The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics are underway from Italy, and medals are already being collected. Action began on Wednesday, Feb. 4 with the first medal being handed out on Saturday. Medals will be handed out daily from now until the end of the event on Feb.
The Dutch athlete, who's engaged to Jake Paul, won gold and broke the Olympic speedskating record in the 1000m race at the 2026 Winter Games
Jorrit Bergsma has become by far the oldest long track speedskating gold medalist in Olympic history by winning the mass start at age 40 at the Milan Cortina Games.
MILAN (AP) — The wall of sound coming from the large contingent of orange-clad Dutch fans just kept growing for speedskater Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong at the Milan Cortina Winter Games on Friday. When she was introduced before her heat in the 1,
Day 14 of the Milan Cortina Games included seven more Winter Olympic gold medal winners. American Alex Ferreira won the gold in the freestyle skiing halfpipe competition, capturing his third Olympic medal and his first gold.
Dutch speed skater Joep Wennemars, the reigning world champion in the men's 1,000-metre race, saw his Olympic debut ruined by a bad mishap during a crossover
The 2026 Winter Olympics are officially coming to a close, and we have a clear winner in the race for the country with the top Olympic medal count. While some events remain on Sunday, Feb. 22, there just isn't enough time left for the No. 2 country to catch up to No. 1.
Even though the U.S. and Italy's total metal count is close, the U.S. has a much larger amount of silver medals, which will help them in the final tally. The Netherlands is No. 4 with 18 total medals, and Germany is No. 5 with 22. Even though Germany has more medals than the Netherlands, they're still ranked below, due to the value of the medals.