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Reigning U.S. world champion Alysa Liu took to the ice in the Olympic team event Friday morning, skating a gorgeous rendition of her short program to Laufey’s ‘Promise.’

Eric Heiden is the only American to win five gold medals at a single Winter Games. He’s also an orthopedic surgeon. Doc Emrick tells the story of Heiden’s journey from his triumphant 1980 Olympics to the operating room.

The Japanese women’s hockey team won their Milan Cortina Olympic opening game over France 3-2. Rui Ukita, Makoto Ito and Suzuka Maeda each scored in the win. Lore Baudrit and Gabrielle de Serres scored for the French.

Anne Thompson and Scott Hamilton look at Team USA’s fast start in figure skating and what to expect from the top Americans, including Ilia Malinin and Alysa Liu.

U.S. Olympic skier Jacqueline Wiles clocked in faster than any other racer during the first women’s downhill training event ahead of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Kajsa Vickhoff Lie of Austria finished second.

Lindsey Vonn returned to the slopes just a week after rupturing her ACL to participate in a downhill training run ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina.

Breezy Johnson blazed down the Tofane course in Cortina, picking up the sixth fastest time at the first Olympic downhill training event for the women.

Watch the top highlights from training run 5 of the luge men’s singles competition.

The U.S. mixed doubles curling team of Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin spoke to reporters after their win over Canada on Friday about the victory and their thoughts on seeing Snoop Dogg in the stands cheering them on.

As one of Team USA’s biggest supporters, Snoop Dogg took in the U.S. mixed doubles curling team’s win over Canada on Friday, and sat next to Korey Dropkin’s mom while wearing a jacket with the curlers’ faces on it.

Canada’s James Crawford set the top mark in the final official training session before the men’s downhill race, but American dark horse River Radamus wasn’t far behind.

After losing to Canada in the match prior, Italy bounced back in a big way with a 12-4 victory over Switzerland.

Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri performed a fun and fast rhythm dance to a Backstreet Boys medley in the team event, earning 83.54 points and 6 points total for Team Italy.

British ice dancers Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson set the tone early with a 3rd place in the rhythm dance segment of the Olympic team event. Their fun Spice Girls program got the Milan crowd on their feet.

An early 4-0 lead was more than enough for Great Britain in a mixed doubles curling win over Sweden on Day 3 of competition in Cortina.

The U.S. team of Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin stayed perfect in Cortina with a win over unbeaten Canada on Day 3 of mixed doubles curling competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Team France’s Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron laid down a powerful Madonna-inspired rhythm dance in the Olympic figure skating team event rhythm dance segment. They placed behind USA’s Chock and Bates.