Feb. 19, 2026 - Winter Olympics updates
Digest more
Whether she is walking a fashion runway, amping herself up at the top of a mountain or digging into one of those physics lessons she takes “for fun,” Olympic champion Eileen Gu can probably boil down her main goals to these: Do her best. And bring as many people along for the ride as possible.
Every four years, the Winter Olympics displays tremendous talent and athleticism among the greatest winter-sport athletes worldwide. Unfortunately, the action isn’t always as straightforward as athletes winning and losing in their respective sports.
China's Xu Mengtao claimed the second Olympic gold of her career after landing a clean back full-full-full, one of the most difficult tricks in women's aerials.
Snowboarder Su Yiming has delivered China its first gold medal of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics by winning the men's slopestyle final.
Eileen Gu and her citizenship have been a major topic of debate for some time now. However, she tuned the noise out and embarked on her journey to make China proud again in the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Captain Hilary Knight and the tournament favored U.S. women’s hockey team is going for gold in its seventh Olympic final matchup against rival Canada at the Milan Cortina Games
The Spun on MSN
Eileen Gu's final event for 2026 Olympics has been postponed
Eileen Gu's quest to win the women's freestyle skiing halfpipe final has been put on hold. The 2026 Winter Olympics have already been a huge success for Gu, who captured silver medals in the Big Air and slopestyle events.
The discourse surrounding Eileen Gu at the 2026 Winter Olympics hasn't been very friendly, that's for sure. Gu, who was born and raised in San Francisco, announced in 2019 that she would represent China in the 2022 Winter Olympics.