Lucas Pinheiro Braathen enters the Winter Olympics as a legitimate medal contender in Alpine skiing, with a chance to become the first Brazilian and South American to win a Winter Olympics medal after switching allegiance from Norway.

Simsbury native Maxim Naumov's emotional Olympic debut headlined Connecticut's representation at the Winter Games Tuesday.

Monica Aksamit won a Bronze medal in the 2016 Olympics with team USA. She says she had to go into debt to fund her dream and destroyed her credit score.

Only days into the Games, athletes say their prizes are defective. Italian officials have promised to investigate “with maximum attention.”

Handle with care. That's the message from gold medalist Breezy Johnson at the Winter Olympics after she and other athletes found their medals broke within hours.

At the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, Shiffrin failed to finish three events and did not medal in any of the six she entered. The pressure was on again when Breezy Johnson, who won gold in the individual downhill on Sunday,