Mexican Alpine skier Sarah Schleper and her son Lasse Gaxiola are set to make history at the Winter Olympics. (AP photo)

Members of the U.S. men’s Alpine ski team spoke with the media on Thursday morning from the 2026 Olympics in Italy. Former Ski and Snowboard Club Vail athletes River Radamus and Kyle Negomir joined

A sell‑out crowd is expected to pack the stands for Saturday's men's downhill in the Italian village of Bormio, underscoring the enduring pull of Alpine skiing's marquee event, the first to assign gold at the Milan Cortina Winter Games.

Meet mother-son skiing duo competing for Mexico in the 2026 Winter Olympics originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Mexico doesn’t have many competitors at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Just five athletes will represent the country in Milan. But two of them are making history.

A weather issue in Italy was no match for the Team USA women's alpine skiing team, which danced through the delay before finishing up training runs.

World champion Breezy Johnson was relieved to complete the first training session for the women's Olympic downhill on Friday but the American was still not about to let down her guard.

Explore Olympic Alpine skiing basics, including the events (downhill, slalom, giant slalom, super-G, combined), competition rules how medals are won and the top American athletes to watch out for at the 2026 Winter Games in Milan Cortina.