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Twenty-year-old figure skater Alysa Liu just became the first American woman in 24 years to win Olympic gold in singles skating, and her hometown of Oakland is throwing her a victory celebration. The East Bay athlete trained at the Oakland Ice Center before stunning the world at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.
Italian biathlete Tommaso Giacomel withdrew from an Olympic race while leading, discovered he had a heart condition, and underwent successful surgery within days. Just weeks after the scare, he's already planning his comeback for the next Winter Olympics.
Figure skater Alysa Liu received a hero's welcome at SFO after bringing home two gold medals from the 2026 Winter Olympics. Her Bay Area hometown is celebrating their first American woman to win individual figure skating gold in 24 years.
Norway just won the 2026 Winter Olympics with 41 medals while doing something radical: banning scorekeeping for kids under 12. Their "fun first" approach to youth sports proves you don't need ruthless competition to create champions.
Team USA's men's hockey team ended a 46-year gold medal drought with a thrilling overtime victory against Canada at the Winter Olympics. The historic 2-1 win brought the team to the White House to celebrate their unexpected triumph.
Olympic snowboarder Chloe Kim tore her shoulder labrum weeks before the 2026 Games but relearned her tricks with limited arm movement to compete anyway. Her determination earned her a historic third consecutive halfpipe medal.
Team GB's curling squad won their second consecutive Olympic silver medal, and now they're setting their sights on the one color that's eluded them. The close-knit team will decide this summer whether to chase gold in France 2030.
Canada's Connor McDavid set an Olympic ice hockey record with 13 points in six games, earning tournament MVP despite his team's heartbreaking gold medal loss. His captain Sidney Crosby called his performance "unheard of" and "amazing to see up close."
The U.S. men's hockey team touched down in Florida on Monday after defeating Canada 2-1 in overtime to claim Olympic gold. Cheering fans mobbed the players at Miami International Airport as Jack Hughes, Auston Matthews, and Matthew Tkachuk proudly displayed their medals.
The Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics just proved major sporting events can run entirely on renewable electricity. Italy's largest power company delivered 85 gigawatt-hours of certified green energy to every venue.
Olympic skiing legend Lindsey Vonn credits a Team USA surgeon with saving her leg after a crash led to a life-threatening condition. The 41-year-old is now recovering and says every moment of her comeback was worth it.
Olympic skiing legend Lindsey Vonn is recovering after a life-threatening crash at the 2026 Winter Games nearly cost her left leg. Thanks to emergency surgery and a blood transfusion, she's now home and on the road to recovery.
The Netherlands claimed third place in the Winter Olympics medal table for the first time ever, bringing home 20 medals from Milan. The small nation's skating dominance proved unstoppable, with athletes sweeping events and making history on ice.
San Francisco native Eileen Gu just became the only freeskier to win medals in every Olympic event she's entered, capping a grueling 16-day journey with her third gold. Her perfect record across two Olympics proves that betting on yourself can pay off in extraordinary ways.
Great Britain just made history at the Winter Olympics, winning three gold medals for the first time ever. The team returned home after their best Games performance, finishing with five total medals in Milan-Cortina.
After 16 thrilling days in Milan Cortina, the 2026 Winter Olympics delivered unforgettable moments of triumph, including Team USA's dramatic overtime hockey victories and Jordan Stolz's record-breaking performances. From first-time champions to legendary comebacks, these Games reminded the world why the Olympics inspire hope.
France just brought home its best Winter Olympics performance ever, shattering its previous medal record by nine. The team returned from Milano-Cortina with 23 medals across gold, silver, and bronze.
The 2026 Winter Olympics closed with Italy breaking its own medal record and setting a bold new model for future Games. The IOC president declared these spread-out Games established "a very high standard for the future."
British skier Zoe Atkin won bronze in halfpipe at the 2025 Winter Olympics, matching her sister Izzy's bronze from eight years earlier. The siblings became the first British brother-sister duo to win Winter Olympic medals in over a century.
The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics just wrapped up with record-breaking viewership, the most gender-balanced Games in history, and athletes from 92 nations competing across Italy's stunning venues. Two countries won their first-ever Winter Olympic medals, including Brazil's historic gold.
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