American Women to the Front

This is part of Slate’s 2026 Olympics coverage. Read more here.  While it was a great Winter Games for Team USA by pretty ...

Women take on 50km classic race with mixed emotions in a first for the Winter Games

Female cross-country skiers are preparing to make Olympic history by racing a 50km classic race on Sunday, marking the first time they have tackled that distance at a Winter Games in an event being ...

Sweden’s Ebba Andersson gets redemption in winning 50km cross-country ski race at Milan Cortina

Ebba Andersson has won the women’s 50-kilometer mass start in cross-country skiing as she turns a painful Olympic moment into redemption.

Sweden's Andersson gets 50km gold; bizarre Nepryaeva incident

Ebba Andersson powered to cross country skiing gold in the first ever women's Olympic 50 kilometres race on Sunday to complete an all but perfect showing for Sweden's women. Andersson skied away from ...