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.

The first gold medal of the 2026 Olympics belongs to Switzerland's Franjo von Allmen, who won the men's downhill skiing event on Saturday.

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She was joined by her older sister Marilyn, an Alpine Ski World Cup champion, as well as their brother Bobby, a fellow alpine skier, according to Ryan's NBC Olympic profile. Lindy, the youngest of Barbara Ann's siblings, made her Olympic debut at the 1976 Winter Games in Austria.

The market value of Olympic medals has more than doubled since the 2024 Paris Games because of a surge in precious metal prices.

The first medal of the Winter Games was awarded this morning, with Swiss skiier Franjo von Allmen taking the gold. Sweden took the top two spots in women's skiathlon. Later, we have women’s normal hill ski jumping, men’s snowboard Big Air and women’s 3,000-meter speed skating.

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