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Mia Manganello gave it all to win bronze in speed skating mass start. What now? Team USA's Mia Manganello, 36, won bronze in the only Olympic event she focused on for 2026. Now, she's going to get her dog and sleep with her medal.

Mia Manganello was initially “hesitant” when coach suggested going all in on the mass start this season.
It got her a bronze medal in the final race of her career.

Jordan Stolz boxed in by competitors' tactics in mass start, doesn't get medal Jordan Stolz finished fourth in the mass start, missing podium by 0.09 seconds. That could have to do with competitors boxing him in rather than going for gold.

Next time, Jordan Stolz will know better.

Lindsey Vonn injury update today: Latest news from Olympian on Feb. 21 Lindsey Vonn crashed at the 2026 Winter Olympics, broke her leg and was airlifted to a hospital. Here are the latest injury updates today.

Lindsey Vonn says “every moment” in her comeback was worth it.

With family and Hilary Knight watching, Brittany Bowe caps Olympic career on her terms Brittany Bowe's result in the 1,500 meters at the Olympics wasn't what she wanted. But the finish was everything she'd hoped for.

Brittany Bowe ends her career on her terms. That alone is a victory.

Lindsey Vonn shares X-ray, says pain 'hard to manage' after surgery Lindsey Vonn crashed at the 2026 Winter Olympics, broke her leg and was airlifted to a hospital. Here are the latest injury updates today.

Lindsey Vonn shared the gruesome X-Ray of her left leg after six-hour surgery.
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Good as gold: Mikaela Shiffrin gets Taylor Swift shoutout Mikaela Shiffrin’s third gold medal earned high praise from Taylor Swift, who commented on one of Shiffrin’s social posts.

Mikaela Shiffrin gets a shoutout from Taylor Swift.

Mikaela Shiffrin’s Olympic gold was magnificent. Appreciate her greatness Mikaela Shiffrin's three Olympic gold medals tie her for second-most among U.S. Winter Olympians.

Mikaela Shiffrin didn’t need her latest Olympic gold medal. Her legacy was secured long ago.
Now that she has it, though, maybe people will finally appreciate her greatness.

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Mikaela Shiffrin won Olympic gold, then took a moment to remember her father Mikaela Shiffrin wanted to win gold in women's slalom as much as she feared it. It's her first Olympic medal since her dad Jeff died on Feb. 2, 2020.

Nice story by Payton Titus on Mikaela Shiffrin’s grief and coming to terms with it in the Olympic downhill.

Mikaela Shiffrin’s Olympic gold was magnificent. Appreciate her greatness Mikaela Shiffrin's three Olympic gold medals tie her for second-most among U.S. Winter Olympians.

Mikaela Shiffrin didn’t need her latest Olympic gold medal. Her legacy was secured long ago.
Now that she has it, though, maybe people will finally appreciate her greatness.

Mikaela Shiffrin snaps her Olympic drought, wins gold in women's slalom With her fourth career Olympic medal, Mikaela Shiffrin tied Julia Mancuso for most by a U.S. woman in Alpine skiing.

Initial story on Mikaela Shiffrin’s emphatic win.

Here's where Mikaela Shiffrin starts in Olympic slalom first run Mikaela Shiffrin will start seventh in the slalom, her last chance to win a medal at the Milano Cortina Olympics.

Mikaela Shiffrin drew bib No. 7 for the first run of the Olympic slalom race.

Lindsey Vonn says Olympic injury 'more severe' than broken leg Lindsey Vonn is back in the United States after a severe crash at the 2026 Winter Olympics required multiple surgeries.

Lindsey Vonn says Olympic injury 'more severe' than broken leg

Bobsled queens inspire with medals on the track, motherhood off it Elana Meyers Taylor and Kaillie Armbruster Humphries were surrounded by their kids as they stood atop Olympic podium with gold and bronze medals.

Those Olympic medals around Elana Meyers Taylor and Kaillie Armbruster Humphries’ necks weren’t just for them and their families.
They’re for every woman who’s had to juggle a career and motherhood.

Lindsey Vonn 'slowly coming back to life' in latest injury update Lindsey Vonn is progressing after multiple surgeries to repair a broken leg at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Here are the latest injury updates today.

Eight days after her crash, Lindsey Vonn says she’s 'slowly coming back to life'

Blame Canada! Country's Olympians are covered in cloud of suspicion again Canada has now been rocked by cheating scandals at back-to-back Olympics. First soccer at 2024 Summer Games, now curling at Milano Cortina.

Canada is embroiled in its second cheating scandal in as many Olympics.
Maybe they’re as calculating as the rest of us after all.

Youth movement pays off for USA women's hockey. These kids are good Of the 23 women on the USA Olympic hockey team, nine are 23 or younger. The pipeline is dangerous, having won gold or silver all but once since 1998.

It’s an age-old question: How long is too long to hang onto a team that’s had so much success?
As they prepare to play Sweden to for a spot in the gold medal game, it’s clear the U.S. women began the transition to the next generation at the perfect time.

Mikaela Shiffrin's coach makes Olympic history in Cortina giant slalom Mikaela Shiffrin's coach, Karin Harjo, became the first woman to set a course for an Olympic Alpine skiing event, designing the women's giant slalom.

Mikaela Shiffrin’s team got a win today. Her coach took another chunk out of the glass ceiling.

Federica Brignone's resilience a golden reminder of why Olympics matter Federica Brignone was so determined to ski at a home Olympics she endured multiple surgeries and agonizing rehab. Now, she has two gold medals.

It’s easy to get disillusioned with the Olympics. The crass commercialization, the scandals, the hypocrisy.
And then Federica Brignone wins two golds 10 months after a crash so bad she wasn’t sure she’d walk again, and you’re reminded why they matter.

Depending how old your boss is, I get it

Lindsey Vonn shares injury update on latest surgery, set for return to USA Lindsey Vonn crashed at the 2026 Winter Olympics, broke her leg and was airlifted to a hospital. Here are the latest injury updates today.

Lindsey Vonn says her third surgery went well and she’ll be headed home soon.

Speed skater Jordan Stolz seized World Cups. Olympic history is next Speed skater Jordan Stolz has an almost unbreakable hold on the men's side of the sport. He could leave the 2026 Winter Games with four gold medals.

Want to know more about Jordan Stolz, who now has two gold medals?
I’ve got you covered!

That’s two!
Two races, two Olympic records, two gold medals for Jordan Stolz.
And two more races to go.

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Olympics not the only way to define greatness, especially in winter sports The Olympic podium is not the end-all, be-all. Even the Olympics themselves cannot define the career of a great athlete like Mikaela Shiffrin.

The Olympics can make an athlete’s career.
They cannot, no matter how loud the peanut gallery howls, break it.

Ukraine Olympic athlete disqualified for memorial helmet meets Zelenskyy Vladysav Heraskevych, the Ukrainian skeleton racer disqualified from over his remembrance helmet, has received his country's Order of Freedom.

Ukraine Olympic athlete disqualified for memorial helmet meets Zelenskyy

Lucas Pinheiro Braathen has given Brazil and South America their first medal in the Winter Olympics. And it’s a gold as he wins the GS.
How cool.

Court denies appeal by Ukrainian athlete whose helmet honored war dead The Court of Arbitration finds Vladyslav Heraskevych's helmet violates IOC rules, despite protests that honoring dead is not a political statement.

I understand not wanting athletes to be embroiled in politics. But these are athletes who are dead because Putin invaded their country. That’s not political, that’s humanity.

In honor of Laila’s goal, re-upping this: