The 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics are in full swing, and it’s another busy day in Italy, with more medals up for grabs on Saturday. Here are the top stories we’re watching today:
Jordan Stolz breaks Olympic record, wins second gold in 500 meters
Stolz is the future of U.S. speedskating. He’s also the man of the moment. The 21-year-old Kewaskum, Wisconsin, native won his second gold in the second of his four events at this year’s Games, taking first place in the 500 meters with an Olympic record 33.77. Stolz’s next chance to add to his medal collection is Thursday, in the men’s 1500 meters, and then next weekend in the mass start.
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Team USA men’s hockey takes on Denmark as group play continues (3:10 p.m. ET)
The Americans’ 5-1 victory over Latvia in the teams’ opening match of group play was far closer than the score suggests — at least initially. Next up in Group C for Team USA is a Denmark squad that dropped its group-play opener to Germany 3-1. Oscar Fisker Mølgaard, who made his NHL debut with the Seattle Kraken earlier this season, scored the Danes’ lone goal in that matchup. Without current NHL blueliners, the Danish are in for a tall task defending a loaded American offense.
Cory Thiesse, U.S. women’s curling riding high after monumental win over Canada (1:05 p.m. ET)
U.S. curling had something to celebrate on Friday, as the American women defeated Canada for the first time since women’s curling was introduced to the Olympics in 1998. She and her teammates will face off against 0-2 Japan on Saturday.
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Dates: Feb. 6 – Feb. 22
TV channel: NBC
Streaming: Peacock
Follow along with Yahoo Sports for all the news, events and medals from the Milan Cortina Olympics:
Ian Casselberry
Team USA has scored two goals in 57 seconds to take a 3-2 lead over Denmark in the second period.
Jack Eichel wristed a shot past Mads Sogaard after Matthew Tkachuk won a faceoff in Denmark’s zone. Suddenly, the U.S. has taken control of this game.
Ian Casselberry
Team USA’s Brady Tkachuk tried to fire up his team by mixing it up with Denmark players as their game went to the first intermission.
That tactic appears to have worked. At least it fired up Tkachuk, who scored six minutes into the second period to tie the score at 2-2. He whips a shot in after Jack Eichel won a face-off.
Ian Casselberry
All four American freestyle skiers fail to qualify in the freeski Big Air event. Team USA’s best chance was Grace Henderson but after she fell on her final run, she finished 14th. Only 12 skiers advance to the final.
China’s Eileen Gu finishes second to Canada’s Megan Oldham, with Switzerland’s Mathilde Gremaud placing third.
Ian Casselberry
The U.S. women’s curling team broke open a tight match in the eighth end for a 7-4 victory. That improves Team USA to 3-1 in the round-robin session of the tournament. Only Sweden, undefeated at 3-0, is ahead of them in the standings.
Tara Peterson turned the match by stealing three points in that eighth end, putting USA up 7-3. Prior to that, the two teams played blank ends in the first and seventh. But the U.S. held a narrow 4-3 lead with Tabitha Peterson getting a point in the sixth end.
Ian Casselberry
Denmark regains the lead over the U.S., 2-1, with a slapshot by Nick Jensen from nearly center ice beating Jeremy Swayman.
Was that a shot by Jensen or more of a pass to get the puck into USA’s end? Regardless, Swayman lost sight of the puck and it got past him.
Ian Casselberry
Denmark took an early 1-0 lead on a goal by Nick Oleson with 1:40 played in the first period.
However, the U.S. tied the score nearly two minutes later. Matt Boldy got his own rebound then scored on a wraparound goal, catching Mads Sogaard way out of position.
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Tarohn Finley
Sean Leahy
The U.S. will face Sweden on Monday in the semifinals.
Canada, who defeated Germany 5-1 on Saturday, will take on the winner of Finland-Switzerland in the other semifinal matchup.
Teams are re-seeded following the quarterfinals.
The 2026 gold medal game will take place on Thursday at 1 :10 p.m. ET.
MILAN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 14: Gold medalist Jordan Stolz of Team United States, Silver medalist Jenning de Boo of Team Netherlands and Bronze medalist Laurent Dubreuil of Team Canada pose for a photo on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Speed Skating Men’s 500m on day eight of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Speed Skating Stadium on February 14, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)
(Dean Mouhtaropoulos via Getty Images)
Sean Leahy
Jordan Stolz won his second gold medal of the Milan Cortina Olympics with a victory in Saturday’s men’s 500m.
The 21-year-old Wisconsin native set an Olympic record with a time of 33.77, edging Jenning de Boo (33.88) of the Netherlands, who ended up with a silver medal.
Stolz is now halfway to securing the most speedskating gold medals at one Olympics since fellow Wisconsin native Eric Heiden won a mind-blowing five at the 1980 Lake Placid Games. Still remaining for Stolz are the 1,500m on Thursday and the chaotic, unpredictable mass start event two days later.
Sean Leahy
The U.S. men’s curling team improved to 2-2 with an 8-6 win over Germany on Saturday.
The Americans stormed out to a big, early lead with a four in the first end. That advantage increased to 6-2 after the fourth end, but the Germans slowly crawled back with four points over the next four ends to cut the U.S. lead to one.
Skip Danny Casper added one in the ninth end and then prevented the Germans from having a chance to tie in the 10th.
The U.S. men continue round-robin play on Sunday with matches against Sweden (3:05 a.m. ET) and Norway (1:05 p.m. ET).
USA’s Aidan Oldenburg, USA’s Benjamin Richardson (L) and USA’s Daniel Casper (C) compete in the curling men’s round robin between Germany and USA during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium in Cortina d’Ampezzo on February 14, 2026. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP via Getty Images)
(TIZIANA FABI via Getty Images)
Sean Leahy
Sean Leahy
Lucas Pinheiro Braathen became the first South American to win a Winter Olympics medal after he earned gold during Saturday’s men’s giant slalom.
The 25-year-old Pinheiro Braathen, who is ranked second in the world in slalom and giant slalom, recorded a combined time of 2:25.00, 0.58 better than 2022 gold medalist Marco Odermatt to win the event.
Sean Leahy
Sean Leahy
The 29-year-old Kauf picked up her third career Olympic silver medal on Saturday in the duo moguls, adding to silver won on Wednesday in the moguls competition and the 2022 Beijing Games.
Fellow American Liz Lemley took home bronze in the duo moguls, three days after securing her first career gold medal.
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