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The countdown is on to the Milan-Cortina Olympics, which will take place in February 2026. NBC News’ Molly Hunter got a sneak peek inside the speedskating venue and the Olympic Village.

Nick Baumgartner, who won a gold medal in the 2022 Olympic Games in the snowboard cross event, talks with NBC News Now about trying to keep resilient after facing disappointment and how he feels entering his fifth Games as a 43-year-old.

MILAN — For the first time in the history of the Olympics, the 2026 Winter Games will be hosted by two cities — Milan and Cortina

The 2026 Winter Olympics are 100 days away, so champion athletes Erin Jackson, Madison Chock and Evan Bates join TODAY to talk about their plans to qualify for Team USA and go for gold at the Milan Cortina Games. Jackson also discusses being a pageant girl when she was little and Chock and Bates open up about getting married.

Reality is sometimes even more shocking than conspiracy theories - as demonstrated by the Jeffrey Epstein case. U.S. President Donald Trump wants it to go away, but his erstwhile friendship with the sexual predator continues to overshadow his presidency. And even his followers are demanding that he release the files.

Winter sports athletes Alex Hall, Jaelin Kauf, Red Gerard, Nick Baumgartner, Madison Chock, Evan Bates, Alysa Liu, Jason Brown, Hilary Knight, Erin Jackson, Brittany Bowe and Kristen Santos-Griswold stop by the TODAY plaza to talk about their road to the Milan Cortina Games in 2026.

With 100 days until the Winter Games, figure skater and Delta Team USA athlete ambassador, Amber Glenn, joins TODAY to talk about winning championships this season and chasing Olympic dreams. “It wasn’t really a reality for me for so many years and now it is,” she says.

Could the government's radical plan to change the way the UK distributes electricity really bring down bills - or just lead to a postcode lottery?

Could the government's radical plan to change the way the UK distributes electricity really bring down bills - or just lead to a postcode lottery?

While the United States has largely dominated the Summer Olympics — topping the overall medal table 19 times — the Winter Olympics are a slightly different story.

You probably already know about returning Olympic stars like Lindsey Vonn, Chloe Kim and Mikaela Shiffrin. But every Games also feature first-time Olympians who go from anonymity to the A-list overnight.

A BBC investigation finds kits on sale containing more than 500 times the legal limit of bleach.