The opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics is fast approaching on Day 1 of the Games
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• Kicking off the Winter Olympics: The opening ceremony for the 2026 Milan Cortina Games begins soon (2 p.m. ET), featuring a star-studded cast of performers including Andrea Bocelli and Mariah Carey. The main ceremony is taking place at Milan’s famed San Siro Stadium. • Lindsey Vonn completes training run: The US skiing star finished 11th in her official training run on Friday morning after over an hour’s delay due to fog in the mountains, despite suffering a “completely ruptured” ACL on January 30. • The action is underway: Competition has already kicked off in multiple sports since Wednesday. Curling, figure skating, hockey and snowboarding have all officially begun. • Latest news: CNN Sports has the latest chatter from the Winter Olympics and incredible stories of athletic achievement. Click here to sign up for the “Milano Memo” newsletter. There is growing anger in Italy over the deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to assist US security operations at the Winter Games — something US officials say has been common practice at previous Olympics. Current and former Italian lawmakers urged Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to intervene and block the US agents’ presence in the wake of two fatal shootings during President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota.
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It is a uniquely female athlete’s quandary, the presumption that parenthood means the end of competition. This month, six American women will cart their baby gear along with their Team USA kits to Milan Cortina, pulling the double duty as mom and Olympian.
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American skiing superstar Lindsey Vonn will compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina despite suffering a “completely ruptured” ACL in a crash on Friday.