Great Britain’s men scraped into the curling semi-finals on Thursday to keep their medal hopes alive, but the women fell agonisingly short after the curling round robin stage at the Winter Olympics 2026.

Here are some of the most unusual Winter Olympic sports in history, from ski ballet and military patrol to dog sled racing and skijoring.

All five figure skating champions at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games have been crowned. Olympic figure skating took its final curtain call until 2030 on Thursday as Alysa Liu won gold and snapped the individual Olympic medal drought that plagued American women for 20 years.

Team USA defeated Slovakia, 6-2, in the 2026 Winter Olympic ice hockey semifinal. USA will play Canada in the gold-medal game.

Whether on the ground or in the air, the Norwegians Olympians exude technical prowess, endless enthusiasm and speed. The result is Olympic hardware — 37 medals at the Milano-Cortina Games.

Olympic skier Nick Goepper crashed hard attempting an unprecedented trick in his final halfpipe run, losing bronze but walking away with no regrets.

Figure skater Donovan Carrillo of Mexico competes at the 2026 Winter Olympics. See the photos. The Olympics has a Russia problem heading toward 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles As the 2026 Games head toward the finish line,

Canada is on the board in the 2026 Winter Olympics. With Sidney Crosby and Marie-Philip Poulin waiting in the wings, more hardware could be on the horizon.