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The United States has the most athletes competing in the Winter Olympics, but is not favored to win the gold medal race.
MILAN (AP) — Edmonton Oilers center Leon Draisaitl was named Wednesday as one of Germany's flagbearers for the Milan Cortina opening ceremony in a sign of recognition for one of the NHL's biggest stars as the league returns to the Winter Olympics.
Ice hockey super star Leon Draisaitl and seven-time ski jumping world champion Katharina Schmid will be Germany's flag bearers at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Olympics, the German Olympics body DOSB said in a statement on Wednesday.
German bobsledder Lisa Buckwitz reveals that she uses her Onlyfans funds to get to the 2026 Games in Milano-Cortina, Italy, next month.