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Team USA Sets Record With 11 Golds as Milano-Cortina Nears Close

Breadth across sports, powered by standout women's performances, underpinned the U.S. surge.

Overview

  • Freestyle skiers Kaila Kuhn, Connor Curran and Chris Lillis won mixed team aerials to secure the United States’ 11th gold and a repeat title in the event.
  • Norway stayed atop the medal table with 18 golds and 40 total after Johannes Klaebo earned his sixth gold with a 50km mass-start win that led a podium sweep.
  • The Netherlands finished the speed skating program with five golds after a mass-start sweep by Jorrit Bergsma and Marijke Groenewoud; Bergsma, 40, denied Jordan Stolz a third individual gold.
  • American women set U.S. Winter Games records with six golds and 16 medals in women’s-only events, reflecting the USOPC’s strategy to build depth across many sports.
  • Mia Manganello took bronze in the women’s mass start as the figure skating exhibition gala featuring Alysa Liu and Ilia Malinin wrapped the on-ice program.