Overview
- Team USA reached 12 medals, highlighted by Jordan Stolz’s 1,000m speed skating gold in an Olympic-record 1:06.28 and an ice dance silver for Madison Chock and Evan Bates after a narrow loss to France.
- Canada opened men’s hockey with a 5-0 win over Czechia as Connor McDavid logged three assists, marking the first Olympic tournament with NHL players since 2014.
- Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych was barred from competing after refusing to replace a helmet commemorating war victims, which the IOC deemed a field-of-play violation.
- WADA said it will examine rumors of hyaluronic-acid injections in ski jumping, which U.S. Ski described as a “wild rumor,” with no evidence presented so far.
- Organizers confirmed a small number of medals had broken and said a targeted repair process is in place with the State Mint, encouraging affected athletes to submit medals for prompt fixes.