LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — A backside double cork 1080! Followed by a cab triple cork 1440! Holy Crail, that was a sweet grab! The snowboarders and freestyle skiers will be speaking a language all their own as they “shred some gnar” (ride some gnarly conditions) at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

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Arianna Fontana of Italy earned her 13th career medal from six Olympics with silver in the women's 500 meters but missed out on a three-peat in the event she won in 2018 and 2022.