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Taking the Kids: Satisfying Your Inner-Olympian Closer to Home

There are plenty of options in North America where you can try on your winter Olympian.
Taking the Kids: Satisfying Your Inner-Olympian Closer to Home
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, ITALY—JANUARY 26: The Olympic Rings are set in front of surrounding mountains at Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium on January 26, 2026 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Cortina will host Sliding, Curling and Women's Alpine events. Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images
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Bobsled or luge … figure skate, speed skate or play ice hockey … ski, cross-country ski, or snowboard. How many Olympic sports have you tried?

The upcoming Milano Contina 2026 Winter Olympics (Feb. 6 to 22) features 16 with ski mountaineering debuting and new freestyle skiing, luge, skeleton, and ski jumping events. These include women’s luge doubles, women’s large hill ski jump, and mixed team skeleton.
Eileen Ogintz
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