Alysa Liu probably cared the least of all the women in figure skating at the Milan Cortina Olympics about winning the gold medal. Maybe that is why she won it. The 20-year-old with the striped hair, prominent frenulum piercing and carefree attitude never showed any worry or strain when she took the ice for her free skate on Thursday night.

Dawson, Lehman and Cepuran settled for silver medals on Tuesday afternoon after advancing to the final of the men’s team pursuit competition but fading in the second half of the race against host Italy. The Italians clocked a winning time of 3:39.20, coming from behind to win the eight-lap final by more than four seconds.

The Italian federation was haunted by what happened at the 2006 Turin Olympics. Twenty years later, their performance is meeting the moment.

Italy has already recorded its best-ever Winter Olympics medal haul, powered primarily by women, as gender parity efforts deliver historic results at Milan Cortina 2026.

Live updates from the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Friday. Get the latest news, results, medal count, TV schedules and highlights from Italy.

The Olympic Games are often framed as the pinnacle of individual excellence, but every so often, they become something more intimate—family history unfolding in real time. At this Winter Games, that sense of shared destiny is especially vivid,

La Usc di Ladins is not like any of the news outlets flown into town covering the Games, or like most of Italy’s other publications. The weekly newspaper reports in Ladin, the Alps’ oldest language, dating back to Roman settlement in 1 B.C.E.

NBC is airing at least 12 hours of daily daytime coverage, with streaming available 24/7 on Peacock. See what's on the agenda for Friday, Feb. 20.

As the Olympic flame is set to dim in Verona, the closing ceremony promises to celebrate not only athletic excellence but also the resilience and unity that define the Winter Games.

Team USA forward Kendall Coyne Schofield — and her son — are taking it all in. Coyne Schofield, 33, shared a heartwarming moment on the ice with her son after taking home the gold medal following their 2-1 win over Canada on Thursday in the Olympics.

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Daniela Maier of Germany won the gold medal in women’s skicross ahead of Swiss freeskier Fanny Smith at the Winter Olympics on Friday. The 29-year-old Maier, competing in her second Olympics,