The race for the top of the 2026 Winter Olympics medal count standings is heating up, as we enter the second full week of competition at the Milan-Cortina Games. Norway has extended its lead over Italy and the United States,

MILAN (AP) — It’s official: Host nation Italy is having its best Winter Olympics of all time. Italy picked up four medals in quick succession on Sunday — two golds, a silver and a bronze — to reach 22 and surpass its previous best medal haul of 20,

The Norwegian cross-country skier won his ninth Winter Olympics gold in the men's 4x7.5-kilometer relay. Klaebo is now the winningest athlete in Winter Olympics history with nine golds. He has an opportunity to go for a 10th later this week.

Shiffrin finished 11th in Sunday's giant slalom, the competition consisting of two ski races across the morning and early afternoon at the Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Her combined time of 2:14.42 was nearly a second behind the first-place finisher.