You can hear the sound of the skis slapping into frozen bumps, the air whooshing as the racers fly past; legs screaming, heart racing, all while navigating swooping turns and a 1,023-meter vertical drop. In under two minutes, the bone-rattling ride is over. If negotiated successfully.

Defending Olympic champion Sara Hector leads Camille Rast of Switzerland by 0.15 seconds after the first run of a World Cup giant slalom at the Kronplatz resort

Lindsey Vonn, 41, gave fans a raw update on her latest setback, sharing a powerful Instagram post on Tuesday, February 3, that mixed celebration, heartbreak and classic Vonn resilience. The Olympic ski legend posted a carousel of photos from the Audi FIS Ski World Cup in Cortina d’Ampezzo on Tuesday,

Roughly 3,000 Olympic athletes will participate in the ceremony, officially marking the beginning of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

The U.S. Olympic bobsledder was forced to adjust after her pilot pulled a hamstring in Vancouver during the 2010 Winter Games, and four years later her sled broke in Sochi. She tore her Achilles tendon ahead of the 2018 Games in PyeongChang, then got COVID four years ago in Beijing. But each time, she has somehow found a way.

Belinda Snell won a championship with the Phoenix Mercury in 2007, and after that, she represented her country in the Olympics. Aug 23, 2008; Beijing, CHINA; USA center Lisa Leslie (bottom) dives for a loose ball against Australia forward Belinda Snell ...

Vermonter Andrea Mead Lawrence remains the only American alpine skier to win two golds in a single Olympic games.