Whereas the U.S. added two extra medals to its tally on Tuesday, it is trying more and more troublesome to reel within the high spot — and there is nonetheless a niche to catch as much as second.
Staff USA gained two silver medals for day, one in velocity skating staff pursuit and the opposite in freestyle snowboarding massive air. However nonetheless path Norway by a sizeable margin, and have but to have the ability to shut the hole with Italy.
See the place the medal rely stands after Day 10 of competitors of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics (final up to date 2/17 at 7 p.m. EST):
The U.S. appeared in prime place to stroll away with a gold early within the day, as the lads’s staff pursuit got here closing got here right down to them and the host nation Italy. The U.S. staff had beforehand set a world file in November within the occasion, so it appeared doubtless they might take gold within the Olympics.
However the Italians, in entrance of a raucous crowd, had different concepts. They beat out Individuals Ethan Cepuran, Casey Dawson and Emery Lehman to take the gold — and replicated Steph Curry’s ‘evening evening’ celebration. Staff USA settled for silver.
The afternoon introduced what might have been the very best Olympic freeski massive air closing ever.
Tormod Frostad of Norway edged out Mac Forehand of the USA by 2.25 factors in Tuesday’s closing with the scores approaching the utmost of 200 factors every. Frostad did so by nailing the nostril butter — however with a physics-defying twist of his personal — on all three of his jumps of a snowy freeskiing nail-biter on the massive hill Tuesday evening.
Frostad had the lead by means of many of the 12-man closing after nailing two huge jumps. However Forehand flipped an exhilarating competitors on its head when he moved forward of Frostad on the second-to-last bounce of the evening.
That turned what had been trying like a victory lap for Frostad into probably the most pressure-filled leap of his profession. However the 23-year-old Norwegian pulled out one other flawlessly executed effort to safe his first gold medal in his second Video games.
Frostad and Forehand each stated that they’d have been pleased with any colour of medal after participated in what they agreed was a closing for the ages — one frosted by a gradual snow that delayed the beginning of the occasion, however did nothing to decelerate the 12 finalists.
What nation has gained probably the most medals up to now?
Norway continues to tempo all nations, with 31 complete medals by the tip of Tuesday. It additionally leads in golds with 14, 5 greater than every other nation.
The host nation Italy has had it is best Winter Olympics efficiency ever, with 5 days of competitors nonetheless to go. The Italians have earned 24 medals, together with 9 golds.
After selecting up two extra medals, the U.S. stays third. Staff USA has 21 medals, six of that are gold. Rounding out the highest 5 have been Germany with 20 (together with a podium sweep in two-man bobsled) and Japan with 19.
Who has gained medals for Staff USA?
The U.S. gained their first two medals of the Winter Olympics on Feb. 8, each of which have been golds: Within the girls’s downhill for alpine snowboarding, and within the staff occasion for determine skating.
Feb. 10 and 11 have confirmed to be the very best for Staff USA up to now, incomes 5 medals each of these days. Three extra have been added Saturday, and one other two extra on each Monday and Tuesday.
| DATE | SPORT | EVENT | ATHLETE(S) | |
| 🥇GOLD (6) | ||||
| Feb. 16 | Bobsled | Ladies’s Monobob | Elana Meyers Taylor | |
| Feb. 14 | Velocity Skating | Males’s 500m | Jordan Stolz | |
| Feb. 11 | Velocity Skating | Males’s 1000m | Jordan Stolz | |
| Feb. 11 | Freestyle Snowboarding | Ladies’s Moguls | Elizabeth Lemley | |
| Feb. 8 | Alpine Snowboarding | Ladies’s downhill | Breezy Johnson | |
| Feb. 8 | Determine Skating | Staff | Evan Bates, Madison Chock, Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu, Ilia Malinin, Ellie Kam, Danny O’Shea | |
| 🥈SILVER (10) | ||||
| Feb. 17 | Freestyle Snowboarding | Large Air | Mac Forehand | |
| Feb. 17 | Velocity Skating | Males’s Staff Pursuit | Ethan Cepuran, Casey Dawson and Emery Lehman | |
| Feb. 14 | Freestyle Snowboarding | Ladies’s Twin Moguls | Jaelin Kauf | |
| Feb. 12 | Snowboarding | Ladies’s Halfpipe | Chloe Kim | |
| Feb. 11 | Determine Skating | Ice Dancing | Madison Chock and Evan Bates | |
| Feb. 11 | Freestyle Snowboarding | Ladies’s Moguls | Jaelin Kauf | |
| Feb. 11 | Alpine Snowboarding | Males’s Tremendous-G | Ryan Cochran-Siegle | |
| Feb. 10 | Freestyle Snowboarding | Slopestyle | Alex Corridor | |
| Feb. 10 | Cross-country Snowboarding | Males’s Dash | Ben Ogden | |
| Feb. 10 | Curling | Blended Doubles | Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin | |
| 🥉 BRONZE (5) | ||||
| Feb. 16 | Bobsled | Ladies’s Monobob | Kaillie Humphreys | |
| Feb. 14 | Freestyle Snowboarding | Ladies’s Twin Moguls | Elizabeth Lemley | |
| Feb. 12 | Cross-Nation Snowboarding | Ladies’s 10km Interval | Jessie Diggins | |
| Feb. 10 | Luge | Ladies’s Singles | Ashley Farquharson | |
| Feb. 10 | Alpine Snowboarding | Ladies’s Staff Mixed | Paula Moltzan and Jacqueline Wiles |
Staff USA Highlights
Check out the highlights from among the medal-winning performances for Staff USA:
Staff USA’s Chloe Kim took silver within the girls’s halfpipe closing on Thursday, narrowly lacking out on historic three-peat for gold.
Schedule of upcoming occasions:
What is the subsequent shot for Staff USA so as to add to their medal assortment? Right here is the upcoming schedule of occasions from Milan Cortina:
