Breezy Johnson opened Team USA's medal account in the 2026 Winter Olympics, winning the women's downhill in alpine skiing.

The Alpine skiing competition begins Saturday. Here's everything you need to know about the men's and women's programs.

Follow our live coverage of the U.S. going for gold in the women’s Alpine team event and mixed doubles curling

Athletes will come together for international bragging rights, as the Men’s Team Combined Alpine Skiing finals are set to begin on Monday at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Alpine skiing is one of the signature sports at the Winter Olympics, and it will be no different at the 2026 Milano Cortina Games. American stars such as Mikaela Shiffrin and Lindsey Vonn are among the headliners taking to the slopes in search of gold.

The big story over the weekend at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi was Lindsey Vonn’s crash in the women’s downhill on Sunday. For Vonn, her Olympic experience in Milan was not supposed to end this way after

Here's everything to know about alpine skiing at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics, including events, competition rules and venues.

A new event debuted at the Winter Olympics Monday, with one U.S. team competing for a medal. Here's how they did. (AP Photo)

Shiffrin became a celebrity at 18 years old after becoming the youngest-ever skier to win Olympic slalom gold. Since then, she has faced grief, PTSD and freak injury — yet she is ready to bounce back.

Compared to the typical individual events, the Team Combined sees skiers from the Downhill and Slalom disciplines. The individual event was first held in 1936 and 1948, but was discontinued until Calgary in 1988. However, this will be the first time we have seen a team event at the Winter Games.