In just one month's time, Italy will open its doors and host the world's biggest sporting event: The Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games.
British athletes are to set to dazzle on ice and snow in the land of art, culture and history with Olympic medals on the cards.
With the final countdown now underway, here are 10 British athletes you should keep your eye on.
Matt Weston (skeleton)
Matt Weston has gone from strength to strength since his first Olympic Games at Beijing 2022.
A two-time world champion, Weston has also won back-to-back overall World Cup titles and cemented himself as a bright medal contender in Italy.
Weston finished 15th in the men's event back in Beijing 2022 but comes into his second Games as the reigning world champion.
And with several World Cup medals to his belt this season, in both the men's and mixed team events, everyone is on Weston watch.
Marcus Wyatt (skeleton)
Why have one successful British skeleton racer when you can have two?
Marcus Wyatt has stormed the ice in the last couple of seasons, with a European title in 2024 and a World Championship silver to his name in 2025.
Wyatt is one half of a British pair who often occupy the top two steps of the podium, with Wyatt finishing second in the overall World Cup last season.
The incredible consistency could see Wyatt on the Olympic podium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, in either the men's or mixed team event.
Zoe Atkin (freestyle skiing halfpipe)
Zoe Atkin is set to make Milano Cortina her playground this February.
The freeski halfpipe athlete became world champion for the first time last season to complete the set of medals at the championships, whilst also winning the FIS Freestyle Ski Halfpipe crystal globe.
Atkin finished ninth at her first Olympics in Beijing and comes from strong Olympic stock, with her older sister Izzy becoming the first Briton to win an Olympic skiing medal at PyeongChang 2018.
With a raft of experience behind her and plenty of medals along the way, Atkin will be looking to follow in her sister's footsteps.
Mia Brookes (snowboarding)
When Beijing 2022 rolled around, Mia Brookes was just 15-years-old and an unknown name.
Four years later, she looks primed and ready to cruise into her first Olympics as a history-maker.
Back in 2023, Brookes won snowboard slopestyle gold in Georgia to become the nation's first-ever world champion in the event.
With back-to-back Big Air crystal globes, multiple X Games medals and more to her name, Brookes is one of Britain's most exciting Olympic debutants at Milano Cortina 2026.
Bruce Mouat (curling)
Bruce Mouat has become the face of British curling in recent years.
A prolific skip for Team Mouat, the Scot has led his rink to the title of global champions not once, but twice in the past three years, as well as banking a record-breaking four Grand Slam titles in one season.
Mouat is a born leader for his team, having skipped the side since 2017. He will also team up with long-time friend Jen Dodds for the mixed doubles in Cortina.
The exact same four that won silver at Beijing 2022, after falling to Sweden's Niklas Eden, are back for more in Italy and with Mouat at the helm, they are on the hunt for the only title that so far alludes them: Olympic gold.
Kirsty Muir (freeski)
Even injury could not stop Kirsty Muir's rise.
The freestyle skier saw the rug pulled out from underneath her in December 2023 when an MRI revealed that she had torn her ACL and she was forced to take time off the slopes for injury and rehab.
But just two months after her return, Muir reached the top of the podium for the first time in her career with slopestyle gold in Tignes, France.
And with a maiden Big Air World Cup gold in November 2025, Muir is set to arrive at her second Olympics oozing with confidence.
Dave Ryding (alpine skiing)
A name that is synonymous with British alpine skiing, Dave Ryding is a legend of the sport.
At 39-years-old, Ryding is likely to be the oldest name in the British team at Milano Cortina 2026, which would be his fifth Olympics.
The most successful British skier of all time, Ryding clinched a glorious World Cup victory at Kitzbuehel in January 2022 and led Britain to their best World Championship finish in 91 years in 2025 with a sixth place in the men's slalom.
Ryding has already announced that Milano Cortina 2026 will be his final Olympic outing, with the Rocket set to hang up his skis at the end of the season.
Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson (ice dance, figure skating)
It may be cheating on '10 to watch', but Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson are bringing two for the price of one this Olympics so we're putting them together.
The ice dancers will descend on the rink in Milan with the opportunity to win Britain's first figure skating medal since Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean in 1994.
The duo recently won back-to-back Grand Prix Final medals, having retained their history making bronze from last season in December.
Leading an eight-strong team in Milan, their Spice Girls and Scottish inspired routines are sure to shine.
Joe Davies (cross-country)
A new young gun on the scene, Joe Davies has stormed his first few seasons on the British cross-country team.
Davies was just nine years old when the Winter Olympics pitched up some 30 miles from where he had grown up in British Columbia, and he represented the Canadian Nordic programme before switching to represent Great Britain in 2022.
A sixth-place finish in the men's 10km free mass start in Italy is just one of a long list of results that showcases the youngster's rising form, landing World Cup best results again and again this season in the lead up to what could be his first ever Olympic Games.
Adele Nicoll (bobsleigh)
Adele Nicoll is a powerhouse on the athletics field and sliding track.
A national shot put champion, the Welshwoman took up bobsleigh alongside her usual summer sport back in 2020.
And after helping Team GB finish 17th in the two-women bobsled at Beijing 2022 as a reserve, she's ready to take on the new mantle of pilot at Milano Cortina 2026.
Nicoll clinched her best ever monobob finish on the World Cup circuit with 12th place in early January 2026, and with two World Cup two-woman medals to her name, is set to bridge the gap between winter and summer in Cortina.
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