Team Sweden plays its first game at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina on Wednesday, marking Lightning captain Victor Hedman’s first appearance on the Olympic stage.

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TESERO, Italy (AP) — Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo blazed to his second consecutive victory at the Milan Cortina Games in the cross-country sprint Tuesday and his seventh gold medal closed in on the Winter Olympics record.

Figure skater Ilia Malinin leads after short program; U.S. claims silver in curling mixed doubles while Norway wins 3 gold medals

Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games Men's Hockey Event The main event of the Olympic Winter Games is slotted to feature a competition among 12 participating teams in the 2026 Winter Olympics. These teams participating in the Winter Olympics shall be competing with other participants in different groups or categories.

Updated 2026 Winter Olympics medal count for Milano Cortina on Feb. 10, plus the Day 4 results that moved the standings.

Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse guaranteed the United States its first Olympic medal in mixed doubles curling, reaching the final Monday with a 9-8 victory over Italy at the Milano Cortina Games.

If Sweden and Finland aren't at the top of Group B at the conclusion of the preliminary round, then the Olympics will have turned upside down.

The United States loses the mixed doubles curling gold medal to a team of siblings from Sweden at the Winter Olympics.