Team Sprint (Freestyle) — The Team Sprint event fields paired teams of two athletes each, and follows the interval-start format. Each of a team’s two skiers alternate in timed turns around the event’s 1,585-meter (approximately 1 mile) course, with the event’s final round consisting of more overall laps than the earlier, qualifying knockout round.

Team USA won the women’s hockey gold medal in an absolute thriller today in Milan, beating the Canadian club 2-1 in overtime after rallying to tie the game with about two minutes left. Megan Keller scored the golden goal at 4:07 in the 3-on-3 OT frame to secure the favored Americans’ third Olympic championship.

Players with Seattle’s new professional women’s hockey team helped Team USA win gold at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. The U.S. women’s hockey team beat reigning champion Canada 2–1 in overtime in Milan, Italy, after dominating through the entire tournament.

This was the seventh gold medal match — and fifth in a row — between the two hockey powerhouses.

There was a lot of pressure on U.S. figure skater Alysa Liu heading into the free skate on Thursday night. The 20-year-old was Team USA’s last hope of an individual gold medal in figure skating after disappointing results from both the women and the men.