A look ahead to the 2030 Winter Olympics in the French Alps, including venue plans, competition zones and how the regional model compares to Milan

BORMIO, Italy (AP) — Thanks to ski mountaineering, Emily Harrop has a rank in the French military of chief sergeant. Because of the newest Winter Games sport, she could soon have another title — Olympic champion.

Ski mountaineering makes its hotly anticipated debut at the Winter Olympics in blizzard conditions in Bormio.

It is the newest, some would contend toughest, Winter Olympic sport but its origins actually date back longer than any other.

The men's hockey tournament at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 is the first tournament with NHL players since the 2014 Sochi Olympics, will feature all 12 teams playing three preliminary games in their respective groups, then all 12 moving on to a single-elimination playoff that will conclude with the gold medal game Feb. 22.

BORMIO, Italy (AP) — They skied uphill through a diamond-shaped pattern and climbed a flight of on-slope stairs in their ski boots. Far from done, they endured more lung-searing climbing, with skis back on,

French hockey player Pierre Crinon has been banned by his own nation's federation from playing in the Winter Olympics, after he was ejected for fighting Tom Wilson