Skier Tallulah Proulx, 17, was raised in the U.S., but she's making Olympic history as the Philippines' first female, and youngest athlete in any Winter Games.

Minnesota native Lindsey Vonn had dreams of finishing her Olympic downhill skiing career with a gold medal around her neck in Milan. Instead, she had to be taken off the mountain by a helicopter after her second fall in about a week.

In Milan, the new sport is ski mountaineering, otherwise known as skimo. It's a combination of alpine climbing and backcountry skiing. Athletes ascend a mountain with either skis or on foot then descend down, where the fastest back wins gold.

Gu qualified for the women's slopestyle final wearing an outfit with details inspired by her Chinese heritage and her personal quirks.

Stream every moment and every medal of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games on Peacock. Read more NBC News coverage of the Olympics and the athletes competing. Max Naumov struggled to get back on the ice after his parents were killed in a plane crash.

Former four-time Olympian Andy Newell coaches Bridger Ski Foundation pro team in Bozeman, helping local skiers chase 2034 Olympic dreams.

For the second time in as many Winter Olympics, Switzerland’s Mathilde Gremaud has clinched women’s ski slopestyle gold, holding China’s Eileen Gu to silver.

Why 17-year old Avery Krumme switched nationality from Canada to U.S. before Olympic slopestyle skiing originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Avery Krumme hasn't wasted any time at her first Winter Olympics.