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| The Games are really getting cooking now, with medals and drama aplenty. Take inspiration from the competitors and get your carbo-load on as we prepare for another full day of watching ahead. | ||
| Medal Count |
| Snapshots of The Day |
| 🥈⛸️ America's married sweethearts Madison Chock and Evan Bates snagged silver in yesterday's ice dance final, finishing just 1.43 points behind the controversial French pair. The silver is three-time World Champion Chock and Bates' first individual Olympic win in four Games. 👀🏂 Fan favorite American halfpipe snowboarder Chloe Kim will go for a gold medal three-peat today at 1:30 p.m. ET. Despite competing with a torn labrum, Kim recorded the highest score in yesterday's qualifying round, much to the delight of her NFL boyfriend, Myles Garrett. 🥇💨⛸️ American speedskater Jordan Stolz has officially arrived, setting a new Olympic record in the 1,000m race to clinch gold yesterday. Not bad for a Milan debut, but Stolz isn't heading back to the pond anytime soon: He'll race thrice more in Milan, starting with Saturday's 500m. 🥌 The U.S. women's curling team won their opening game against South Korea this morning and return to the ice to face Sweden today at 1:05 p.m. ET. In the meantime, catch the men's team — fresh off yesterday's opening win over Czechia — taking on Switzerland today at 8:05 a.m. ET. Booked and busy. ⛷️ Team USA's Liz Lemley and Jaelin Kauf won gold and silver, respectively, in yesterday's women's freestyle skiing moguls final, while the defending champ, Australia's Jakara Anthony, landed eighth after skidding off course. 🏂 Australian snowboarder Scotty James inched closer to a long-awaited Olympic gold yesterday, finishing first in the men's halfpipe qualifier. James made his debut at the 2010 Winter Games when he was just 15 years old and has won a bronze (2018) and silver (2022) medal in the event.
🥇💨 History was made at Cortina Sliding Centre yesterday with the Italian duo of Andrea Voetter and Marion Oberhofer stunning the field to win gold in the Olympics' first-ever women's doubles luge event. Ceiling? Smashed. |
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| Olympic Deep Dive |
🏒 Ice, spice, and everything not nice Source: David Kirouac-Imagn Images The GIST: As the women's hockey preliminary round wraps up today, the juggernaut American men are preparing for puck drop on the first Olympic tournament since 2014 to feature NHL players. And with star-studded lineups across the board, nothing is guaranteed… 👏 The return of the NHLers: The reason for their 12-year absence? Schedule disruptions and a lack of league benefit, according to the NHL. However, the pushback was fierce, and a new collective bargaining agreement in 2020 paved the way for the NHL's (slightly delayed) return to the Games, much to the delight of players and fans alike.
⚙️ How it works: The men's tourney features 12 teams, divided into three groups (A, B, and C). Each will play three round-robin games, with the group winners and the best runner-up squad receiving a bye straight to the quarter-finals. The other eight teams will compete in a playoff for the remaining spots, all in hopes of reaching the gold medal game on February 22nd. 🇺🇸 Team USA aiming for gold — with a chip on their shoulder: The American squad has a bone to pick with the Canadians, who defeated them in last year's feisty 4 Nations Face-Off. Their secret weapon? A deep goaltender roster, led by three-time Vezina Trophy winner Connor Hellebuyck.
👀 Catch the American men in action for the first time today at 3:10 p.m. ET against Latvia. Drop that puck.     |
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| In addition to being one of the zaniest Olympic sports in terms of the action, biathlon has also turned out to be perhaps the messiest of Milano Cortina 2026. The snow is cold, but the tea is piping hot.
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