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Winter Olympics 2026

Final day of the Olympics

US beats Canada

Eileen Gu finds gold

Curling scandal

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2026 Winter Olympics

Athletes from Germany attend the closing ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Verona, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

As it happened: 2026 Winter Games closing ceremony

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President of the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region Renaud Muselier, right, and President of the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Region Fabrice Pannekoucke wave the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Verona, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Twin Milan and Cortina Olympic cauldrons are extinguished, signaling the end of Winter Games

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United States players celebrate after defeating Canada during a men's ice hockey gold medal game between Canada and the United States at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Hughes scores in overtime as US beats Canada for first men’s hockey gold at the Olympics since 1980

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Gold medalist China's Eileen Gu poses with her medals after winning the women's freestyle skiing halfpipe final at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Eileen Gu finds gold on the halfpipe to make it 6 medals in 6 Olympic events over her career

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Canada's Marc Kennedy celebrates with fans after defeating Britain in a men's curling gold medal match, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Olympic curling scandal like ‘foot fault in tennis or traveling in basketball,’ Canada official says

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3.ITA	10 6 14	30
4.GER	8 10 8	26
5.JPN	5 7 12	24

Performers participate in the closing ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Verona, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Photos from the closing ceremony of Milan Cortina Olympics

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United States' Jack Hughes celebrates after scoring the winning goal against Canada during the overtime period of the men's ice hockey gold medal game at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Connor Hellebuyck and Jack Hughes join Jim Craig and Mike Eruzione as US Olympic hockey champions

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Canada goalkeeper Jordan Binnington looks back at the net as a shot by United States' Jack Hughes gets past for the winning goal in the overtime period of the men's ice hockey gold medal game at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Overtime hockey heartbreak closes Milan Cortina Olympics for Canada

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Gold medalists of the United States pose after the men's ice hockey gold medal game between Canada and the United States at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

U.S. wins men’s hockey gold in the final medal event of the Winter Olympics, in photos

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IOC President Kirsty Coventry speaks during the Olympic opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (Yves Herman/Pool Photo via AP)

Olympic leader Coventry learns in first political stress test with Los Angeles challenges ahead

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Winter Olympics Venues

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What is “skimo”? A brand new Olympic sport, ski mountaineering, will debut at the Milan Cortina Games

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Olympic Photos

United States' Jack Hughes (86), right, celebrates with teammates after scoring the game winning goal against Canada in sudden death overtime during the men's ice hockey gold medal game at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Olympic photo highlights from Day 16 of the Milan Cortina Winter Games

This gallery showcases top photos from Day 16 of the Milan Cortina Olympics taken by Associated Press photographers.

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Nadezhda Morozova of Kazakhstan warms up prior to competing in the women's 5,000 meters speedskating race at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

AP photographers pick their favorite photos from the Milan Cortina Olympics

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AP’s striking Winter Olympics view of the small details, in photos

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Figure skating stars dazzle at the Winter Olympics exhibition gala, in photos

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Fans from around the world fuel the Olympic spirit, in photos

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Olympic photo highlights from Day 15 of the Milan Cortina Winter Games

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Norway dominates the Winter Olympics with 18 gold medals, in photos

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Eileen Gu in tears after being told her grandmother passed following her Olympic triumph

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Figure skating

Team USA performs during the figure skating exhibition at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Alysa Liu and Ilia Malinin join 40-plus skaters in the Milan Cortina exhibition gala

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Curling

Sweden's Anna Hasselborg poses with her children showing the gold medal of the women's curling, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Sweden’s curling moms give their kids gold medals to play with after Olympic victory

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Hockey

United States' Jack Eichel celebrates after the United States defeated Canada in a men's ice hockey gold medal game between Canada and the United States at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

There were cheers across the country, after US men win first Olympic hockey gold since 1980

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Jack Hughes’ golden goal at the Olympics for the US explained

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Johnny Gaudreau’s children join the US Olympic gold medal celebration

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Jack Hughes lost teeth from a high-stick to the mouth before his Olympic gold-winning goal

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Bobsled

Israel's Adam Edelman, front, Menachem Chen, Uri Zisman and Omer Katz start for a four man bobsled run at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Israel pulls its first Olympic four-man bobsled after a disputed lineup change

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United States' Jack Hughes (86) poses with teammates after a men's ice hockey gold medal game between Canada and the United States at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

US men’s hockey gold medal and Eileen Gu’s halfpipe victory highlight final day of Winter Olympics

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United States' Jack Hughes (86) poses with teammates after a men's ice hockey gold medal game between Canada and the United States at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

The first US Olympic men’s hockey gold since 1980 happens without needing a ‘Miracle’

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United States' hockey team pounces on goalie Jim Craig after a 4-3 victory against the Soviet Union in a medal round match at the the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y., Feb. 22, 1980. (AP Photo/File)

AP Was There: An Olympic ‘Miracle On Ice’ as US shocks USSR

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Gold medalist China's Eileen Gu reacts after winning the women's freestyle skiing halfpipe final at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Eileen Gu in tears after defending her Olympic halfpipe title, learning of her grandmother’s death

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Jessie Diggins, of the United States, competes in the cross country skiing women's 50km mass start classic at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Jessie Diggins ‘full of gratitude’ after ending a glittering Olympic career in cross-country skiing

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Gold medalist China's Eileen Gu celebrates winning the women's freestyle skiing halfpipe final at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Gu soars to defend her Olympic halfpipe title, making it 6 medals in career, in photos

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Ebba Andersson, of Sweden, celebrates after winning the gold medal in the cross country skiing women's 50km mass start classic at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Sweden’s Ebba Andersson gets redemption in winning 50km cross-country ski race at Milan Cortina

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ADDS ID FOR CHILDREN United States players pose for pictures with the jersey of the late Johnny Gaudreau (13) with his daughter Noa and son Johnny after their win over Canada in the men's ice hockey gold medal game at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The climb toward the Olympic hockey gold medal showdown began months ago. The US came out on top

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The Finland team celebrate their win in a men's ice hockey bronze medal game between Slovakia and Finland at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Finland wins the Olympic bronze medal in men’s hockey by beating Slovakia 6-1

February 21

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Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, of Norway, crosses the finish line to win the gold medal during the cross country skiing men's 50km mass start Classic at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Winter Olympics recap: Klaebo completes historic sweep in cross-country, Stolz 4th in speedskating

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Jorrit Bergsma of the Netherlands celebrates winning the bronze medal in the men's 10,000 meters speedskating race at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

A 40-year-old Jorrit Bergsma becomes the oldest Olympic speedskating gold medalist

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Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, of Norway, crosses the finish line to win the gold medal during the cross country skiing men's 50km mass start Classic at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Klaebo sets Winter Olympics gold standard and leads Norway to new heights

February 21

United States' Matthew Tkachuk (19) is challenged by Slovakia's Oliver Okuliar (8) during a men's ice hockey semifinal game between the United States and Slovakia at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

US vs. Canada for Olympic gold is a titanic showdown of hockey powerhouses

February 21

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United States' Anna Gibson, left, and United States' Cameron Smith celebrate at the finish area of a ski mountaineering mixed relay, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Bormio, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)

Anna Gibson and Cameron Smith celebrate surprise 4th-place finish in skimo’s mixed relay at Olympics

February 21

A worker clears snow from the course before the women's freestyle skiing halfpipe final at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Women’s Olympic freeski halfpipe final postponed a day because of heavy snow in the Italian Alps

February 21

Giovanni Vincenzo Infantino, president of FIFA, tries out a USA hat during a Board of Peace meeting at the U.S. Institute of Peace, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

FIFA’s Infantino to face no IOC action on Olympic neutrality rules over Trump peace board

February 21

Kamila Sellier of Poland falls during the women's 1,500 meters short track speedskating quarterfinal at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

One Extraordinary Photo: Blade slashes speedskater’s face

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United States' Nick Goepper wears a "Sarah" pin during the men's freestyle skiing halfpipe finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

An Olympic pin more precious than gold celebrates the late halfpipe pioneer, Sarah Burke

February 21

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Oceane Michelon, of France, looks back as she skis to the finish line to win gold in the women's 12.5-kilometer mass start biathlon race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Anterselva, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

France takes gold and silver in the women’s biathlon mass start race

February 21

Canada's Sidney Crosby (87) is led away from the ice after being injured during the second period of a men's ice hockey quarterfinal game between Canada and Czechia at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Injured Canada captain Sidney Crosby’s status uncertain for the Olympic gold medal game

February 21

Head of 2030 Olympic Winter Games, Edgar Grospiron, delivers a speech during a press conference to launch the organizing committee for the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, in Decines, outside Lyon, France, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File)

Next Winter Olympics organizers in French Alps deal with turmoil before handover from Milan Cortina

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France's Emily Harrop, left, and France's Thibault Anselmet celebrate winning gold in a ski mountaineering mixed relay, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Bormio, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)

Harrop, Anselmet combine to win mixed relay for France as part of ski mountaineering’s Olympic debut

February 21

Italy's Simone Deromedis (9) celebrates after competing during the men's ski cross final at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Italian freeskiers race through flurries to grab more medals for the Olympic host country

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From left, gold medalists United States' Christopher Lillis, Connor Curran and Kaila Kuhn celebrates after the freestyle skiing mixed team aerials final at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

US wins its record 11th gold medal at the Winter Olympics

February 21

Silver medalist Martin Loewstroem Nyenget, gold medalist Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo and bronze medalist Emil Iversen, all three of Norway, pose on the podium of the cross country skiing men's 50km mass start Classic at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Klaebo becomes 1st athlete to win 6 golds at a Winter Games as Norway sweeps 50km mass start

February 21

Jane and Guy Gaudreau, parents of the late Matthew and John Gaudreau, attend the men's ice hockey semifinal game against Slovakia, during the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Stephen Whyno)

US pays tribute to the late Johnny Gaudreau and brother Matthew at the Winter Olympics

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United States' Dylan Larkin (21) watches as his shot is blocked by Slovakia goalkeeper Samuel Hlavaj during the first period of a men's ice hockey semifinal game at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Dylan Larkin hasn’t won much in his hockey life. Olympic gold with the US would change that

February 21

United States' Alex Ferreira reacts during the men's freestyle skiing halfpipe finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

U.S. freeskier Alex Ferreira completes Olympic medal set with halfpipe gold, in photos

February 21

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Canada's Nathan MacKinnon, not seen, scores his side's third goal during a men's ice hockey semifinal game between Canada and Finland at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (Mike Segar/Pool Photo via AP)

How to watch the US-Canada Olympic gold medal men’s hockey game

February 21

Jordan Stolz of the U.S., center, Antoine Gelinas-Beaulieu of Canada, left, and Andrea Giovannini of Italy, far left, compete in the men's mass start final speedskating race at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Jordan Stolz is 4th in the last Olympic speedskating race. Dutch skaters win the mass start golds

February 21

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