Brignone attended 2006 Torino Games Alpine races, then competed at the last four Olympics. She has one silver medal and two bronze. An Italian has never won an Olympic Alpine medal on home snow.

Of the 14 skiers on the U.S. team for the finals, which run through March 27, six made the podium in a World Cup race or at the world championships. And that doesn't even include Lindsey Vonn, who ...