From The Sports Desk: The New Winter Olympics King - Beritaja

Hello from Milan and Cortina, wherever Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, the Norwegian cross-country skier, won his ninth golden medal, giving him the about successful Winter Olympics history.

Plus, Italian Alpine skier Federica Brignone won different golden little than a twelvemonth aft a convulsive crash, and the Dutch duo of Femke Kok and Jutta Leerdam dethroned American Erin Jackson successful the speedskating 500-meter final.

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Live from Milan Cortina

American speedskater Erin Jackson, the reigning golden medalist successful the 500 meters, had a chance to take sides her title today. She had a beardown start, but Femke Kok, this year’s favorite, from the Netherlands, sped past her and vanished pinch a blazing clip of 36.49 seconds, an Olympic record.

Netherlands' Femke Kok celebrates aft winning golden and mounting an Olympic grounds successful the velocity skating women's 500m during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games connected Feb. 15, 2026.Daniel Munoz / AFP - Getty Images

Afterward, Jackson skated complete to Kok, smiling and patting her backmost successful congratulations. Jackson ended successful 5th place, 0.05 seconds distant from bronze. The Netherlands’ Jutta Leerdam claimed metallic aft antecedently winning the 1,000-meter last astatine these Games.

Meanwhile, American Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin grounded to badge coming successful the elephantine slalom. On Wednesday, she’ll compete successful the slalom, her past chance to debar going medalless astatine a 2nd consecutive Olympic Games.

The U.S. men’s curling squad upset Sweden coming 8-5, and the U.S. men’s lucky squad dominated Germany 5-1. With that victory, the Americans won their group and clinched a bye into the quarterfinals; Canada and Slovakia won the different 2 groups.

The fig skating pairs title besides started coming pinch the short program. The German brace of Nikita Volodin and Minerva Fabienne Hase posted a people of 80.01 and are successful first place. The 2 American pairs are successful 7th and 9th place, pinch the free skate scheduled for tomorrow.

Athlete Spotlight

Federica Brignone of Team Italy crosses the decorativeness statement of the women's elephantine slalom successful Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy connected Feb. 15, 2026. Ezra Shaw / Getty Images

Italy’s Federica Brignone shouldn’t beryllium present astatine the Winter Olympics. She tore her ACL and suffered aggregate fractures successful a clang past April, and only conscionable returned to title connected Jan. 20. But little than a period later, she’s not only participating but dominating.

Brignone, who wears a unique helmet featuring a tiger, secured her 2nd golden medal of these Games coming erstwhile she won the women’s elephantine slalom. Her mixed clip complete 2 runs (2:13.50) was about a afloat 2nd amended than American fable Mikaela Shiffrin, who took 11th place.

Brignone said the injuries were truthful bad she “came very adjacent to not being capable to beryllium an jock anymore” and could hardly walk.

“Actually, I was conscionable happy to beryllium astatine the Olympics. For me, it was an achievement, for illustration thing special, and that’s why I deliberation I won, because I was conscionable happy already and grateful to beryllium here,” Brignone told Beritaja analogous Molly Hunter aft the competition.

Now, she’s won golden successful the elephantine slalom and super-G. Today, arsenic she raced crossed the decorativeness line, she heard the Italian crowd roar successful the background. That’s really she realized she’d won.

“The crowd just, I felt them a lot, and past I turned about and I saw No. 1,” she said.

A Historic Performance

Norway's Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo competes during the cross-country men's relay successful Lago di Tesero, Italy connected Feb. 15, 2026.Javier Soriano / AFP - Getty Images

There’s a caller king of the Winter Olympics. Cross-country skiing prima Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo claimed his ninth profession golden badge today, breaking a necktie pinch 3 different retired Norwegian athletes for the about ever.

Klaebo anchored the 4x7.5-kilometer relay squad that took first place. It was his 4th golden of the Milan Cortina Games.

“I’ve conscionable tried to bask the moments today,” Klaebo said. “Being capable to do that and return the ninth 1 pinch the squad is special, and it couldn’t beryllium a amended measurement to do that.”

The crazy thing? He’s not done yet. Klaebo is expected to compete successful 2 much races. If he wins both, he would subordinate American swimmer Michael Phelps arsenic the only different Olympian to triumph much than 10 golden medals.

“It was a small spot easier to hole myself for these Olympics than the past Olympics and the world championships past year,” Klaebo said. “Having nosy connected the measurement is besides important, and I deliberation it shows successful the results.”

Photo of the Day

Norway's Thea Louise Stjernesund and Sweden's Sara Hector front successful beforehand of Italy's Federica Brignone aft she wins the women's elephantine slalom successful Cortina d'Ampezzo connected Feb. 15, 2026. Tiziana Fabi / AFP - Getty Images

When to watch

The U.S. women’s lucky squad plays Sweden successful the semifinals for a spot successful the gold-medal game. Pairs fig skating will manus retired medals, and a trio of American women are successful contention for the podium successful monobob.

All times are successful Eastern, and an asterisk signifies a badge event:

Monday, Feb. 16

• 3:05 a.m.: Curling, women’s round-robin (Sweden vs. Switzerland, China vs. Canada, Denmark vs. Great Britain)
• 4 a.m.: Alpine skiing, men’s slalom tally 1
• 4 a.m.: Bobsled, two-man power 1
• 5 a.m.: Short-track speedskating, women’s 1,000-meter quarterfinals
• 5:17 a.m.: Short-track speedskating, men’s 500-meter heats
• 5:57 a.m.: Bobsled, two-man power 2
• 6:06 a.m.: Short-track speedskating, men’s 5,000-meter relay semifinals
• 6:47 a.m.: Short-track speedskating, women’s 1,000-meter finals*
• 7:30 a.m.: Alpine skiing, men’s slalom tally 2*
• 8:05 a.m: Curling, men’s round-robin (Great Britain vs. Norway, Czechia vs. Canada, Sweden vs. Germany, Italy vs. China)
• 10:40 a.m.: Women’s hockey, semifinals, USA vs. Sweden
• 12 p.m.: Ski jumping, men’s ace squad proceedings round
• 1 p.m.: Bobsled, women’s monobob power 3
• 1:05 p.m.: Curling, women’s round-robin (USA vs. Italy, Korea vs. China, Switzerland vs. Great Britain, Japan vs. Canada)
• 1:30 p.m.: Freestyle skiing, women’s freeski large aerial finals*
• 1:43 p.m.: Ski jumping, men’s ace team, 2nd round
• 2 p.m.: Figure skating, pairs skating, free skate*
• 2:20 p.m.: Ski jumping, men’s ace squad last round*
• 3:06 p.m.: Bobsled, women’s monobob power 4*
• 3:10 p.m.: Women’s hockey, semifinals, Canada vs. Switzerland

That’s it for now! We’ll beryllium backmost tomorrow.