BORMIO, Italy — The newest sport on the Olympic program goes by the name "skimo," which is short for ski mountaineering. Its basic principles are just as condensed: race up the slope and back down as ...

BORMIO, Italy (AP) — They skied uphill through a diamond-shaped pattern and climbed a flight of on-slope stairs in their ski boots. Far from done, they endured more lung-searing climbing, with skis ...

Emily Harrop says she was born with bindings on her feet and poles in her hands. On Thursday, she could have a Winter Olympic medal around her neck. As a three-time world champion in ski ...

It’s around 102 years since the very first Winter Olympics were held in the French resort of Chamonix, but this year’s Games will be the first to feature the sport of skimo.