When the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games come around every four years, there are many sports which compete to grab the attention of viewers around the world. However, there is one in particular ...

Snowboarding and figure skating rank highest among the sports fans intend to watch in the Milan Cortina Winter Games ...

Ski mountaineering is a new sport in the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy and mogul skiing, gets an additional twist; skiers now participate in pairs. For the first time in three decades, the Winter ...

In December 2014, a few months after he enrolled at a small liberal arts college in the Rocky Mountains, Cam Smith decided to give the sport of ski mountaineering a try. He purchased some cheap gear, ...

Olympic Skeleton is a high adrenaline sliding event which is a combination of speed, navigational skill, and pure daredevil courage. Though the discipline is similar to luge and bobsleigh with ...

Helen Desmond of the United States competes at the 2025 ISMF Ski Mountaineering World Championships on March 6, 2025 in Switzerland. Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images On February 19, the world will ...

A new Olympic sport is debuting this month at the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics. Ski mountaineering combines uphill sprinting (on boots and on skis) and downhill skiing. Although the sport on the ...

The Olympics are a fascinating blend of tradition and innovation. Some sports have been around for centuries while others merely pass in the wind — I'm looking at you, break dancing. In Milan, the new ...