By Thursday, February 19, the energy at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics had reached a powerful rhythm — the kind that only emerges once athletes settle fully into the intensity of Olympic competition.

Live updates from the final day of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. Get the latest news, results, medal count, TV schedules and highlights from Italy.

By Lori Ewing MILAN, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Ilia Malinin delivered a powerful message about the dangers of social media and the unforgiving glare of the spotlight with an emotional gala performance on Saturday to close the figure skating programme at the Milano Cortina Games.

The squad of Kaila Kuhn, Connor Curran and Christopher Lillis combined to post a dominant score of 325.35, which cleared second place by almost 30 points. Most notably, their win gave the U.S. its 11th gold medal of the games, which broke its record for most golds at the Winter Olympics.

San Francisco native Eileen Gu, competing for China, has advanced to the women's freeski halfpipe final at the Milan Cortina Olympics.