Sunday, February 22, 2026

2026 Winter Olympic Games Milan Cortina

Opening Ceremony:

SO happy to see Jamaican Bobsledders back!

LOVE Andrea Boccelli!!!!


Skiing:

Women's Downhill:  USA (Breezy Johnson), Germany, Italy.  Lindsay Vonn crash; airlifted out. Jacquie Wiles in 4th; Bella Wright 21st

Men's Downhill:  Switzerland, Italy, Italy (USA 10th, 13th, 18th, and 19th)

Men's Downhill Slalom:  Switzerland, Austria, Norway

Women's Downhill Slalom:  Austria, Germany, USA 1 (USA 2 4th Breezy/Michaela Shiffrin)

Men's Super G:  Swiss, USA, Swiss  (USA 23rd, 26th, and DNF) Never seen a skier lose his ski before!  It just popped off! Another skier's pole broke when he went too tight around a gate.

Women's Super G: Italy, France, Austria (USA 13th and 2 DNFs)

Slopestyle:

Women's:  Switzerland, China (Eileen Gu), Canada

Men's:  Norway, USA, New Zealand (USA 4th)

Big Air:

Men: Norway, USA, Austria (USA 4th and 5th)

Women:  Canada, China (Eileen Gu), Italy

Aerials:  

Women:  China, Australia, China (USA 5th and 6th)

Men:  China, Switzerland, China (USA DNQ)

Ski Jumping:

Women:  Norway, Norway, Slovenia (USA 28th, 29th, and DQ-skis 1 cm too long)

Men: Austria, Poland, Norway


Cross Country Skiing:

Women's Sprint Final:  Sweden, Switzerland, Germany (USA 5th)

(Dog was in the qualifying round; came in '4th' ha ha!)

Men's Sprint Final:  Norway, USA, Italy



Figure Skating 

Team Event: 

-Ice Dance:  USA, France, GB, Canada, Italy (Rhythm)

-Pairs:  Japan, Georgia, Italy, Canada, US

    -Overall:  US, Italy, Georgia, Canada, France

-Women:  Japan, USA, Italy, South Korea, Georgia

     -Overall: USA, Japan, Italy,Georgia, Canada

-Men: Japan, USA, Canada, France, Italy

      -Overall: USA, Japan, Italy, Canada, Georgia

-Ice Dance:  USA, Italy, Canada, Georgia, Japan (Free)

    -Overall:  USA, Japan, Italy, Canada, Georgia

-Pairs:  Japan, Georgia, Italy, USA, Canada

     -Overall:  USA, Japan, Italy, Georgia, Canada

Women:   Japan, Georgia, USA, Italy, Canada, 

     -Overall: Japan, USA, Italy, Georgia, Canada  

Men:  USA, Japan, Italy, Canada, Georgia

     -Overall:  USA, Japan, Italy, Georgia, Canada


Individual:

Ice Dancing:  Rhythm Dance:  France, USA (Chock/Bates), Canada (USA 1st, 8th and 14th)

                        Free Dance/Final: France, USA, Canada (USA 5th and 11th)

Men's Short: Guy from Spain skated to Minions!  Cute:)  Is France's Adam's shirt sheer, or is it patterned that way? If it's sheer, then *fans self* whew, does that man have a chest!   USA, Japan, France  (USA 8th and 14th)

Men's Long:  Kazistan, Japan, Japan (USA 8th-Ilya, 12th-Andrew, 20th-Maxim) 

Ilya 'Quad God' Malin fell 3 times and doubled one of his quads.

Pairs:  Short:  Germany, Georgia, Canada, Italy, Japan (due to drop in lift) (USA 7th and 9th)

            Free:      Japan, Georgia, Germany  (USA 7th and 9th (Ellie fell twice); if Emily and Danny ever pair up, they could be 'Team Teeth'!)

Women Short: Japan, Japan, USA (USA 8th and 13th)

              Free: USA (Alyssa Liu), Japan, Japan (USA 5th (Amber Glenn) and 12th (Isabeau Levito) 1st USA medal since 2002 and Sarah Hughes!

Gala:  Spain's ice dancers did a soccer-themed number:)  Team Italy performed together and didn't run into each other!

Amber Glenn:  Sassy skating to That's Life by Lady Gaga

Lithuanian Ice Dancers:  Performing to Guns-n-Roses Welcome to the Jungle and Paradise City:)

Georgia Pair:  Mortal Kombat!

Team USA!  We will Rock You; Ilia did his quad and back flip!

S Korea K-Pop Demon Hunters:)

Chock/Bates skating with a sheet:)

Italy Pairs:  Macarena time! YMCA!  Cotton-Eyed Joe!

Ilia Malin:  Fear by NF

Kazastan:  Kung Fu Panda!

Japan Pair:  Can't Stop the Feeling-Justin Timberlake

Finale:  Viva by Coldplay

Men's Luge (single):  Germany, Austria, Italy (USA 11th and 20th)

Women's Luge (single):  Germany, Latvia, USA (USA 12th and 14th)  

Women's Skeleton: Austria, Germany, Germany (USA 12th and 15th)


Bobsled: 

2 Man Germany, Germany, Germany (USA 4th) 

4 Man:  Germany, Germany, Switzerland (USA 11th and 12th)

2 Women:  Germany, Germany, USA (USA 5th and 7th)

Women's Single:  USA, Germany, USA

No Men's Monobob???


Snowboarding:

Big Air:

Men: Japan, Japan, China (USA 4th)

Women:  Japan, New Zealand, South Korea

Half-Pipe:

Men:  Japan, Australia, Japan (USA 8th, 10th, 11th)

Women:  Prayers to the Chinese woman who broke her neck in qualifying. Korea, USA (Chloe Kim(, Japan

Cross:

Men:  Austria, Canada, Austria

(LOL....there's an 'Adam Lambert', from Australia!)   I disagree with the call against USA in the quarter finals; Nathan Perry had his BACK to the competitor who went down; it was NOT intentional!  USA's Nathan DQ'd; both Frenchmen moving on.)

Women:  Small Final:  Austria wins; USA 3rd.

                Big Final:  Australia, Czech, Italy

Slopestyle:

Men:  China, Japan, USA (USA 6th and 9th)

Women: Japan, New Zealand, Japan (Kokomo Matura!  Love her name! (USA 5th)

Moguls:

Women:  USA, USA, France (USA 9th and 10th)

Men:  Australia, Canada, Japan (US 7th)



Speedskating:

10K Meters:

Men:  Czech, Poland, Netherlands


1500 Meters:

Women:  Korea, Korea, USA (Hong Kong 4th??)


Closing Ceremony:

Thrilled to see Kazistan's figure skater carrying the flag for his country:)

Evan Bates and the female captain of the USA Hockey team carrying our flag:)

France will host 2030 games:)

Never heard of Major Laser....

Summer Olympics LA 2028!

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