In her Olympic debut, Amber Glenn overcame a tough start to finish strong in Sunday's free skate team event in the women's figure skating competition at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games.
Norway’s Sander Eitrem took home gold in the men’s 5,000-meter speedskating competition, setting an Olympic record at 6:03.95. Czechia won gold in women’s parallel giant slalom, while Austria took gold in the men’s event.
The Americans enter Day 3 of the figure skating team event at the Winter Olympics atop the leaderboard, but need clutch performances to secure gold.
The backflip, which was long banned in competition because of its inherent danger, is allowed now, though it also doesn’t carry a whole lot of scoring weight.
The U.S. were the reigning champions in team figure skating. But did they perform well enough at the 2026 Olympics to win gold again? (AP Photo)
From death spiral to twizzle, you might not be familiar with these figure skating terms. Brush up on your sports jargon this Winter Olympics.