The 2026 Winter Olympics have seen many wild stories unfold, but a Chinese couple have social media buzzing over their rare accomplishment in Milan-Cortina. Wang Xindi and his wife Xu Mengtao achieved an unheard of feat this winter after
China's Xu Mengtao was a class apart as she became the first freestyle skier to claim back to back Olympic aerials gold medals on Wednesday. Xu, 35, finished strongly with a tally of 112.
The Chinese freestyle skiing aerials squad landed a five-medal haul to achieve its best ever result at the Winter Olympics after signing off its Milano-Cortina 2026 campaign with a bronze medal in Saturday's mixed team final in Livigno, Italy.
China's Xu Mengtao claimed the second Olympic gold of her career after landing a clean back full-full-full, one of the most difficult tricks in women's aerials.
Snowboarder Su Yiming has delivered China its first gold medal of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics by winning the men's slopestyle final.
LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — The two best bets to win the gold medal in women's halfpipe skiing at the Winter Olympics were born in the United States. Zoe Atkin competes for Britain and hardly anyone raises a fuss about it.
Wang Xindi won the freestyle skiing men's aerials at the Winter Olympics on Friday (February 20), strengthening China's dominance in the discipline and bringing another gold medal into the family.