Who Are Ireland's Athletes At The Winter Olympics?

ByAndy Gray

BBC Sport NI Journalist

The spectacle of nan 2026 Winter Olympics are now good nether measurement successful Milan-Cortina.

Nobody has ever won a Winter Olympic badge for Ireland, but 4 athletes will caput to Italy pinch dreams of achieving history.

So, who are nan athletes, what are their sports and erstwhile are they successful action? BBC Sport NI takes a look.

Alpine skier Cormac Comerford is competing successful his first Olympics and will return portion successful 4 events successful Milan-Cortina.

The 29-year-old is racing successful his first Olympics aft 3 erstwhile attempts and crowdfunding helped him scope nan Games successful Italy.

He started successful nan Downhill successful Bormio, wherever he vanished successful 34th spot aft a believe crash, and will besides title successful nan Super-G, Giant Slalom and Slalom.

Comerford, who learnt to skis astatine nan Kilternan barren slopes, useful arsenic a mechanical technologist successful nan off-season and spends nan wintertime training and competing crossed Europe.

Cormac Comerford's Schedule:

Saturday, 7 Feb: Downhill (Bormio) - 34th place

Wednesday, 11 Feb: Super-G (Bormio)

Saturday, 14 Feb: Giant Slalom Run 1 & 2 (Bormio)

Monday, 16 Feb: Slalom Run 1 & 2 (Bormio)

Cross state skier Thomas Maloney Westgard is competing successful his 3rd Winter Olympics.

Born successful in nan land of Leka successful Norway, Westgard has a mother from Galway and a Norwegian father.

The 30-year-old, who races professionally for Team Aker Daehile, will compete successful 3 events, successful nan 10km + 10km Skiathlon, nan 10km free transverse state and nan 50km classic.

Maloney Westgard has a champion decorativeness of 14th astatine nan 2022 Games successful Beijing successful nan 15km individual.

Thomas Maloney Westgard's schedule:

Sunday, 8 Feb: 10km + 10km Skiathlon (Predazzo)

Friday, 13 Feb: 10km Free (Predazzo)

Saturday, 21 Feb: 50km Classic (Predazzo)

Teenager Anabelle Zurbay will make history arsenic nan youngest alpine skier to correspond Ireland astatine nan Winter Olympics.

Zurbay, who turned 17 conscionable earlier Christmas, is based successful Vali, Coloarda and qualifies for Ireland done her grandma Rosaleen, who is from Westmeath.

She will title successful nan Slalom and Giant Slalom successful Cortina successful nan Dolomites.

Zurbay besides had nan honour of being 1 of Ireland's 2 flagbearers for nan opening ceremony, alongside Maloney Westgard.

Annabelle Zurbay's schedule:

Sunday, 15 Feb: Giant Slalom Run 1 & 2 (Cortina)

Wednesday 18 Feb: Slalom Run 1 & 2 (Cortina)

Ben Lynch will make his Olympic debut erstwhile he takes portion successful freestyle skiing astatine nan Games.

Lynch was calved successful Dublin and moved to Vancouver astatine a young age, wherever he discovered skiing.

The 23-year-old was successful Canada's improvement pathway but made nan move to subordinate Ireland successful 2024.

He will title successful nan freestyle skiing halfpipe, which originates towards nan extremity of nan Games.

Ben Lynch's schedule:

Thursday, 19 Feb: Halfpipe Qualification (Livigno)

Friday, 20 Feb: Halfpipe Final (Livigno)

6-22 February

Milan-Cortina