Tallulah Proulx and Francis Ceccarelli are representing the Philippines at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.

The first woman and youngest to ever represent the Philippines at the Winter Games, the Park City-based skier looked calmer than many veterans in the field as she prepared for her giant slalom debut.

BORMIO, Italy – After Francis Ceccarelli crashed out in the men’s slalom, Tallulah Proulx competes in the women’s side Wednesday as the Philippines wraps up its short campaign in the 25th Winter Olympics here.

Skier Tallulah Proulx, 17, was raised in the U.S., but she's making Olympic history as the Philippines' first female, and youngest athlete in any Winter Games.

There has to be one person to do it first. I am grateful that I got to be that person for Filipinas and Filipinos all around the world."

The country already has multiple gold medals in the Summer Olympics. Is the Winter edition next for the country?

SCHEDULE: Team Philippines at Winter Olympics 2026 MANILA, Philippines—Francis Ceccarelli of the Philippines fell short in the men’s giant slalom event of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics at the Stelvio Ski Centre in Bormio,

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Two weeks before the Philippines’ two athletes plunge into action in the 25th Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina in Italy, a Filipino from the corporate world already stood tall as Raymond Li was selected as one of the Olympic torch bearers.

The Filipino gymnast walked away from the Olympics with medals, a fully furnished $550,000 condo, over $300,000 in cash, and free colonoscopies for life.