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For Winter Olympic favorites, the pursuit of gold brings risk for their legacies, unfair or not

For the athletes who arrived in Milan and Cortina as the bold-faced names in their sport and heavy medal favorites, the business of the Olympics is more complicated.

By WILL GRAVES
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin signed up for this. So did Ilia Malinin, Scotty James and all the rest.
Nobody is forced to come to the Olympics. The athletes in Milan and Cortina dreamed about these two weeks long bef… [6874 chars]

Source: Santa Rosa Press Democrat | Published: 2026-02-14T17:05:47Z

Credit: Santa Rosa Press Democrat

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