American ski champ Lindsey Vonn was airlifted off Olympia delle Tofane and was in stable condition following surgery on a broken leg Sunday after crashing during the women’s Alpine skiing event at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Vonn, skiing with a torn ACL she ruptured last month, lost control near the start of the race and crashed after clipping ...Read more

MILAN — Believe in the Quad God.

Ilia Malinin's clutch free skate that scored 200.03 points gave the United States its second consecutive team figure skating gold medal Sunday at the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games.

After Amber Glenn fought through a shaky free program that finished third and lost the United States its two-point lead, Malinin ...Read more

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — It was just the kind of mechanical failure Breezy Johnson could abide.

Her gold medal snapped off its ribbon when she was jumping around in jubilation. She stuffed the prize — the first gold medal for an American athlete at the Milan-Cortina Olympics — into her jacket pocket for safekeeping.

"It was definitely ...Read more

MILAN — Mikaela Shiffrin has generally let her performances do the talking during a career that has seen her win two Olympic titles and more World Cup races than any skier in history.

But she clearly had something more to say before taking the slopes for the first time in the Milan-Cortina Winter Games.

"I actually have some thoughts," she ...Read more

MILAN — Ilia Malinin leaned his head back and wagged his tongue. This perhaps wasn’t the start to his Olympic career that he wanted.

The 21-year-old took it easy in the short program of the team figure skating competition Saturday, leaving his signature quad axel, but even with a watered down routine, the man known as the “Quad God” ...Read more

MILAN — The U.S. women's hockey team came into the Milan-Cortina Winter Games ranked No. 1 in the world. And two games into group play, it's shown that ranking might be something of an understatement.

With Saturday's 5-0 victory over No. 3 Finland, the unbeaten Americans have outscored their two opponents 10-1 and outshot them 91-25. The ...Read more

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — Lindsey Vonn's mental coach didn't need to be at her side after her most recent crash. All the way from Sacramento, Calif., and watching the race on TV, he knew what her disposition would be.

"I knew the minute she crashed that she would race [in the Olympics] if there was any opportunity to race," said Armando ...Read more

MILAN — One short week after Lindsey Vonn crashed in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, and tore her left anterior cruciate ligament, she was tearing down the hill in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, a light knee brace warping the fabric of her racing suit the only obvious sign of anything amiss. When she finished the training run Friday, clocking the third...Read more

MILAN — The Olympic Village rises above the security fences that surround it, a collection of structures both temporary and permanent where the athletes will reside over the next two-plus weeks at the Milan-Cortina Games.

Out on the sidewalk and behind barriers, lookie-loos crane their necks for a peek at the competitors, while pin traders ...Read more

The Olympics are back, wearing their warm Winter Games gear. Although there were will be a couple of weeks of sports competitions to come, none are possible without an opening ceremony, a combination of solemn official protocol with a fantastic representation of the host country's culture and character, evoking the Olympic spirit itself. There ...Read more

Vice President JD Vance and the second lady were loudly booed at the 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Italy.

Just as Team USA received a warm welcome as they entered San Siro Stadium on Friday, the mood abruptly shifted when a close-up on the stadium’s jumbotron showed the Vances waving small American flags.

The crowd in Milan couldn...Read more

MILAN — Spread across more than 265 miles in four different cities from the snowy Dolomites to the sunny — for now — streets of Milan, the Milan-Cortina Olympics delivered one message.

Unity.

The most widespread Olympic Games in history showcased Italy’s idyllic snow-capped mountains, cutting-edge city life and celebrated winter legacy...Read more

MILAN — Alysa Liu brushed her bangs out of her eyes. She glanced down, blinked hard and collected herself. For a program as personal as this, she deserved a moment to herself before saluting the crowd at Milano Ice Skating Arena.

Liu, skating in the team competition Friday, was proud to present her short program, set to Laufey's "Promise." ...Read more

MILAN — The term "luge" has roots in the French word for sled. But luge, the Olympic winter sport, is very much German.

Since luge joined the calendar for the Winter Games in 1964, Germany — which has been represented by four teams over that time, East Germany, West Germany, the United Team and just plain old Germany — has failed to win ...Read more

MILAN — After heavy snowfall earlier in the week, the forecast for Cortina d'Ampezzo, site of women's Alpine skiing for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, calls for a chance of rain, a severe ice warning and daytime temperatures well above freezing followed by an overnight chill in the 20s.

And that could be a big problem says Jonathan Belles...Read more

MILAN — Alysa Liu wore a hollow smile on the ice. She had achieved a dream, skating at the Beijing Olympics at just 16, but in a mostly empty arena, few were there to see the moment.

Perhaps that was what Liu secretly wanted.

"It's not that I didn't want to be seen," Liu said. "It's just I had nothing to show."

The 20-year-old now proudly ...Read more

MILAN — Longtime pals Dan Presburger and Brad Frank are sort of Olympic weightlifters.

They're teachers from the San Fernando Valley who go to all the Olympics and lug a bunch of weights — suitcases containing tens of thousands of commemorative pins.

Presburger, who retired last Friday after 35 years of teaching at El Camino Real High, ...Read more

MILAN — Every two years, those tasked with selling, growing and protecting the Olympic Games, from International Olympic Committee members to local politicians and organizers, preach about the unifying power of the Games with evangelical zeal and conviction.

Kelly Pannek, the pride of Plymouth, Minn., and a proud former University of ...Read more

MILAN — Laila Edwards finally got out from under the spotlight and onto the ice for the U.S. women's hockey team Thursday. It was a simple act, but one that made history.

Yet for Edwards, it was just another day at the office.

"It didn't feel different at all," she said. "It's still hockey at the end of the day. Even though it's the highest ...Read more