Who says you can't win Olympic gold at 40? Austrian Benjamin Karl's victory in the men's Alpine snowboarding parallel giant slalom (PGS) made him the oldest individual champion in the history of the Winter Games.

Austria's Claudia Riegler could be the mother, or even grandmother, of her snowboarding rivals. But at 52 years old she competed in fine fashion in Sunday's parallel giant slalom.

Karl showed he’s still got plenty left in the tank, grabbing gold in the men’s parallel giant slalom at the Milano Cortina Games on Sunday. At 40, the veteran snowboarder outpaced South Korea’s Kim Sang-kyum in the final and, in the process, became the first snowboarder ever to reach four Olympic medals — a huge milestone this late in his career.

The 2026 Winter Olympics are being hosted by both Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, a ski town near Italy's border with Austria. This is the first time the Olympics, in either season, has had two official host cities.

The 2026 Winter Olympics continue with an action-packed Sunday that included a frightening crash by Lindsey Vonn in the women's downhill.

A week after rupturing her ACL, Lindsey Vonn crashed just 13.4 seconds into the downhill race. The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team said on X that the veteran skier is in stable condition. Her teammate Breezy Johnson took gold, the first medal for the U.S. in these Games.

These historic images capture the triumphs, tensions and beauty of the Games.