The Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics had many incredible moments and victories, but there were a few standouts:
- USA Hockey brought back gold medals for both men and women in overtime wins against Canada, the US’s rival for ice hockey.
- Team USA, consisting of Ilia Malinin (men’s), Alysa Liu (women’s), Amber Glenn (women’s), Madison Chock & Evan Bates (ice dance), and Ellie Kam & Daniel O’Shea (pairs), won gold overall for the team category. Alysa Liu won a gold medal, ending the US women’s 24-year losing streak. Alysa Liu won another gold medal alongside Amber Glenn in the women’s team event. Madison Chock and Evan Bates also won a silver medal in ice dance.
- Jordan Stolz won golds by setting Olympic records in the Speedskating 500 and 1000 meter races, and he also won a silver in the 1500 meters.
- Poor conditions caused dozens of crashes in Alpine Skiing, but Mikaela Shiffrin on Team USA came out on top with a gold medal for women’s slalom.
- Lucas Pinheiro Braathen of Brazil made history for his gold victory in Alpine Skiing as the first South American to ever win a medal at a Winter Olympics.
- Norwegian Johannes Høsflot Klæbo is the most decorated athlete in Winter Olympic history with his six gold medals in men’s Alpine Skiing, a record in and of itself.
- Su Yiming of China won gold for men’s snowboarding slopestyle. He did so by completing two 1800-degree spins on his birthday.
- Choi Gaon of Korea beat Chloe Kim of the USA for gold despite her fall on her first run of the women’s snowboard halfpipe.
- Elana Meyers Taylor became the most decorated Black athlete in Olympic history (one gold, three silver, and two bronze) and the oldest woman (age 41) to win an individual sport with her gold medal in Milano.
- Rich Ruohonen became the oldest US Winter Olympian when he subbed in during a curling game against Switzerland.
