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2026 Winter Olympic Games
February 4 – February 22, 2026 Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy Event Website ScheduleThough no Olympic medals will be handed out in the pool for another two years, the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo have had plenty of exciting moments and major storylines to keep us intrigued as we prepare for 2028.
Through day six of competition, 22 countries have earned Olympic Medals, with Norway leading the gold-medal total with seven, one more than host country Italy, which sits 2nd with six, and the US tied for 3rd with Germany and Sweden at four golds each. Italy leads the overall medal count with 17. The US and Norway sit third with 14.
Medal Table After Day 6:
Country Gold Silver Bronze Total Norway 7 2 5 14 Italy 6 3 8 17 USA 4 7 3 14 Germany 4 3 2 9 Sweden 4 3 1 8 Switzerland 4 1 2 7 Austria 3 6 3 12 France 3 4 1 8 Netherlands 3 3 0 6 Japan 2 2 6 10 South Korea 1 1 2 4 Czechia 1 1 0 2 Slovakia 1 1 0 2 Australia 1 0 0 1 Canada 0 3 4 7 China 0 2 2 4 New Zealand 0 1 1 2 Latvia 0 1 0 1 Poland 0 1 0 1 Bulgaria 0 0 2 2 Belgium 0 0 1 1 Finland 0 0 1 1Event Highlights
France Upsets USA In Ice Dance Figure Skating
Despite a standout performance from the American duo Madison Chock and Evan Bates with a score of 134.67, bringing their overall score to 224.39, the French pairing of Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron clinched the gold medal with a score of 135.64, bringing their winning total to 225.82. View this post on Instagram
France Goes 1-2 in Women’s 15 km Biathlon Event.
France’s Julia Simon led the 1-2 finish for her country in the Women’s 15km Individual Biathlon, earning her 2nd gold medal of these Winter Olympics, after only missing one target in her time of 41:15.6. Fellow countrywoman Lou Jeanmonnot, who Simon had won gold with in the mixed team event earlier in these games finished silver, missing two targets in 42:08.7. Not to be outdone, Bulgaria’s Lora Hristova earned the bronze in this event, mekinking the first Olympic medal for the Country since 2002, and the first women’s medal at the Winter Olympic since 2006. View this post on Instagram
American Jordan Stolz sets Olympic Record in 1,000-meter speed skating.
21-year-old Jordan Stolz flew to a massive win in the men’s 1,000-meter speedskating, clocking the fastest ever time in the winter Olympics in 1:06.28, lowering the previous mark by nine-tenths of a second. After trailing at the 600-meter mark, Stolz’s final lap of 25.66 seconds helped catapult him onto the top of the podium, as he was the only skater under 26 seconds on his final lap. He is the first American to win the 1,000-meter speedskating event since Shani Davis in 2010. View this post on Instagram
USA Finishes Gold-Silver in Women’s Moguls
Liz Lemley topped the women’s moguls podium with her dominating performance of 83.20 in the final round to earn her the individual gold. Her teammate Jaelin Kauf also threw down a massive final score of 80.77 to earn the US a gold-silver finish. The medal marks Kauf’s 2nd consecutive Olympic silver after finishing behind Australia’s Jakara Anthony in 2022. Anthony threatened the podium, but fell on her final round, and finished 8th. View this post on Instagram
Chloe Kim’s Quest for 3rd Straight Halfpipe Gold Ends in Silver
The 25-year-old Kim came just 2.25 points shy of a third consecutive Olympic Gold on the women’s snowboard halfpipe, but it would be South Korea’s Choi Gaon topping the American in her Olympic debut at the age of 17. Choi actually fell on her first run, but later had scored 90.25 to put herself in gold-medal position with Kim still to go. Early in the final run, the American would fall, but fortunately had scored 88.00 in an earlier run to secure the runner-up sport on the podium. View this post on Instagram
Viral Moments
54-Year-Old Rich Ruohonen Makes Historic Olympic Debut
In the second match in Team USA’s men’s round robin, with the opposing Switzerland team already leading 8-2 at the end of the 7th end, Team USA substituted in 54-year-old Rich Ruohonen, who would throw and sweep for one end, earning a point for Team USA, but ultimately conceding the match 8-3. Ruohonen becomes the Oldest American to compete in the Winter Olympics, surpassing the previous record of 52 years old by Joseph Savage, who competed in pairs skating in 1932. View this post on Instagram
Vonn Undergoes 3rd Surgery, says ” I know I’ll be ok.”
Following Lindsey Vonn being airlifted after a devastating crash during the alpine downhill competition, the Olympic ski legend took to Instagram to share her condition following her 3rd surgery to repair her fractured tibia in her left leg.Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2026 Winter Olympic Games: Major Updates, Viral Moments Through Day 6
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