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Lauren Parker with her gold medal at the 2024 Paris Summer Paralympic Games.

Lauren Parker beat her rival in Paris. Now she’s out to do the same in Milan

Lauren Parker finally won gold in the para-biathlon over her biggest rival Kendall Gretsch. She’s gunning for Gretsch’s winter event, too.

  • Frances Howe

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Matt Brumby

Matt got Australia to the Paralympics. But he might not get to go

Para-biathlon athlete Matt Brumby has spent five years and thousands of dollars chasing his dream of competing at next month’s Milano Cortina Winter Paralympics. It finally paid off … but there’s a catch.

  • Frances Howe
Lindsey Vonn opens up on the extent of her injuries.

‘Saved my leg from being amputated’: Vonn reveals seriousness of injury

American skier Lindsey Vonn has revealed her leg was at risk of being amputated after she suffered compartment syndrome following her crash at the 2026 Olympics.

  • Billie Eder
Eileen Gu and Indra Brown share a hug after the Australian’s final run in the women’s freeski halfpipe final.

‘Her time will come’: Gu predicts Brown will challenge for her Olympic crown

Australian teenager Indra Brown finished fifth in the women’s freeski halfpipe final – and the woman who took gold, Eileen Gu, expects bigger and better things from her – very soon.

  • Vince Rugari and Billie Eder
Eileen Gu.

‘They hate China’: Megastar skier hits back at US right-wing critics

Eileen Gu’s successes at Milano Cortina 2026 have turned her into a political target of American conservatives, who say there should be “consequences” for her decision to represent China.

  • Vince Rugari
Australian teenager Indra Brown made her Olympic debut on Thursday night (local time).

Homework to halfpipe: Sixteen-year-old Aussie nails Olympic debut to set up medal tilt

Australian teenager Indra Brown has qualified for the women’s freeski halfpipe final, but hours before making her Olympic debut, she was still doing her maths homework.

  • Billie Eder
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Avalanche

‘Ball bearings in the snow’: The role of climate change in deadly avalanches

More than a dozen people have died in avalanches on two different continents this week alone. What causes the deadly snow slides, and is climate change making it worse?

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Athletes compete in ski mountaineering at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.

The newest Olympic sport has the oldest history – and is a window into the future

Throw triathlon, marathon, alpine and cross-country skiing, and sport climbing into an athletic blender, and you end up with ski mountaineering – the newest sport at the Winter Olympics.

  • Vince Rugari
Lake Tahoe avalanche

Eight skiers found dead after group engulfed by California avalanche

Authorities have informed relatives that the mission has shifted from rescue to recovery after the deadliest avalanche in the United States since 1981.

  • Steve Gorman
Tuesday's avalanche near Lake Tahoe is one of the deadliest seen in California.
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Sheriff confirms 8 skiers found dead, one still missing

Tuesday's avalanche near Lake Tahoe is one of the deadliest seen in California.