Berlin, Jan. 31 -- Three-time Olympic luge gold medalist Felix Loch is counting down the days to the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics with a sense of homecoming.

"To have the Olympics right at your front door triggers special feelings for me," the 36-year-old German said. "Family and friends can be around, and I am dreaming of the moment of waking up in the morning and looking at the Dolomites."After two editions in Asia, in PyeongChang in 2018 and Beijing in 2022, the Winter Olympics are returning home from his perspective.

"When you have grown up in the German Alpine region, and all of your family is and has always been dedicated to my sport, you feel like this," Loch said, after moving to Schonau at the Konigssee near the Austrian bo...