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Filipino-American alpine skier Tallulah Proulx. Handout/Philippine Ski and Snowboard Federation

Filipino-American alpine skier Tallulah Proulx.

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WINTER OLYMPICS

Paige Javier

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1768980912787_00A4892_embed.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Filipino-American alpine skier Tallulah Proulx. Handout/Philippine Ski and Snowboard Federation" width="960"/>Filipino-American alpine skier Tallulah Proulx. Handout/Philippine Ski and Snowboard Federation</div>MANILA – Alpine skier Tallulah Proulx is eyeing a bigger goal as she fulfilled her childhood dream of making it to the 2026 Winter Olympics.The Utah-based athlete qualified for both the giant slalom and slalom events in the Milano Cortina Winter Games next month.At 17-years-old, Proulx is the first Filipina and youngest Filipino ever to qualify for the Winter Olympics. <div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2026/1/18/2-filipinos-to-compete-in-2026-winter-olympics-in-february-1338">READ: 2 Filipinos to compete in 2026 Winter Olympics in February</a></div>&quot;I was really, really happy, of course. And honestly, just so excited after I found out... I was so grateful. And after that, like I would have been happy regardless, but I was especially happy on the drive home,&quot; she told ABS-CBN News in an online interview on Wednesday.&quot;I&#x27;m just really happy and I hope I can be a role model to like other young Filipina girls and Filipinas in general,&quot; the Filipino-American added.Proulx admits the whole achievement has not yet sunk in, but she is already feeling the support from her fellow Filipinos.&quot;I&#x27;m still like I&#x27;m still in shock and every day I check my phone and I get new followers or new mentions and I&#x27;m like, whoa, did I really do that? Like I&#x27;m so shocked and my friends are like, whoa, like we knew you could do it. And I knew I could do it too,&quot; she said.Proulx initially missed out on qualifying for the slalom discipline by a slim margin. But with her determination, she was able to punch her ticket on the final qualifying day.Heading into the final race, Proulx said she entered with a clear mindset and was at peace knowing that she did everything she could to qualify.&quot;Honestly, going into the final race, I really wanted to qualify since I was super close like the previous race, and I missed it by such a small margin. And then I was just thinking, the second run I was like, you know what, I&#x27;m going to just try my best this run, whatever the result may be, I&#x27;ll let it happen,&quot; she said.&quot;But if it&#x27;s meant to happen, it will happen, and I will try my best for it to happen. And the fact that it was such a small margin, I think it was just like the universe was telling me that it was meant to be, you know,&quot; Proulx added.The 17-year-old started skiing at three years old after trying out the sport during a family vacation in Tahoe, California.She began competing at seven years old until she ultimately decided to race for the Philippines on the world stage.As she makes her first Winter Olympics appearance, Proulx is putting no pressure on herself in order to put up her best performance for the Philippines.&quot;I&#x27;m very nervous and very excited. I&#x27;m going to be surrounded by some of my biggest idols in the sport for many, like from many years ago. And honestly, I&#x27;m just trying to go into it with an open mind. I&#x27;m going to try my best, of course, and I&#x27;m going to put my best foot forward, but I&#x27;m not going to expect too much because I think, of course, it&#x27;s like my first super big event,&quot; she said.&quot;So I just want to go in with a positive mindset and represent the Philippines in a positive light and take away the whole experience, of course, and just enjoy it without having to put too much pressure on myself because I think I perform best when I&#x27;m, of course, happy and surrounded by such inspirational figures,&quot; Proulx added.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2026/1/7/ioc-confident-of-winter-olympics-preparation-despite-delays-0120">READ: IOC confident of Winter Olympics preparation despite delays</a></div><div> </div><div>LESSONS FROM HARBIN</div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1768980885266a0324fbe-2151-4d2b-8e3b-bd7c036a5dcc.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Filipino-American alpine skier Tallulah Proulx. Handout/Philippine Ski and Snowboard Federation" width="960"/>Filipino-American alpine skier Tallulah Proulx. Handout/Philippine Ski and Snowboard Federation</div>Proulx finished 16th out of 44 skiers when she last represented the flag at the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China. For the 17-year-old alpine skier, the Asian Winter Games experience was a big boost in her journey to the Winter Olympics.&quot;I think it helped prepare me also for the Olympics because … it kind of simulated the Olympic village and I was able to meet a lot of athletes. I was able to get some exposure as to what the Olympics would be like,&quot; Proulx said.&quot;And I think that also fueled my motivation, like going forward into this season. And I was like, if I want this dream to come true, like I really have to put in the work and I truly think that I was able to put my best foot forward and really, really push myself,&quot; she shared.With a little over two weeks until the Winter Olympics, Proulx is still competing in races aside from her usual training schedule to better prepare herself.&quot;I usually train around six days a week and I train with my home mountain at Park City in Utah. And we train at the Utah Olympic Park, which is essentially like a kind of private training hill or a training slope just for racers,&quot; she shared.&quot;Every race is always an opportunity to get better points. And honestly, it&#x27;s also fun to be with my team, of course. And so going there and supporting my teammates as well is always fun.”Aside from Proulx, fellow alpine skier Filipino-Italian Francis Ceccarelli will also represent the Philippines in the giant slalom and slalom events.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2026/1/18/filipino-italian-skier-francis-ceccarelli-raring-for-winter-olympics-debut-1515">READ: Filipino-Italian skier Francis Ceccarelli raring for Winter Olympics debut</a></div>She believes them making it to the Winter Olympics will help raise more awareness and interest in winter sports.&quot;I hope that like both of us being there will be an inspiration for other Filipinos because if there&#x27;s two, we could grow it even more, you know,&quot; she said.&quot;I think just like getting out there and also to like Filipinos abroad, like of course I&#x27;m from the US and Francis is from Italy. So like spreading or having Filipinos that have like spread out to other countries, let them try skiing and other alpine sports or other winter sports as well,&quot; Proulx shared.The 2026 Winter Olympics will run from February 6 to 22 in Milan and Cortina d&#x27;Ampezzo in Italy.

Alpine skier Tallulah Proulx is eyeing a bigger goal as she fulfilled her childhood dream of making it to the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Alpine skier Tallulah Proulx is eyeing a bigger goal as she fulfilled her childhood dream of making it to the 2026 Winter Olympics.

'Dream come true:' 17-year-old Tallulah Proulx aims to raise more awareness in Winter Olympics debut

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'Dream come true:' 17-year-old Tallulah Proulx aims to raise more awareness in Winter Olympics debut

Paige Javier,

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Published Jan 21, 2026 03:35 PM PHT

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