2026 Winter Olympics - Milano Cortina, Italy

[Blackhawk]

The 25th Winter Olympic games will take part in Milan Cortina, Italy between February 6 - Fabruary 22 , 2026.

[Blackhawk]

Greece's 2026 Winter Olympics Team:

ALPINE SKIING

AJ (Alexandros Ioannis) Ginnis
Maria Eleni Tsiovolou

(Replacement athletes: Giannis Proios, Maria Nikolata Kaltsogianni)

CROSS COUNTRY SKIING

Apostolos Aggelis
Konstantina Charalambidou
Nefeli Tita

AJ Ginnis will be the flag bearer during the opening ceremonies.

[Antaeus7]

So AJ Ginnis is our hopeful for Greece's first ever medal at the Winter Olympic Games. 

[Blackhawk]

Yes, but he has been injury prone for the past couple years. He got injured earlier this year and has not taken part in any competition ever since. Let's see if he is healthy enough to have a good showing at the games.

[Blackhawk]

Greece's first atlete competed today in the Olympics:

Sprint Classic Qualification  (95 participants)

92. Aggelis     4:06.02   (did not qualify to quartefinals)

Next to compete are Tita and Charalambidou in the 10 KM Freestyle skiing on Thursday.

[Blackhawk]

Today's Greek results:

10 KM FREESTYLE CROSS COUNTRY SKIING - WOMEN  (111 Competitors)

86. Charalambidou   28:54.2  (+6:05.0)
100. Tita  31:10.8  (+8:21.6)

Next to compete is Aggelis in 10 KM Freestyle on Friday.

[Blackhawk]

MEN'S 10 KM Freestyle Cross Country Skiing (113 competitors)

80. Aggelis   25:05.0  (+4;28.8)

WOMEN'S GIANT SLALOM  (76 competitors)

53. Tsiovolou    2:41.91  (+28.41)

MEN'S SLALOM  (96 competitors)

Ginnis           DNF  

AJ Ginnis did not complete his first run as it was decided prior to his race that he will leave the starting gate, but not complete the course due to the serious injury to his ankle. The day before the race AJ Ginnis announced that he is retiring from competitive racing and that he will start the race just to claim that he took part in his first Olympics. He missed the two prior Olympics due to injuries as well.    

[Blackhawk]

The Greece participation in the winter games has come to the end after today's participation:

WOMEN' SLALOM (95 competitors)

Tsiovolou    DSQ  (disqualified after first run)

WOMAN'S TEAM SPRINT QUALIFICATION  (26 teams)

26. Greece  (Charalambidou, Tita)       8:06.30   (+1:36.36)
       Charalambidou        3:57.31
       Tita                           4:08.99

[Antaeus7]

Its very unfortunate Ginnis has a history of injuries, he had the potential had he been healthy. The only medal he won was the 2023 silver World Championship.