When it comes to the Winter Olympics, figure skating is always one of the most anticipated, most-watched events of the two-week extravaganza. That is once again the case with the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games.

MILAN (AP) — The Minions made it. After a music rights dispute that took over the Winter Olympics, Spanish figure skater Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate donned his yellow-and-blue costume and brought the mischievous spirit of the Minions to Milan in the men's short program Tuesday.

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In Wisconsin, speed skating doesn’t just live on Olympic ice. It begins on frozen ponds, flooded baseball diamonds and in tight-knit communities across the state. For two-time Olympian and U.S. Speed Skating Hall of Famer Nick Pearson,

Ilia Malinin of the United States performs his routine during the Figure Skating, Men's Single Skating, Short Program at the Milano Ice Skating Arena at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games in Milan,

Follow live text, BBC TV coverage, radio commentary, reaction and updates from the Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina.

Andrea Voetter and Marion Oberhofer hadn't won a race this season on the World Cup circuit. They weren't even contenders in many of them.

"I was feeling their presence the entire time."