LAGO DI TESERO, ITALY — Before he became the most famous dog at the Olympics, Nazgul was not known as an escape artist. Still, his owners, Enrico and Alice Varesco, were not taking chances when they left him alone at their apartment alongside the Olympic cross-country ski trails this week.

Klaebo’s triumph in the 50-kilometer mass start race was his sixth victory at the Milan Cortina Games and shattered the nearly 50-year record set by American speed skater Eric Heiden, who won five golds in the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics.

Live updates from the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Friday. Get the latest news, results, medal count, TV schedules and highlights from Italy.

Italy's Winter Olympics promised sustainability. But in Cortina, environmentalists warn the Games could scar these mountains for decades.

The 2026 Winter Olympics are winding down, as we enter the penultimate day of competition at the Milan Cortina Games. It will be a busy day of action on the ice and on the slopes, with some added fun

Ohioans Kyra Dossa, Derek Krueger, Laila Edwards, Red Gerard, J.T. Miller and Ben Richardson are six of the 232 athletes representing Team USA at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

Elana Meyers Taylor seeks a medal to become the most decorated female U.S. Winter Olympian in the two-woman bobsled. She and Jadin O'Brien sit in 12th heading into Heat 3. The teams of Kaillie Armbruster Humphries/Jasmine Jones and Kaysha Love/Azaria Hill are in third and fifth, respectively.

Frostad swiped the gold medal back from Forehand by equalling that 98.25 on his final run, giving Norway its 14th gold of this year's Games. While Forehand couldn't nab gold, he walked away with an impressive silver medal in what commentators called the best Big Air competition they've ever seen with outrageous scoring from the entire field.