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Turner rides adrenalin rush at Paralympics eyeing repeat gold in snowboard cross
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (817+ words) Tyler Turner sees himself as an adrenalin enthusiast, not an adrenalin junkie. The 37-year-old lives life on the edge, with passions for snowboarding and skydiving. "Junkies are addicted and I could quit at any time, which is not true, but…...
Eileen Gu in tears after defending her Olympic halfpipe title, learning of her grandmother’s death
2+ week, 4+ day ago (880+ words) That's why her tears flowed freely. Not long after the victory gave her a record-breaking third Olympic gold medal in freeskiing, Gu learned her grandmother, Guozhen Feng, had died." "She was a steam ship," Gu said. "This woman commanded life,…...
Eileen Gu defends Olympic ski halfpipe title for her 6th career medal at Winter Games
2+ week, 4+ day ago (184+ words) LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) " Eileen Gu defends Olympic ski halfpipe title for her 6th career medal at Winter Games. February 22, 2026 # Ways to support us This browser doesn't support push notifications at the moment. Check browsers features, update your browser or try to…...
Canadian freestyle skier Amy Fraser just misses out on Olympic halfpipe podium
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1016+ words) Winnipeg -17" C, Cloudy with wind LIVIGNO " Canadian Amy Fraser, still dealing with the after-effects of a nasty injury suffered in training last March at the FIS World Championships, just missed the podium Sunday in women's freeski halfpipe at the Milan…...
Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris misses out on fourth straight Olympic podium
3+ week, 1+ day ago (961+ words) Winnipeg -3" C, Blowing snow LIVIGNO " An emotional Mark McMorris exited the Milan Cortina Olympics on his shield Wednesday, falling on his third and final run in snowboard slopestyle in a bid to reach the medal podium for the fourth straight…...
Bouncing back from nasty crash, McMorris cruises into Olympic slopestyle final
3+ week, 4+ day ago (94+ words) LIVIGNO - Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris wasted little time Sunday showing he was back from a nasty crash in big air training. $4.99 $1 per weekfor 24 weeks An All-Access Digital subscription includes unlimited online reading on winnipegfreepress.com, access to the Replica E-Edition…...
Cold gold! Britain wins its first Olympics title on snow
3+ week, 4+ day ago (332+ words) Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale won the first gold medal on snow in the island country's 102-year history at the Winter Games after crossing the line first Sunday in the wild sport of mixed snowboardcross." This "Cold Gold" also marks…...
After a narrow Olympic loss, snowboarder Scotty James looks toward 2030
3+ week, 5+ day ago (580+ words) The Aussie snowboarder spent a lifetime trying to reach this moment. When his moment came, he came an agonizing half-turn short of winning the Olympic gold medal that has eluded him. He said he has every intention of staying in…...
Young snowboarder Cameron Spalding sees bigger picture for his sport at the Olympics
3+ week, 5+ day ago (1257+ words) Just 20, Canadian snowboarder Cameron Spalding has already won the Crystal Globe as the overall FIS World Cup slopestyle champion. Milan Cortina marks his first Olympics. And while Spalding is "super-excited" for the opportunity to compete in something "so different than…...
At the Winter Olympics, athletes share the stage with nature. That’s just how they want it
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (1090+ words) There is something inherently dangerous about flinging yourself down the side of a mountain or soaring over snow and ice, yet don't describe what Gu and hundreds of other Winter Olympians who are exposing themselves to the unpredictable whims of…...