Paris, Feb. 1 -- France will head into the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games with both ambition and momentum, aiming for a top 5 finish on the medal table as it builds toward hosting the 2030 Winter Olympics in the French Alps.
France will send its largest-ever delegation to Milan-Cortina 2026, with 161 athletes (including two alternates) entered across 14 of the 16 sports. That figure is almost double the size of France's 86-member Beijing 2022 team, driven largely by a historic breakthrough in ice hockey: both the men's and women's teams have qualified for the Olympics for the first time, dramatically expanding the roster.
The average age of the squad is 26, with 17-year-old snowboard cross Youth Olympic champion Jonas Chollet the...