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Record medal haul on the cards for Aussie Winter team
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Taking their lead from their summer counterparts, Australia's 2026 Winter team are set to be remembered as the most successful ever as the Olympic Games get under way in Italy.
Australians brought home a record haul of 18 gold medals among 53 in total from Paris in 2024, and the Winter crew have similarly lofty ambitions in Milan-Cortina, albeit on a smaller scale.
Four years ago in Beijing, the Australian team won a record four medals, including gold by moguls superstar Jakara Anthony.
Snowboard king Scotty James and skeleton veteran Jackie Narracott both bagged silver, and Tess Coady pocketed a snowboard slopestyle bronze.
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The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games' opening ceremony will kick off in northern Italy on Friday night local time, with Australians watching the snowy coverage in the early hours of the morning Saturday, and in the aftermath of a heatwave.
In the national team's second-largest showing ever, 53 athletes will be representing Australia across 14 sports, with a record 62.3 per cent proportion of women.
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This year’s Winter Olympics will be held in northern Italy, starting on Friday.
They will be the most spread out in history: the two main competition sites – Milan and the winter resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo – are more than 400 kilometres apart.
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