2026 Winter Olympics live updates: Skating Chock and Bates, China's Gu takes silver, curling playoffs begin

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What you need to know

- Today's medal races include women's freestyle skiing, men's combined slalom, women's 1,000 meter speed skating, men's alpine ski jumping and women's big air snowboarding.

-Radamus and Kyle Negomir make up Team USA, who competed for a medal in the combined slalom.

- The Americans Erin Jackson and Brittany Bowe participate in the figure skating final.Bowe holds the world record in the event.Jackson, one of Team USA's flag bearers, is the reigning Olympic champion in the 500 meters.

- Figure skating starts today with a rhythm dance.Freshman gold in the team event, Madison Chalk and Evan Bates are among the Americans slated to compete.

- Additionally, USA's Corey Thies and Corey Dropkin will face Italy's Stefania Constantini and Amos Mossner in one of the mixed doubles finals.Thies and Dropkin are the first mixed doubles team in US history to reach the semifinals.

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After winning gold in Italy, skier Breezy Johnson spoke with NBC News NOW about becoming the first gold medalist for Team USA at the 2026 Winter Games. Johnson reflected on her fears that past injuries would derail her Olympic dreams and her message to Lindsey Vonn following her injury at the Games.

Mathilde Grimaud took a victory lap with slopestyle gold in the bag

How good must it feel to be able to take a victory lap with gold already secured?

Having already won gold in the women's slopestyle, Switzerland's Mathilde Gremaud wore the Swiss flag as a cape for her final run.

Swiss men's team ski wins gold

In the men's team ski combination, Franjo von Allmen and Tanguy Nef won, Switzerland's third gold medal of the Games.

It was von Allman's second gold medal of the Games after winning gold in the individual tumbling on Saturday.But the victory was largely thanks to Nef — who ran a perfect slalom run, the fastest of any slalom athlete, to move the pair from fourth to first.

The slalom ended cruelly for the Italian team.Giovanni Franzoni put Italy in the lead after a fast downhill, but teammate Alex Winatzer's poor slalom saw them drop from first to seventh and miss out on the medals.

We will split the coin.Another Swiss pair, Marco Odermatt and Loic Meillard, and the Austrian pair, Vincent Kriechmayr and Manuel Feller, have the same combined time.

It is the first time this event has been held at the Olympics, with women competing tomorrow.United States Ski and Snowboard announced this morning that downhill gold medalist Breezy Johnson will join Mikaela Shiffrin in the main draw with four American teams.

Officials at the Olympic Games in Milan said they were investigating the damaged medals

Milan Cortina's organizing committee has confirmed that it is aware of the damage to a "small number" of Olympic medals and is investigating the matter.

Team USA's Breezy Johnson and Alysa Liu's gold medals both have a component that connects the medals to a ribbon snap, although Liu's medal appears to have been repaired as she wore it on the Today show this morning.

"Milano Cortina 2026 takes this issue seriously and fully recognizes that these medals are reserved for athletes," Olympic organizers said in a statement.

NBC News' Steve Kornacki explains the rules and tips for winning all five snowboarding events at the Milan Cortina Olympics: snowboard cross, parallel giant slalom, halfpipe, pentestyle and big air.

Gold medal figure skater says: 'The national anthem hit me hard'

Competing in her first Olympics, figure skater Ellie Kam won gold in her first event yesterday when she, her pairs partner Danny O'Shea and five other American skaters won team gold, beating Japan by one point.

"Honestly, the national anthem definitely hit me very emotionally," Kam told "TODAY" today, along with O'Shea, Amber Glenn and Alysa Liu."Dave and I worked hard for this moment and to celebrate it with an amazing team, it felt like a magical experience, very emotional, and all good feelings, like happy tears all the way."

Liu said the Olympics will "feel really different" than in 2022, when Covid-19 precautions forced athletes to compete in front of an empty stadium.The American team was greeted by thunderous applause and cheers as they walked together towards the medal stand.

Mathilde Gremaud wins gold while Eileen Gu falls in final round

It's a repeat of Beijing - Eileen Gu will have to settle for silver in this event as Switzerland's Mathilde Gremaud defends the title she won four years ago.

Gu, who qualified second, had to run past Gremaud in the final, knowing he would have to beat Gremaud's big second run to take gold.The pressure was on, but Gu didn't run as planned and went off the first rail to bail.

Needing no improvement, Mathilde Gremaud takes a victory lap down the slope, wearing the Swiss flag around her neck like a cape.A well-deserved gold medal for Gremaud, who celebrated her 26th anniversary yesterday.

Canadian Megan Oldham recovered from a crash in the second run.She played it safe from the jump but narrowly edged out Great Britain's Kirsty Muir to take bronze with a third heat of 76.46.Avery Krum, of the US national team, slipped off the front line in her final run, meaning it didn't go well.

Gu's main focus will now be on the halfpipe and big air events - in both of which he is the defending champion.

USA curlers discuss Italy loss, semifinal preparations

Team USA players Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin spoke to reporters after their loss to Italy about the match and what they can take from it as they advance to the mixed doubles curling semifinals.

The battle for bronze in slopestyle heats up

Eileen Gu and Mathilde Gremaud saw their way ahead of the rest of the field, but the bronze medal was up for grabs for whoever had the courage.

Canada's Megan Oldham's first event is currently good enough for bronze.She looked big in the second run but had a big crash on the last jump.

British Kirsty Muir is a bit nervous and didn't set the course cleanly.Team USA's Avery Krum hasn't had a clean run yet either, so everything has to play.

They all have one last chance to win an Olympic medal.

Mathilde Gremaud puts all the pressure on Gu

Mathilde Grémod, tha sin mega!

She is happy with that run and is now in the lead as her second run scores 86.96 as the cowbells ring through Livigno.Her rail work was much cleaner this time around and she was going strong with her jumps.

A mixed first place from Eileen Gu in her second outing means she won't do better this time around.

It all comes down to the third and final run - all the pressure is now on Gu if he wants to win gold.Gremaud's result will be slightly worse.

Tirico shared his thoughts on Vonn

Broadcast live at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., right after the Super Bowl, NBC's Mike Tirico spoke about Lindsey Vonn's situation, her history and her situation.

Canada's Megan Oldham crashed as she chased the medal places

Canada's Megan Oldham - tied for bronze after her first slopestyle run - looked to consolidate her position as she made a big splash on the jump in her second run.It was a strong run until the final jump, but he fell when attempting the biggest trick of the race.

Fortunately, she regained her footing - hopefully she'll be fine for her third and final run, which looks like a run that could establish her as a medal contender.

Eileen Gu makes it big in her first race at No

A brilliant way for Eileen Gu to start this contest.beat the course in her opening race and lead the leaderboard.Off the jumps, he lands double corkscrews and the score of 86.58 is huge and would be enough to win gold in Beijing."Yes!"he shouts at the end of his run.

Mathilde Gremo followed Gu through the steps. She performed well in jumping, but the defender's derailment skills were not as clean as Gu's, and she finished second with a score of 83.60.

Grab your popcorn, the battle begins!

Eileen Gunn faces tough competition to win gold in slip

It's time for one of the most exciting events of the Winter Olympics as women's downhill fashion continues.The event will see Chinese star Eileen Gu compete for her first medal of these Games.

The poster girl for the 2022 Beijing Games and arguably the biggest name in freestyle skiing, Gu won three medals, including silver, in the event at her first Olympics.She became the first freestyle skier to win three medals at the same Winter Olympics.

Gunn, who was born in California, hasn't competed in the sport since Beijing. Since the last Olympics, she has competed in just four World Cup slopestyle events as she juggled both the sport while studying at Stanford, where she majored in international relations, and during her burgeoning career in fashion and modeling.

Today is expected to be a competition for the gold medal between him and Switzerland's Mathilde Gremaud, who won the gold medal by beating Tani by 0.33 points in Beijing. Gremaud and Gu took the first and second places in qualifying on Saturday. This is the only gold medal that was not won by Gu in Beijing, and today's competition will be watched.

Team USA's Avery Krumm, who grew up in Canada but switched to represent the United States last year, qualified 4th and could also compete for a medal here.He is making his first Olympic Games after 17 years.

Each athlete will have to run around the track, perform incredible stunts over rails and jumps.The judges then move on to the scoring.It is the best result of every athlete that counts.

The US men's hockey team names a captain

Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews will captain the United States Olympic ice hockey team at the Cortina Games in Milan, USA Hockey announced yesterday.

Florida Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk and Boston Bruins' Charlie McAvoy will be alternate captains, a trio that played a role in last year's 4-nation tournament, in which the Americans lost to Canada in the final.

Manager Bill Guerin said, "Auston, Charlie and Matthew did a great job leading our team in the 4 national meet a year ago and it's great to have them back."

Italy tops the men's combined team skiing

The host nation started very strongly on Day 3 of these Games.In addition to their victory over Team USA, Italy also topped the rankings after the men's cross-country skiing event was eliminated.

Italy's Giovanni Franzoni, who won silver in Saturday's downhill, leads the team with a time of 1:51.80, behind three Swiss pairs, less than half a second between the top four.

The medals will be decided today with the slalom run at 8 a.m. ET.The times for the two runs are combined to give the overall leaderboard.

Women's hockey standings after Day 3

Here's a look at the full standings in women's hockey ahead of Day 4, when the United States takes on Switzerland.

United States (2-0) — 6 points

Czech Republic (1-2) - 4 points

Canada (1-0) - 3 goals

Switzerland (1-1) – 2 points

Finland (0-2) - 0 points

Note: Switzerland defeated the Czech Republic in Friday's game.A regulation win counts as three points, an overtime win counts as two points, and an overtime loss counts as one point.

Sweden (3-0) – 9 points

Germany (1-1) — 3 points

Japan (1-1): 3 points

Italy (1-1) — 3 points

France (0-3) – 0 points

Italy defeated Team USA in mixed doubles curling to set up a semifinal rematch

The match lasted until the end, but Italian Stefania Constantini hit the final straw to give the hosts a 7-6 victory.

The good news is that Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse made it to the finals despite winning six of their nine round matches.The American pair will have a chance for revenge next time around - they will face Italy again in the final at 12:05 pm.ET.Top seed England will face Sweden in the other finals.

The USA team reached the finals in curling

We are preparing for a dramatic finale in Cortina!

The American team tied the score at 6-6 heading into the eighth and final inning.Italy will have the final stone in the final section and therefore have a slight advantage.

Alyssa Liu from the American team became the second athlete to win a medal

Yesterday, US teammate Breezy Johnson said her gold medal was broken hours after receiving it.He said he was jumping around while wearing the medal during the celebration, causing the piece that attached it to the ribbon to come off.

The US team's second medal appears to have fallen in a similar manner. This time, Alyssa Liu's gold medal crashed just hours after she was honored as part of the US's winning figure skating team.The 20-year-old captured the pieces in a Reel on Instagram, jokingly captioning the clip: "My medal doesn't need a ribbon."

This is not the first time that Olympic medals have been in trouble.The other medals awarded at the Paris 2024 Games each have small metal medals from the gleaming Eiffel Tower.Last year, the French mint announced that it had received requests to replace 220 damaged medals.

Stefania Constantini's big shot gave Italy the lead over Team USA

A loud roar erupted from the crowd at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium after Italy's Stefania Constantini's stunning shot in the fifth round.

On the last stone at the end, Constantini aimed his shot at a wide angle and hit another stone, sending it to the American stones in the middle of the target.

This puts Italy ahead 6-2.With three more ends remaining, Team USA will need a scoring end of their own to get back into this one.

Dhawornvej SAM, Perlmutter, Norman compete in the big air

Americans Lily Dhawornvej, Jessica Perlmutter and Hahna Norman finished 20th, 23rd and 28th respectively, missing the top 12 in the women's snowboard giant.

Team USA teams up with Italy in a curling match

Four down, four to go.At the halfway point of the curling mixed doubles match between Team USA and Italy, the score was tied at 2-2, with nothing to separate.

Team USA's Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse have already booked their place in the semifinals, which will take place later in the day, but winning here will improve their training and make it easier for them to medal.

Italy is the leader in the number of medals

Host nation Italy leads the overall medal tally heading into the third day of the Winter Games.

But so far, the most gold medals have been won by Norway, which has a total of 6 medals.

Breezy Johnson won the women's alpine skiing event and Team USA has two gold medals after a strong performance in the team figure skating event.

Switzerland has announced a new regional skiing team with

The men's gathering is about to begin on the Cortina ski slopes, bringing with it a new format for these games.

Previously, one skier competed in both downhill and slalom.This time it's a team effort, with one skier for each team going downhill while the other skier competes in the slalom.These times are combined to give the team their position on the leaderboard.

Drop-downs go up first.

Team USA will be represented by Kyle Negomir and River Radamus.Negomir finished 10th in the individual downhill on Saturday.It would be a shock if Negomir and Radamus fought for a medal.Switzerland are hot favorites for gold here, with downhill gold medalist Franjo von Allmen looking to win his second gold medal of the Games.

In the women's event, newly crowned gold medalist Breeze Johnson will team up with Mikaela Shiffrin for the US team tomorrow in Shiffrin's first appearance at the Games.Team USA will have four pairs tomorrow.

When to watch

Five medal events will take place today, including the women's slopestyle final.Tonight, American skaters Madison Chock and Evan Bates hope to continue their dominant start in rhythmic dance with the U.S. women's team facing Switzerland.

All times are in Eastern Time, with an asterisk indicating that this is a medal event:

4:05 am.Curling, mixed doubles (Norway - South Korea, Italy - USA, Switzerland - Canada, Czech Republic - Estonia)

4:30 a.m.: Skiing up the hill, boys down the hill together

6:10 am: Women’s ice hockey (Japan x Italy)

6:30 am: Women's Freestyle Skiing, Slope Style Final*

08.00: Alpine combined slalom for men*

10:40 a.m.: Women's hockey (Germany vs. France)

11am: Luge, Women's Singles Runs 1 and 2

11:30 a.m.: Fast shifting, 1000m dams*

12.05pm: Mixed Football Semi Final 1

12.05pm: Wrestling, doubles semi-final 2

1:00 p.m.: Luge, second women's competition

13:00: Ski jumping, men's normal hill*

13:20: figure skating, rhythmic dance

13:30 h.: Snowboard, final feminina big air*

2:40 pm: Women's ice hockey (Switzerland vs USA)

3:10 p.m.: Women's ice hockey (Canada - Czech Republic)

On day 3, the move is officially underway

Team USA's Corey Dropkin and Corey Theis are on the ice in Cortina, and that means the action for Day 3 of the Games is officially underway.

Dropkin and Tisse will have the last stone, known as the hammer, in the first end of this match, so they will be hoping to get an early lead.

Team USA faces an important final round in mixed doubles curling

Team USA Corey dropkin and Cory ThiSSE have been made history in Cortina - they have already secured a place in the half-finals as the round against defending gold medicalists Italy this morning.

A win would see Dropkin and Thiesse earn their second seed heading into today's semi-finals, which would see them face Sweden in the semi-finals, a team they beat yesterday.The defeat would drop the North American duo to third place in the standings and see them face Italy again, a more difficult path to an Olympic medal.

Cortina Curling begins today at 4:05 a.m. ET at Olympic Stadium.

Erin Jackson does not want to be the only black woman to win solo gold at the Winter Olympics

When American speed skater Erin Jackson won the 500 meters at the Beijing Olympics four years ago, of course she knew it would be her first Olympic medal.She also knew that it had been quite a while (28 years, to be exact) since an American woman had won first place in the competition.

Little did she know until a few days later: Jackson was the first black woman from any country, in any sport, to win an individual gold medal at any Winter Olympics.

Jackson definitely doesn't want to be the last.

"It was really surprising, I think, because I thought, 'How could this happen?'" she said in an interview with The Associated Press at the U.S. Speed ​​Skating Trials before the Milan Cortina Games.

Five American figure skaters are first-time Olympic medalists

Ilia Malinin, Alysa Liu, Amber Glenn, Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea won their first Olympic medal, and it's gold.

Madison Chock and Evan Bates are now two-time Olympic gold medalists.

This is the strongest US Olympic figure skating team in years, and the medal count is expected to increase as individual events begin this week.

Both American women finished in the top three in the team event, which could signal the end of the American medal drought in women's singles.

Note the highlights on Day 2

Step inside the ring and relive the best moments from the second day of the Milan Cortina Olympics.