ROME (AP) — When Italian skeleton competitor Mattia Gaspari became the first athlete to test the controversial sliding track ...

Next year's Olympic sliding races will be in Italy after all, international luge officials predicted Saturday in another ...

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Tests are underway at Cortina’s controversial Olympic sliding track ROME -- When Italian skeleton competitor Mattia Gaspari became the first athlete to test the controversial sliding track for ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Tests were underway at the controversial Olympic sliding track in Cortina D’Ampezzo, Italy. Several ...

16, 2025. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta, file) Construction work takes place at the Cortina Sliding Center, venue for the bob, luge and skeleton disciplines at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, in ...

ROME (AP) — The track's essential structure is done. The ice is being prepared. And next week, 60 athletes are slated to test the controversial sliding center for next year’s Milan-Cortina ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy :A group of Olympic athletes got their first chance on Tuesday to test the track at the new sliding centre that will host events at the Winter Games next year as a project ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, March 25 (Reuters) - A group of Olympic athletes got their first chance on Tuesday to test the track at the new sliding centre that will host events at the Winter Games ...

The 1.749-kilometer (1.09-mile) track features 16 curves with an estimated top speed of 145 kph (90 mph) with run times slated for 55-60 seconds. Athletes from 12 nations are involved in the tests ...