The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan will feature ski mountaineering, with short sprint races in Bormio, Italy. Skimo made its Olympic debut. Time will tell if it sticks around for another Winter Games. Here's how to watch the U.S. ski mountaineering team when they compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan.
The 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortona d'Ampezzo in northern Italy feature eight new medal events and one new official sport: ski mountaineering, or “skimo.” It’s an endurance sport in which athletes ascend mountains on skis fitted with climbing skins,
Swiss world champion Marianne Fatton easily won the first ever ski mountaineering Olympic gold medal amid heavy snowfall in the women's sprint on Thursday. Fatton completed the course in 2 minutes 59.
Ski mountaineering is new to the Olympics, but it's actually one of the oldest forms of skiing. Here's more on the treacherous sport that pushes athletes to their limits.
World and Youth Olympic champions alike, who will be part of the sport's first appearance at an Olympic Winter Games, are ready to show the world what “skimo” is about.
The sport of ski mountaineering made its long-awaited Olympics debut Thursday and crowned its first champion at the Milano Cortina Winter Games in Marianne Fatton of Switzerland.
What is "Skimo"? All about the new event at the Winter Olympics that made its debut in Milan in 2026.
The ‘breakdancing’ of the Winter Olympics with athletes ‘running like hamsters’: Welcome to ski mountaineering - IN DEPTH: The Milano-Cortina Games will be the first to feature ski mountaineering, an Alpine sport which combines fast-paced action with tricky,