Gasser, looking for her third straight gold, quickly became a non-factor after crashing on her first jump and failing to stick the landing on her second. That opened the door for Murase, the 2022 bronze medalist in the event, who now has followed her 2025 big air world championship gold with an Olympic gold.

The 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics are making history for having more LGBTQ+ athletes competing than at any Winter Games before ( we’re up to 47 and counting! ), but it’s not just the Olympians who are gay, it’s the Games themselves.

Olympic fans came to Cortina with heavy winter coats and gloves. Their coats were unzipped Sunday and their gloves were pocketed.

Saturday’s blockbuster audience – the largest in the last 43 Winter Games shows (since Day 10 of the 2014 Sochi Olympics) and up 92% from the opening Saturday of the 2022 Beijing Olympics (14.8 million viewers) -- follows Friday’s Opening Ceremony, which averaged 21.4 million viewers.

The Utah 2034 organizing committee hosted a reception for family members of Team USA athletes at the Italy 2026 Winter Games.

After an exciting experience at the 2025 Four Nations Faceoff, Utah Mammoth defenseman Olli Määttä is gearing up for his second Olympic Winter Games with his home country of Finland. Määttä is eager for the high level of competition especially after last year’s 4 Nations Faceoff.

As the Winter Olympics return, exhilarating speed-centric sports such as alpine skiing, luge and bobsleigh take the spotlight. But which is fastest? (AP photo)

Dutch speed skater Jutta Leerdam, the fiancée of boxer and influencer Jake Paul, set a Winter Olympics record as she captured gold in the 1,000 meters in the Milano Cortina Games.