In the last Olympics, the 2024 Summer Games in Paris, the U.S. went second-to-last as athletes paraded down the Seine River. The logic there was similar: Los Angeles is hosting the next summer Olympics in 2028.
Bobsled teams from Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica are hopeful they can lean on their rich sprinting culture and move closer to the European powers in the sport.
From the perennial Olympics powerhouses like the United States, France and Canada to the smaller nations that provide the feel-good stories, the 2026 games are sure to provide a spectacle fans have not seen before. Here's the full list of countries competing in the Milan 2026 Olympics.