Lewis Hamilton says he'd love to try bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics

When do bobsled events get underway at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics? Here's what to know on the full bobsled schedule.

Everything you need to know about bobsled at the Milan Cortina Games, including who to watch and how to tune in on TV and streaming.

Kelsey Mitchell, rear, seen here racing in January with Melissa Lotholz, will join an elite club of athletes who have taken part in both Summer and Winter Olympics. Mitchell won a gold medal in track cycling in Tokyo in 2021 and will be part of the two-woman bobsleigh competition this year in Italy. Mayk Wendt/The Associated Press

Jamaica's iconic bobsleigh team — which inspired the hit film Cool Runnings — will make its tenth Winter Olympics appearance at Milano Cortina 2026. View on euronews

Walker finished fifth in monobob at the last Olympics in Beijing four years ago but is a superior competitor these days. She finished the World Cup ranked second but significantly won the test event at the famed Eugenio Monti Sliding Centre in Cortina d’Ampezzo, the same track that will be used for the Olympics.

The Winter Games have always been a test of geography as much as athleticism. You can't win if you can't train on the ice and snow. But for the nations that live in the cold, the Olympics are a dynasty.

A Ukrainian skeleton racer has been banned from competing at the Winter Olympics after wearing a helmet honoring athletes who have died in the Ukraine War. The International Olympics Committee (IOC) set out its reasoning in a lengthy statement this morning after Vladyslav Heraskevych had questioned whether “this is the price of our dignity” on

Ukraine’s Vladyslav Heraskevych had his appeal dismissed as images on his helmet breached an Olympic ‘sacred principle’.