This is part of Slate’s 2026 Olympics coverage. Read more here.  While it was a great Winter Games for Team USA by pretty much every measure, it was especially great for the women of Team USA. America’s female Olympians were responsible for (or partially responsible for,

Italy has already recorded its best-ever Winter Olympics medal haul, powered primarily by women, as gender parity efforts deliver historic results at Milan Cortina 2026.

The dog's owner described Nazgul, a Czechoslovakian wolfdog, as "stubborn, but very sweet."

There was a welcome addition to the end of Wednesday’s Olympic women’s cross-country skiing team sprint free race, when a dog joined some of the athletes for the final sprint to the line.