mountaineering

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There was also a silver medal, in men's ski mountaineering, for Russian athlete Nikita Filippov.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

They withstood snowstorms in Livigno, cheered the debut of ski mountaineering in Bormio and held their breath while multiple skiers got airlifted off the downhill course in Cortina.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026

At Milan-Cortina, only one AIN has won a medal - Nikita Filippov, who claimed silver in the men's ski mountaineering.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Spain's Oriol Cardona Coll and Switzerland's Marianne Fatton bagged the first two Olympic golds on offer in ski mountaineering in Bormio on Thursday as the event made its debut at the Winter Games.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

The fact that he knew absolutely nothing about either mountaineering or flying didn’t strike him as a major impediment.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer