Mathilde Gremaud, of Switzerland, has once again held off Eileen Gu, the Chinese freeskier she challenged for gold in the women’s Olympic slopestyle finals on Monday.
Mammoth Mountain, California, has confirmed that a skier died on Thursday, February 5, 2026. Mammoth Ski Patrol received a call at 1:00 p.m. local time that a skier had suffered a severe fall in 'Dropout Chute 2', a Double-Black Diamond, ungroomed slope accessed from the resort's popular Chair 23.
The Winter Olympics are underway. While we’ve already been treated to some standout ski moments—Breezy Johnson’s epic gold medal finish among them—there’s plenty more action on the way.
Faced with warmer-than-expected temperatures, a Pacific Northwest ski area, Bluewood, has opted to shut down. “Assessing the weekend’s forecast and knowing
Team USA Olympic freestyle skier Hunter Hess made international headlines this past weekend, but it wasn't for a performance on the snow. Hess, in answering questions during a media session on Friday, February 6, 2026, said that, "it brings up mixed emotions representing the US," at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
There's no better place than the world's stage for the best athletes around to prove themselves. As always, the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games are chock full of talented athletes, nail-biting competition, and stories that will be talked about for years.
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Cortina d'Ampezzo's Olimpia della Tofane piste wrecked Breezy Johnson's Olympic downhill hopes four years ago but made amends on Sunday, even if the gold medal came apart minutes after being hung round her neck.
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- The question of whether Lindsey Vonn should have started the Olympic downhill race on Sunday has expanded beyond a single athlete or race, exposing a deeper tension at the core of elite sport: who decides when an injured competitor is fit to compete and what message that choice sends.
The American Breezy Johnson set the tone early. She was the sixth ski racer of the day to drop into the Olympia delle Tofane downhill course on Sunday, and after blazing from top to bottom in one minute and 36.10 seconds, set the fastest time of the day.
Lindsey Vonn suffered a broken leg in the crash that she suffered on Sunday. Vonn crashed roughly 14 seconds into her downhill skiing run at the Olympia delle Tofane course in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, and required immediate medical attention on the slope.
What was meant to be a triumphant moment at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics turned heartbreaking on Sunday, February 8, when American skiing legend Lindsey Vonn crashed just 13 seconds into the women’s Olympic downhill.
Nine days after wrecking and rupturing the ACL in her left knee at a World Cup race in Switzerland, the 41-year-old American competed in the women's downhill event at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Sunday.
American skiing legend Lindsey Vonn’s bid for Olympic glory at the 2026 Winter Games in Milan-Cortina ended in dramatic fashion on Saturday morning during the women’s downhill at the Olympia delle Tofane course in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.
Alpine skiing legend Mikaela Shiffrin has decided to take a few responsibilities off her plate heading into the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympic Games. When she competed at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing, Shiffrin took on six events but failed to finish three races or make the podium.
Mikaela Shiffrin will compete in her fourth Winter Olympics in February as she looks to add to her Olympic medal count. The Team USA skier is expected to race in multiple events at Milano Cortina 2026, including the women’s slalom, women’s giant slalom and the women’s team combined slalom.