THE ALPINE EXPRESS

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.

‘The horses who made me’

For former world champion curler Eve Muirhead, 35, chasing perfection on the ice took her to a dark place. Now, she’s helping Team GB

ATOP A SLOPE AT BANGER PARK IN SCHARNITZ, Austria, in July, freestyle skiers and snowboarders from a host of countries—Poland, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine—have begun training in earnest for the upcomi

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