The 2026 Winter Olympics have officially ended, and the final event was an overtime victory for the Team USA men's hockey team of Team Canada, with a 2-1 final score. Viewers couldn't have asked for a more exciting final event.

Day 14 of the Milan Cortina Games included seven more Winter Olympic gold medal winners. American Alex Ferreira won the gold in the freestyle skiing halfpipe competition, capturing his third Olympic medal and his first gold.

Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong of the Netherlands has won her first Olympic gold and sixth career medal by finishing first in speedskating’s 1,500 meters at the Milan Cortina Winter Games. Her

Nine Olympic records were set on Milan ice at the 2026 Winter Games, including two by Jordan Stolz and four by Dutch skaters. (AP Photo)

Chloe Kim was heralded as one of the biggest stars entering Milan Cortina, aiming to set Olympic history by winning the women’s snowboarding halfpipe for the third straight Winter Games. Instead, it was 17-year-old Goan Choi — in many way’s Kim’s protégé — who unseated Kim for gold in the halfpipe final.

Every Winter Olympics brings new faces into the spotlight. Some arrive as favorites. Others step in quietly and leave as global names. The Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics 2026 did exactly that. A group of athletes turned single performances into life