PARK CITY, UT (NEXSTAR) - Winter Vinecki is one of the most driven people you'll ever meet. Lately, you can find the 26-year-old Olympic aerial skier practicing her triple backflip ahead of the 2026 Olympics, a trick only a few in the world can do. It's the latest in a lifetime of challenges that Vinecki has taken head-on. From an early age, she's always been determined to take on the impossible.
"She was sitting on the couch in our home here in Michigan and she was looking through the Guinness Book of World Records," shared Vinecki's mother, Dawn. "She pointed to a world record that was set by a 25-year-old at the time, who had run a marathon on every continent. And I literally remember her pointing at the picture saying, 'I want this record.'" At 14 years old, Vinecki would not only go