Su Yiming was all smiles after clinching Big Air snowboard bronze at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.According to Olympics, despite going into the event as one of the favourites to defend his Olympic title,

China's Eileen Gu, born in the United States, is a three-time Olympic medalist and is going for more at the 2026 Winter Games in Milano Cortina.

NBC's Winter Olympics coverage will lean heavily on athletes competing for the U.S., as the broadcaster seeks to tap American patriotism and capture eyeballs during the games. One exception: a 22-year-old freestyle skier competing for China who will get the full star treatment.

Freestyle skier Eileen Gu was born in the U.S. but competes for China. Here's why.

Born and raised in San Francisco, 22-year-old freestyle skiing sensation Eileen Gu is a double-Olympic champion - for China. Gu’s citizenship has been a contentious talking point due to her being born and living on the West Coast of America but choosing to represent China - where her mother is from - at the Olympics.

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — That ever-growing bench of Japanese snowboarders runs deep. Jumps very high, too. The country that has steadily been asserting mastery over the halfpipe took that show to the Winter Olympics big air contest Saturday night,

The freestyle skier was born in San Francisco but represents China — she has become a commercial powerhouse in the east and west.

While the U.S. is on top of the overall Olympic medal count, it is not the country that dominates winter sports like the 2026 Milano Cortina Games in Italy.

Most countries that have competed at the Winter Olympics have taken home medals in multiple sports over the years. There are also some that have emerged

The Winter Olympics begin on Friday, and Stanford will yet again be well represented on the biggest stage in sports