LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — The two best bets to win the gold medal in women's halfpipe skiing at the Winter Olympics were born in the United States. Zoe Atkin competes for Britain and hardly anyone raises a fuss about it.

The 2026 Winter Olympics have seen many wild stories unfold, but a Chinese couple have social media buzzing over their rare accomplishment in Milan-Cortina. Wang Xindi and his wife Xu Mengtao achieved an unheard of feat this winter after

China's Xu Mengtao was a class apart as she became the first freestyle skier to claim back to back Olympic aerials gold medals on Wednesday. Xu, 35, finished strongly with a tally of 112.

US ski star Mikaela Shiffrin won Olympic gold in the slalom on Wednesday as snowboarder Su Yiming won China's first title of the Milan-Cortina Games.

Snowboarder Su Yiming has delivered China its first gold medal of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics by winning the men's slopestyle final.

The 22-year-old Olympian has made headlines throughout the Winter Games, whether it's celebrating her performance on the slopes, highlighting her hefty paychecks, criticizing her allegiance to China

The child actor-turned-snowboard prodigy won gold in the men's snowboard slopestyle, while Team USA's Jake Canter took bronze.

Wang Xindi won the freestyle skiing men's aerials at the Winter Olympics on Friday (February 20), strengthening China's dominance in the discipline and bringing another gold medal into the family.

JD Vance suggests Olympic medalist Eileen Gu should compete for the US instead of China after benefiting from American system - Gu is the most decorated female Olympic freestyle skier