Live updates from the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Sunday. Get the latest news, results, medal count, TV schedules and highlights from Italy.

Mikaela Shiffrin looks to jump over her Winter Olympics mental hurdle as she takes to the slopes in the giant slalom on Day 9 of the Games. Follow CNN for live updates.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — With Brazil entering the joyous throes of Carnival, Alpine ski racer Lucas Pinheiro Braathen on Saturday gave it another reason to celebrate — an Olympic medal. It was the first-ever medal at the Winter Games for any country in South America.

Athletes from more than 90 countries will compete for Winter Olympic medals in 116 events over 16 days, and USA TODAY is keeping a tally of every nation finishing on the podium. Here's a look at the latest medal standings on the morning of Friday,

According to La Stampa, an Italian newspaper, the 10,000 gratis prophylactics available to the athletes at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games have run out in record-breaking time -- i.e., three days. “The supplies ran out in just three days,” an anonymous athlete told the newspaper. “They promised us more will arrive, but who knows when.”

Follow along for live coverage from Day 9 of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, which sees nine more Winter Olympics gold medals won. One of today's big storylines will be American Mikaela Shiffrin competing in women's alpine skiing giant slalom.

When U.S. Olympic bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor takes to the bobsled track on Sunday to compete in her fifth consecutive Winter Olympics, she doesn’t hope for a great run — she expects it.“My nickname for people who know me most is E-Money,

Mikaela Shiffrin signed up for this. So did Ilia Malinin, Scotty James and all the rest. Nobody is forced to come to the Olympics. The athletes in Milan and Cortina dreamed about these two weeks long before the flames were lit in northern Italy.

The Winter Olympics bring sports we barely see outside of these few weeks. Many of them look exciting. Some of them look like a bad idea for normal people. A lot of these events mix speed, ice, height,