The Italian federation was haunted by what happened at the 2006 Turin Olympics. Twenty years later, their performance is meeting the moment.

The 2026 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony will take place on Sunday, February 22, with live coverage beginning at 2:30 pm ET on NBC and simulcast on Peacock. Streaming is also available via NBCOlympics.com, NBC.com, the NBC Sports app, the NBC Sports app, and the NBC app.

Here is the updated tracker of who has won the most gold medals at the 2026 Milan Cortina games.

Italy has already recorded its best-ever Winter Olympics medal haul, powered primarily by women, as gender parity efforts deliver historic results at Milan Cortina 2026.

Dawson, Lehman and Cepuran settled for silver medals on Tuesday afternoon after advancing to the final of the men’s team pursuit competition but fading in the second half of the race against host Italy. The Italians clocked a winning time of 3:39.20, coming from behind to win the eight-lap final by more than four seconds.

Norway. The country has won the most medals at the past three Winter Games, including 2014, 2018, and 2022. Ten of Norway's 34 medals (as of press time on Thursday) were won in Cross-Country Skiing, while 9 came from Biathlon. In fact, 31 of 34 medals were won via some form of skiing, while the last three were won in Speed Skating.

On Thursday, 90-year-old Albright was back where she won that gold medal, watching as 20-year-old Alysa Liu joined her in the pantheon as American women to win individual figure skating gold at the pinnacle of the sport.

Spectators trekking through heavy snow to the Cortina Olympic curling stadium were delighted to be greeted by a traditional Scottish bagpipe performance from a group of high sock-wearing, kilt-sporting,