Want to know what it takes to be a Winter Olympian? We catch up with three of Britain’s medal prospects as they get ready for Milan-Cortina 2026, one of the greatest shows on earth.

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What to expect as the Winter Games begin in Italy...

Outside dirty, slushy streets, a melancholy drizzle and a muggy, uncomfortable atmosphere suggestive of nothing more remote than the crisp, keen, invigorating air that is associated in everyone’s mind

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ANOTHER OLYMPICS, ANOTHER SPORT to pique our curiosity. The Games seem to be perpetually expanding. On the wintry end of things, curling and snowboarding were added as medal events at the 1998 Nagano