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Spain win first winter gold since 1972 as ski mountaineering debuts
Spain won a first Winter Olympics gold since 1972 when twice reigning world champion Oriol Cardona Coll triumphed in the men's ski mountaineering sprint as the sport made its Games debut on Thursday.

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Spain ends long 54-year wait for Winter Olympic gold with inaugural men’s ski mountaineering gold
What is Ski Mountaineering? 'Skimo' Makes Winter Olympics Debut, Crowns 1st Winners

Cardona Coll makes history for Spain with men's ski mountaineering sprint gold, Fatton claims women's title

Oriol Cardona Coll won Spain's first Winter Olympics gold medal for 54 years as he claimed victory in the men's sprint in the inaugural ski mountaineering event on Thursday.

Ana Alonso Rodriguez’s hard climb to Olympic skimo bronze began off the snow, after being hit by car

BORMIO, Italy (AP) — The steepest hill ski mountaineering athlete Ana Alonso Rodriguez had to climb on her way to an Olympic bronze medal involved no course at all. No snow or competitors, either. Just trusting in herself,

Winter Olympics Medal Count Today (Feb. 19): Norway Hits 16 Gold as SkiMo Debut Adds New Champions

Updated Feb. 19 medal table: Norway extends its lead to 16 gold and 34 total as ski mountaineering debuts and Nordic combined adds another Norway gold. The post Winter Olympics Medal Count Today (Feb.
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Cam Smith and Anna Gibson chase Olympic history in SkiMo mixed relay

The Winter Olympic debut of ski mountaineering meets a frosty conclusion as Americans Cam Smith and Anna Gibson take on a field of the best mixed relay racers in the world.
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France win Olympic ski mountaineering mixed relay

Emily Harrop and Thibault Anselmet combined to win gold for France in the mixed relay event of Olympic ski mountaineering in Bormio on Saturday.