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Nick Timmings and Michael Milton have both crowdfunded their Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games qualification programs.

‘Exhausting and disheartening’: The other side of life as a Winter Olympian

Fundraising has become a stalwart for Australia’s Winter Olympians as they attempt to qualify for the 2026 Olympics in Italy.

  • Billie Eder and Frances Howe

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Australian skeleton athlete Nick Timmings.

Nick has spent $400,000 on this Olympic sport. It doesn’t exist in Australia

Nick Timmings is aiming for his second Winter Olympics in skeleton – a sport where athletes go head-first down an ice track, reaching speeds of up to 140km/h.

  • Billie Eder
Olympic gold medalist mogul skier Jakara Anthony.

‘Snow hurts, that’s for sure’: How fear keeps Jakara Anthony on top of her game

She competes in one of the scariest disciplines on the Winter Olympic program. For freestyle skier Jakara Anthony, the added pressure of being the defending champion holds no concern. In fact, she says, ‘it’s a privilege’.

  • Nick Wright
The Brisbane Lightning Women’s Ice Hockey team is set to play their first game of the new season on November 8 at Iceworld Boondall.

‘Fast and physical’: Why Australia is getting into ice hockey

Ice hockey teams around the country are seeing bigger audiences turn out to watch the winter sport – even in summertime.

  • Dominique Tassell
The Married At First Sight experts (from left) Alessandra Rampolla, John Aiken and Mel Schilling. 

Winter Olympics, MAFS spin-off and celebrities swimming with sharks: Nine reveals 2026 programs

No new drama or comedy was announced, with the broadcaster instead leaning heavily on sport, game shows, reality and crime.

  • Louise Rugendyke
Anastasia Golubeva and Hektor Giotopoulos Moore perform at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2025.

How a residency tweak is smoothing Anastasia and Hektor’s path to Olympic debut

An amendment to the Australian Citizenship Act should pave the way for figure-skating duo Anastasia Golubeva and Hektor Giotopulos to compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

  • Billie Eder
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Australia’s most successful skier, three-time cancer survivor and Paralympian Michael Milton will is aiming to qualify for his 6th Winter Paralympic Games.

Why the world’s fastest one-legged skier is making a comeback

After three cancer battles, and 20 years since his last Winter Paralympic Games, Michael Milton is back.

  • Frances Howe
Brendan Kerry.

Olympian allegedly admitted to sexual intercourse with 17-year-old

Documents filed in the NSW Supreme Court allege that Olympic flag-bearer Brendan Kerry admitted to intercourse with an underage teen in California “10-15, maybe 20” times.

  • Frances Howe
Kerry cruised through to the next stage of competition.

Olympian allegedly supplied alcohol to 17-year-old before sexual misconduct claim

Three-time Olympian was given a lifetime ban by the US Centre for SafeSport for “sexual misconduct” involving a 17-year-old girl, which he denies.

  • Frances Howe
Brendan Kerry skates during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium.

Three-time Olympian sues sporting body over ‘false imputations of paedophilia’

Brendan Kerry is suing the NSW Ice Skating Association for defamation in the Supreme Court.

  • Frances Howe

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