Women's skicross world champion Fanny Smith says her trust in skiing officials remains in tatters as she eyes potentially her last chance for Olympic gold at the Milan Cortina Winter Games.

The vice president said he was going to "root for American athletes" and "people who identify themselves as Americans" during the Winter Games

The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games kicked off to a solid ratings start with its opening ceremony, seeing a 34% uptick from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The opening ceremony, which kicked off at 11 a.

NBCUniversal has been averaging around 26.5 million views across all platforms during the first five days of the Olympics. That’s up around 93% over the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, which had an average of 13.7 million during the same time period, according to published figures from Nielsen.

Olivia Smart and Jean-Luc Baker competed against each other at the 2022 Beijing Games

The 21-year-old Ilia Malinin was heard on a hot mic lamenting his lack of Olympic experience and how it affected him at the 2026 Games.

Alex Ferreira's first gold medal came after he took silver in Pyeongchang in 2018, and the bronze four years ago in Beijing.