Norwegian dominance, a U.S. hockey sweep and figure skating upsets ignited the 2026 Winter Olympics, which concluded Sunday in Verona, Italy.

Stolz was trying to become the second American − Eric Heiden won five in 1980 − to win four individual medals in a single Winter Olympics.

Alysa Liu finished the night in third place, Isabeau Levito finished in eighth and Amber Glenn is in 13th place after a popped jump. That puts extra pressure on all of them for Thursday's medal event.

All of figure skating's biggest stars took the ice one more time at the 2026 Winter Olympics, showing off at the exhibition gala that stunned.

By Pearl Josephine Nazare MILAN, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Jordan Stolz may have entered the Milano Cortina Games as the headline act in speed skating, but it was Italy's Francesca Lollobrigida who transformed the home oval into a theatre of triumph and national emotion.

Olympic champion Alysa Liu’s rise to skating superstardom came with an extraordinary financial commitment, with her father revealing he invested close to $1 million to support her career.

Have you seen a panda ice skate? If not, the Olympics provided the viral moment of the event that somehow involved Jackie Chan.

Alysa Liu did not just win a gold medal. She also wowed the world and is now inspiring her fellow stars. Coming back to the sport after quitting, the US figure skater dropped a confident 226.79 to win the gold medal in Milano Cortina.