Ski techs played a critical yet often overlooked role in helping Olympic skiers achieve their best on the slopes.

United States duo Jackie Wiles and Paula Moltzan finished ahead of compatriots Mikaela Shiffrin and Breezy Johnson to take bronze in the women's alpine skiing combined downhill and slalom event on Tuesday.

Alpine skiing has been on the Winter Games calendar since the fourth edition of the event in Germany, with downhill becoming a staple in 1948 in Switzerland. The mesmerizing speeds and incredible skill that competitors show while zooming down the slopes.

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.

Norway's Birk Ruud dethroned 2022 gold medalist Alex Hall to win the men's slopestyle in freestyle skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo has continued his Olympic dominance after winning gold in the men’s classic cross-country sprint at the Milan Cortina Games

By Martyn Herman BORMIO, Italy, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Mexican Alpine skier Lasse Gaxiola will have his mother for company on his Olympic debut but she will not be cheering him from the finish area in Saturday's giant slalom in Bormio because she will be three hours away preparing her own race.

The Polish ski federation has condemned online abuse directed at young ski jumper Pola Beltowska after the Olympic mixed team event on Tuesday night. Beltowska, 19, was abused after she managed only 82 metres as the first Polish jumper.