MILAN — The 2026 Winter Olympics enter the third full day of competition on Monday with four medals up for grabs: women’s slopestyle skiing, men’s Alpine skiing team combined, women’s speed skating 1,000 meters, and women’s snowboarding big air.
In the women’s speed skating 1,000 meters, look out for Erin Jackson, who won gold in the 500m in 2022. The American teenager Avery Krumme is in the slopestyle final.
Elsewhere, figure skating moves into the ice dance competition, where Madison Chock and Evan Bates, who won team gold on Sunday night, begin the quest for the second medal of these Games. And the U.S. women’s hockey team plays its third game of these Games, a matchup again Sweden.
Japan’s Kokomo Murase makes history in women’s snowboard big air
There’s a new Olympic gold medal winner in women’s snowboard big air. Japan’s Kokomo Murase delivered a historic moment in the clutch, registering the best score of the event (89.25) as the second-to-last jumper of the third and final run in the competition.
Murase, who won the bronze medal in women’s snowboard big air at the 2022 PyeongChang Olympics, is the first gold medal winner in the event from Japan. Austria’s Anna Gasser won the gold medal in 2018 and 2022 after women’s big air was introduced to Olympic competition, but she did not land her first two jumps on Monday.
New Zealand’s Zoi Sadowski Sinnott took the silver medal and 17-year old Seungeun Yu of South Korea won the bronze medal.
US upends Italy in mixed doubles curling, will play for gold
With a clutch double in the eighth and final end, Americans Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin pulled off the biggest victory in U.S. mixed doubles curling history with a 9-8 upset of defending Olympic champions Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner of Italy.
Down 8-7 entering the eighth, the Americans took advantage of an opening as Thiesse’s throw and Dropkin’s sweeping helped knock the Italian team’s lone stone out of the circle and secure the winning two points for the U.S.
The semifinal victory moves Team Cory and Korey into the gold-medal match (Tuesday, 12:05 p.m. ET) against Sweden, which upset top-seeded Great Britain in the other semifinal.
Jake Paul’s fiancee wins speedskating gold medal
The Netherlands put a dominating stamp to close out the women’s 1000m race in the 2026 Winter Olympics speedskating event on Monday, Feb. 9. Jutta Leerdam, the fiancee of YouTube star-turned-boxer Jake Paul, claimed the gold medal by re-setting an Olympic record her Dutch teammate Femke Kok had set minutes earlier.
Kok took the silver medal and American Brittany Bowe finished off the podium in fourth place in what’s expected to be her final Olympic appearance for the United States. American Erin Jackson briefly held the event lead after her skate until Kok set the first record of the night and eventually finished off the podium in sixth place.
Paul was shown in the crowd in tears as Leerdam celebrated her winning skate, which came in the final pairing of the event. She finished with a time of 1:12.31.
Allyson Felix among famous Olympians at speed skating
Retired American track and field star Allyson Felix is among the famous Olympians in attendance for the women’s 1000m final in speed skating. The USA Network broadcast also showed U.S. speed skating legend Bonnie Blair in the crowd at the Milan Speed Skating Stadium.
Felix was also at Sunday’s figure skating team final, according to her Instagram account. She was confirmed as an IOC member in 2024 after ending her Olympics career after the Tokyo 2020 Games with seven gold medals.
Ashley Farquharson leads US contingent in women’s luge
American Ashley Farquharson sits in fourth place after an encouraging first run in the women’s singles competition in luge. There’s one more run on Monday, with the final two runs set for Tuesday at the Cortina Sliding Centre in Cortina d’Ampezzo. Medals are awarded based on a cumulative time for all four runs. American Emily Fischnaller is also in contention, sitting in seventh place after her first run.
While Farquharson is in the mix near the top of the leaderboard, fellow American Summer Britcher has some work to do to medal in her fourth Olympic appearance. Her sled rubbed against the wall during the start her first run, slowing her down through the top of the course. She sits in 15th place after her first run.
US trails six in early Olympic medal count
The United States got its first two gold medals of the 2026 Winter Olympics on Sunday night with Breezy Johnson in the women’s downhill in alpine skiing, as well as the team competition in figure skating. The U.S. is one of three countries with multiple gold medals already, although it’s nonetheless tied for seventh in total medals.
Italy has an Olympic-best nine medals at the moment, with Norway, Austria, Switzerland and Germany behind them. But there are plenty more to be handed out. Speed skating, ski jumping, women’s snowboard big air are among the medal events scheduled for Monday, Feb. 9.
US curlers set for rematch with Italy in mixed doubles semifinal
The American duo of Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin are entering uncharted territory in the world of mixed doubles curling. Despite a 7-6 loss to Italy on Monday, Team Cory and Korey had already clinched the USA’s first-ever spot in the semifinal round of Olympic competition, finishing round-robin play in second place with a 6-3 record.
However, they’ll have to get past that same Italian team of Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner later in the day to clinch a medal and a spot in the championship match. Top-seeded Great Britain meets Sweden in the other semi.
Jake Paul’s fiancėe ready for speed skating debut in Milan
In some circles, Jutta Leerdam is best known as Jake Paul’s fiancée. But at the 2026 Winter Olympics, she is a speed skating star. Leerdam, a 27-year-old from the Netherlands, will compete in the women’s 1,000 meters at 11:30 a.m. ET. Peacock will provide coverage as she races against, among others, American Erin Jackson.
She won a silver in the 1,000 meters at the 2022 Beijing Olympics and and has captured six European championships and seven world championships.
Paul is expected to be among the spectators at Milano Speed Skating Stadium to watch Leerdam’s first race of these Olympics. − Josh Peter
US men’s hockey team ‘geared up’ by Ralph Lauren
The Olympic men’s ice hockey tournament gets underway on Wednesday, Feb. 11, with the first games of the preliminary round.
Team USA arrived in Milan on Sunday, but before they could hit the ice, players made a quick stop to the Team USA Welcome Experience for their Ralph Lauren kits. They tried on the closing ceremony outfits, which feature a puffy jacket and wool sweater, that were then tailored to fit them just right.
‘The Ralph Lauren experience was cool and so was the Nike technology. It was just, you dream of going to the Olympics to play,’ said Team USA center Dylan Larkin of the Detroit Red Wings, ‘but you also dream of the gear. To be honest, it is cool to get geared up.’ − Alex Connor and Helene St. James
Switzerland claims gold in inaugural men’s Alpine team combined
Franjo von Allmen followed up his individual gold in the men’s downhill by partnering with Switzerland teammate Tanguy Nef for gold in the new Alpine skiing team combined event at these Olympics.
The U.S. tandem of Kyle Negomir (downhill) and River Radamus (slalom) finished 19th out of 21 teams in Bormio. Negomir’s downhill time of 1:53.99 was 16th overall, as was Radamus’ 53.35 in the slalom, thus the Americans didn’t make a serious push for a medal.
Negomir was racing two days after finishing 10th in the individual downhill, best among the four U.S. skiers.
Teams from Austria and Switzerland finished tied for second place behind the winning Swiss team in the combined.
The U.S. only had one team entered in the field, as opposed to countries like Switzerland and Austria, which had four. − Gentry Estes
Teammate: Gate, not injury, caused Vonn’s crash
Take it from an actual Olympic Alpine skier: all these armchair experts claiming Lindsey Vonn’s injury caused her crash have no idea what they’re talking about.
When you hook a gate at high speed, as Vonn did in the downhill race Sunday, Feb. 8, there is little chance of making a recovery, said Keely Cashman, one of the American speed skiers.
‘That twists your body around. That has nothing to do with her ACL, nothing to do with her knee,’ Cashman said. ‘A lot of people are ridiculing that, and a lot of people don’t know what’s going on.’
Vonn suffered a broken leg, and had surgery a few hours later. U.S. Skiing said after the crash that she was stable, but has not yet provided another update. − Nancy Armour
Women’s free ski yields familiar result; Eileen Gu gets silver
A pair of heavyweights, at the top of their game, going haymaker for haymaker, trick for trick, epic run for epic run.
The women’s free ski slopestyle duel between Switzerland’s Mathilde Gremaud and Eileen Gu of China lived up to the hype in Livigno until Gu fell immediately off the first rail on her third run — an element that gave her trouble in the qualifier two days ago, too.
And so it ended the same way as the final from four years ago in Beijing – with Gremaud taking home gold again and Gu settling for a stellar silver. − Chris Bumbaca
US men fall behind in team combined
The U.S. men have a lot of ground to make up in the team combined.
The Americans are in 16th place, 2.19 seconds behind leader Italy, after Kyle Negomir’s downhill run. River Radamus will ski the slalom portion of the competition later today.
Italy’s team of Giovanni Franzoni and Alex Vinatzer lead Switzerland’s Alexis Monney and Daniel Yule by 0.17 seconds. — Nancy Armour
US skaters needed skate sharpener after medals ceremony
U.S. skaters had to visit the skate sharpener in the Milano Ice Skating Arena after the team competition medals ceremony Sunday.
The top of the medal podium was not covered in carpet or a similar soft surface leading to scratches and/or potential damage to their skates, a person with knowledge of the situation told USA TODAY Sports. — Christine Brennan
Olympics schedule today
All times Eastern.
2 a.m.: Skeleton – Women Official Training Heats 1 & 2 | Cortina Sliding Centre (Cortina)
3 a.m.: Nordic Combined – Normal Hill Official Training 1 | Predazzo Ski Jumping Stadium (Predazzo)
4:05 a.m.: Curling – Mixed Doubles Round Robin | Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium (Cortina d’Ampezzo)
SUI vs. CAN; ITA vs. USA; NOR vs. KOR; CZE vs. EST
4:30 a.m.: Alpine Skiing – Men’s Team Combined Downhill | Stelvio Ski Centre (Bormio, Valtellina)
4:30 a.m.: Skeleton – Men Official Training Heats 1 & 2 | Cortina Sliding Centre (Cortina)
5:30 a.m.: Alpine Skiing – Women’s Downhill 4th Official Training | Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre (Cortina)
6:10 a.m.: Ice Hockey – Women’s Preliminary | JPN vs. ITA | Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena
6:30 a.m.: Freestyle Skiing – Women’s Slopestyle Final | medal event | Livigno Snow Park (Livigno, Valtellina)
7 a.m.: Luge – Women’s Doubles Official Training Runs 3 & 4 | Cortina Sliding Centre (Cortina d’Ampezzo)
7:53 a.m.: Luge – Men’s Doubles Official Training Runs 3 & 4 | Cortina Sliding Centre (Cortina d’Ampezzo)
8 a.m.: Alpine Skiing – Men’s Team Combined Slalom | medal event | Stelvio Ski Centre (Bormio, Valtellina)
10:40 a.m.: Ice Hockey – Women’s Preliminary | GER vs. FRA | Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena
11 a.m.: Luge – Women’s Singles Runs 1 & 2 | Cortina Sliding Centre (Cortina d’Ampezzo)
11:30 a.m.: Speed Skating – Women’s 1000m | medal event | Milano Speed Skating Stadium (Rho, Milan)
Noon: Ski Jumping – Men’s Normal Hill Individual Trial Round, First Round, Final Round | medal event | Predazzo Ski Jumping Stadium (Val di Fiemme)
12:05 p.m.: Curling – Mixed Doubles Semifinals | Matchups TBD | Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium (Cortina d’Ampezzo)
1:30 p.m.: Snowboarding – Women’s Big Air | medal event | Livigno Snow Park (Livigno, Valtellina)
1:20–4:55 p.m.: Figure Skating – Ice Dance – Rhythm Dance | Milano Ice Skating Arena (Milan)
2:40 p.m.: Ice Hockey – Women’s Preliminary | USA vs. SUI | Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena
3:10 p.m.: Ice Hockey – Women’s Preliminary | CAN vs. CZE | Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena
2026 Winter Olympics TV schedule today
Peacock is streaming every event live today.
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Olympics medal count
Entering Monday, Italy leads the medal count with nine (one gold, two silver, six bronze). Norway has six, Japan four, Austria and Germany three, and the U.S. two.
