If you think downhill skiing is a challenge, wait until you see skimo, a brand-new ski event set to debut in the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games. In this event, participants wearing specialized lightweight skis and carrying a backpack and other equipment run uphill.

The world’s top athletes in winter sports will showcase their skills and go head-to-head in competitions at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. Athletes will face off in 15 returning disciplines, ranging from alpine skiing to bobsled and figure skating.

The sprint is a condensed, explosive version of long-format ski mountaineering races. It features core elements of the sport broken into four sections: an ascent, a diamond section, a portage and a descent.

Olympic triathletes plunged into the Seine River Monday morning as the mixed relay event got underway after organizers said the bacteria levels in the long-polluted Paris waterway were at acceptable levels. The plan to hold the swimming portion of the ...

A Colorado State University graduate student and former national ski mountaineering competitor will be introducing a unique sport to much of the