The Olympic gold medalist tells PEOPLE about how he was inspired to try out freestyle skiing after watching old home videos of his father

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Every winter Olympics sport involves people sliding on ice or snow, and a majority of those sports involve skis. The 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics will be the first to have seven different skiing disciplines with the addition of ski mountaineering to the program.

How the three-time Olympic medalist became freestyle skiing's biggest star

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Freestyle skiing, at its core, is about tricks and high-flying maneuvers. This skiing sub-niche has undergone rapid change over the past few decades and, today, now covers numerous disciplines, both competitive and otherwise. For simplicity's sake, this ...

Quinn Dehlinger, a four-time world medalist across individual and team events, and Chris Lillis, a member of the title-winning squad from the last Olympic team event, headline the men’s aerials team. Both skiers have earned podium finishes during the current World Cup season. Connor Curran and Derek Krueger were named as additions to the roster.

Eileen Gu on Tuesday said she was entering her second Olympics with new-found love and a different approach to her sport after feeling stuck in recent years.

Faction’s most aggressive freestyle all-mountain ski is an absolute blast in all conditions at the resort. Freestyle skis have greatly evolved since the early days of the Salomon TenEighty, now coming in all shapes, sizes, flex patterns, and the like.

The 25th Winter Olympics is taking place in Milan and Cortina in Italy and will feature a record 116 medal events. There are 16 sports at this winter's Games, eight on ice and eight on snow. Can you name them all?