U.S. great Mikaela Shiffrin lived up to her reputation as overwhelming favourite for women's slalom gold on Wednesday with a mighty first leg in the last Alpine skiing event of the Milano Cortina Olympics.

Redemption never felt so good. Mikaela Shiffrin won a battle with the best slalom skiers in the world — and herself. “It’s like,” Shiffrin said, before pausing, “… being born again.” In her third and final attempt to medal at the Milan Cortina Games — after her 2022 implosion in Beijing — Mikaela Shiffrin won gold in her signature slalom event — besting the field over two runs by a whopping 1.

The American alpine skiing star won her first Olympic medal in eight years with gold in the women's slalom event at the Milan Cortina Games.

A long, unique family story led 18-year-old to ski for Jamaica. But he didn’t come all this way to be a novelty act. "I'm gonna get there."

American Paula Moltzan rebounded from a disastrous first run to record the fastest second run of the women's slalom at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Norway's Atle Lie McGrath led a crash-hit Olympic men's slalom with the fastest time of a first run that many favourites including Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen failed to complete.

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