to the Olympics, an expansion to the open world action-sports game Steep (launched in December 2016) and an Official Licensed Product of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, integrates professional athletes from all around the world into the in-game story mode. Available on December 5, 2017 on PlayStation®4 computer entertainment…
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