Josie Baff has become Australia's second gold medallist at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, claiming victory in the women's snowboard cross.

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Australia’s Josie Baff took the lead midway through and held off her challengers to win a gold medal in women’s snowboardcross at the Winter Olympics on Friday. Eva Adamczykova of the Czech Republic was next across the line for the silver,

Torrance's Chloe Kim landed a double-cork 1080 on her first run at the Milan Cortina Olympics and the gold medalist Gaon Choi did not. Why did Kim lose out?

Korea's Gaon Choi, 17, rebounded from a hard fall to win gold — and end her role model's historic bid for three in a row in the Winter Olympic halfpipe.

Pinckney's Jake Vedder competed in his second Winter Olympic Games in snowboard cross on Thursday, Feb. 12.

Australian snowboarder Cam Bolton was airlifted to the hospital after breaking his neck while training for the 2026 Winter Olympics

No sport at the Winter Olympics is more chaotic and arguably more exhilarating than snowboard cross, which whittles down a 32-person field with a series of four-man heats that resemble a human version of the Daytona 500 combined with a touch of Kentucky Derby — on a snowboard,

Kokomo Murase completed a golden snowboard Big Air Olympic double for Japan on Monday, after Kira Kimura had won the men's competition on the weekend. X Games champion Murase clinched the gold four years after bronze on her final jump with a score a score of 89.

Choi Gaon is Chloe Kim's protégé. The 17-year-old's Olympic success made the American great feel like a "proud mom."

Australian snowboarder Cameron Bolton, 35, broke his neck during training at the Winter Olympics and was airlifted to hospital with two neck fractures before he could compete in his fourth Olympics.