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Entering the final day of competition at Milano Cortina 2026, Norway leads the medal table with 40 total medals (18 gold), while the United States sits second with 32 medals and 11 gold — its highest-ever gold total at a Winter Games.
Norway extended its lead in the Milan-Cortina 2026 medal standings to 21 total medals (10 gold), ahead of Italy with 18 and the United States with 17. On Feb. 14 the U.S. earned three medals: Jordan Stolz won gold in the men’s 500m speed skating, while Jaelin Kauf took silver and Elizabeth Lemley gold in women’s dual moguls, with Stolz also setting an Olympic 500m record. Looking ahead to Sunday, Mikaela Shiffrin competes in the giant slalom and Erin Jackson aims to defend the 500m title.
Norway and Italy are tied atop the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic medal standings with 18 medals each, with Norway holding the tiebreaker via eight golds. The United States and Japan are next, each with 14 medals; USA has 4 golds, 7 silvers and 3 bronzes, and women have claimed seven of the 14 medals so far.
The Washington Post’s interactive Milan-Cortina 2026 medal tracker lists each country's gold, silver, bronze and total medals, with Italy currently leading the table as medal events unfold; the article also provides a full country-by-country breakdown and notes the Games run 116 events across 16 sports, with final medals awarded on February 22 and a day-by-day schedule available.
Ilia Malinin finished second in the U.S. team's short program, acknowledging Olympic pressure but expressing pride and optimism for the free skate; the U.S. qualified for the free skate in the team event along with Japan, Italy and Canada. Host Italy captured its first gold of the Games with Francesca Lollobrigida winning the women's 3000m in speed skating; curling updates and a Snoop Dogg moment added lighter notes to the day. By Day 1, multiple nations already held golds in the medal table, including Italy, Japan, Norway and Sweden.
The United States track and field team is leading the medal count at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, with 8 gold, 8 silver, and 7 bronze medals. Spain is currently in second place with 4 gold medals. Notable performances include Sha'Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles contributing to Team USA's gold medal count, and Laulauga Tausaga becoming the first women's discus gold medalist for the United States.