What to KnowMikaela Shiffrin‘s eight-year Olympic medal drought is finally over. The Alpine skiing star won gold in women’s slalom at the Milan Cortina Games. Ben Ogden and Gus Schumacher won Team USA’s first-ever medal, a silver, in men’s cross-country team pursuit. It marks Ogdens second s ilver in cross-country at these Olympics. Jessie Diggins and Julia Kern fell short of a medal in the women’s team sprint, finishing fifth.Team USA’s Jake Canter won bronze in men’s snowboard slopestyle, marking the 22-year-old’s first ever Olympic medal. Fellow American Red Gerard finished a second straight Olympic Games off the podium.China’s Xu Mengtao flew to gold in freeski women’s aerials, becoming the first aerialist to win two Olympic titles. Team USA’s Kaila Kuhn, the reigning world champion, performed the same jump that earned Mengtao gold, but failed to stick the landing and finished 5th.. The U.S. men’s hockey team will play its first elimination game of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games when it takes on Sweden in the quarterfinals today at 3:10 p.m. ET. Follow along for live updates: ...read more read less