Winter Olympics

2030 Winter Olympics adds freeride, synchro skating; drops Nordic combined

The International Olympic Committee Executive Board on Tuesday announced the finalized sport program for the Alpes 2030 Olympic Winter Games, ushering in freeride skiing and snowboarding and synchronized figure skating while removing Nordic combined from the Games for the first…

IOC approves moving 2030 ice sports to Lyon, skating to Netherlands

The International Olympic Committee's Executive Board on Monday approved changes to the French Alps 2030 venue masterplan, formally moving ice sports from Nice to Lyon and confirming that speed skating will be held at Thialf in the Netherlands — making…

Italy shatters Winter Olympics record with 30 medals at home Games

Italy capped its best Winter Olympics ever at the Milan Cortina Games, finishing with 30 medals — 10 gold, six silver, and 14 bronze — and shattering the country's previous record of 20, set more than three decades ago at…

Andersson wins first Olympic women’s 50km ski race

Ebba Andersson of Sweden skied to a commanding gold medal in the first-ever women's 50km cross-country race at the Olympic Winter Games, completing a story of redemption at Milano Cortina 2026. Andersson finished the grueling mass start classic in 2…

2026 Winter Olympics close at Verona’s ancient arena

The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics came to a close Sunday with a ceremony titled "Beauty in Action" at Verona's ancient Roman amphitheater, marking the first time an Olympic ceremony has been staged inside a UNESCO World Heritage site. The…

Eileen Gu defends halfpipe gold, learns of grandmother’s death moments later

Eileen Gu saved her best for last at the Milan Cortina Games on Sunday, defending her Olympic title in women's freeski halfpipe with a score of 94.75 to claim her sixth career Olympic medal and become the most decorated freestyle…

Norway finishes Milan Cortina with record 40 medals, 18 golds

Norway cemented its reign as the undisputed power of the Winter Olympics, accumulating at least 40 medals at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games — surpassing its own record of 39, set at the 2018 PyeongChang Games. The haul included 18…

Italy’s Deromedis wins Olympic ski cross gold in historic 1-2 finish

Japanese freestyle skier Satoshi Furuno made history at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics on Saturday, becoming the first Japanese athlete ever to reach the men's ski cross final at Livigno Snow Park. The 26-year-old finished fourth in a four-man…

Klaebo wins record sixth gold at Milano Cortina Olympics

Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo completed a perfect run through the men's cross-country skiing program at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Saturday, winning the 50km mass start classic to become the first athlete ever to claim six gold medals at a single…

Spain wins first Winter Olympic gold in 54 years at skimo debut

Oriol Cardona Coll claimed a historic double achievement on Thursday, winning the first-ever men's ski mountaineering sprint gold medal at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics while ending Spain's 54-year wait for a Winter Games gold. The 31-year-old from Banyoles,…

China’s Su Yiming wins Olympic slopestyle gold on 22nd birthday

Su Yiming of China celebrated his 22nd birthday in golden fashion on Wednesday, winning the men's snowboard slopestyle final at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics to give his country its first gold medal of the Games.

Germany sweeps Olympic two-man bobsled podium for second Games in a row

Johannes Lochner finally has his Olympic gold medal.

Norway’s Frostad wins Olympic freeski big air gold on final jump

LIVIGNO, Italy — Norway’s Tormod Frostad won Olympic gold in the men’s freeski big air final on Tuesday night, sealing the title with a 98.50-point last jump and a two-jump total of 195.50 at the Milano Cortina Games.

USA and Canada set up Olympic women’s hockey gold medal clash

Team USA's women's hockey team delivered a dominant 5-0 victory over Sweden in the Olympic semifinals on Monday, setting up a highly anticipated gold medal showdown against archrival Canada at the Milan Cortina Winter Games.

Canada’s Oldham wins Olympic freeski big air gold over Gu

Canada's Megan Oldham weathered a snowstorm delay and outdueled defending champion Eileen Gu to claim women's freeski big air gold at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Monday night. Gu, who won the event's inaugural Olympic title in Beijing four…

Japan wins historic first Olympic pairs figure skating gold

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara delivered Japan's first-ever Olympic gold medal in pairs figure skating on Monday at the Milano Ice Skating Arena, producing a career-best performance to vault from fifth place after the short program to the top of…

Austria wins Olympic ski jumping super team gold after snowstorm halts final

Austria's Jan Hoerl and Stephan Embacher claimed gold in the first-ever Olympic men's super team large hill ski jumping event at Milan Cortina 2026 on Monday, but the victory came under chaotic circumstances. Heavy snowfall in Predazzo, Italy, forced officials…

Norway’s Strøm wins inaugural Olympic women’s large hill ski jump

Norway's Anna Odine Strøm soared to gold in the inaugural Olympic women's large hill ski jumping event on Sunday in Predazzo, Italy, becoming the first woman to claim two individual ski jumping gold medals at the same Winter Games. The…

Italy’s Brignone wins giant slalom for second Olympic gold

Federica Brignone completed one of the most remarkable comebacks in Alpine skiing history on Sunday, winning the women's giant slalom at Milano Cortina 2026 for her second gold medal of the Games. The 35-year-old Italian finished with a combined time…

Dutch star Kok sets Olympic record to win 500m speedskating gold

Dutch speed skater Jutta Leerdam ended the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics with two medals, winning gold in the women's 1000 meters and silver in the 500 meters on Sunday. Her teammate Femke Kok claimed 500m gold with an Olympic…

Dutch skater van ‘t Wout wins second short track gold in Milan

Jens van 't Wout of the Netherlands cemented his status as the breakout star of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics on Saturday, winning the men's 1500m short track final at Milano Ice Skating Arena to claim his second individual…

Austria’s Flock wins Olympic skeleton gold at 36 after near-misses

Austria's Janine Flock claimed her first Olympic gold medal in women's skeleton on Saturday, capping a 27-year career that had seen her come agonizingly close to Olympic glory without ever reaching the podium. The 36-year-old delivered four remarkably consistent runs…

Brazil wins first Winter Olympics medal with giant slalom gold

Lucas Pinheiro Braathen made sporting history on Saturday by winning the men's giant slalom at the Milan Cortina Olympics, securing Brazil and South America's first-ever Winter Games medal. The 25-year-old conquered the Stelvio course in Bormio with a combined time…

Czech teenager Jilek wins Olympic 10,000m speedskating gold

Nineteen-year-old Metoděj Jílek delivered a masterful performance at the Milano Speed Skating Stadium on Friday, claiming the men's 10,000-meter gold medal and cementing his status as one of speedskating's brightest emerging talents. The Czech Olympic debutant finished in 12 minutes…

Norway’s Klaebo ties Winter Olympics gold record with eighth medal

Johannes Hosflot Klaebo made history on Friday at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games, winning the men's 10-kilometer freestyle cross-country ski race to claim his eighth Olympic gold medal and tie the all-time Winter Olympics record.

Dutch speedskaters sweep short track golds at Milan Cortina

Dutch speedskaters swept both short track finals at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics on Thursday evening, as Xandra Velzeboer won the women's 500 meters and Jens van 't Wout captured the men's 1,000 meters at the Milan Ice Skating…

Germany wins fourth straight Olympic luge team relay gold

Germany's undefeated streak in the Olympic luge team relay continued Thursday at the Milano Cortina Games, as the powerhouse squad captured its fourth consecutive gold medal in the event with a track record time of 3 minutes, 41.672 seconds at…

Italy’s Brignone wins super-G gold 10 months after leg injury

Federica Brignone of Italy captured the first Olympic gold medal of her career on Thursday, winning the women's super-G at the Milan-Cortina Games just 10 months after a crash left her with multiple leg fractures and a torn ACL.

France upsets US to claim Olympic ice dance gold in Milan

French ice dancers Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron claimed Olympic gold on Wednesday night in Milan, narrowly defeating American favorites Madison Chock and Evan Bates by 1.43 points in one of the most thrilling ice dance competitions in Olympic…

Swiss skier von Allmen wins third gold, joins all-time greats

Switzerland's Franjo von Allmen secured his place among Alpine skiing's all-time greats on Wednesday, winning the men's super-G at the Milano Cortina Olympics to claim his third gold medal in just five days. The 24-year-old finished with a time of…