Team USA experienced a mixed day at the 2026 Winter Olympics, recording several medal-winning performances while also seeing top alpine skiing stars Mikaela Shiffrin and Breezy Johnson narrowly miss the podium.
In the women’s combined skiing event, Shiffrin and Johnson finished fourth after a challenging slalom run, falling just short of a medal position despite entering the race as strong contenders. The result marked one of the few times Shiffrin has finished outside the top positions in a major Olympic slalom competition.
Elsewhere, American athletes delivered strong results. Alex Hall secured a silver medal in men’s freestyle slopestyle skiing, while Ben Ogden captured silver in cross-country skiing, marking the United States’ first medal in the event in decades. In women’s singles luge, Ashley Farquharson added another podium finish for Team USA by winning bronze, placing her among the country’s historic medalists in the discipline.
On the ice, the United States mixed doubles curling team faced Sweden in a tightly contested gold medal match, with the lead shifting multiple times during the final ends. Meanwhile, Team USA’s women’s hockey squad prepared for a high-profile rivalry matchup against Canada in preliminary group play.
Despite Shiffrin’s unexpected result, the continued medal haul across multiple disciplines highlighted Team USA’s broad strength at the Winter Games, keeping the country firmly in the overall medal race as competition intensifies.
