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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.
Bad weather is forcing postponement of events at these Olympics in ways it used to force postponement of matches at Wimbledon. The Men’s Downhill and Women’s Giant Slalom are among the casualties. Except that no amount of preparation could insulate Alpine events from disorientating and dangerous wind gusts. Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle This event debuted four… Read more.
Women’s Super Combined I got a lot of fatuous, politically correct flak for declaring that it’s more exciting to watch men compete in Slopestyle than it is to watch women. Flak, incidentally, that made about as much sense as getting flak for declaring that it’s more exciting to watch men race down a regular slope… Read more.
Athletes will compete in 98 events covering 15 sports over 18 days at these Winter Olympics. But, even though I shall be very indiscriminate in my viewing (on TV and the Internet), I shall be very discriminating in my commenting. I’m sorry if you’re interested in my thoughts on Curling; never mind that it’s one… Read more.
