Vonn comes through weather-affected training, Karlsson wins gold, Gu shakes off fall

VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF WOMEN'S DOWNHILL TRAINING/ HIGHLIGHTS OF WOMEN'S 10KM + 10KM SKIATHLON GOLD MEDAL EVENT/ HIGHLIGHTS OF WOMEN'S SLOPESTYLE QUALIFICATION/  SHOWS: BORMIO, ITALY (FEBRUARY 7, 2026) (IOC – see restrictions) WOMEN'S DOWNHILL TRAINING SESSION 1. AERIAL VIEW OF DOWNHILL RUN 2. USA'S LINDSEY VONN WALKING TO START LINE  3. VARIOUS OF VONN'S TRAINING RUN/ FINISHES THIRD FASTES 4. VARIOUS OF GERMANY'S KIRA WEIDLE-WINKELMANN ON HER TRAINING RUN 5. VARIOUS OF USA'S BREEZY JOHNSON ON HER TRAINING RUN/ FINSHES FASTEST 6. VARIOUS FOOTAGE OF HEAVY SNOW AND CLOUD/ EMPTY CHAIRLIFTS IN SNOW/ COURSE OFFICIAL ON RADIO CONFIRMING TRAINING IS ON HOLD AND SKIERS MUST COME DOWN 7. US SKIERS WALKING DOWN MOUNTAIN TESERO, ITALY (FEBRUARY 7, 2026) (IOC – see restrictions before use) WOMEN'S CROSS-COUNTRY 10KM + 10KM SKIATHLON 8. ATHLETES START THE RACE 9. SWEDEN'S FRIDA KARLSSON (BIB #8) AND EBBA ANDERSSON (BIB #4) TAKE AN EARLY LEAD 10. CLOSE UP OF ANDERSSON ON A CLIMB 11. AERIAL VIEW OF KARLSSON AHEAD OF ANDERSSON 12. NORWAY'S HEIDI WENG (BIB #7) MOVING INTO THIRD POSITION/ CLOSE UP OF WENG 13. VARIOUS OF KARLSSON WINNING GOLD WITH SWEDISH FLAG HELD ALOFT 14. VARIOUS OF ANDERSSON COMING IN SECOND AND HUGGING KARLSSON 15. WENG CROSSES THE LINE TO WIN BRONZE 16. MEDALLIST POSE FOR PHOTOS WOMEN'S SLOPESTYLE QUALIFICATION 17. SHOT OF THE COURSE 18. VARIOUS OF CHINA'S EILEEN GU ON FIRST QUALIFICATION RUN/ GU FALLS AFTER FIRST JUMP/ GU FANS WATCHING/ GU TALKING TO SOMEONE ON SIDE OF COURSE 19. VARIOUS OF GU ON SECOND QUALIFICATION RUN/ FANS CHEER/ GU SMILES AFTER MOVING INTO SECOND POSITION 20. VARIOUS OF SWITZERLAND'S MATHILDE GREMAUD (BIB #1) ON SECOND QUALIFICATION RUN/ SWISS COACHING STAFF HUG 21. GREAT BRITAIN'S KIRSTY MUIR (BIB #3) AT THE TOP OF HER RUN/ MUIR LANDS A JUMP/ MUIR FINDS OUT SHE IS IN SECOND POSITION 22. USA'S AVERY KRUMME AT TOP OF HER RUN/ KRUMME SLIDES ALONG RAIL AND LANDS JUMP/ KRUMME POSITIONED IN FOURTH STORY: World champion Breezy Johnson led a weather-interrupted final training for the women's Olympic downhill on Saturday (February 7) but injured U.S. teammate and comeback queen Lindsey Vonn was again the talk of the slopes with the third fastest time. Johnson set the pace with a time of one minute 37.91 seconds with Germany's Kira Weidle-Winkelmann 0.21 slower and Vonn 0.37 off the pace. Vonn was the 15th starter, her left knee in a brace under the race suit, and the session was then halted by low cloud and falling snow after 23 of the 43 skiers on the list had gone down the Olimpia delle Tofane piste. Sweden dominated the women’s skiathlon in the first cross-country skiing race of the Milano Cortina Games, as Frida Karlsson took gold and compatriot Ebba Andersson clinched the silver medal. Norway's Heidi Weng captured bronze in the race, which features 10km of classic skiing followed by a 10km freestyle. Karlsson and Andersson raced closely together in the classic portion of the competition in a quartet dominated by Scandinavian skiers, but broke away as the freestyle segment got under way. Karlsson finished 51 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher, with time to grab the Swedish flag and wave at the crowd before crossing the finish line. Double Olympic champion Eileen Gu rebounded from a fall in her first slopestyle run to qualify for the finals. Gu, who represents her mother's country of China, lost her balance early in her first run and slipped off the first rail, an obstacle that tripped up several competitors on a sunny day in the northern Italian mountain town of Livigno. That sets up a battle with reigning gold medallist Mathilde Gremaud, while Britain’s Kirsty Muir finished third among the riders who qualified for Monday's (February 9) final.  (Production: Simon Ormiston)

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