Who says you can't win Olympic gold at 40? Austrian Benjamin Karl's victory in the men's Alpine snowboarding parallel giant slalom (PGS) made him the oldest individual champion in the history of the Winter Games.

History was made on Sunday at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan/Cortina d’Ampezzo. In an amazing men’s parallel giant slalom snowboarding competition, Benjamin Karl of Saint Polten, Austria made Olympic history by becoming the oldest Winter Olympian of

Mikaela Shiffrin suffered more Winter Olympic pain on Tuesday after the US ski star failed to claim a medal in the women's team combined, bringing back memories of her disastrous performance at the Beijing Games four years ago.

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — The fans from the Czech Republic clanged cowbells and waved their red-white-and-blue tricolor for a sun-splashed Olympic victory they simply knew was coming. Then, they all looked down and checked their programs.

Mikaela Shiffrin disappointingly could not add to her medal count or to her title as the most decorated American skier in history Tuesday. Shiffrin failed to earn her third career Olympic gold medal — and first since 2018 — when she and Breezy Johnson finished in fourth place in the new team combined event at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games.

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Karl, 40, trailed South Korea's Kim Sang-kyum through much of the final, but raced downhill and capitalized on a late mistake to finish 0.19 seconds ahead to win gold. Bulgaria's Tervel Zamfirov won bronze in the event.

The United States is in the driver’s seat to win another gold medal in alpine skiing. After Breezy Johnson won gold in the women’s downhill on Sunday, Johnson actually has another chance of winning a gold medal in the

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Austria's Benjamin Karl successfully defended his Olympic title in parallel giant slalom. See the moment in the video player above.Can't see the video? App users click hereHe became the oldest individual gold medalist in Winter Olympic history at 40 years and 115 days,