Olympics recap: U.S. hockey beats Sweden in quarterfinals; Shiffrin wins slalom gold

What to Know

• The U.S. men’s hockey team won its first elimination game of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, beating Sweden 2-1 in overtime in the quarterfinals. Team USA will face Slovakia in the semis on Friday.
• Mikaela 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 silver 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..