Sarah Schleper, who represented the U.S. at four Olympics, and Lasse Gaxiola will become the first mom and son to compete at the same Winter Games.

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Schleper, the daughter of a ski-shop owner from Vail, Colo., has represented the United States at four Winter Olympic Games; a Mexican citizen by marriage, she competed for Mexico at the 2018 and 2022 Olympics, and now, once again at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games.

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Sarah Schleper and her son, Lasse Gaxiola, are set to make Olympic history at Milan Cortina 2026 as the first mother-son duo to compete at the same Winter Games. A mother and son duo are making history at these Olympic Games.

This week in Italy, Sarah Schleper and her teen Lasse Gaxiola, 18, will make history by becoming the first mother and son to compete in the same Winter Olympics. "This is hard to believe," Schleper told the Associated Press.