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On a Sunday morning filled with all kinds of emotion, American Breezy Johnson won the women’s Olympic downhill race. It was the first gold medal of Johnson’s career and the first awarded to the United ...

It was over sooner than expected, and in heartbreaking fashion. Quickly after leaving the start gate, Lindsey Vonn caught her right arm on a gate on the women’s Olympic downhill course that twisted ...

The finals for the Women’s Downhill Alpine Skiing competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina are already about to take place. Lindsey Vonn, who recently tore her ACL, will be competing ...

Lindsey Vonn during Women's Downhill training at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics Al Bello/Getty Images Lindsey Vonn‘s Olympic dream is in tatters after she crashed out of the Women’s Downhill ...

Editor's note: Lindsey Vonn shared an injury update on Feb. 13, detailing she will need two more surgeries following three she has already undergone. CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Three out of six ...

Vonn finished another training run with a few technical issues but no apparent injury difficulties. The women's downhill is scheduled for Sunday. François-Xavier MARIT / AFP via Getty Images CORTINA D ...

Franjo von Allmen celebrates on the podium after an impressive performance on a difficult course. Christian Petersen / Getty Images The Athletic has live coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics. BORMIO, ...

The sports drama about an ambitious skier filmed on the trails of what would become Sundance. By Ryan Gajewski Senior Entertainment Reporter Gene Hackman, castmate Jim McMullan and Robert Redford on ...

Top-ranked golf teacher Tom Stickney shares one of the better putting tips out there, which helps control speed on fast downhill putts. I’m notorious for being a bad putter, so I’m always on the hunt ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

Three downhill races this season, three medals for Lindsey Vonn. Vonn edged Ilka Stuhec for the bronze medal in the downhill Saturday in Val d'Isere, France, finishing 0.04 seconds ahead of the ...