Brazilian ski racer Lucas Pinheiro Braathen turned in a powerful final run to win the Olympic giant slalom Saturday and earn South America's first medal at a Winter Games. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

Ilia Malinin was overheard indicating he would have skated better had he competed at the 2022 Olympics.

Malinin, 21, scored a 156.33 during the Friday, Feb. 13, free skate. Combined with his first place score of 108.16 from the short program, his final score placed him eighth overall. 24 skaters competed in the men’s free skate compared to 29 who participated in the short program.

Wrightwood snowboarder Maddie Mastro failed to land her signature trick, the double crippler, in all three of her final runs at the Olympics, leaving her in last place.

Team USA’s Madison Chock and Evan Bates will go for the gold in the figure skating free dance finals of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026 at the Milano Ice Skating Arena.

Another full day of action on the slopes and on the ice is coming our way from the 2026 Winter Olympics, as the Milan-Cortina Games prepare to enter the second and final week of competition. On Saturday,

The United States cruised into the women's hockey semifinals at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Friday. Team USA used a five-goal barrage in the second period to become the second team to clinch a spot in the semifinals. The United States will most likely face Sweden, who also won on Friday, in the semifinal round on Monday.

In his Olympic debut, talented 17-year-old Alessandro Barbieri finished fourth in the men's halfpipe qualifiers, putting him in mix for a medal.