CONWAY — The XXV Olympic Winter Games at long last are here!

Well, not “here” in Mount Washington Valley, per se — but “here,” as back on NBC-TV and Peacock for the next two week. They kicked off with the opening ceremonies and continue through Feb. 22 in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.

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Burlington, Vt., native Ryan Cochran-Siegle, shown taking a training run at the Milan-Cortina Olympic downhill venue, is one of several medal contenders on the U.S. men’s alpine ski team. (YOUTUBE PHOTO)

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Local Olympian Tyler Palmer, seen Dec. 9. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)

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Mikaela Shifrin of the U.S. women’s alpine ski team is favored to medal in the slalom and giant slalom events in Milan-Cortina. (COURTESY NHPBS) 

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Skier Leanne Smith competed at the 2010 and 2014 Olympics. (PHOTO COURTESY NEW ENGLAND SKI MUSEUM)

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Jessie Diggins shared this photo on Facebook after she took bronze at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, the first American to win an individual Olympic medal in a cross-country sprint. (FACEBOOK PHOTO)

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1984 U.S. Olympic cross country skier Sue Long Wemyss competed in Sarajevo. (HOWIE WEMYSS PHOTO)

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Lake Placid, N.Y., native Tate Frantz, 20, shared this photo on social media of him ski jumping in Norway. Of Frantz, Conway’s Chip Henry said: “What’s cool for us is that Tate (Frantz) is an Easterner. ... He jumped here with us (on the Kanc) and at Nansen (in Berlin). Then there’s Jason Colby of Steamboat — I jumped in school with his father, Scott.” (COURTESY PHOTO

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Chip Henry is Kennett High School's longtime ski-jumping coach. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)

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Local figure skating teacher Jeni WIlder likes U.S. figure skating team member Ilia Malinin’s chances to win gold at the Milan-Cortina Winter Games. He is reigning world champion. (ISU PHOTO)

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Mount Washington Valley Skating Club Coach and Skating Director Jeni Wilder, seen Jan. 20. (TOM EASTMAN PHOTO)

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Team Casper competes during the 2026 U.S. Olympic trials curling men’s final Game 1 on Nov. 14, 2025, in Sioux Falls, S.D. Team Casper and Team Schuster qualified. (TEAM USA PHOTO)

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