Athletes from more than 90 countries will compete for Winter Olympic medals in 116 events over 16 days, and USA TODAY is keeping a tally of every nation finishing on the podium. Here's a look at the latest medal standings on the morning of Friday,

Mikaela Shiffrin signed up for this. So did Ilia Malinin, Scotty James and all the rest. Nobody is forced to come to the Olympics. The athletes in Milan and Cortina dreamed about these two weeks long before the flames were lit in northern Italy.

Team USA figure skating sensation Ilia Malinin entered Friday as an overwhelming favorite to take home gold in the men’s free skate at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Unfortunately, things did not go as planned.

France United States 5 - 1 Czechia Friday, Feb. 6 Japan 3 - 2 France Czechia 3 - 4 Switzerland (SO) Saturday, Feb. 7 Germany 5 - 2 Japan Sweden 6 - 1 Italy United States 5 - 0 Finland Canada 4 - 0 Switzerland Sunday,

Jutta Leerdam delivered one of the greatest performances in Olympic speed skating history on Monday with her record-setting, gold medal victory in the 1000m event and Sunday, she will have the opportunity to add a second piece of hardware to her Milano Cortina collection when she competes in the 500m event.

The Winter Olympics bring sports we barely see outside of these few weeks. Many of them look exciting. Some of them look like a bad idea for normal people. A lot of these events mix speed, ice, height,

Bobsled teams from Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica are hopeful they can lean on their rich sprinting culture and move closer to the European powers in the sport.