Unlike in the Summer Olympics where Americans often dominate the podium, Team USA has lagged behind a bit in recent Winter Games. In 2022, Team USA finished fifth in the medal count with 25 total medals -- although their nine gold medals was good for third.

Wisconsin is all over the women's hockey scene, with a whopping five current players suiting up in the Olympics (four for Team USA) and 12 current or former players competing for USA, Canada or Czechia. The U.S. will be a gold-medal favorite one Olympics cycle after taking second to Canada. The arch-rivalry has ample UW presence on both sides.

The opening weekend of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina featured politics, weird controversies, and Mariah Carey.

Back at the 2022 Winter Olympics in China, Hall didn’t just show up — he showed out, snagging Olympic gold for Team USA in freestyle skiing and cementing himself as one of the sport’s biggest stars. As one admirer recently put it: “got lost in his eyes.” Another watching him on the slopes wrote, “Omg he’s a god.”

With the Winter Olympics in full swing, a whole new cast of athletes is claiming the spotlight. And one of the biggest breakout stars thus far? Figure skater Ilia Malinin, a 21-year-old Virginia native who captured a gold medal (and the country’s heart) over the weekend.

Skier Tallulah Proulx, 17, was raised in the U.S., but she's making Olympic history as the Philippines' first female, and youngest athlete in any Winter Games.

The beginning of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Cortina truly had a wintry feel, as the town was blanketed in heavy snow.

Olympic organizers confirmed that they're investigating an issue of broken medals at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics with 'maximum attention.'