He played in a Paralympics before he ever watched one. Now he's the best to ever do it. Declan Farmer on growing up inside a movement, betting on himself in the prime of his sled hockey career, and what the pressure of the USA hockey Milano Cortina three-peat actually felt like from the inside.

At the 2026 Winter Olympics, John Steel Hagenbuch drew the entire course from memory the night before his race. Then, a minute in, he went the wrong way. He finished 14th and walked into the mixed zone in mild amusement. This is what he's been thinking about since.

Meet the 20-year-old Paralympic Nordic skier who believes time is our most valuable currency. Michael Kneeland found out he made the team fourteen days before the Games. His family couldn't come. Now he's plotting his return and is not wasting a second.

Kaysha Love was warned that sanding was the worst part of bobsled. She responded by throwing on a JBL speaker, buying candy, and hosting sanding parties. That same instinct to find the purpose inside the hard thing and bring everyone with you is what led her to attempt one of the boldest transitions in U.S. bobsled history. She decided to become a pilot when everyone said the timeline was impossible.