The U.S. is a winter sport powerhouse, second only to Norway. The wins at the Milan Cortina Games come disproportionately from athletes who emerged in a handful of states from Alaska to Vermont.

The Winter Olympics are over. But Mikhail Shaidorov’s shocking gold-medal-winning figure skating performance continues to ...

According to the official Olympics website , 93 countries participated in the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games. Athletes from Russia and Belarus competed as Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) since ...

ASTANA — Kazakhstan finished the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Italy with one gold medal, marking the country’s second-best performance in its history at the Winter Games. The historic victory came in ...

Relive the closing ceremony with highlights, reactions and key moments you may have missed from the Winter Olympics finale.

The U.S. men's hockey team beat Canada 2-1 in overtime in a thrilling Olympic final game exactly 46 years after Team USA beat ...

Get the story behind Shaidorov's incredible Kung-Fu Panda-inspired exhibition skate.

Norway finished atop the medal rankings so far, having picked up 18 gold medals. The Nordic nation is the most successful country in Winter Olympics history by far, and beat their own record for most ...

Mikhail Shaidorov, the gold medal figure skater from Kazakhstan, tells of how he surprised even himself by ending up on the ...

All of figure skating's biggest stars took the ice one more time at the 2026 Winter Olympics, showing off at the exhibition gala that stunned.

Athletes from more than 90 countries are battling in 116 events over 16 days, and USA TODAY is keeping a tally of every ...

Adeliia Petrosian’s fall in the 2026 Olympic women's singles competition didn't stop a judge from awarding gold-medal marks. An inside look at the data and the enduring judging bias in figure skating.