Meet the Team Ireland athletes competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics

The quartet was announced on Thursday afternoon ahead of the Milan-Cortina Games that get underway with the opening ceremony on February 6th

Team Ireland athletes, from left, Ben Lynch, Cormac Comerford, Anabelle Zurbay and Thomas Maloney Westgaard in Bolzano, Italy ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Ireland is to be represented by a four-strong team at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina that will get underway with thane opening ceremony across multiple venues on Friday week, February 6.

It will be the smallest Irish contingent at a Winter Games since Turin 20 years ago which, incidentally, was the last time this event was held in western Europe. Games in the interim have featured either five- or six-strong Irish teams.