Meet the American girl skiing into Philippines Winter Olympics history
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Last month in northern California, 17-year-old American alpine skier Tallulah Proulx carved through the final gates of her last slalom qualifier and slid through the finish. She and her mom sat in their car afterward, suspended between hope and heartbreak in the thin mountain air, not yet knowing if her runs would be enough to get her to the 2026 Winter Olympics in northern Italy. In:
Last month in northern California, 17-year-old American alpine skier Tallulah Proulx carved through the final gates of her last slalom qualifier and slid through the finish. She and her mom sat in their car afterward, suspended between hope and heartbreak in the thin mountain air, not yet knowing if her runs would be enough to get her to the 2026 Winter Olympics in northern Italy.
It was the last day of qualifications.
"My mom and I weren't sure until we had gotten in the car and were about to leave," Proulx recounted to CBS News.
The thrilling news arrived moments later: Proulx had qualified, by a slim margin, not only to compete at the Milano Cortina Games, but to make history: She is the first female from the Philippines to compete in a Winter Olympics, and also the country's youngest Winter Olympian.
"I was like, so happy, so excited, and it didn't feel real," she said, adding that her mother had a treat ready for potentially bad news. "My mom had gotten me a cookie and the funny thing is that we were saying this is a celebration cookie — and not a consolation cookie. We were just driving home and were celebrating."
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