LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Given the injuries he’s overcome in the past month, there’s no blaming defending Olympic champion Ayumu Hirano for just being happy to be here. The halfpipe riders trying to take his title at the Milan Cortina Games made it clear Wednesday night they don’t share that feeling.

Australian Scotty James has cemented his status as the favourite to win gold in the men’s snowboard half-pipe at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics after topping qualifying on Thursday morning AEDT.

Chloe Kim’s Olympic dream lives on. The Team USA snowboarding icon took center stage on Wednesday to compete in the halfpipe qualifying at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. It was Kim’s first step toward achieving her ultimate goal of winning a third straight Olympic gold medal in the halfpipe

Learn how athletes for Team USA and other countries qualify to compete in sport climbing at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

The first snowboarding gold medal has been handed out at the Milan Cortina 2026 Games, after Japan's Kira Kimura took gold in men's big air on Saturday. Now, it's the women's turn.

Canadian moguls star Mikaël Kingsbury breezed through qualifying Tuesday at the Milano Cortina Olympics, promising there is more to come.

Donohue LiVecchi, a legendary New Jersey runner, has been hired as the girls outdoor track and field head coach at Haddonfield, her alma mater. Jason Russo, who has coached girls track and field at Haddonfield since 2007, will remain the head coach of the cross-country and indoor teams.

Cortina Winter Olympics, with legendary American skier Lindsey Vonn and British medal hope Mia Brookes in action.