Alpine skiing, also known as ski racing, has been contested at every Winter Olympics since 1936. The sport tests athletes' ability to ski down a snow-covered mountain as fast as possible within a set course. Skiers race one-at-a-time against the clock in a time trial format. The nature of the course depends on the ski discipline.

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was back on the ice for the first time in four years over the weekend, when the 19-year-old finished sixth in the semifinals of the Russian Jumping Championships.

The decision follows numerous countries conducting a diplomatic boycott of the Games due to human rights concerns in China. Japan, while a partner of the US, has strong economic ties to China and has avoided explicitly labelling the move as a boycott.

Competitions at the Winter Olympics are defined by extremes: extreme air, extreme speed and extreme temperatures. On sliding tracks, athletes in luge, bobsleigh and skeleton break highway speed limits.

A touch of winter came to the Summer Games on Wednesday when the United States figure skating team finally got their gold medals as 2022 Olympic champions. The special medal ceremony allowed the nine Americans to parade on a runway in the bright Paris ...

ZHANGJIAKOU /China/, February 8. /TASS/. Russian snowboarder Victor Wild won bronze on Tuesday in men’s parallel giant slalom competition at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in China. In the race for the bronze Wild defeated Italy’s Roland Fischnaller.

Akwasi Frimpong is hoping a spell training with the Russian skeleton team in Sochi will help him qualify for a second consecutive Winter Olympic Games at Beijing 2022 ©Getty Images The 34-year-old Frimpong, who finished 30th in the men's skeleton event at ...

Nine U.S. athletes were awarded gold medals in Paris for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games team figure skating event after a ruling from the Court of Arbitration for Sports. The ruling was made after no medals were awarded for the event during the Beijing ...

One of the most precisely timed events at the Olympic Winter Games, short track speed skating, is a sport defined by the smallest of margins. Winners are determined by fractions of a second, and one small movement can be the difference between an Olympic ...

Kazakhstan or China may win the bid by default. May 28, 2014— -- Add Krakow to the growing list of cities who do not want to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. The Polish city withdrew its bid this week after residents overwhelmingly voted against the ...

Russia is banned from Olympic competition by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The ban took effect in 2022, after the Winter Olympics in Beijing, and has continued through the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and now the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan. In addition to Russia, Belarus is also banned from Olympic competition.