Must-See Photos from Top Events at 2026 Winter Olympic Games
The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics created a number of indelible images throughout two-plus weeks of competition.
Here are some of the most striking photos from the entire Games.
Closing Ceremony
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Musicians and athletes perform during the flag handover ceremony at the Closing Ceremony of the 2026 Games at Verona Arena.
Closing Ceremony
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Fireworks illuminate the sky during the Closing Ceremony of the 2026 Games at Verona Arena in northern Italy.
Men's Hockey
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Jack Hughes of the United States shows off his lost tooth after scoring the game-winning goal in the gold-medal match against Canada in the men's hockey tournament.
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Men's Hockey
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United States goaltender Connor Hellebuyck stops a point-blank opportunity from Canada's Devon Toews in the gold-medal men's hockey game at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena.
Women's Curling
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Sweden's Agnes Knochenhauer celebrates her gold medal in the women's curling competition at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium.
Women's Freeski Halfpipe
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Eileen Gu of China soars to gold in the women's freeski halfpipe competition at Livigno Air Park.
Women's Bobsleigh
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The United States' Kaysha Love and Azaria Hill celebrate after competing in a 2-woman heat at Cortina Sliding Centre.
Men's Figure Skating
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The United States' Ilia Malinin performs a backflip during the figure skating exhibition gala at the Milano Ice Skating Arena.
Women's Speed Skating
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Competitors race in the women's mass start semifinal at Milano Speed Skating Stadium.
Men's Hockey
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Finland's Juuse Saros makes a save during the bronze medal match between Finland and Slovakia at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena.
Men's Curling
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Canada's Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Heber celebrate with coach Paul Webster after the gold medal match between Canada and Great Britain at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium.
Men's Cross Country Skiing
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Norway's Martin Loewstroem Nyenget celebrates as he crosses the finish line after Norway's Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo in the 50km mass start classic at Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium.
Men's Hockey
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Team USA's Jack Hughes reacts to scoring against Slovakia during a semifinals matchup at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena.
Men's Curling
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Switzerland's Yannick Schwaller watches his teammates during the bronze medal match between Norway and Switzerland at Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium.
Men's Speed Skating
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The Netherlands' Jens van 't Wout celebrates his finish during win on his way to team gold during the men's 5000m Relay at the Milano Ice Skating Arena.
Men's Hockey
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Canada's Nathan MacKinnon reacts to his game-winning goal in a semifinal matchup against Finland at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena.
Women's Freestyle Skiing
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Switzerland's Sixtine Cousin, Switzerland's Talina Gantenbein and France's Jade Grillet Aubert race in the women's ski cross small final at Livigno Snow Park.
Women's Figure Skating
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Team USA's Alysa Liu celebrates her gold medal finish in after the women's singles free skate at Milano Ice Skating Arena.
Women's Hockey
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Team USA's Megan Keller celebrates after scoring the game-winning goal in overtime as Team Canada's Claire Thompson during the Women's Gold Medal match.
Women's Ski Mountaineering
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Switzerland's Marianne Fatton celebrates her gold medal run at the Stelvio Ski Centre.
Men's Cross-Country Skiing
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Competitors in the Nordic combined team sprint race in snowy conditions at the Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium.
Women's Figure Skating
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Team USA's Amber Glenn reacts to learning her score after the women's singles free skate at the Milano Ice Skating Arena.
Men's Speed Skating
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China's Zhongyan Ning races for a gold medal in the men's 1500m at the Milano Speed Skating Stadium.
Women's Hockey
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Switzerland's Alina Müller reacts after scoring in overtime against Sweden during the bronze medal game at at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena.
Men's Hockey
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The United States men's hockey team celebrates Quinn Hughes' winning goal in overtime of their quarterfinals matchup against Sweden at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena.
Short Track Speed Skating
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Brothers Melle van 't Wout and Jens van 't Wout of the Netherlands celebrate their silver and bronze medals, respectively, with their parents after the men's 500m short track speed skating competition at Milano Ice Skating Arena.
Men's Hockey
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Mitch Marner of Canada celebrates his game-winning overtime goal against Czechia in the quarterfinals of the men's hockey tournament at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena.
Alpine Skiing Women's Slalom
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American Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates her gold medal in the women's slalom alpine skiing competition at Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre.
Men's Snowboard Slopestyle
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American Jake Canter soars his way to a bronze medal in the men's snowboard slopestyle competition at Livigno Air Park.
Cross-Country Skiing
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A dog makes its way onto the trail women's team cross-country free sprint competition at Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium.
Figure Skating Women's Singles
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American Amber Glenn reacts to her short program in the women's singles figure skating competition at Milano Ice Skating Arena.
Figure Skating Women's Singles
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American Alysa Liu reacts after completing her short program in the women's singles figure skating competition at Milano Ice Skating Arena.
Men's Ice Hockey
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Sweden's Filip Forsberg celebrates his goal against Latvia's Elvis Merzļikins during the men's qualification playoff hockey match.
Bobsleigh Two-Man
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Germans Johannes Lochner, Georg Fleischhauer, Francesco Friedrich, Alexander Schuller, Adam Ammour and Alexander Schaller celebrate after sweeping the medals in the two-man bobsleigh competition at Cortina Sliding Centre.
Men's Freeski Big Air
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American Mac Forehand reacts to his silver-medal performance in the men's freeski big air final at Livigno Snow Park.
Speed Skating Men's Team Pursuit
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Americans Ethan Cepuran, Casey Dawson and Emery Lehman skate their way to the silver medal in the men's team pursuit at Milano Speed Skating Stadium.
Bobsleigh Women's Monobob
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Elana Meyers Taylor of the United States reacts to her gold-medal winning run in the bobsleigh women's monobob competition at Cortina Sliding Centre.
Freestyle Skiing Women's Big Air
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China's Eileen Gu takes off on her way to a silver medal in the women's freeski big air final at Livigno Snow Park.
Ski Jumping
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Poland's Kacper Tomasiak soars through the snow on the way to a silver medal in the final round of the men's super team ski jumping competition.
Women's Hockey
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The United States' women's hockey team celebrates their 5-0 victory over Sweden that clinched a spot in the gold-medal game.
Alpine Skiing Men's Slalom
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Switzerland's Loic Meillard skis his way to gold in front of the waiting crowd during the men's slalom competition at Stelvio Alpine Skiing Centre.
Short-Track Speed Skating
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Xandra Velzeboer of the Netherlands avoids trouble on her way to the gold medal in the women's 1000m short track at Milano Ice Skating Arena.
Men's Hockey
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Goalie Connor Hellebuyck (No. 37) of United States makes a save during the Men's Preliminary Group C match between United States and Germany.
Women's Large Hill Individual
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Gold medalist Anna Odine Stroem of Team Norway in action during the Women's Large Hill Individual First Round.
Men's 4x7.5km Cross-Country Relay
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Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo of Team Norway in action during the Men's 4x7.5km Relay.
Women's Giant Slalom
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Mikaela Shiffrin of Team United States reacts after her second run in the Women's Giant Slalom.
Women's Giant Slalom
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Gold medalist Federica Brignone of Team Italy is congratulated by joint Silver medalists Thea Louise Stjernesund of Team Norway and Sara Hector of Team Sweden in the finish area during the Women's Giant Slalom.
Women's 500m Speedskating
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Netherlands' gold-medal winner Femke Kok competes in the speed skating women's 500m.
Women's Cross-Country Skiing
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Norway's Heidi Weng celebrates after a gold medal finish to the 4 x 7.5km relay.
Women's Freestyle Skiing
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Switzerland's Mathilde Gremaud competes in the woman's freeski big air qualification round.
Men's Speed Skating
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Team USA's Jordan Stolz sets his second Olympic record of the 2026 Milan Games while winning gold in the men's 500-meter.
Women's Hockey
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Switzerland's Alina Muller and Finland's Susanna Tapani face off in a quarterfinal matchup between Switzerland and Finland.
Men's Ski Jump
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Slovakia's Hektor Kapustik completes a jump during the trial round of the men's large hill individual competition.
Men's Giant Slalom
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A television camera operator records Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen after his gold-medal run in the giant slalom alpine skiing event.
Men's Biathlon
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France's Quentin Fillon Maillet shoots during his gold medal run in the men's biathlon 10km sprint.
Men's Speed Skating
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Czechia's Metodej Jilek reacts after winning gold in the men's 10,000m speed skating final.
Men's Hockey
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Canada's Logan Thompson watches the puck during a Group A preliminary round matchup between Canada and Switzerland.
Men's Figure Skating
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Team USA's Ilia Malinin gets up after falling during the men's singles free skating final.
Men's Skeleton
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Team USA's Austin Florian competes in Heat 1 while wearing a custom helmet.
Women's Snowboard Halfpipe
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Silver medalist Chloe Kim of Team United States celebrates with boyfriend Myles Garrett after the Women's Snowboard Halfpipe.
Men's Hockey
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Janis Jaks of Team Latvia and Brady Tkachuk of Team USA collide in the second period during the Men's preliminary Group C match between Latvia and United States.
Women's Super G
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Gold medalist Federica Brignone of Team Italy competes during the Women's Super G.
Luge Team Relay
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Dajana Eitberger and Magdalena Matschina of Team Germany celebrate after competing in the Women's Doubles as they win the gold medals in the Luge Team Relay.
Women's 5000m Speed Skating
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Gold medalist Francesca Lollobrigida of Italy competes in the Women's 5000m Speed Skating final.
Men's 1000m Short Track Speed Skating
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Gold medalist Jens van 't Wout of Team Netherlands competes in the Short Track Speed Skating Men's 1000m Final.
Figure Skating Ice Dance
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Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates skate their way to the silver medal in the figure skating ice dance competition at Milano Ice Skating Arena.
Luge Women's Doubles
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Italy's Marion Oberhofer and Andrea Voetter won the gold in their home country in the women's doubles luge competition at the Cortina Sliding Centre.
Speed Skating
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Jordan Stolz captured the gold medal in the men's 1000m speed skating competition at Milano Speed Skating Stadium.
Freestyle Skiing Women's Moguls
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Americans Elizabeth Lemley and Jaelin Kauf captured the gold and silver medals, respectively, in the women's freestyle ski moguls at Livigno Air Park.
Alpine Skiing Men's Super-G
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American Ryan Cochran-Siegle on his way to the silver medal at the men's Super-G competition at Stelvio Alpine Skiing Centre.
Women's Snowboard Halfpipe
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Chloe Kim opened up her Olympic competition in the women's snowboard halfpipe qualifying runs at Livigno Snow Park.
Women's Ice Hockey
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Hannah Bilka of the United States celebrates her goal with teammates during a Group A game against Canada.
Curling Mixed Doubles
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Sweden's Isabella Wranaa and Rasmus Wranaa celebrate their victory over the United States in the curling mixed doubles gold-medal match.
Alpine Skiing Women's Team Combined
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Mikaela Shiffrin competes in the slalom portion of the women's team combined event at Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre.
Men's Parallel Giant Slalom
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Austria's Benjamin Karl celebrates after winning his second straight gold in the men's parallel giant slalom.
Women's Speed Skating 1000M
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Dutch speed skater Jutta Leerdam is overcome with emotion after winning in the 1,000 meters and setting an Olympic record.
Women's Downhill
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Team USA's Lindsey Vonn crashes early into her run in the women's downhill.
Women's Downhill
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Team USA's Lindsey Vonn is flown by helicopter following her crash in the women's downhill.
Women's Downhill
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An American flag covers the face of Team USA's Breezy Johnson on the medal podium.
Women's Downhill
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Team USA's Breezy Johnson stands on the podium after winning the women's downhill.
Cross-Country Skiing Men's Sprint
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Norway's Johannes Høsflot Klæbo and Oskar Opstad Vike embrace after winning gold and bronze, respectively, in the men's cross-county sprint.
Women's Slopestyle
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Switzerland's Mathilde Gremaud skis her final run with her national flag wrapped around her neck after securing a gold in women's slopestyle.
Women's Slopestyle
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China's Eileen Gu reacts after a crash on her third run, which ensured her second-place finish.
Figure Skating Team Event
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Team USA's Ilia Malinin lands a backflip during the men's singles portion of the team event in figure skating.
Figure Skating Team Event
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Team USA's Madison Chock and Evan Bates perform during the ice dance portion of the team event in figure skating.
Figure Skating
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Team USA's Alysa Liu competes in women's singles figure skating.
Curling Mixed Doubles
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Team USA's Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin during their semifinal win over Italy in curling mixed doubles.
Women's Speed Skating 3000M
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Francesca Lollobrigida wins Italy's first gold medal of the 2026 Winter Olympics win the women's 3,000 meters.
Men's Skeleton
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Australia's Nicholas Timmings competes in a training heat for the men's skeleton.
Men's Luge
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Germany's Max Langenhan and his team celebrate winning gold in men's singles luge.
Opening Ceremonies
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The Olympic rings are lit up at the Opening Ceremonies at San Siro Olympic Stadium in Milan, Italy.
Opening Ceremonies
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Artists perform during the Opening Ceremonies at San Siro Olympic Stadium in Milan, Italy.
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