Who says you can't win Olympic gold at 40? Austrian Benjamin Karl's victory in the men's Alpine snowboarding parallel giant slalom (PGS) made him the oldest individual champion in the history of the Winter Games.
Ester Ledecka’s quest to become the first snowboarder to win gold medals in three straight Olympics came to a surprisingly early end.
The giant snowboard slalom is a similar event to what skiiers compete in, racing down a hill, side to side, passing through various gates. Karl won in the end by 0.19 seconds over Korea's Kim Sangkyum. And that earned the watching audience quite the celebration.
A week after rupturing her ACL, Lindsey Vonn crashed just 13.4 seconds into the downhill race. Her teammate, Breezy Johnson, took gold, the first medal for the U.S.
At Milano Cortina, Austria and Switzerland will be sending 11 skiers, Italy 10, and France? Just seven. No wonder several of the country’s best skiers didn’t make the initial list.
Team USA comes into the Milan Cortina Games with a handful of gold-medal hopefuls in both individual and team events.
Get ready to see the world's best athletes go head-to-head in their quest for the gold at the 2026 Winter Olympic venues spread across northern Italy. From the city lights of Milan to the snowy peaks of the Dolomites,
MILAN, Italy (AP) — Annika Malacinski remembers the moment the door to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics was slammed shut. On a flight from Munich to Denver, she bought airplane Wi-Fi to join a conference call with the International Olympic Committee,