Here is our guide to Milan-Cortina 2026: the events you need to know about, the biggest names in the athletes’ village and when every one of the 53 Team GB athletes is in action. Look out for a medal next to events below for potential British success.

Americans Erin Jackson and Brittany Bowe missed out on medals in the women’s 1,000-meter speedskating final. Bowe holds the world record in the event, but Jutta Leerdam of the Netherlands won gold by setting an Olympic record. Jackson, one of Team USA's flag bearers, is the reigning 500-meter Olympic champion.

While the U.S. is on top of the overall Olympic medal count, it is not the country that dominates winter sports like the 2026 Milano Cortina Games in Italy.

After winning just two medals in Beijing four years ago, the British team are going to Italy optimistic of a much improved return.

A junior taekwondo champion with a broken back from a country that does not boast a single sliding track, Briton Matt Weston is an unlikely star of skeleton, yet he arrives at the Olympics in Cortina as double world champion and hot favourite for gold.