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Chinese Paralympic skier Cai Jiayun is known for two things: a wide, boyish grin and a quick temper. He won China's first gold at the 2026 Winter Paralympics.
Team China has "achieved excellence" both on and off the field in Milan, Italy, over the past two weeks, said Tong Lixin, deputy head of the Chinese delegation at Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.
Veteran Austrian snowboard star Benjamin Karl said thoughts of retirement can wait after he retained his Olympic men's parallel giant slalom title, before throwing himself half-naked onto the snow on Sunday.
When Gao Tingyu steps onto the ice in Milan, he will be skating against more than the clock. At 28, the Beijing 2022 men's 500-meter speed skating champion is no longer the young challenger who once stunned the world, but a seasoned sprinter chasing something far rarer in speed skating — a successful Olympic title defense.
