2026 Winter Olympics

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Norwegian Skiing Star Ties for Most Winter Olympics Golds
It Was a Lucky
Friday the 13th
for Cross-Country Star
2026 OLYMPICS
Feb 13, 2026 9:59 AM CST

It Was a Lucky Friday the 13th for Cross-Country Star

It's now a 4-way, all-Norwegian tie for most gold medals at a Winter Olympics

(Newser) - Friday the 13th will be remembered as a lucky day for Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo. Norway's cross-country skiing star tied an all-time Winter Games record by winning his eighth gold medal Friday at the Milan Cortina Olympics. The 29-year-old claimed victory in the men's 10 kilometer interval-start race for...

Winter Games Have Their First Judging Controversy
Figure Skating Has
a Judging Controversy
2026 olympics
Feb 13, 2026 8:26 AM CST

Figure Skating Has a Judging Controversy

French skaters won gold over American duo, and there is much head-scratching

(Newser) - The first big judging controversy of the Winter Games is here. American ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates won silver this week, but many of their supporters say Chock and Bates skated well enough for gold, reports the Wall Street Journal . The judging process in skating is subjective, and...

Oldest US Winter Olympian Is 6-Time 'Attorney of the Year'

Rich Ruohonen, 54, came on as a substitute in men's curling round-robin match

(Newser) - It was the last end and the US men were down 8-2 against Switzerland on Thursday in their first match of the men's curling round-robin. In other words, the stakes were low—and the time ripe—for a 54-year old personal injury lawyer and six-time winner of "Minnesota...

Chloe Kim Falls Just Short of Olympic Three-Peat
Chloe Kim Takes Silver
in Women's Half-Pipe
2026 OLYMPICS
Feb 12, 2026 4:23 PM CST

Chloe Kim Takes Silver in Women's Half-Pipe

American fell just short of gold three-peat

(Newser) - Chloe Kim fell short in her bid to become the first Olympic snowboarder to win three consecutive gold medals, finishing second to Choi Gaon of South Korea in the women's halfpipe on Thursday. The 17-year-old Choi dethroned the two-time defending champion with a score of 90.25 on her...

US Skier Finished in Pain, Still Won Bronze
US Skier: I'm
'the Happiest
Bronze
Medalist'
winter olympics
Feb 12, 2026 2:26 PM CST

US Skier: I'm 'the Happiest Bronze Medalist'

Jessie Diggins had injured her ribs in a crash days earlier

(Newser) - Jessie Diggins' last Olympics isn't ending quietly. The 34-year-old, already the most decorated American in cross-country skiing, gutted out a bronze medal Thursday in the women's 10km freestyle despite racing with bruised ribs from a crash days earlier, reports the Athletic . She finished in 23:38.9, then...

Athlete Convicted of Fraud Wins Olympic Gold Over Victim
Athlete Convicted of Fraud
Wins Olympic Gold Over Victim
2026 Olympics
Feb 12, 2026 12:55 PM CST

Athlete Convicted of Fraud Wins Olympic Gold Over Victim

France's Julia Simon edges past scammed teammate, who came in 80th, in 15km biathlon

(Newser) - A biathlete who admitted ripping off her teammate's credit card just skied past her to an Olympic title. France's Julia Simon, 29, took gold in the women's 15km individual biathlon in Italy's Milan Cortina Games, while Justine Braisaz-Bouchet, the teammate she defrauded, finished a distant 80th,...

Breezy Johnson Gets Engaged at Finish Line
Breezy Johnson Gets
Engaged at Finish Line
2026 OLYMPICS
Feb 12, 2026 11:14 AM CST

Breezy Johnson Gets Engaged at Finish Line

Connor Watkins proposed after she crashed out of Super-G race crash

(Newser) - Breezy Johnson crashed out of her final race at the Winter Olympics on Thursday but she still ended up with gold. The 30-year-old American skier said yes to boyfriend Connor Watkins, who proposed in the snow at the finish area. Johnson, who won gold in the women's downhill in...

IOC Boots Ukrainian Over Memorial Helmet
Ukraine Olympian's Memorial
Helmet Gets Him Booted
2026 Olympics
Feb 12, 2026 6:33 AM CST

Ukraine Olympian's Memorial Helmet Gets Him Booted

Vladyslav Heraskevych suggests Ukraine's fallen deserve the spotlight more than him

(Newser) - He knew he risked being kicked out of the Olympics. Still, the Ukrainian skeleton racer decided honoring his fallen compatriots on a global stage was more important than going for gold. Vladyslav Heraskevych, who continued to wear a helmet depicting fallen Ukrainian athletes and sports fans killed during the war...

Quad God&#39;s Insane Flex: Backflip Worth Zero Points
Quad God's
Insane Flex:
Backflip Worth
Zero Points
2026 Olympics
Feb 11, 2026 4:31 PM CST

Quad God's Insane Flex: Backflip Worth Zero Points

Skater Ilia Malinin's risky, newly legal move thrills Olympic crowd

(Newser) - " Quad God " Ilia Malinin doesn't need the most jaw-dropping move in his program to win—he does it anyway. The Wall Street Journal reports that the 21-year-old American, already rewriting figure skating with his record-shattering quadruple jumps and the sport's first quad axel in competition, has...

Sports Journos Revolt Over Error-Ridden Commentary
Sports Journos
to Strike Over
Boss' Olympic
Blunders
2026 Olympics
Feb 11, 2026 3:21 PM CST

Sports Journos to Strike Over Boss' Olympic Blunders

Reporters for Italian broadcaster plan post-Games strike over Paolo Petrecca's error-filled coverage

(Newser) - Italian sports reporters say they're done staying quiet about the boss who couldn't get the basics right on one of the country's biggest stages. Journalists at state broadcaster Rai Sport are planning protests after sports director Paolo Petrecca's error-studded commentary during the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics'...

US Speedskater Nabs One Gold, Eyes 3 More
If You're Counting Golds,
Keep an Eye on Jordan Stolz
2026 Olympics
Feb 11, 2026 2:20 PM CST

If You're Counting Golds, Keep an Eye on Jordan Stolz

American 21-year-old won the men's 1,000m on Wednesday

(Newser) - US speedskater Jordan Stolz won the men's 1,000 meters at the Milan Cortina Games on Wednesday in an Olympic-record time in the first of what he hopes will be a four-gold Winter Games. Skating in the next-to-last pairing at Milano Speed Skating Stadium, a temporary facility constructed for...

Olympic Snowboarder Breaks Neck in Training Accident
Olympic Snowboarder Breaks
Neck in Training Accident
2026 OLYMPICS
Feb 11, 2026 12:45 PM CST

Olympic Snowboarder Breaks Neck in Training Accident

Australia's Cam Bolton in stable condition after two neck fractures diagnosed

(Newser) - Australian snowboarder Cam Bolton's Olympic campaign is over after a training crash left him with two fractured neck vertebrae. The 35-year-old snowboard cross contender fell during training on Monday, then reported increasing neck pain the next day, NBC News reports. Scans at the Olympic Polyclinic revealed two stable fractures,...

Ukrainian Athlete Isn&#39;t Bowing to IOC&#39;s Threat
Ukrainian Athlete Wears
Helmet Despite IOC Warning
2026 Olympics
Feb 11, 2026 11:35 AM CST

Ukrainian Athlete Wears Helmet Despite IOC Warning

Heraskevych continues to wear memorial helmet ahead of Thursday's competition

(Newser) - Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych is daring Olympic officials to make good on their threat: bench him over his helmet, which features the faces of athletes killed since Russia invaded. After being told by the IOC on Monday that he could be disqualified from the Milan Cortina Games if he...

Olympian's Public Plea to His Ex Doesn't Land (With Her)

Former girlfriend says of cheating Norway biathlete Sturla Holm Laegreid: 'Hard to forgive'

(Newser) - Looks like an Olympian's plea to his ex isn't landing the way he'd hoped. After winning the bronze on Tuesday in the men's 20km biathlon, Norway's Sturla Holm Laegreid confessed to cheating on his former girlfriend, so "she will see what she really means...

Chloe Kim Is One Step Closer to Olympic History
Chloe Kim Is One Step
Closer to Olympic History
2026 olympics
Feb 11, 2026 9:21 AM CST

Chloe Kim Is One Step Closer to Olympic History

US snowboard star leads the pack, even with a taped shoulder

(Newser) - Chloe Kim is back atop an Olympic halfpipe—this time with a taped-up shoulder and a shot at history. The 25-year-old, who won gold in 2018 and 2022 , is trying to become the first snowboarder ever to threepeat in the event at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games, even though a torn...

US Figure Skater Channels Late Parents in Emotional Debut
US Skater at Games:
Late Parents
Had 'Hand
on My Back'
2026 Olympics
Feb 11, 2026 6:47 AM CST

US Skater at Games: Late Parents Had 'Hand on My Back'

Maxim Naumov says he felt support of mom, dad, who died in DC plane crash, in Olympics debut

(Newser) - Maxim Naumov's first Olympic skate came with an unusual sense of calm for an athlete who admits he's usually "a little jittery." The 24-year-old American figure skater delivered one of his strongest short programs to date at the 2026 Winter Games on Tuesday, scoring 85.65...

US Dominates Canada 5-0 in Hockey Showdown
US Dominates Canada
5-0 in Hockey Showdown
2026 OLYMPICS
Feb 10, 2026 8:08 PM CST

US Dominates Canada 5-0 in Hockey Showdown

Preliminary round game could be a preview of the women's hockey final

(Newser) - Team USA didn't just beat Canada in Milan—it changed the tone of the entire women's hockey tournament. In a group-stage matchup that felt like a dress rehearsal for the gold-medal game, the US steamrolled its longtime rival 5–0, scoring less than four minutes in and building...

Ben Ogden Ends 50-Year US Men&#39;s Cross-Country Drought
50-Year US Men's
Cross-Country Drought Is Over
2026 OLYMPICS
Feb 10, 2026 2:53 PM CST

50-Year US Men's Cross-Country Drought Is Over

Ben Ogden is first to win Olympic medal in sport since fellow Vermonter Bill Koch in 1976

(Newser) - For the first time since the Ford administration, an American man is back on an Olympic cross-country skiing podium. Ben Ogden grabbed silver in the men's sprint classic Tuesday at the Milan Cortina Games, ending a 50-year medal drought for the US in the sport, NBC News reports. Ogden,...

Swedes Beat US Pair for Mixed Doubles Curling Gold
US Takes First-Ever Medal
in Mixed Doubles Curling
2026 OLYMPICS
Feb 10, 2026 1:52 PM CST

US Takes First-Ever Medal in Mixed Doubles Curling

But the gold went to Swedish siblings

(Newser) - Sweden's brother-and-sister team of Isabella and Rasmus Wranaa won gold in mixed doubles curling at the Milan Cortina Olympics, beating the United States in the final on Tuesday night. The Wranaas won 6-5 over Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin, who became the first Americans to medal in Olympic mixed...

IOC Bans Ukrainian Athlete&#39;s Tribute Helmet
IOC Bans Ukrainian
Athlete's Tribute Helmet
2026 Olympics
Feb 10, 2026 8:46 AM CST

IOC Bans Ukrainian Athlete's Tribute Helmet

Skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych wanted to pay tribute to fellow Ukrainians felled by Russia war

(Newser) - Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych won't be allowed to slide in 2026 wearing a helmet that shows the faces of compatriot athletes killed in the war with Russia, the International Olympic Committee has told Ukraine's Olympic delegation. In a letter shared with CBS News , the IOC said it...

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