It was the silence that gave it away. When Jakob Mandlbauer's sled flipped on Curve 7, the roar of the Cortina crowd didn't just fade; it evaporated. A 120km/h mistake? Or the inevitable result of a vanity project built against all logic?
Search interest for the 2026 Winter Games is exploding, but not for the reasons organizers hoped. Behind the viral travel trends lies a chaotic reality of exploded budgets, concrete poured over protected forests, and a bobsleigh track that nobody needed.
