The 2026 Winter Olympics are bringing thousands of athletes from around the world together for more than two weeks of competition — and the Games are a gold mine for statistics.

​Henri Jokiharju represented Finland in last year’s 4 Nations Face-Off and is back for more. The 26-year-old defenseman has experience in international play, including winning gold with Finland at the 2019 IIHF World Championship and the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship.

Schleper is competing in her final Olympic Games while her son's career is just getting started

This type of February “warmth” for Cortina is made at least three times more likely due to climate change, Winkley said. In the 70 years since Cortina first held the Winter Games, February temperatures there have climbed 6.4 degrees Fahrenheit (3.6 degrees Celsius), he added.

Bobsledder Jasmine Jones expressed honor representing the U.S. at Milan Cortina Olympics, contrasting with criticism from other Team USA athletes like Hunter Hess and Mikaela Shiffrin.

Though Team USA's roster is full of veterans, including five-time Olympian Hilary Knight, the team has been buoyed by new blood throughout the Games. Seattle Torrent forward Hannah Bilka, 24, has scored three goals in an incredible first Winter Games.

Cox described the state as the youngest in the nation, a leader in volunteerism, economic growth, upward mobility and other key factors. Hosting an Olympics for the first time in 2002, he said, has helped bring some 1,200 major sporting events to Utah.

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Perched in the snow-covered Italian Alps, Patti Sherman-Kauf fondly remembers how, four years before, in another valley and a world away in Wyoming, she glowed with pride watching a line of headlights approach in the middle of the night.