Clashes erupted with police as demonstrators condemned the presence of the Israeli and US teams and the US fascist ICE goons being brought in alongside them (Milan, Italy - 2026)

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Ahead of the official launch, Hershey’s gave some fans an early taste.

Ahead of the official launch, Hershey’s gave some fans an early taste.

Truth be told.

Surya Bonaly 🇫🇷 ONE blade

#skating #iceskating #history #suryabonaly #icon #olympics

"Women have been competing in the Olympics since 1900 when they were first granted access to participate, but it’s taken decades for pregnancy and parenthood to be acknowledged as a natural part of an elite athlete’s path — and policy still hasn’t caught up."

https://19thnews.org/2026/02/olympic-mom-athletes-lack-child-care-support/

#PublicHealth #ReproHealth #pregnancy #childcare #breastfeeding #athletes #olympics

Watching #sweden v #italy. Gutsy performance from the hosts has me rooting for the men in blue.

#olympics #hockey #icehockey

At parts of the Winter Olympics in Italy, COVID precautions remain, grounded in the reality that airborne infections are still circulating. When your body is your livelihood, prevention is part of performance.

#COVID #COVID19 #PublicHealth #InfectionPrevention #Olympics #LongCOVID #MaskUp #N95

"Women have been competing in the Olympics since 1900 when they were first granted access to participate, but it’s taken decades for pregnancy and parenthood to be acknowledged as a natural part of an elite athlete’s path — and policy still hasn’t caught up."

https://19thnews.org/2026/02/olympic-mom-athletes-lack-child-care-support/

#PublicHealth #ReproHealth #pregnancy #childcare #breastfeeding #athletes #olympics

The International Olympic Committee pleaded on Wednesday with Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych to compete without his banned helmet depicting Ukrainian athletes killed in the war against Russia and avoid a potential disqualification.

https://www.reuters.com/sports/ioc-begs-ukrainian-heraskevych-compete-games-without-war-dead-helmet-2026-02-11/

#olympics #ukraine

"When members of the U.S. women's cross-country ski team walked into a news conference in a packed room at the start of the Olympics, each of them wore a mask. Jessie Diggins, the team's top athlete, said the same rules apply if she's inside with her husband, who's staying not with Diggins at the Olympics, but with family."

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/09/nx-s1-5702394/olympic-covid-restrictions-are-gone-but-some-athletes-still-self-quarantining

#PublicHealth #olympics #covid #masking #prevention

This Olympics clearly rock

#newjersey #olympics

I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution and what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of gray. It's clear. (Team USA Curler Rich Ruohonen)

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I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution and what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of gray. It's clear. (Team USA Curler Rich Ruohonen)

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Milano Cortina 2026: Curling Stones

Ailsa Craig sits about 10 miles off the Scottish coast, a granite dome left behind by a volcanic event millions of years ago. This small, now-uninhabited crag is the birthplace for every Olympic curling stone. It’s where Kays of Scotland, which has made curling stones for the Olympics since the sport appeared in the first Winter Games in 1924, gets their granite.

Curling stones have to withstand both cold and collisions, something Ailsa’s microgranite excels at. Its elasticity keeps it from cracking, and Ailsa’s unique blue hone granite resists water absorption, so that freeze-thaw cycles don’t erode the surface. That waterproofing makes for the perfect running surface. It’s no wonder that the majority of curling stones in the world originate in Ailsa. (Image credit: A. Grant/AP; via AP)