The 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics are in full swing, and it was another busy day in Italy, with more medals up for grabs on Friday. But the biggest story was the medal that wasn’t won.
Ilia Malinin falls off podium in huge free skate upset
“I blew it,” Malinin told NBC after a shocking performance in the free skate, which saw multiple falls and ended with him off the podium, in eighth place. If Malinin had executed his skate, he would’ve captured a near-certain gold medal.
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Instead, it was one of the most stunning collapses in Olympic figure skating history, as Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov claimed gold, while Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama took silver and Japan’s Shun Sato won bronze.
Team USA advances to semifinals after routing Italy
Team USA women’s hockey continued its dominance during these Olympics, routing Italy 6-0 in the quarterfinals. The Americans are now 5-0 and have scored 26 goals, while allowing just one.
The U.S. outshot Italy 51-6. Kendall Coyne Schofield scored back-to-back goals early in the second period to break open the game.
How many medals has Team USA won so far? Check in with our medal tracker for the full breakdown.
Dates: Feb. 6 – Feb. 22
TV channel: NBC
Streaming: Peacock
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Fri, February 13, 2026 at 4:33 PM PST
Fri, February 13, 2026 at 2:45 PM PST
Jeff Eisenberg
It’s reached a point where the U.S. isn’t just playing for an Olympic gold medal anymore. The Americans are two victories away from staking their claim as the best women’s hockey team their country has ever produced.
Outshooting Italy 51-6 was the most savage example yet of the team’s tournament-long dominance. The Americans have steamrolled to the semifinals by outscoring their first five opponents 26-1 and outshooting them 225-72.
Read more on Team USA’s stunning women’s hockey quarterfinals win over Italy.
Fri, February 13, 2026 at 2:15 PM PST
Fri, February 13, 2026 at 1:59 PM PST
In one of the most stunning collapses in Olympic figure skating history, Ilia Malinin failed to claim gold, faltering through his free skate routine to fall from a near-certain gold medal all the way to eighth place.
Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov claimed gold, while Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama took silver and Japan’s Shun Sato won bronze.
MILAN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 13: Ilia Malinin of Team United States falls over in the Men Single Skating on day seven of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Ice Skating Arena on February 13, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
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And just like that, it’s 4-0 Team USA!
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We’re a few minutes into the second period of this quarterfinal match.
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Megan Keller gives USA the early lead in the quarterfinal match against Italy.
MILAN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 13: Megan Keller #5 of Team United States celebrates a goal with teammates in the first period during the Women’s Quarterfinals match between the United States and Italy on day seven of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena on February 13, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
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Fri, February 13, 2026 at 12:05 PM PST
Naumov lost his parents in the tragic plane crash that rocked the skating community last year.
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Fri, February 13, 2026 at 11:18 AM PST
The men’s free skate has begun, but it will be a bit before Ilia Malinin takes the ice. He’ll skate last out of 24 competitors, just after Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama. Malinin has nearly a three-point lead over Kagiyama after the short program.
MILAN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 10: Ilia Malinin of United States competes in Men’s Single Skating – Short Program on day four of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics at Milano Ice Skating Arena on February 10, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Tang Xinyu/VCG via Getty Images)
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Fri, February 13, 2026 at 10:29 AM PST
Sean Leahy
Lindsey Vonn said on Friday that she will need at least more surgeries after fracturing her leg during last Sunday’s Olympic downhill race.
In message posted on social media, the 41-year-old American skier thanked supporters who have sent encouraging letters and stuffed animals while she remains in a Treviso hospital. She said that she is scheduled for a fourth surgery on her leg Saturday and could possibly return home to the U.S. where she will require another procedure.
Fri, February 13, 2026 at 8:52 AM PST
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Sean Leahy
Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates skated the routine of their lives on Wednesday night in figure skating’s ice dance event … only to watch in horror and heartbreak as judges controversially deemed the routine of France’s Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron a more worthy one. Chock and Bates ended up with a silver medal — a titanic achievement, of course, but a “bittersweet” one, in Chock’s words, when you think you ought to have won gold.
On CBS News, Chock called for “transparent judging” to help viewers understand what’s happening. “I think it’s also important for the skaters, that the judges be vetted and reviewed to make sure that they are also putting out their best performance,” she added, “because there’s a lot on the line for the skaters when they’re out there giving it their all, and we deserve to have the judges also giving us their all and for it to be a fair and even playing field.”
The figure skating establishment appears to be shrugging this off as just one of them skating deals, yet another in a long line of what-are-you-gonna-do judging frustrations. It’s not as egregious as the Salt Lake City skating scandal of 2002, when a French judge conceded that she’d been pressured to favor a Russian pairs duo that eventually won gold … right?
iFeb 11, 2026; Milan, Italy; Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States skate after receiving silver medals during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Milano Ice Skating Arena. Mandatory Credit: James Lang-Imagn Images
(IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect / REUTERS)Fri, February 13, 2026 at 8:48 AM PST
Sean Leahy
Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych’s appeal to gain reinstatement to skeleton competition at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games has been denied.
Heraskevych filed an urgent appeal Friday morning with the Court of Arbitration for Sport over his disqualification from the Olympic Games for refusing to change a helmet honoring fellow athletes who died during Russia’s invasion of his home country.
Heraskevych, according to a CAS statement, argued that the decision to ban him from the Olympics is “disproportionate, unsupported by any technical or safety violation and causes irreparable sporting harm to him.”
Heraskevych registered the appeal with the CAS’s ad hoc division, which is on site in Milan and can rule on cases in less than 24 hours. The CAS appointed a sole arbitrator to “consider the matter with urgency.” Early Friday evening in Milan, the appeal was denied.
Juegos Olímpicos de Milán Cortina 2026 – La presidenta del COI Kirsty Coventry se reúne con el corredor de skeleton Vladyslav Heraskevych de Ucrania – Centro de deslizamiento de Cortina, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italia – 12 de febrero de 2026. Vladyslav Heraskevych de Ucrania muestra su casco tras su descalificación de la competición olímpica por llevarlo en homenaje a los atletas que han muerto en medio del ataque de Rusia a Ucrania después de una reunión programada con la presidenta del COI Kirsty Coventry REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha TPX IMÁGENES DEL DÍA
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Sean Leahy
The U.S. women’s curling team beat Canada in round-robin play on Friday 9-8. It’s the first time in nine Olympic meetings that the Americans have been victorious against their northern neighbors.
The match was tight through the first five ends with Canada clinging to a 3-2 lead. In the sixth end, the U.S. roared ahead with four points. Canada did not back off, scoring two in the seventh and adding three in the ninth.
Holding the hammer, Tara Peterson scored two on the last shot of the match to give the Americans their second victory of the tournament.
The U.S. women improve to 2-1 and resume play on Saturday against Japan (1:05 p.m. ET).
Fri, February 13, 2026 at 6:03 AM PST
Sean Leahy
There are now no members of the U.S. team in the event with Dawson withdrawing. He said he wanted to shift his focus to the team pursuit, which will see the quarterfinals in that event take place on Sunday, and next Thursday’s individual 1,500m.
Dawson took part in the 5,000m last week and finished eighth.
Dawson’s decision “does not come as a surprise and always was a part of the options coming,” said U.S. coach Gabe Girard.
Fri, February 13, 2026 at 3:58 AM PST
Sean Leahy
The 29-year-old Norwegian cross-country skier was victorious in Friday’s men’s 10km free for his third gold medal of the Milan Cortina Games. He has now won three golds in all three events he’s competed in, adding the 20km skiathlon and Individual sprint to his haul in Italy.
Klæbo ties fellow Norwegian skiers Bjørn Dæhlie, Marit Bjørgen and Ole Einar Bjørndalen with eight career gold medals. He could soon hold the record all by himself with the men’s 4 x 7.5km relay, men’s team sprint and 50km mass start still left on his competition schedule.
Klæbo won three golds in Pyeongchang and two more in Beijing four years ago, along with a silver and bronze.
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics – Cross-Country Skiing – Men’s 10km Interval Start Free – Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium, Lago, Italy – February 13, 2026. Gold medallist Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo of Norway reacts as he celebrates after winning the Men’s 10km Interval Start Free REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
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