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Mikaela Shiffrin finally delivers the slalom gold that eluded her since Beijing, reminding the world why she’s the greatest alpine skier ever. France completes a hostile takeover of biathlon. And Johannes Høsflot Klæbo reaches Michael Phelps territory with his 10th Olympic gold. Day 12 at Milano Cortina is about redemption, dominance, and history… Read my… Read more.
Biathlon crowns the ultimate all-around Winter Olympians as France claims gold. Canada dominates the oval and humiliates the US ahead of a looming hockey showdown. And ski jumping descends into scandal with a bizarre controversy dubbed “Penisgate.” Day 11 delivers elite sport, proxy war politics, and Olympic absurdity in equal measure. Read my full iPINIONS… Read more.
Day 10 of Milano Cortina 2026 belonged to Elana Meyers Taylor’s long-awaited Olympic gold, a redefinition of age and motherhood in elite sport. It also featured a pairs figure skating comeback that turned disbelief into awe. Read my full iPINIONS take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/milano-cortina-2026-day-10 Read more.
Day 9 of Milano Cortina 2026 belonged to Federica Brignone’s historic alpine double, Mikaela Shiffrin’s lingering Olympic ghosts, Johannes Klæbo’s impertinent dominance, and Italians behaving more like pirates than competitors as they plundered gold across home soil. Read my full iPINIONS take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/milano-cortina-2026-day-9 Read more.
Day 8 of Milano Cortina 2026 shattered alpine assumptions as Brazil claimed a historic gold, speed skating crowned its next commercial superstar, ski jumping descended into farce, and even the crowd delivered a moment of geopolitical payback. Read my full iPINIONS take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/milano-cortina-winter-olympics-2026-90b Read more.
Day 7 of Milano Cortina 2026 produced an Olympic shocker for the ages. Ilia Malinin’s collapse rewrote figure skating history, snowboard cross confronted life after its GOAT, the men’s halfpipe delivered another cruel lesson, and skeleton reminded us just how thin the line is between courage and calamity. Read my full iPINIONS take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/milano-cortina-2026-day-7 Read more.
Day 6 of Milano Cortina 2026 was about legacy pressure and Olympic symmetry. Chloe Kim settled for silver as a 17 year old stole the halfpipe gold, Italy reshuffled its internal hierarchy with historic wins in speed skating and super G, and short track once again proved that chaos is the point. Read my iPINIONS… Read more.
Day 5 of Milano Cortina 2026 rewrote the script. Franjo von Allmen joined alpine royalty with a historic hat trick, Italy flexed host-nation muscle in luge, moguls delivered drama, and ice dancing gold carried geopolitical undertones no one could ignore. Read my full iPINIONS take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/milano-cortina-winter-olympics-2026-0ff Read more.
Day 4 of Milano Cortina 2026 showed how thin the line is between greatness and doubt. Mikaela Shiffrin skied cautiously and paid for it, Johannes Klæbo tightened his grip on history, Team USA made curling history, and a Ukrainian protest raised hard questions about where principle ends, and performance begins. Read my full iPINIONS take… Read more.
Day 3 of Milano Cortina 2026 delivered repeat champions and exposed contradictions. Mathilde Gremaud defended her title as media fixated elsewhere, Jutta Leerdam dominated in record fashion, women pushed the technical limits in Big Air, and politics intruded where sport should unite. iPINIONS cuts through the spectacle to the substance. Read my full take on… Read more.
