Vermont and the 2026 Winter Olympics
From hometown trails to the world’s biggest stage, Vermont has helped shape some of the most compelling stories of the 2026 Winter Olympics. Our coverage goes beyond the podium to explore the passion, perseverance and pride surrounding individual athletes and their journeys from the Green Mountain State to the Milano Cortina Games.
Vermont-trained Olympians set to return with medals — and two season-topping World Cups
As athletes with Green Mountain State ties prepare for homecoming events, Alpine racer Mikaela Shiffrin and cross-country skier Jessie Diggins have just won overall championship trophies.
Vermont Paralympian Spencer Wood is going downhill. He finds it so uplifting.
“It’s the best time of my life,” says the 29-year-old Pittsfield skier, who hasn’t let a stroke before birth stop him from representing the state at this month’s career-capping Winter Games.
For Vermont’s favorite Olympians, there’s no rest — nor revelry — for the weary
Athletes with ties to the Green Mountain State won seven medals at the just-concluded 2026 Winter Games in Italy, but most will delay homecoming celebrations to rejoin the World Cup racing circuit elsewhere in Europe.
Vermont-schooled Mikaela Shiffrin wins gold, Ben Ogden a second silver in Olympic skiing
The Green Mountain State nabbed two more medals Wednesday at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games in Italy.
Vermont skier Mac Forehand wins Olympic silver in big air
The 24-year-old Stratton Mountain School graduate from Winhall unleashed a head-turning set of acrobatic tricks, flips and spins Tuesday at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games.
Stratton-trained skier Jessie Diggins wins Olympic bronze in 10K freestyle
The most decorated U.S. cross-country racer in history, competing Thursday with bruised ribs, added a fourth medal to her lifetime collection at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games in Italy.
Vermont skier Ryan Cochran-Siegle scores Olympic silver in super-G
The second-generation Alpine racer from Cochran’s Ski Area in Richmond repeated his medal-winning feat of four years ago at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games in Italy.
Vermont’s Ben Ogden wins silver, Paula Moltzan bronze in Olympic skiing
The Green Mountain State nabbed its first two medals Tuesday at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games in Italy.
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