The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina have provided all kinds of storylines. Currently, the world’s best winter sport athletes are competing in Italy with gold medals on the line. Gifted and talented individuals have been busy flying through the air with snowboards and skis attached to their feet,

From left: Poland’s Iwona Januszyk, China’s Cidan Yuzhen, and Spain’s Maria Costa Díez race up steps during a ski-mountaineering women’s-sprint heat in Bormio, Italy, on February 19, 2026. The sport of ski mountaineering makes its official Olympic debut at this year’s Winter Games, featuring both men’s and women’s sprints and a mixed-relay event.

American freestyle skier Eileen Gu said she was “physically assaulted,” robbed and received death threats on her college campus, Stanford University, over her controversial 2019 decision to represent her mother’s native China in the Olympics.

Eileen Gu is one of the biggest names at the Milan-Cortina Olympics.The athlete gave an interesting insight into the pressure she is under earlier at the Milan-Cortina Games, saying she feels she is "carrying the weight of two countries on my shoulders".

Not only is she the most decorated female freestyle skier in Olympic history after taking home two silver medals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, but she's also going viral for her "amazing" response to a reporter.