By Lisa Richwine and Giulia Segreti LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb 5 - China's Eileen Gu, a double Olympic champion in freestyle skiing, heads back to the slopes from Saturday at the Milano Cortina Games as a top contender in a field expected to showcase some of the most advanced tricks in the sport.

MILAN (AP) — There won't be any delayed Olympic celebrations this time for U.S. moguls star Jaelin Kauf. Her family is here in Italy to cheer on Kauf at the Milan Cortina Games. Because of COVID-19 restrictions four years ago in Beijing,

The United States will send eight athletes to the 2026 Winter Olympics in aerials skiing, with Olympic gold medalist Chris Lillis and two-time Olympians Winter Vinecki and Kaila Kuhn leading the pack.