Loic Meillard's commanding victory at the Winter Olympics on Monday ended a decades-long drought in Alpine skiing's most technical discipline and reinforced the nation’s status as the sport’s benchmark.

Loic Meillard became Switzerland's first men's Olympic slalom champion since 1948 with a dramatic victory on Monday, completing a stunning Milano Cortina Games for the Alpine nation.World champion Meillard trailed by 0.

Loic Meillard of Switzerland used a strong second run to win the men’s slalom on a day that saw Brazilian ski racer Lucas Pinheiro Braathen fall in the first run, ending his bid for another Olympic gold.

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Alpine skiing, now in the spotlight at the Milano Cortina Winter Games, has undergone a quantum leap in technology and course preparation over the past quarter‑century, fundamentally changing how athletes race and train.

Six Olympic skiers joined by their parents, coaches and federation presidents came together on Sunday to advocate for more inclusion at the Winter Games.Representing Jamaica, Kenya, Eritrea, Madagascar,

Follow along for live coverage from Day 9 of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, with nine more Winter Olympics gold medals in the offing. Mikaela Shiffrin is one of today’s big medal hopes for the U.S. but she has time to make up in the second run of the women’s Alpine skiing giant slalom,

By Julien Pretot CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Mikaela Shiffrin’s 11th-place finish in Sunday’s giant slalom at the Olympics carried none of the visible anguish that defined her Beijing 2022 campaign,