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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.
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 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 2 of Milano Cortina 2026 was defined by cruelty and redemption. Lindsey Vonn’s crash cast a long shadow, but Breezy Johnson’s gold, Benjamin Karl’s exuberance, Ilia Malinin’s clutch performance, and global moments of grit and surprise reminded us why the Olympics remain unforgiving and unforgettable. Read iPINIONS full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/milano-cortina-winter-olympics-2026-401 Read more.
Day 1 of Milano Cortina 2026 opened with breakneck speed in the men’s downhill, a demolition job by Frida Karlsson in the skiathlon, and a home-Olympics fairy tale in women’s speed skating. Favorites were upstaged, perseverance was rewarded, and the Games immediately found their rhythm. iPINIONS highlights what mattered, and leaves the rest on the… Read more.
Men’s Speedskating 500 (Long Track) Norway is dominating skiing events at these Games much as the Netherlands is dominating skating events. Therefore, it looked like a scene from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly when one Norwegian took on three Dutchmen and … iced them. Okay, for a more athletic analogy, this is rather… Read more.
Athletes will be competing in 102 events covering 15 sports over 16 days. Even though I will be very indiscriminate in my viewing (on TV and the Internet), I will be very discriminating in my commenting. For example, Curling is one of my favorite sports to watch, but it’s hardly worthy of commentary. Women’s 15km… Read more.
