Lara Markthaler put the finishing touches to a memorable first Winter Olympics when she was involved in two runs in the Women’s Slalom at Milano Cortina in Italy on Wednesday. In her final act at these Games, she improved impressively on her performance in the Giant Slalom.  In her first Slalom run on…

Birthday girl Lara Markthaler celebrated her big day by competing in two runs in the Women’s Giant Slalom at the Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina on Sunday. She placed 47th overall, after completing her first run in 1min 12.17sec and her second in 1:19.29. The Alpine Skier had finished 52nd in that first run and…

Three of the five Team SA representatives at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina – the largest squad the country has sent to such Games – were in action on Saturday. All of Malica Malherbe (21), Thomas Weir (17) and Nicole Burger (31) soaked up the experience. Malherbe was first up in the Last…

Malica Malherbe improved on her opening day performance in the women’s moguls freestyle skiing competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina on Wednesday, but she bowed out of the event at the qualification stage. The 21-year-old, one of five Team SA athletes at these Games in Milano Cortina, had placed 25th in the…

Malica Malherbe became the first Team SA athlete to take to competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina on Tuesday, when she placed 25th in the women’s moguls freestyle skiing qualification. The 21-year-old, one of five Team SA athletes at these Games in Milano-Cortina, gets a second chance to qualify for the…

Cross-country skier Matthew Smith and skeleton athlete Nicole Burger have been selected to carry the South African flag at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games, which gets under way on Friday, 6th February, at venues spread across the two Italian locations. Smith (35) and Burger (31) are the oldest members among the five athletes who…

On Monday, 26 January 2026, with 11 days to go to the start of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milano Cortina , the South African Sports Confederation, Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SASCOC) announced the five (5) athletes to represent Team South Africa This is the biggest delegation that the country has sent…

The countdown clock for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy has reached the one month to go stage. The torch relay is already under way ahead of the event to be held in Milano and Cortina d’Amprezzo.  There are 16 sports in all, including some never seen before, and 116 gold medals are…