Highlights from Tuesday at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026

On the eleventh day of competition at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026, eight gold medals were awarded, further shaping the medal table. Norway leads with 31 medals, including 14 golds, followed by Italy, which added its ninth gold to an Olympic Games that has already made history.

Italy's ninth gold medal comes from speed skating

Twenty years after Torino 2006, Italy has once again claimed the top spot on the podium in the men's team pursuit. ​​Davide Ghiotto, ​​Michele Malfatti and ​​Andrea Giovannini are the new Olympic champions in the sport, having come from behind to beat the United States in a memorable final at the Milano Speed Skating Stadium.

Germany sweeps the men's bobsleigh

As they did four years ago in Beijing, Germany swept the board in the men’s bobsleigh, taking all three medals at the Cortina Sliding Centre with ​​Johannes Lochner/Georg Fleischhauer, Francesco Friedrich/Alexander Schuller, and Adam Ammour/Alexander Schaller.

Second gold for Jens Luraa Oftebro

Following his gold in the normal hill Nordic combined, Norwegian Jens Luraa Oftebro also won the large hill Nordic combined, contributing his thirteenth gold to Norway’s impressive performance at this Winter Olympics.

Hockey: the quarter-final draw is complete

Tuesday’s men’s tournament matches saw Italy eliminated by Switzerland and set the stage for the quarter-finals: Canada vs Czech Republic, United States vs Sweden, Slovakia vs Germany, and Finland vs Switzerland.

Jürgen Klopp, guest of honour in Anterselva/Antholz

German football coach Jürgen Klopp, formerly of Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool, was a guest at the Antholz-Anterselva Arena, where he rang the bell for the final lap of the men's 4 x 7.5km relay, which France won, finishing ahead of Norway and Sweden.

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