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Ilia Malinin highlights dangers of social media in gala performanceMILAN, Italy -- Ilia Malinin delivered a powerful message about the dangers of social media and the unforgiving glare of the spotlight with an emotional gala performance on Saturday to close the figure skating program at the Milan Cortina Games.,Barely a week on from his shock eighth-place finish in...

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Will we see Mikaela Shiffrin at 2030 Games? 'I don't know'CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Mikaela Shiffrin has more records to break, more wins to celebrate and surely more medals to drape around her neck.,But the most successful Alpine skier in World Cup history, and one of the greatest of all time, struggled on Thursday to see far beyond the Milan Cortina Ol...

Oriol Cardona Coll wins Spain’s first winter gold since 1972 in SkiMo debut

BORMIO, Italy -- Oriol Cardona Coll won Spain's first Winter Olympics gold medal in 54 years as he claimed victory in the men's sprint in the inaugural ski mountaineering event on Thursday.,Minutes earlier, Switzerland's Marianne Fatton also made history as she beat big favorite Emily Harrop of Fran...

Mikaela Shiffrin ends medal drought, takes gold in slalom

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Mikaela Shiffrin won the women's slalom at the Milano Cortina Games on Wednesday, claiming her first Olympic medal since 2018.,Shiffrin was more than one second faster than every competitor except Germany's Lena Duerr (47.95) in the last Alpine skiing event of the Milano ...

Lindsey Vonn back in US, grateful for Italian help in recovery

Although she's still bed-ridden and immobile, Lindsey Vonn is back in the United States after spending a week in an Italian hospital.,The American skier announced the news on her X account Sunday evening as she continues her recovery from a fractured tibia sustained while competing in the downhill r...

Ski mountaineering ready for Olympic debut in Italian Alps

BORMIO, Italy -- Ski mountaineering is ready for its Olympic debut, starting with the men's and women's sprint events on Thursday. It does so in a mountain region rich with the sport's history.,HOW IT WORKS,Ski mountaineering, known as SkiMo, is a sport that combines ascending up mountainous terrain...

Super-vet and rookie combine for US in search of bobsleigh gold

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Medal-laden Elana Meyers Taylor is in her fifth Olympics while Jadin O'Brien had barely seen, let alone touched, a bobsleigh until late last year, but this week that unlikely U.S. pairing will be targeting gold in the Two-Woman event in Cortina.,Meyers Taylor, 41, arrived...