The Winter Olympic debut of ski mountaineering meets a frosty conclusion as Americans Cam Smith and Anna Gibson take on a field of the best mixed relay racers in the world.

BORMIO, Italy (AP) — The steepest hill ski mountaineering athlete Ana Alonso Rodriguez had to climb on her way to an Olympic bronze medal involved no course at all. No snow or competitors, either. Just trusting in herself,

By Martyn Herman BORMIO, Italy, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Oriol Cardona Coll won Spain's first Winter Olympics gold medal for 54 years as he claimed victory in the men's sprint in the inaugural ski mountaineering event on Thursday.

From trudging up a mountain to immediately skiing down it, Anne Thompson explores the intricacies of the latest addition to the Winter Olympics: ski mountaineering, also known as “SkiMo.” The sport of ski mountaineering made its long-awaited Olympics debut Thursday and crowned its first champion at the Milan Cortina Games in Marianne Fatton of Switzerland.

Cortina saw Marianne Fatton triumph at the expense of the unfortunate Emily Harrop, with the transitions proving decisive to the outcome of the medals

Switzerland's Marianne Fatton clinched the first ski mountaineering gold medal in Olympics history Thursday, winning by 2.38 seconds in Bormio, Italy.