The first five-time Olympic medalist in the colorful, unpredictable sport of snowboarding comes from a colorful, unexpected place: New Zealand. The honor belongs to Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, a 24-year-old from Wanaka in New Zealand's Southern Lakes region — a world away from this sport's roots in the United States.

World champion freestyle skier Finley Melville Ives is "stable and positive" following a hard fall during men's freeski halfpipe qualifying at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Friday. It was the second serious incident in two days in freestyle skiing after Cassie Sharpe's fall during the women's halfpipe qualifying on Thursday.

A WINTER OLYMPIC skier suffered a horror injury after a huge crash. Finley Melville Ives was doing his second run of the men’s freeski halfpipe. The New Zealander had crashed out in his

Zoi Sadowski-Synnott makes history as New Zealand's first five-time Olympic medalist in snowboarding, marking a significant rise in the nation's winter sports prominence.

Recapping from the final day of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, which included a historic gold medal victory for the U.S. men's hockey team.