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Olympic Village Was Apparently a Little Light on Condoms

Supply ran out in just 3 days, is blamed on lower supply than that offered in previous Games

(Newser) - Condoms at the Olympic Village didn't just go fast—they vanished in what one Italian outlet is calling record time. The Guardian reports that condoms handed out to athletes at the Winter Games were gone in three days, at least according to an anonymous competitor who spoke to the...

He Evaded Arrest for 16 Years, Luck Runs Out at Olympics
He Evaded Arrest for 16 Years,
Luck Runs Out at Olympics
2026 Olympics
Feb 12, 2026 1:58 PM CST

He Evaded Arrest for 16 Years, Luck Runs Out at Olympics

Fugitive from Slovakia arrested after traveling to Milan to watch hockey

(Newser) - At least his team won. Still, a long-time fugitive's Olympic outing in Italy ended not in celebration, but in handcuffs, reports the Herald . Italian authorities arrested a 44-year-old Slovak man on Wednesday who traveled to Milan to cheer on the Slovakia men's hockey team, according to Italian media....

Athlete Convicted of Fraud Wins Olympic Gold Over Victim
Athlete Convicted of Fraud
Wins Olympic Gold Over Victim
2026 Olympics
Feb 12, 2026 12:55 PM CST

Athlete Convicted of Fraud Wins Olympic Gold Over Victim

France's Julia Simon edges past scammed teammate, who came in 80th, in 15km biathlon

(Newser) - A biathlete who admitted ripping off her teammate's credit card just skied past her to an Olympic title. France's Julia Simon, 29, took gold in the women's 15km individual biathlon in Italy's Milan Cortina Games, while Justine Braisaz-Bouchet, the teammate she defrauded, finished a distant 80th,...

IOC Boots Ukrainian Over Memorial Helmet
Ukraine Olympian's Memorial
Helmet Gets Him Booted
2026 Olympics
Feb 12, 2026 6:33 AM CST

Ukraine Olympian's Memorial Helmet Gets Him Booted

Vladyslav Heraskevych suggests Ukraine's fallen deserve the spotlight more than him

(Newser) - He knew he risked being kicked out of the Olympics. Still, the Ukrainian skeleton racer decided honoring his fallen compatriots on a global stage was more important than going for gold. Vladyslav Heraskevych, who continued to wear a helmet depicting fallen Ukrainian athletes and sports fans killed during the war...

Quad God's Insane Flex: Backflip Worth Zero Points
Quad God's
Insane Flex:
Backflip Worth
Zero Points
2026 Olympics
Feb 11, 2026 4:31 PM CST

Quad God's Insane Flex: Backflip Worth Zero Points

Skater Ilia Malinin's risky, newly legal move thrills Olympic crowd

(Newser) - " Quad God " Ilia Malinin doesn't need the most jaw-dropping move in his program to win—he does it anyway. The Wall Street Journal reports that the 21-year-old American, already rewriting figure skating with his record-shattering quadruple jumps and the sport's first quad axel in competition, has...

Olympic Snowboarder Breaks Neck in Training Accident
Olympic Snowboarder Breaks
Neck in Training Accident
2026 OLYMPICS
Feb 11, 2026 12:45 PM CST

Olympic Snowboarder Breaks Neck in Training Accident

Australia's Cam Bolton in stable condition after two neck fractures diagnosed

(Newser) - Australian snowboarder Cam Bolton's Olympic campaign is over after a training crash left him with two fractured neck vertebrae. The 35-year-old snowboard cross contender fell during training on Monday, then reported increasing neck pain the next day, NBC News reports. Scans at the Olympic Polyclinic revealed two stable fractures,...

Ukrainian Athlete Isn't Bowing to IOC's Threat
Ukrainian Athlete Wears
Helmet Despite IOC Warning
2026 Olympics
Feb 11, 2026 11:35 AM CST

Ukrainian Athlete Wears Helmet Despite IOC Warning

Heraskevych continues to wear memorial helmet ahead of Thursday's competition

(Newser) - Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych is daring Olympic officials to make good on their threat: bench him over his helmet, which features the faces of athletes killed since Russia invaded. After being told by the IOC on Monday that he could be disqualified from the Milan Cortina Games if he...

Olympian's Public Plea to His Ex Doesn't Land (With Her)

Former girlfriend says of cheating Norway biathlete Sturla Holm Laegreid: 'Hard to forgive'

(Newser) - Looks like an Olympian's plea to his ex isn't landing the way he'd hoped. After winning the bronze on Tuesday in the men's 20km biathlon, Norway's Sturla Holm Laegreid confessed to cheating on his former girlfriend, so "she will see what she really means...

IOC Bans Ukrainian Athlete's Tribute Helmet
IOC Bans Ukrainian
Athlete's Tribute Helmet
2026 Olympics
Feb 10, 2026 8:46 AM CST

IOC Bans Ukrainian Athlete's Tribute Helmet

Skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych wanted to pay tribute to fellow Ukrainians felled by Russia war

(Newser) - Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych won't be allowed to slide in 2026 wearing a helmet that shows the faces of compatriot athletes killed in the war with Russia, the International Olympic Committee has told Ukraine's Olympic delegation. In a letter shared with CBS News , the IOC said it...

Hunter Hess Defends Free Speech After Trump Criticism

Skier affirms love for US while defending right to criticize it

(Newser) - Hunter Hess says he's ready to ski for his country—and to keep saying that country can do better, CBS News reports. The US freestyle skier and first-time Olympian clarified his views Monday after President Trump blasted him as a "real loser" for earlier remarks that he had...

Trump Calls US Skier a 'Real Loser'

Skier had voiced mixed feelings about representing US amid divisions

(Newser) - An American skier's ambivalence about wearing the flag on the world stage has drawn a rebuke from President Trump, USA Today reports. Hunter Hess, a US freestyle halfpipe skier at the 2026 Winter Games in Italy, said ahead of the opening ceremony that competing for the United States brings...

'Quad God' Plays Big Role in Team USA's Figure Skating Finish
'Quad God' Plays
Big Role for Team USA
Figure Skating
2026 olympics
Feb 9, 2026 1:00 AM CST

'Quad God' Plays Big Role for Team USA Figure Skating

US wins team gold at Milan Cortina Olympics

(Newser) - It seemed only fitting that Ilia Malinin was the first one to get his Olympic gold medal after the US successfully defended its team title by holding off the Japanese on Sunday night in the three-day competition at the Milan Cortina Games. After all, everything came down to him in...

Lindsey Vonn Airlifted From Course After Crash
Lindsey Vonn Airlifted
From Course After 2nd Crash
2026 Olympics
Feb 8, 2026 7:13 AM CST

Lindsey Vonn Airlifted From Course After 2nd Crash

US skier's comeback attempt at 41 is over

(Newser) - Lindsey Vonn's comeback bid from a serious fall nine days ago lasted only 13 seconds on Sunday: The 41-year-old Team USA legend was again airlifted to the hospital after crashing on the Olympia delle Tofane slope at the Winter Olympics in Italy, reports USA Today . Vonn, who ruptured her...

Swiss Skier Wins First Gold of Milan in His Debut Race
Milan's First Gold Goes to
Swiss Skier on His First Try
2026 olympics
Feb 7, 2026 5:15 PM CST

Milan's First Gold Goes to Swiss Skier on His First Try

Franjo von Allmen,24, celebrates before family and friends

(Newser) - In his first Olympic race ever, Franjo von Allmen delivered Switzerland the first gold medal to be awarded in the 2026 Winter Games, winning the men's downhill on the Stelvio course in Bormio on Saturday with what the Athletic described as "a magnificent performance." The 24-year-old posted...

Take a Sneak Peek at Some of the Olympics' New Events
Get Ready for Some
'Skimo' at the Winter Games
2026 OLYMPICS
Feb 7, 2026 6:30 AM CST

Get Ready for Some 'Skimo' at the Winter Games

Ski mountaineering is one of 8 new medal events to broaden competition, boost women's participation

(Newser) - Olympic viewers who think they've seen it all are about to meet "skimo." For the first time since skeleton returned in 2002, the Winter Games are adding a brand-new sport: ski mountaineering. The discipline—popularly shortened to skimo—will debut with three medal events: men's sprint,...

Pope Urges Global Truce During Winter Games
Pope Urges Truce During
Games, Adds Warnings
2026 Olympics
Feb 6, 2026 4:45 PM CST

Pope Urges Truce During Games, Adds Warnings

Glory of sports shouldn't be used for nationalism, Leo writes

(Newser) - Pope Leo XIV used the occasion of the Winter Olympics' opening in northern Italy on Friday to urge a halt to warfare and to caution governments against turning sports into a political tool. In a formal papal letter, he called for military conflicts to be suspended as they used to...

WADA May Probe Odd Claims of Penis Injections in Ski Jumping

Claims involve genital injections to manipulate suit measurements for lift

(Newser) - A doping agency that usually worries about blood samples is now fielding questions about something far stranger: alleged penis injections in Olympic ski jumping, the Guardian reports. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) says it will examine claims, first reported by German tabloid Bild, that some male jumpers are artificially enlarging...

7 US Athletes to Watch at the Olympics

Among them: speed skater Jordan Stolz, who's aiming for 5 golds

(Newser) - The Olympics are underway and among the talented pool of US athletes competing across 32 sports are a figure skating "god" with insane odds of winning gold, a young speedskater with a shot at five medals, and a legendary skier pushing on despite a banged-up knee. Seven US athletes...

Future Winter Games Could Start in January

IOC to consider shifting schedule to catch more snow

(Newser) - Staging future Winter Games as early as January and the Paralympic Winter Games in February is a possibility because of the effects of warmer weather, the International Olympic Committee said Wednesday. Moving to January would likely disrupt scheduling of storied World Cup races and events, and the competitions then would...

First Winter Olympics Event Was Halted Within Moments

Curling matches resumed after a brief power outage in Cortina

(Newser) - The Winter Olympics got underway Wednesday with the first curling matches in Cortina, Italy, but came to a halt only moments later because of a power outage. Officials briefly paused the matches at the historic curling stadium when the lights dimmed and flickered. Curlers kept sliding on the ice to...

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