by flamealivepod | Aug 20, 2026 | Podcast, Cortina 1956, Speedskating
We’re going back to the Cortina 1956 Winter Olympics and the last Olympic speed skating competition on natural ice. Lake Misurina proved to be a fantastic venue as records fell by the dozens over the four races of the speed skating competition. We’ve got... 
by flamealivepod | Aug 6, 2026 | Podcast, Cortina 1956, Nordic Combined, Ski Jumping
The sports of Nordic combined and ski jumping rarely make international headlines, and when they do, it’s often for controversy. The latest controversy over ski suit tampering led to coaching suspensions and threatened to become one of the storylines at Milano... 
by flamealivepod | Jun 25, 2026 | Podcast, Cortina 1956
In our year-long look back at the Cortina 1956 Winter Olympics, we head to the cross-country skiing stadium (built with filming in mind) for more Olympic competition than ever before. In the men’s program, the 18K became a 15K, and a 30K was added, so now there were... 
by flamealivepod | Jun 15, 2026 | Blog, Bobsled, Cortina 1956
The United States and the technology race in Olympic bobsled by Jill Jaracz When we talked about the bobsled competition at Cortina d’Ampezzo 1956, we touched on the way the sleds were changing, but we could have spent the entire episode just talking about bobsled... by flamealivepod | Jun 11, 2026 | History, Cortina 1956, Podcast
We’re traveling back in time to the Cortina 1956 Winter Olympics to hear all about the bobsled (or bobsleigh) competition. These Games saw some big changes: New rules about weight, new types of sleds and the introduction of Italian Eugenio Monti, whose results... 
by flamealivepod | May 14, 2026 | History, Alpine Skiing, Cortina 1956, Podcast
In our year-long look back at the Cortina d’Ampezzo 1956 Winter Olympics, we take to the slopes of the Tofane in the Dolomites to explore the Alpine skiing competition. Although lack of snow was an issue for this event, competitors got to use new technology in...