US EditionItaly's Ladin Minority Will Be Sidelined at the Winter Olympics Held in Their Mountain Home
- Monday, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced Team USA members, including Douglasville, Georgia native Elana Meyers Taylor for bobsled at the Milano‑Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games.
- Because final qualifiers involved three days of intense racing in Germany and Italy, Taylor's selection reflects her experience and performance during that process.
- Team USA Bobsled includes U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program members, while Christopher Fogt leads the squad in Italy as head coach for the first time this year.
- The roster is made up of 117 men and 115 women, including 98 returning Olympians and 18 Olympic champions, whose mix could decide medals and redefine the spotlight.
- Jeff Robbins said, 'From Team USA to competitors from around the world, the State of Sport continues to make a significant global impact on winter sports,' and you can watch the opening ceremony on Feb. 6 on NBC5.
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Italy's Ladin people feel sidelined at Winter Games
MILAN — Italy's Ladin minority settled a millennium ago in the Dolomite mountain hamlet of Anpezo — now the two-time Olympic host city of Cortina d'Ampezzo. But members of this ancient ethnolinguistic group are disappointed that the Winter Games will…
U.S. ambassador to Italy says no ICE patrols at Winter Olympics
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US says ICE will have advisory role only at Italy Winter Olympics
A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit deployed to Italy for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics will not conduct patrols and will serve only in an advisory role, Washington’s ambassador said on Wednesday. The deployment has angered Italians because of ICE’s tough US immigration crackdown,
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