Olympics live updates: Stolz wins 1500m silver ; ‘Blade Angels' perform free skate
Feb 19, 2026
What to KnowU.S. speed skater Jordan Stolz‘s bid for a third gold medal at the Milan Cortina Olympics came up short with a loss to China’s Ning Zhongyan in the 1,500 meters. Stolz adds a silver to his two golds. The excitement has been building up to today’s women’s free skate (1 p.m. ET). A
ll three U.S. figure skaters — dubbed the “Blade Angels” — are vying for individual medals, with Alysa Liu sitting in third after the short program. It’s the women’s hockey matchup everyone’s been waiting for, as the U.S. and Canada face off for the gold medal (1:10 p.m. ET). The Canadians are the defending Olympic champions; Team USA last won in 2018.Ski mountaineering made its Olympic debut today and crowned its first-ever champions. Marianne Fatton of Switzerland won gold in the women’s sprint and Spaniard Oriol Cardona Coll won on the men’s side, giving Spain its first gold medal at a Winter Olympics since 1972.
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