Cortina Winter Olympics, with Team GB medal hope Kirsty Muir among those in action.

BORMIO, Italy — Switzerland’s Franjo von Allmen won the first gold medal of the 2026 Winter Olympics with a magnificent performance on the formidable Stelvio course in the men’s downhill.

Italian skiing legend Sofia Goggia lit the Olympic cauldron in Cortina and played an integral role in bringing the Winter Games back to Italy.

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Bryce Bennett, who became a father recently, was emotional after what he expects to be his final Olympic run representing Team USA. See what he said.

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 American-born gold-medalist skier who competes for China is the highest-paid athlete in the Winter Olympics.

MILAN (AP) — Though U.S. Vice President JD Vance was booed by some spectators at the Winter Games opening ceremony, there was warmth with Olympic leaders at a key point in diplomatic relations ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Games.