The U.S. men's hockey team, joined by Johnny Gaudreau Jr, celebrate with their gold medals and the U.S. flag.

This gallery showcases top photos from Day 16 of the Milan Cortina Olympics taken by Associated Press photographers.

By Thursday, February 19, the energy at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics had reached a powerful rhythm — the kind that only emerges once athletes settle fully into the intensity of Olympic competition.

The Olympic exhibition gala took place on Saturday, with many of the top figure-skaters in the world participating.

Ilia Malinin highlighted mental health struggles during an emotional performance at the Olympic figure skating gala on Saturday as men's gold medallist Mikhail Shaidorov got the crowd going to 'Kung Fu Panda'.

The squad of Kaila Kuhn, Connor Curran and Christopher Lillis combined to post a dominant score of 325.35, which cleared second place by almost 30 points. Most notably, their win gave the U.S. its 11th gold medal of the games, which broke its record for most golds at the Winter Olympics.

The Sporting News is tracking live Eileen Gu results and highlights from the Olympic women's halfpipe finals on Saturday.

US speedskating phenom Jordan Stolz was in uncharted territory in Milan after winning a silver medal Thursday. Peter Kneffel / Picture Alliance via MILAN – The most emotion out of U.S. speedskating phenom Jordan Stolz on an Olympic podium came when he wasn’t at the top of it.