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Tearful Olympic medallist confesses to cheating on girlfriend
Norway's Sturla Holm Laegreid followed up his bronze medal with an extraordinary confession.
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Watch: Luca Harrington's medal-winning run
11 Feb 2026The 21-year-old managed to clean up in the freeski slopestyle after a shaky start and earn NZ's second medal.
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'It whacked my snowboard': Olympian Zoi Sadowski-Synnott's medal breaks
11 Feb 2026New Zealand snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has joined an elite club of Olympians - those who will be bringing home broken medals. Audio
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Ukrainian banned from wearing 'helmet of remembrance' at Games
11 Feb 2026Vladyslav Heraskevych wanted to wear the helmet in the skeleton competition in honour of those killed in the war with Russia in the skeleton competition at the…
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Olympics finds fix for faulty medals
11 Feb 2026Athletes can return broken medals so they can be "promptly repaired," local organisers said.
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Watch: Haka in the snow for Zoi Sadowski-Synnott
10 Feb 2026"It was really special and meant a lot to me," the snowboard says of a haka by team mates after her medal win.
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Watch: Sadowski-Synnott's medal-winning big air run
10 Feb 2026"I've never been so nervous," the snowboarder says after claiming New Zealand's first medal of the Winter Games. Audio
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US athletes say they have right to speak up as Trump brands skier a 'loser'
Hunter Hess earlier said it was "a little hard" to wear US colours this year.
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Mystery of breaking medals baffles Olympic organisers
Whether gold, silver or bronze, there is one thing Winter Olympics medals have in common: they can break.
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'Stoked': Zoi Sadowski-Synnott first in Olympic Big Air qualifying
9 Feb 2026The New Zealand Olympic great tops the qualifying field for the Winter Olympics Snowboard Big Air in a statement of intent. Audio
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Avalanches kill three in Italian Winter Olympics regions
Avalanches have killed three people skiing off-piste in two regions that are home to some of the venues of the Milano Cortina Winter Games, the Alpine rescue service said.
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Winter Olympics: Barclay, Harrington qualify for men's freeski slopestyle final
8 Feb 2026Two New Zealanders have advanced in qualifying to keep their dreams alive at Milano Cortina 2026.
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NZ flagbearers for 2026 Olympic Winter Games announced
7 Feb 2026Snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott and freeski athlete Ben Barclay were formally announced during a special team gathering.
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Flying start: All three NZ snowboarders through to Winter Olympics big air final
6 Feb 2026Lyon Farrell, Rocco Jamieson and Dane Menzies have soared high to book berths in the 12-man final in Livignio on Sunday.
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Winter Olympics: Torch arrives in Milan to cheers, protests
Nicoletta Manni, a leading ballet dancer, carried the flame on to a platform in the shadow of the cathedral where it was used to light a brazier.
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What you need to know about Milano Cortina Winter Olympics
5 Feb 2026New Zealand has a team of 17 athletes competing in snowboarding, freestyle skiing and alpine skiing over the next two weeks.
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Kiwi Alice Robinson sets sights on super-G gold
5 Feb 2026Alice Robinson has changed her mind about the Milano Cortina Olympics and is feeling fired up and ready to go for gold in the women's super-G.
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Winter Olympics like world champs 'on crack' - snowboarder
5 Feb 2026New Zealand snowboarder Dane Menzies admits the hype at the Winter Olympics is something special. Audio
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Making the Winter Olympics is a victory for two NZ debutants
4 Feb 2026The freeskiers aged 17 and 21 will represent New Zealand at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, which is taking place over the next few weeks.
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'I'm going to do it': Olympics dream alive despite ruptured ACL
4 Feb 2026The US Alpine ski great Lindsay Vonn will try and race the women's downhill at the Milano Cortina Games despite a ruptured ACL.
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Winter Olympic veteran Zoi Sadowski-Synnott - it's a 'privilege'
4 Feb 2026Wānaka snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott is about to compete in her third Olympics at the age of just 24.
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Qualifying procedure for Olympic squash unveiled
3 Feb 2026Greymouth's Paul Coll is number two in the men's ranking while there is no New Zealand woman in the top 50.
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Taufatofua to carry Olympic flag in Milan
The Olympic flag features the five rings representing the union of the five continents and the meeting of athletes from throughout the world. Audio
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Lindsey Vonn says Olympic dream not over despite Swiss crash
31 Jan 2026The 41-year-old US alpine ski great was taken to hospital for checks, after a crash in a World Cup downhill.
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Seventeen NZ athletes confirmed for Milano Cortina Winter Olympics 2026
23 Jan 2026Seventeen athletes have been confirmed for next month's Milano Cortina Winter Olympics - the biggest snow sports contingent that New Zealand has sent to a Winter Olympics.
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