Nothing signifies winter sports quite like the image of a strapped-in skier carving a smooth path downhill through the snow — and at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on NBC and Peacock, athletes like Breezy Johnson (Women’s Downhill) have been hitting the slopes to bring home the gold for Team USA.

Alpine skiing — one of the Olympics most popular sports — has made a lot of headlines in Milan this year. From Lindsey Vonn’s stunning fall that left her needing a multitude of surgeries, to Lucas Pinheiro Braathen winning the men’s giant slalom,

The biggest names in Alpine skiing are set to hit the slopes at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina. Mikaela Shiffrin, Lindsey Vonn and Ryan Cochran-Siegle are so

US star Mikaela Shiffrin fittingly brought the curtain down on the alpine skiing programme at the Winter Olympics with a long-awaited gold in the women's slalom in Cortina d'Ampezzo on

The Alpine Skiing Women’s Slalom Run Final is airing at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026 at the Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre.

Carve: A crisp turn referring to the technique used in Alpine ski racing. When carving, a skier turns their skis onto their edges, a metal strip fixed along the bottom of the ski, which can cut through ice or snow and allow skiers to perform precise turns necessary for a fast run on a race course.

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