Alpine skiing, also known as ski racing, has been contested at every Winter Olympics since 1936. The sport tests athletes' ability to ski down a snow-covered mountain as fast as possible within a set ...

(National Library of Norway / Public Domain) Back in the early days of the Winter Olympics, this sport had three components: cross-country-skiing, ski mountaineering and rifle shooting. It was ...

Women first competed in ski jumping at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Only one ski jumper has ever received a perfect set of style points in Olympic competition. Japan's Kazuyoshi Funaki got 20.0 ...

The men’s Alpine skiing events at the 2026 Olympics will take place in Bormio, while the women’s will be held in Cortina d’Ampezzo. The two ski areas are separated by a five-hour car ride.

and four shooting bouts become two. All that’s left is the change in format for penalty enforcement. Instead of automatically adding a minute to a biathletes time for every missed target, athletes ...

The World Cup is skiing's “regular season” that lasts from October to March with races across the Alps and in the U.S. The World Cup goes on break during the world championships and Olympics ...

The 2018 Olympic gold medallist and 2022 silver medallist in women's halfpipe thought she might retire when daughter Louella was born in 2023. The yearning Sharpe felt watching her friends and ...