SPAIN'S Oriol Cardona Coll won the first-ever Olympic gold medal in the men's ski mountaineering sprint at the Winter Games in Milan Cortina on Thursday -

BORMIO, Italy (AP) — The steepest hill ski mountaineering athlete Ana Alonso Rodriguez had to climb on her way to an Olympic bronze medal involved no course at all. No snow or competitors, either. Just trusting in herself,

By Martyn Herman BORMIO, Italy, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Oriol Cardona Coll won Spain's first Winter Olympics gold medal for 54 years as he claimed victory in the men's sprint in the inaugural ski mountaineering event on Thursday.

Cortina saw Marianne Fatton triumph at the expense of the unfortunate Emily Harrop, with the transitions proving decisive to the outcome of the medals

The Winter Olympic debut of ski mountaineering meets a frosty conclusion as Americans Cam Smith and Anna Gibson take on a field of the best mixed relay racers in the world.

Marianne Fatton made history by winning gold in the first-ever Winter Olympic ski mountaineering sprint event. Can't view the above video? Click here. The newest sport on the Olympic program made its debut Thursday at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

Everything that happened on Day 13 of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. Alysa Liu won gold in women's figure skating and the U.S. women's hockey team also won gold.

Switzerland's Marianne Fatton clinched the first ski mountaineering gold medal in Olympics history Thursday, winning by 2.38 seconds in Bormio, Italy.