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Norway's Ruud strikes gold as weather tests men's slopestyle field at Milan-Cortina
3+ hour, 25+ min ago (310+ words) LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Birk Ruud of Norway delivered a commanding opening run to capture the men's freestyle skiing slopestyle gold medal Tuesday here at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. Ruud posted 86.28 points on his first attempt and was never overtaken,…...
Murase triumphs in Olympic women's snowboard big air, debutant Zhang equals China's best finish
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (441+ words) LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Kokomo Murase claimed gold of the women's snowboard big air with 179.00 points at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games here on Monday, while China's Zhang Xiaonan finished fifth in her Olympic debut, matching the country's best…...
Olympics-Snowboard-American Kim says injured shoulder feeling good as she aims for third gold
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (248+ words) LIVIGNO, Italy, "Feb 9 - American snowboarder Chloe Kim said her "injured shoulder was "feeling good" as she prepares to attempt "a brand-new halfpipe run at the Milano Cortina Olympics to claim a third straight gold medal. The 25-year-old tore her labrum,…...
Olympics-Snowboard-Ledecka's bid for third gold ends in quarter-finals
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (167+ words) Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Snowboard - Women's Parallel Giant Slalom Quarterfinals - Livigno Snow Park, Livigno, Italy - February 08, 2026. Ester Ledecka of Czech Republic in action during her quarterfinal against Sabine Payer of Austria in the Women's Parallel Giant Slalom REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes LIVIGNO,…...
Olympics-Snowboard-New-born Vittoria is only victory that matters, Italy's Bormolini says
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (254+ words) Monday, 09 Feb 2026 Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Snowboard - Men's Parallel Giant Slalom 1/8 Finals - Livigno Snow Park, Livigno, Italy - February 08, 2026. Maurizio Bormolini of Italy in action during his 1/8 final against Benjamin Karl of Austria in the Men's Parallel Giant Slalom REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes…...
Olympics-Snowboard-Austrian Riegler, 52, races against age at Milano Cortina Olympics
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (434+ words) Monday, 09 Feb 2026 Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Snowboard - Women's Parallel Giant Slalom 1/8 Finals - Livigno Snow Park, Livigno, Italy - February 08, 2026. Claudia Riegler of Austria in action during her Women's Parallel Giant Slalom 1/8 final against Ester Ledecka of Czech Republic REUTERS/Marko Djurica LIVIGNO,…...
Olympics-Snowboard-Tricks and speed on show in Livigno as Kim goes for third gold
6+ day, 17+ hour ago (453+ words) Wednesday, 04 Feb 2026 Freestyle Skiing - FIS Freestyle World Championships - Women's Halfpipe - St Moritz, Switzerland - March 29, 2025 Chloe Kim of the U.S. celebrates winning gold REUTERS/Denis Balibouse LIVIGNO, "Italy, Feb 3 (Reuters) - American Chloe Kim will aim for a third straight halfpipe gold medal…...
Canadian ex-Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug kingpin arrested, NBC News reports
2+ week, 4+ day ago (197+ words) Jan 23 (Reuters) - Ryan "Wedding, a Canadian former Olympic snowboarder suspected "of becoming a cocaine smuggling kingpin, has "been arrested, NBC News reported on Friday, citing two law enforcement officials familiar with the U.S. investigation. Wedding, 44, was "on the U.S. FBI's Top 10 "Most…...
Olympics-American Kim reaches for more snowboarding history at 2026 Games
3+ week, 4+ day ago (849+ words) Friday, 16 Jan 2026 LOS ANGELES, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Twice Olympic gold medallist Chloe Kim "is already one of the greatest snowboarders in the history of the sport and will aim to add to that legacy in the mountains of Italy next month....
Snowboarding-Canada's world champion Brearley out of Olympics after knee surgery
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (184+ words) Freestyle Skiing - FIS Freestyle World Championships - St Moritz, Switzerland - March 21, 2025 Canada's Liam Brearley celebrates winning the men's slopestyle REUTERS/Denis Balibouse Dec 18 (Reuters) - World champion slopestyle snowboarder Liam Brearley of Canada will miss the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics after undergoing…...