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MILAN \u2013 Franjo von Allmen of Switzerland looks like a breakout star of the Milan Cortina Olympics<\/a> after winning his third gold medal. Chloe Kim<\/a> and a bunch of NHL stars<\/a> are just getting started.<\/p>\n

Von Allmen won the super-G in Bormio on Wednesday to become the third man with three victories in Alpine skiing at one Winter Games. It hadn’t been done since 1968.<\/p>\n

That’s not a priority for von Allmen, though. He said he’s just staying in the moment. As for history, \u201cmaybe in a few years it will be important for me,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Von Allmen won the downhill<\/a> on Saturday and paired with Tanguy Nef to win the team combined<\/a> Monday.<\/p>\n

Later Wednesday, Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the U.S. seek gold in the ice dance competition, and medals will be awarded in luge and speedskating.<\/p>\n

NHL stars back on Olympic ice<\/p>\n

The puck dropped on men’s hockey on Wednesday, marking the return of NHL players<\/a> to the Games for the first time since 2014.<\/p>\n

Defending champion Finland got the action underway against Slovakia at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena in the first game of the preliminary round.<\/p>\n

It’s an Olympic return for Slovakia’s Juraj Slafkovsky of the Montreal Canadiens, who won bronze as a 17-year-old in 2022, and promptly scored the first goal of the men’s tournament.<\/p>\n

The NHL opted not to participate in the Pyeongchang Olympics of 2018 and pandemic-related scheduling issues prompted the league to skip the Beijing Games in 2022.<\/p>\n

Chloe Kim off to a flying start<\/p>\n

The halfpipe three-peat attempt began promisingly for Chloe Kim on Wednesday as she finished first<\/a> in qualifying while competing with a shoulder brace. <\/p>\n

After a shoulder injury disrupted her buildup to the Games, Kim credited her muscle memory and a \u201cvery well-behaved\u201d shoulder for getting her through to the 12-athlete final on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the mountains, Elizabeth Lemley and Jaelin Kauf won gold and silver<\/a> for the United States in women\u2019s freestyle moguls skiing. Jens Luraas Oftebro of Norway overtook rivals and plowed through deep, slushy snow for gold in the Nordic combined<\/a> normal hill event. And in the women’s 15-kilometer individual biathlon, Julia Simon became the first Frenchwoman to win gold<\/a> and teammate Lou Jeanmonnot took silver.<\/p>\n

Team Canada \u2018heartbroken\u2019 after shooting<\/p>\n

The Canadian team at the Winter Olympics issued a statement saying it is \u201cheartbroken\u201d after waking to the news of a deadly school shooting<\/a> in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia. <\/p>\n

\u201cOur thoughts are with the families who have lost loved ones, those who are injured, and the entire Tumbler Ridge community,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

A standoff<\/a> between Ukrainian athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych and the International Olympic Committee rumbled on as he again trained in a helmet decorated with portraits of Ukrainians killed in Russian attacks, many of them athletes. The IOC says it won’t allow the helmet in competition.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP Winter Olympics: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics<\/a><\/p>\n

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