Milano Cortina 2026: Meet the five athletes representing Team South Africa at the Winter Olympics

While South Africa is traditionally celebrated as a summer sporting powerhouse, the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina, norther Italy, will see a small, but determined, contingent of athletes taking part at the Games from this weekend. Trading their sun-drenched home for the sub-zero temperatures of the Italian Alps, Team South Africa will be represented by teenage alpine skiing duo Lara Markthaler and Thomas Weir, as well as Malica Malherbe (freestyle skiing), Matthew Smith (cross-country skiing), and Nicole Burger (skeleton). Finishing touches for 17-year-old Thomas Weir as he prepares for the Slalom and Giant Slalom at...