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WATCH: Brazilian Olympian backflips into Opening Ceremony
5+ hour, 36+ min ago (104+ words) WATCH: Brazilian Olympian backflips into Opening Ceremony'WXII ABOVE VIDEO: As Team Brazil was announced during Friday's Opening Ceremony of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, one athlete pulled off an epic back-flip that went viral on social media During their walk-in,…...
Show off your Triad Talent with WXII 12 during the Olympics
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (80+ words) Are you an Olympic hopeful? Got what it takes to shine? Even if you're not, we're looking to highlight all of our talented people right here in the Piedmont Triad during the Olympic Games. Are you an Olympic hopeful? Got…...
Triple threat: Kaila Kuhn pushes the limits for the Milan Cortina Olympics
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (264+ words) They say good things come in threes. Living life "on the triple" looks good for freestyle skier Kaila Kuhn. Kaila competes in aerials. Aerial athletes are often called acrobats on skis. Athletes launch off a massive ramp and then perform…...
Jordan Chiles Olympic medal dispute goes back to court
1+ week, 1+ day ago (480+ words) A gymnastics medal disputed by the United States and Romania at the 2024 Paris Olympics is heading for a fresh legal review in a Swiss court. Switzerland's supreme court said on Thursday its judges sent the "highly exceptional circumstances" of the…...
Maxim Naumov triumphs over tragedy, making Olympic team after his parents died in DC plane crash
3+ week, 4+ day ago (625+ words) No one knew if Maxim Naumov could muster the strength to compete again " not even himself. His parents and lifelong coaches " world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov " were killed in a midair plane crash last winter. Another 65 people died,…...
Aerials practice kicks off as the FIS Freestyle competition is set for Sunday and Monday
4+ week, 6+ hour ago (250+ words) Team USA athletes are back in a familiar place with Olympic spots at stake The road to the Olympics is underway in Lake Placid this weekend as the Olympic jumping complex becomes the center of the freestyle skiing world. The…...
2-time Olympic champion Chloe Kim injures shoulder, 'trying to stay optimistic' for Italy
4+ week, 1+ day ago (407+ words) Two-time Olympic gold medalist Chloe Kim said Thursday that she dislocated her shoulder in training and doesn't know whether she will be able to compete at the Winter Games in Italy next month. Kim posted footage of her fall from…...
Oksana Masters: A Paralympic champion with a competitive spirit beyond sports
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (391+ words) Oksana Masters, a celebrated Team USA Paralympian, has amassed an impressive collection of medals from the 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024 Paralympic Games, demonstrating her relentless drive and competitive spirit. Her fianc, Aaron Pike, describes her as competitive in all aspects of life, not…...
Olympic athletes go for gold and find love along the way
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (382+ words) The upcoming Milan Cortina Olympics will feature many storylines, including the inspiring journey of two Team USA athletes who found love amid the competition. Hilary Knight, a four-time medalist and one of Team USA ice hockey's greatest players, and Brittany…...
'She's different': How a 2-year retirement helped renew Olympian Alysa Liu's joy in skating
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (486+ words) Whoever said "quitters never win," never met Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu. Liu became the youngest U.S. figure skating champ at 13. She's the first female figure skater to land a quadruple jump in international competition. And she's a bronze medalist from…...