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Gay skaters handed Team LGBTQ’s first chance of winning Winter Olympics 2026 medals in team event
French duo Guillaume Cizeron and Kevin Aymoz, Canada’s Paul Poirier and Great Britain’s Lewis Gibson will all take part in the team event. USA’s Amber Glenn may compete too. The post Gay skaters handed Team LGBTQ’s first chance of winning Winter Olympics 2026 medals in team event appeared first on Outsports.
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Japan's Ayumu Hirano points toward competing in Winter Olympics after nasty injury, broken bones
LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Olympic halfpipe champion Ayumu Hirano offered a small update regarding his recent injuries, suggesting he will attempt to defend his title next week in the Milan Cortina Games.
At the upcoming Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, Japan will aim to surpass its record Winter Olympics medal tally of 18, set at the previous event in Beijing in 2022, the head of the Japanese delegation said Monday.
When it comes to both overall medal count and gold medal count, Norway is the odds-on favorite at the Winter Olympics. The nation has 405 medals overall, 148 of them gold. Compare that to the United States, which sits in second position in the all-time medal table, with 330 total, 114 gold.