MILAN — Wednesday proved to be a successful day at the 2026 Winter Olympics for Team USA.
Alpine skier Ryan Cochran-Siegle got the day off to a good start for Team USA by duplicating the silver he won in the men’s super-G four years ago in Beijing. Then, American freestyle skiers Elizabeth Lemley and Jaelin Kauf took the gold and silver in women’s moguls.
Jordan Stolz then competed in the men’s 1,000 meters, and man did he dominate. The Wisconsin native started his chase for four golds at the 2026 Winter Games by setting a new Olympic record in the men’s 1,000 meters of speed skating with a time of 1:06.28. Meanwhile, Madison Chock and Evan Bates won silver in ice dance for their first Olympic medal in the event.
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Elsewhere, two-time snowboard gold medalist Chloe Kim was among three Americans to qualify for tomorrow’s final in the women’s halfpipe. And men’s ice hockey got underway with two preliminary games, with USA men’s hockey set to get its Olympic schedule underway on Thursday, Feb. 12 against Latvia.
Speaking of Thursday, Team USA finds itself one Olympic medal off from moving into a three-way tie with Italy and Norway atop the leaderboard for medals won at the 2026 Winter Olympics. The United States is currently in third place with a total of 12 medals, four of which are gold.
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All data accurate as of Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, at 5:44 p.m.
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- 1. Norway: 13 Total (7 Gold, 2 Silver, 4 Bronze)
- 2. Italy: 13 Total (4 Gold, 2 Silver, 7 Bronze)
- 3. United States: 12 Total (4 Gold, 6 Silver, 2 Bronze)
- 4. Germany: 8 Total (3 Gold, 3 Silver, 2 Bronze)
- 5. Austria: 8 Total (2 Gold, 5 Silver, 1 Bronze)
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Madison Chock, Evan Bates win silver in free dance
Chock and Bates score 224.39 total points after their 134.67 score today. It came just short of Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron’s 225.82 total. Chock and Bates win their first Olympic medal in the category, having previously won two gold medals, which came in the 2022 and 2026 team event. – Austin Curtright
Emilea Zingas, Vadym Kolesnik move into free dance lead
The United States’ Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik score a 206.72 in the free dance, vaulting into first place in the event. However, there are still five duos left in the competition before the gold medal is awarded, including Team USA’s Madison Chock and Evan Bates.
Chock and Bates, competing in their fourth Olympics and first as a married couple, is vying for their first gold medal in the free dance. – Austin Curtright
Team USA beats Czechia in men’s curling
Team USA starts 1-0 at the Winter Olympics, defeating Czechia in its first matchup of the men’s curling event. The United States still have eight more matches in the round robin, playing almost every day until Feb. 18. – Austin Curtright
Slovakia goaltender sets Olympic saves record vs Finland
Slovakia took down defending gold medalist, Finland, in Group B play of men’s ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Wednesday at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena in Milan.
In the midst, goaltender Samuel Hlavaj set a Slovakia Olympic saves record at 38 saves. Hlavaj is part of the Minnesota Wild organization in the NHL, and currently plays in the AHL. – John Leuzzi
Alessandro Barbieri finishes third in first run of men’s halfpipe
LIVIGNO, Italy — Welcome to the big leagues, Alessandro Barbieri.
Keep riding like this and you might be the next household name when it comes to Olympic snowboarding.Making his Olympic debut, Barbieri, 17, finished the first run of men’s halfpipe qualifiers in third place after he threw down a run the judges clearly loved and scored 88.50.
It was a decent first run for the Chases. Chase Josey finished 11th (76.50) and Chase Blackwell (69.00) was 13th.
They are both on the edge of making finals or having their Olympic dream end.
Jake Pates, the fourth American, fell early in his run and needs to put down a clean run to have any chance of going to finals.
The top 12 of 25 entrants — only 24 dropped into the halfpipe, as reigning bronze medalist Jan Scherrer of Switzerland did not start — make finals. Scotty James, the defending silver medalist who is certainly a gold-medal favorite (he just won X Games last month), thrilled the crowd with a 94.00 to finish Round 1 first. − Chris Bumbaca
Team USA finishes sixth, eighth in double luge
After setting a track record and leading the pack of 17 sleds in their first run, Team USA lugers Ansel Haugsjaa and Marcus Mueller finish sixth with an overall time of 1:45.293. The American’s second sled of Zachary Digregorio and Sean Hollander finished eighth, clocking in at 1:45.467.
Italy swept the double luge events, with the men and women claiming gold on their home track. Team Austria men won silver, and Team Germany men won bronze. ‒ Payton Titus
Alessandro Barbieri goes big to start men’s snowboard halfpipe
Team USA’s Alessandro Barbieri went big in his first run at the men’s halfpipe qualifiers, wowing the crowd — and announcers — on hand and scoring a 88.50 to leap into first place and all but ensure he’ll qualify for the finals as one of the top 12 riders.Barbieri, up third, bested Japan’s Yuto Totsuka, who scored a 85.50 as the No. 1-seeded competitor in the 25-man field. ‒ Gentry Estes
Jordan Stolz sets Olympic record, in goal medal position at 2026 Winter Olympics
Stolz came from behind in the final lap of the 1000m speedskating race at the 2026 Winter Olympics, racing past Dutch rival Jenning de Boo in his pairing to put himself in position to win the gold medal with one skater to go. Stolz set an Olympic record with a time of 1:06:28. De Boo is positioned to win the silver medal, but it would be the largest margin of victory (0.5 seconds) in the 1000m since the 1984 Olympics, according to the NBC broadcast.
Stolz is attempting to win four gold medals at the Milano Cortina Games.
Curler Danny Casper living with Guillain-Barré syndrome at the Olympics
Danny Casper’s Olympics began on Wednesday with the start of the men’s curling round robin matches, and he’s got one of the more compelling paths to the Milano Cortino Games among U.S. Olympians. From USA Today’s Payton Titus …
Curling is Casper’s life. He’s been doing it for 13 years, since he was one of very few juniors at the Ardsley Curling Club in New York hanging around on the ice with adults gracious enough to let him tag along. Ask him what he does outside of the sport, and he won’t really have an answer for you. (‘Yeah, maybe not the healthiest thing,’ he conceded sarcastically. ‘Not sure.’)
But two years ago, he had to give it up. Had to ‘forget curling’ for a little while. A decision his body made for him, because he could no longer walk. ‘Could not do anything really.’ That included operating his cell phone, which meant it definitely included picking up and throwing a forty-something-pound curling stone.
Casper developed Guillain-Barré syndrome, or GBS – an autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune system attacks the nerves. This can lead to numbness, weakness and paralysis. It took three months for doctors to figure out what was going on with him. He’s been living with the diagnosis, which affects one to two people in every 100,000, for two years and counting. Read more here. ‒ Payton Titus
American men out to surprising lead in men’s luge
Marcus Mueller of Wisconsin and Ansel Haugsjaa have sent a jolt through the Cortina Sliding Centre after setting a track record in their first run as part of the men’s doubles luge event. They’re currently in first place after Run 1, with another run left this afternoon. Medals are awarded based on a cumulative time.
Americans Zachary DiGregorio and Sean Hollander sit in eighth place after Run 1.
US speed skater Jordan Stolz competes for Olympic gold soon
U.S. speed skater Jordan Stolz arrived at the 2026 Winter Olympics with a chance to emerge as a star transcending his chosen sport.
Now it’s time to deliver.
Stolz, a 21-year-old from Wisconsin, is competing in the 1,000 meters — his first event at the Milano Cortina Winter Games — at 12:30 p.m. ET. Peacock will provide coverage. Stardom could become super stardom if Stolz wins gold medals in each of his four events – the 500m, 1000m, 1500m and mass start.
Only two other athletes won four gold medals at a single Winter Games. Norwegian Ole Einar Bjørndalen did it in the biathlon in 2002 and Soviet Lidiya Skoblikova did it in speed skating in 1964. Read more here. — Josh Peter and Nancy Armour
Team USA lugers off to strong start
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy – Team USA lugers Sophia Kirkby and Chevonne Forgan are in fifth place out of 11 sleds after one run in the women’s double event. The second and final run will begin at approximately 6:53 p.m. local time. Kirkby and Forgan are 0.468 off the leading Italian team and 0.377 off the third place Austrian squad.
The women’s double event is making its debut at the 2026 Winter Olympics. – Payton Titus
Maddie Mastro knows highs, lows of Olympic competition
United States women’s snowboarder Maddie Mastro comforted a competitor in the mixed zone following women’s halfpipe qualifying on Wednesday.
‘I think it’s hard – when you’re that person, and you’re not in the finals, it doesn’t really matter what anyone’s saying around you,’ Mastro told USA TODAY Sports. ‘So it’s harder to convey. I obviously know how they feel and I’ll express that to them and let them know they’re not alone in that space. But it’s definitely not a fun space to be in.’
Mastro, going third overall and the first of four Americans competing in women’s halfpipe qualifiers, threw down a tasty first run that put her fourth (81.00) entering Run 2. She improved in her second run with an 86.00 to finish third in qualifying behind USA teammate Chloe Kim and Japan’s Sara Shimizu. − Chris Bumbaca
Bronze medalist apologizes for girlfriend cheating confession
Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Lægreid has issued an apology in the wake of admitting he cheated on his girlfriend during an interview after winning a bronze medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
‘I deeply regret bringing up this personal story on what was a day of celebration for Norwegian biathlon,’ Laegreid told NRK in a statement released Wednesday, which was translated by the BBC. ‘I am not quite myself these days, and I am not thinking clearly. My apologies go to Johan-Olav, who deserved all the attention after winning gold.’
Lægreid has declined to name the person he was discussing during the interview, though he revealed that he told her of his infidelity last week. − Mark Giannotto
USA’s Liz Lemley, Jaelin Kauf finish 1-2 in women’s moguls
The youngest member of the U.S. moguls team at the 2026 Winter Olympics just put up a veteran performance to snatch gold in women’s moguls.
Liz Lemley, 20 and a first-time Olympian, finished with an 82.30, nearly two points ahead of her American teammate Jaelin Kauf, who took silver with an 80.77. France’s Perrine Laffont took the bronze medal home with a 78.00.
Defending Olympic champion Jakara Anthony of Australia had the best score in the first round of the finals, but fell on the final run of the competition to finish eighth.
Four years ago, Kauf also won the silver medal at the 2022 Beijing Olympics in women’s moguls. The official Team USA bio for Kauf states she is the fastest woman in moguls skiing, and she has maintained that the skiing portion of her event – rather than the aerial-trick component – is her strength. − Chris Bumbaca
Second-smallest US state coming up big in Italy
Vermont is winning the Olympics.
Four members of the U.S. Ski team won medals in Milano Cortina in the last two days, and three of them are from Vermont. Ryan Cochran-Siegle, whose family owns a maple syrup farm in Richmond, Vermont, is the latest pride of the state after winning his second consecutive silver medal in super-G..
On Tuesday, Ben Ogden, who grew up in Landgrove, Vermont, broke a 50-year medal drought in cross-country skiing for the U.S. men, winning silver in the sprint classic. A few hours later, Paula Moltzan, who grew up in Minnesota but went to the University of Vermont and now calls Waitfield home, won bronze in the team combined with Jackie Wiles.
Pretty, pretty good for a state with the second-smallest population in the country. − Nancy Armour
Jaelin Kauf, Liz Lemley set to go for gold in women’s moguls
Team USA has a serious chance of adding to its medal count at the 2026 Winter Games, with two athletes advancing to the eight-person women’s moguls finals. Jaelin Kauf, the defending silver medalist in the event, and Elizabeth Lemley are both seeking the podium.
Olivia Giacco and Tess Johnson just missed the cut, finishing ninth and 10th, respectively. − Chris Bumbaca
Drone cameras one of Milano Cortina Games’ breakout stars
The 2026 Winter Olympics have already delivered incredible feats of athleticism and the raw emotions that help this global sporting competition transcend sports and become part of the human condition. It’s the new camera angles showing these Olympic moments, however, that might be the biggest innovation to come out of the first week of the Milano Cortina Games.
Drone cameras have been used at the Olympics before, but new technology is allowing first-person view drones to bring viewers closer to the action than ever before, particularly in winter events like luge, skiing and snowboarding. This new level of detail has also come with some concerns, though it appears the dynamic views produced thus far are worth the potential problems. − Mark Giannotto
Vance shrugs off boos at Olympics
Vice President JD Vance wasn’t worried about the occasional boos that greeted his attendance at the 2026 Olympics.
Vance, who was head of the U.S. delegation, attended the games in Milan and Cortina, Italy, with his wife Usha and three children: Ewan, 8; Vivek, 5; and Mirabel, 4. The crowd ignored the family at a preliminary women’s hockey game. But the crowd booed loudly when Vance was shown on the Jumbotron during the opening ceremonies Feb. 6.
“I had a great time at the Olympics, and I think the media made much ado about nothing with the fact that, yes, in a crowd of 30,000 people, there were certainly some people who disagreed with my policies or the policies of the administration,” Vance told reporters Wednesday before flying home. − Bart Jansen
USA’s Ryan Cochran-Siegle takes silver in super-G
Ryan Cochran-Siegle won the silver medal in the men’s Alpine skiing super-G in competition at the Stelvio Ski Center in Bormio.
It was his best result since the 2022 Beijing Olympics, and it came on the 54th anniversary of his mother, Barbara Cochran, winning gold in the slalom at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games.
The reigning Olympic silver medalist in the event, Cochran-Siegle posted a time of 1:25.45, just 0.13 behind the winning time of 1:25.32 by Franjo von Allmen of Switzerland.
It was von Allmen’s third gold medal at the 2026 Milano Cortina Games, matching the most by an Alpine skier at a single Winter Olympics.
Sam Morse was 23rd for Team USA with a time of 1:27.41, while Kyle Negomir was 26th, finishing in 1:28.62. River Radamus started but missed a gate in the upper portion of the course and did not finish.
Cochran-Siegle’s medal is the seventh by Team USA in the event, with five silvers and two bronzes. − Cydney Henderson
Three Americans qualify for final in women’s halfpipe
Team USA’s Maddie Mastro improved on her first run with a clean 86.00 and should be in medal contention after qualifying for Thursday night’s women’s halfpipe finals in Livigno. Chloe Kim was all smiles after her second run in which she went for amplitude and not score — not that she needed to and still finished in first based on her first run.
Japan’s Sara Shimizu (87.50) finished second.
Bea Kim did not improve in her second run and had a long wait on the bubble, staying in 10th place to make the finals. − Chris Bumbaca
Chinese snowboarder suffers frightening crash
Jiayu Liu of China took a brutal fall on her final hit of her second qualifying run that paused the competition at the women’s halfpipe in Livigno for several minutes as medical staff attended to her.
Liu caught an edge on her final jump and crashed hard on her left arm and shoulder, bending backward and somersaulting through the bottom of the pipe, the Associated Press reported.
Liu, 33, was not able to move before being put into an emergency sled.
She was in 13th and needed to move up one spot to qualify for finals. − Chris Bumbaca
USA’s Ryan Cochran-Siegle currently second in men’s super-G
American alpine skier Ryan Cochran-Siegle is currently in second place in the men’s super-G competition on Feb. 11. Cochran-Siegle was the third overall racer down the mountain at the Stelvio Ski Centre and finished with a time of 1:25.45 with a clean run. However, it wasn’t enough of a lead to hold off Swiss sensation Franjo von Allmen. Allmen moved into first place with a time of 1:25.32 with over 30 skiers to go. Allmen took gold in men’s downhill and the team combined.
USA’s Jaelin Kauf advances to women’s moguls finals
LIVIGNO — Jaelin Kauf made it a perfect 4-for-4 for the U.S. women’s moguls team advancing to finals. Kauf rebounded from a disastrous first qualifier in which her three teammates automatically qualified for the Wednesday finals. Kauf needed to place in the top 10 of the remaining 20 to move on and finished second (fifth overall). — Chris Bumbaca
USA snowboarding team solid in women’s halfpipe qualifying
LIVIGNO — Maddie Mastro set the tone early, Chole Kim looked like a two-time defending champion – with a top score of 90.25 – and Bea Kim (76.75) followed suit, and the USA snowboarding team looked solid in the first of two qualifying rounds in the women’s halfpipe.
The third competitor to drop in and first American, Mastro put down her first run for a 81.00 to feel comfortable about making finals. Chloe Kim’s amplitude was hardly matched by any competitor before her. And Bea Kim appeared to have plenty left in the tank for either her second qualifying run or finals. Mastro is fourth and Bea Kim is seventh after round 1.
Maddy Schaffrick didn’t land her second trick cleanly and will have to go big in Round 2. — Chris Bumbaca
Olympics schedule today
- 4 a.m.: Skeleton – Women Official Training Heats 5 & 6 | Cortina Sliding Centre (Cortina)
- 4 a.m. & 7:45 a.m.: Nordic Combined – Normal Hill Jump & 10km Cross-Country | medal event | Predazzo Ski Jumping Stadium / Tesero XC Stadium (Val di Fiemme)
- 4:30 a.m.: Snowboarding – Women’s Halfpipe Qualification Runs 1 & 2 Livigno Snow Park (Livigno, Valtellina)
- 5 a.m.: Freestyle Skiing – Women’s Moguls Qualification 2 | Livigno Aerials & Moguls Park (Livigno, Valtellina)
- 5:30 a.m.: Alpine Skiing – Men’s Super-G | medal event | Stelvio Ski Centre (Bormio, Valtellina)
- 6:30 a.m.: Skeleton – Men Official Training Heats 5 & 6 | Cortina Sliding Centre (Cortina)
- 8:15 a.m.: Biathlon – Women’s 15km Individual | medal event | Anterselva Biathlon Arena (Antholz)
- 8:15 a.m.: Freestyle Skiing – Women’s Moguls Final 1 & 2 | medal event | Livigno Aerials & Moguls Park (Livigno, Valtellina)
- 10:40 a.m.: Ice Hockey – Men’s Preliminary | SVK vs. FIN | Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena
- 11 a.m.: Luge – Men’s and Women’s Doubles Runs 1 & 2 | medal events | Cortina Sliding Centre (Cortina d’Ampezzo)
- Women’s Doubles final: 12:53 p.m.
- Men’s Doubles Final: 1:44 p.m.
- 12:30 p.m.: Speed Skating – Men’s 1000m | medal event | Milano Speed Skating Stadium (Rho, Milan)
- 1:05 p.m.: Curling – Men’s Round Robin | Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium (Cortina d’Ampezzo)
- SWE vs. ITA; USA vs. CZE; CAN vs. GER; CHN vs. GBR
- 1:30 p.m.: Snowboarding – Men’s Halfpipe Qualification Runs 1 & 2 Livigno Snow Park (Livigno, Valtellina)
- 1:30–5:05 p.m.: Figure Skating – Ice Dance – Free Dance | medal event | Milano Ice Skating Arena (Milan)
- 3:10 p.m.: Ice Hockey – Men’s Preliminary | SWE vs. ITA | Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena
Olympics TV schedule today
Olympics medal count
Following Winter Olympic action in Milano Cortina on Tuesday, Feb. 10, Norway leads the medal count with 12 total medals (including six golds). Host nation Italy is second with 11 medals, followed by Japan (eight), United States (seven), and Germany and Sweden (six apiece).