Olympic Update: 02/18/2026

Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics – Freestyle Skiing – Men’s Freeski Big Air Victory Ceremony – Livigno Snow Park, Livigno, Italy – February 17, 2026. Mac Forehand of United States celebrates winning silver in the Men’s Freeski Big Air Final REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes REFILE – CORRECTING ID AND MEDAL FROM “TORMOD FROSTAD OF NORWAY CELEBRATES WINNING GOLD” TO “MAC FOREHAND OF UNITED STATES CELEBRATES WINNING SILVER

Team USA earned two more medals at the Winter Olympics yesterday.  Both of which were silver.

Freestyle skier Mac Forehand won Silver in the freeski Big Air after completing a trick that had never been done before.  It was something called a nose butter takeoff into three flips and six full rotations.  (Full Story)

Team USA, featuring Casey Dawson, Ethan Cepuran and Emery Lehman, won Silver in men’s team pursuit speed skating.  The trio had to complete eight laps around the track. They lost to Italy by just 4.51 seconds.  (Full Story)

Norway holds their lead with 33 medals, 15 of them gold. Italy is second with 25 medals. And Team USA is third with 24 medals, 7 of them gold.

We won’t go into details about today’s medals in case you’re watching highlights tonight. You can also track the medal count in real time at Olympics.com.