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11.12.2025
50 Minuten
There is set to be just one new sport added to the Olympic
programme for Milano Cortina 2026, but it is one with historic
roots in the Italian Alps.
Ski mountaineering will feature both a sprint and mixed relay
event in its Winter Olympic debut, and on this episode of the
podcast, host Nick McCarvel dives deep - or rather, scales the
mountain - to understand this fascinating sport, often set in the
most picturesque of outdoor courses.
Skimo stars Emily Harrop, Cameron Smith and Johanna Hiemer help
to explain the sport and its many challenges in exclusive
interviews on the pod, while Olympics.com producers
Nadine Regel, Guillaume Depasse and Annie Fast lay out the many
storylines to watch out for, including French superstar Thibault
Anselmet and the Spanish duo of Ana Alonso Rodriguez and Oriol
Cardonna Coll - among others.
You can explore skimo even more with the new Olympic Channel
documentary, Into the Unknown, which is out now exclusively
on Olympics.com.
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26.11.2025
1 Stunde 10 Minuten
For the first time in four Winter Olympic cycles, alpine skiing
is making a return to some of its most famed downhill tracks.
Tucked in the Italian Dolomites, Cortina (women) and Bormio (men)
will host Milano Cortina 2026's downhill competitions. In this
episode, Nick McCarvel is joined by Olympics.com skiing
expert Alessandro Poggi to break down just what that means to the
athletes ahead of February.
Nick and Ales also discuss some of the biggest storylines of the
alpine skiing Olympic season, and then turn the episode over to
the athletes, with exclusive interviews featuring American
superstars Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin, Brazil's
trailblazer Lucas Pinheiro Braathen and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde
of Norway.
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12.11.2025
57 Minuten
If you fall in love with the world of figure skating every four
years, this episode is for you. Host Nick McCarvel and
fellow Olympics.com producer Lena Smirnova sit down to
discuss the biggest storylines in the sport ahead of February's
Winter Olympics at Milano Cortina 2026. And there's a lot of
them!
From the "Quad God" Ilia Malinin's dominance to the fascinating
story of 42-year-old Deanna Stellato Dudek to the surprise
comebacks of Olympic medallists and more, Nick and Lena bring
reporting and insights into the must-know stories ahead of the
Games. Lena also pulls the curtain back on
the Olympics.com series Ink on Blades, which dives into
the artistic process that Olympic programs go through before
being presented to the world.
Plus, hear from Malinin and fellow top American Isabeau Levito on
everything from how they package their programs to creating a
community of support among their fellow skaters.
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29.10.2025
54 Minuten
Believe it or not, the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026
are only 100 days away!
Host Nick McCarvel is joined by Olympics.com colleagues
ZK Goh, Chloe Merrell and Nischal Schwager-Patel for a special
countdown roundtable, focusing in on their Winter sports: Ice
hockey, curling and ski jumping, respectively.
They preview the top storylines in those disciplines and beyond,
including the NHL’s return to the men’s hockey event, the
inspiring story of the Filipino curling team, a 44-year-old Swiss
ski jumper and much more.
Plus, Nick speaks one-on-one with U.S. women’s hockey legend
Kendall Coyne Schofield, who has returned to the Team USA roster
after giving birth to a son in 2023. The goal? Gold. “That is
absolutely correct,” she laughed.
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15.10.2025
33 Minuten
For the first time since last year's Paris Olympics, the biggest
stars in gymnastics are set to gather in one place - this time
for the 2025 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships - held in
Jakarta, Indonesia.
"It's going to be interesting to see some of these new talents
and how they step up into the spotlight," says Olympics.com
gymnastics producer Scott Bregman, who joins host Nick McCarvel
to help preview the event. Bregman is referring to an open
opportunity for the women in attendance as Simone Biles, Rebeca
Andrade and reigning U.S. champion Hezly Rivera are all set to
miss the competition.
Bregman breaks down the big storylines to watch out for,
including the return of another American, Skye Blakely, who has
proven resilient after injury prevented her from making the U.S.
Olympic team - twice.
On the men's side, Scott says it could be a three-way race among
2021 world champion Zheng Boheng and the two most recent Olympic
champions, Oka Shinnosuke (2024) and Hashimoto Daiki (2021).
Don't sleep on Filipino Carlos Yulo, either, who will have plenty
of support at the first-ever Gymnastics Worlds held in Southeast
Asia.
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