10h agoSat 21 Feb 2026 at 8:23amAussies in action on day 15
Here are the Australians competing on day 15 (all times AEDT):
UPCOMING
Bobsleigh: Bree Walker/Kiara Reddingius and Desi Johnson/Sarah Blizzard in two-woman bobsleigh at 5am and 7:05am🥇🥈🥉
POSTPONED
Freestyle skiing: Indra Brown in women’s freeski halfpipe final at 8:40pm 🥇🥈🥉
COMPLETED
Freestyle skiing: Abbey Willcox, Danielle Scott and Reilly Flanagan fourth in mixed team aerials
Cross-country skiing: Seve de Campo 41st in men’s 50km mass start classic
Ski mountaineering: Lara Hamilton and Phillip Bellingham 12th in mixed relay
2m agoSat 21 Feb 2026 at 6:23pmAussie post solid run in two-woman bobsleigh
Bree Walker and Kiara Reddingius put down a 57.96 to move into provisional ninth place on the two-woman bobsleigh standings.
The Aussies began the third heat in 10th place on the overall standings.
They have total time of 2:53.01.
Sarah Blizzard and Desi Johnson are still to come. They’re in 19th position on the start order.
4m agoSat 21 Feb 2026 at 6:21pm
Gold medal up for grabs in the men’s curling
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We are underway in the men’s curling gold medal match.
It’s Great Britain vs Canada in Cortina, with this Olympics’ pantomime villain, Marc Kennedy, lining up for the Canadians.
For those of you in need of a refresher, Kennedy was the athlete who responded hotly to accusations of cheating during his country’s preliminary round clash with Sweden, setting in motion what is surely curling’s greatest and most publicised controversy.
Canada is 1-0 up after the first end.
We’ll keep you updated.
28m agoSat 21 Feb 2026 at 5:57pm
Aussies coming up in bobsleigh
We’re not far away from the resumption in the two-woman bobsleigh competition.
Australians Bree Walker and Kiara Reddingius will be 10th in the start order for the third heat, the listing reflecting their position on the overall standings.
Compatriots Sarah Blizzard and Desi Johnson are 19th in the start order.
Germany’s Laura Nolte and Deborah Levi lead the standings.
Heat three begins at 5am AEDT.
59m agoSat 21 Feb 2026 at 5:26pm
‘It means everything’: Woods honoured by flagbearer nod
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Mogul skier Cooper Woods says it “means everything” to be named as one of Australia’s flag bearers for the Closing Ceremony.
Woods claimed gold in the opening week of the Games, becoming Australia’s seventh Winter Olympic champion and setting in motion his country’s most successful Games off all-time.
“It means everything,” Woods said.
“I said this yesterday, it means more than the medals, all the glory, the fame.
“This is one of the best things you can do in sport, wave the flag for your country, so super excited.”
He will share the honour with silver medallist Danielle Scott, who achieved a maiden Olympic podium finish in the women’s aerial skiing.
1h agoSat 21 Feb 2026 at 5:20pm
Polish speed skater recovering from nasty cut
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Polish short track speed skater Kamila Sellier says she is “doing quite okay” after suffering a bad cut to her face in a crash.
Sellier appeared to be hit by a skate close to her eye in a fall during a quarter-final of the women’s 1,500 metres on Saturday morning AEDT.
She needed lengthy treatment before being taken away on a stretcher from the Milano Ice Skating Arena.
A white sheet was held up when she was being treated on the ice to prevent the silent crowd from seeing the extent of her injury.
She was later admitted to hospital for further treatment.
“I know that one day I’ll look at this picture and remember that I’m stronger than I ever believed,” the 25-year-old posted on Instagram.
“Thank you for all your words of support, just wanted to let you know that I’m doing quite okay,” she added.
In the picture she appeared to be wearing a hospital gown and did not display the side of her face where she sustained the injury.
— Reuters
1h agoSat 21 Feb 2026 at 4:45pmFreeski halfpipe final rescheduled
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Australia’s Indra Brown will have to wait to compete for her first Olympic medal, with the final of the women’s freeski halfpipe being delayed due to heavy snowfall in Livigno.
Organisers say they have been unable to “prepare the pipe in a safe and fair condition”.
Originally scheduled for 5:30am AEDT, the event is now slated to take place this evening Australian time.
16-year-old Brown was the fourth best qualifier for the final, ahead of defending champion Eileen Gu.
We’ll keep you updated with any further developments.
1h agoSat 21 Feb 2026 at 4:34pmCanada beats US to snare curling bronze
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Canada defeated the United States 10-7 to claim women’s curling bronze, as skip Rachel Homan ended her long wait for a Games medal.
Homan punched the air and embraced teammate Tracy Fleury after her counterpart Tabitha Peterson conceded with one throw remaining.
For Canada, the bronze was their first medal in the women’s event since the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Switzerland and Sweden face off for the gold on Sunday evening AEDT.
— AP
2h agoSat 21 Feb 2026 at 4:07pm40yo Dutchman wins speed skating gold
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Jorrit Bergsma of the Netherlands won the men’s mass start title, securing the second Olympic gold medal of his career.
The 40-year-old joined Dane Viktor Hald Thorup in a two-man breakaway early in the final, before launching an audacious sprint with two laps to go.
The ploy paid off, with the mullet-wearing Bergsma winning his first Olympic gold since claiming the 10,000m crown at the 2014 Sochi Games.
He even had time to slow down in the final straightaway, as he celebrated his victory with the crowd cheering on.
Hald Thorup held on for silver, with Italy’s Andrea Giovannini leading home the chasing pack to scoop the bronze.
2h agoSat 21 Feb 2026 at 3:35pm
Germany’s bobsleigh dominance
The Germans seem to have a super strong bobsled culture. Has it always been this way? Ch 9 commentator brought up how the technology in their bobsleds is better than most other teams, but I would’ve thought that all Bobsleds would have to meet the same specifications as to avoid unfair advantages. What does this mean.
– German bobsleds
Germany’s strength in bobsleigh goes back decades.
Before the German reunification in 1990, East and West were among the giants of the sport.
At recent Olympics, Germany won three of the four gold medals on offer in 2022, in addition to three silver and a bronze.
In 2018, Germany shared the two-man gold, and won the four-man and two-woman events.
Technology dominates the two and four-person events, but the monobob uses standardised sleds.
The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation’s website explains this as follows:
As the only Olympic bobsleigh discipline featuring standardised sleds, monobob reduces the technical barriers, making elite competition more accessible to emerging nations and first-time participants.
3h agoSat 21 Feb 2026 at 3:15pm
Canada yet to reveal if Crosby will play final
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Canada has not decided whether injured captain Sidney Crosby will play in the gold-medal game at the Olympics against the United States.
Crosby skated in practice, which was closed to reporters to maintain a shroud of secrecy around the status of the 38-year-old centre who is the most decorated player on the team with two Olympic gold medals and three Stanley Cup rings.
“Obviously we’d love to have him,” Canada coach Jon Cooper said.
“He won’t put himself in harm’s way and he’s not going to put the team in harm’s way.”
Crosby left the quarterfinal against Czechia with an apparent right knee injury and did not play against Finland in the semis.
— AP
3h agoSat 21 Feb 2026 at 2:43pm
‘Absolute joke’: Canadian freestyle skier on today’s conditions
Conditions have been tough in Livigno today, with the snow really coming down.
In the men’s ski cross, any athletes from Canada failed to reach the big final.
One of the country’s stars, Reece Howden, couldn’t hide his frustration at the event not being rescheduled.
Canadian freestyle skier Reece Howden in action. (Getty)
“Honestly, the weather is ridiculous. I don’t know what the times are but it’s gotta be like 10 to 15 seconds slower. It’s a completely different course,” he told Canadian Olympic broadcaster, CBC, not mincing his words.
“It’s snowing so hard and the track is dead slow. At this point I’m happy I’m not involved in this (final) race because … this is not ski cross. This is terrible.
“Olympics is supposed to be the best of the best. The peak of our sport. I’ll wait four more years because this is an absolute joke.”
3h agoSat 21 Feb 2026 at 2:33pm
Aus to be well represented in two-woman bobsleigh (up later)
If you’re taking a nap between the Aussies in action, make sure to set your alarms for 5am AEDT. That’s when Australia will be well represented in the two-woman bobsleigh.
The country has two teams in Bree Walker/Kiara Reddingius and Desi Johnson/Sarah Blizzard (heat three 5am, heat four 7:05am).
Bree Walker and Kiara Reddingius of Australia. (Getty )
It’s the first time Australia as fielded two 2-woman bobsleigh teams at the same Games.
After heats one and two, Walker and Reddingius finished in 10th place, while Blizzard and Johnson in 19th.
In the final heats, run three will be contested in current place order, while only the top 20 sleds will advance to the fourth and deciding heat, which will run from slowest to fastest.
3h agoSat 21 Feb 2026 at 2:29pmFrance claims biathlon gold and silver
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France’s Océane Michelon stormed through the last lap to win gold in a spine-tingling women’s mass start race, as the final biathlon event delivered a blockbuster ending in the snow.
Michelon’s compatriot Julia Simon employed every ounce of her physical and mental strength over the last few hundred metres to take silver ahead of Czech Tereza Voborníková, who claimed a well-deserved bronze.
However, no-one looked more stunned than 23-year-old Michelon when she crossed the finish line to win by a margin of 6.6 seconds after a brilliant final lap in which she ground down Voborníková before obliterating her over the last kilometre.
The gold was her second of the Games after victory in the mixed relay — and she also picked up a silver in the sprint — but the victory was entirely of her own making as she staked her claim to be the next dominant name in the sport.
— Reuters
4h agoSat 21 Feb 2026 at 2:21pm
Bobsleigh marred by three crashes
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It’s been a relatively crash-free Olympics in all three sliding sports — skeleton, luge and bobsled.
That was until day 15, when the second heat of the four-man bobsleigh was marred by three crashes.
The second heat was delayed for about 20 minutes after Austrian pilot Jakob Mandlbauer lost control of his sled and crashed around the midpoint of the track.
Mandlbauer was taken off the track on a stretcher and brought by ambulance to a nearby hospital for evaluation.
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There was no immediate word on the severity of his injuries. Austrian officials said he had movement in his extremities.
Also crashing were the French, driven by Romain Heinrich, and Trinidad and Tobago, whose sled is piloted by Axel Brown.
Because their sleds didn’t cross the finish line, they won’t be racing when the event resumes Sunday.
The three German teams hold down the provisional podium spots after the second heat.
— AP
4h agoSat 21 Feb 2026 at 1:55pm
Snow is really coming down
The athletes had their work cut out for them in the men’s ski cross finals today, battling not just each other but a solid blanket of snow.
Gold medallist Simone Deromedis of Italy. (Getty)
The weather is not letting up across Livigno in Italy, which could create some issues with events later today.
There have already been some events moved earlier in the Games due to the weather. We’ll keep you across any updates!
4h agoSat 21 Feb 2026 at 1:53pm
Freestyle skiing men’s ski cross results
🥇Simone Deromedis from Italy
🥈Federico Tomasoni from Italy
🥉Alex Fiva from Switzerland
4h agoSat 21 Feb 2026 at 1:33pmCooper Woods and Danielle Scott named as flag-bearers for Closing Ceremony
Olympic moguls champion Cooper Woods and aerial skiing silver medallist Danielle Scott will be Australia’s flag bearers for the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony!
Cooper Woods won gold in the individual moguls. (Getty)
Woods won gold in week one of the games, becoming Australia’s seventh Winter Olympic Champion in history.
Four-time Olympian Scott secured her first Olympic podium finish earlier this week, following a career high top score of 117.19 in the women’s aerial skiing final.
Danielle Scott won silver in aerials. (Getty)
The Closing Ceremony takes place in Verona in the early hours of Monday morning Australian time.
5h agoSat 21 Feb 2026 at 1:17pmWhat are Aussies Indra Brown’s chances in the halfpipe?
Does Cassie Sharpe being unable to compete in the event perhaps strengthen Indra’s chances a bit more for a medal? Don’t get me wrong, I’m obviously more concerned about her being healthy above all else. The woman is a 2 time medalist and a world champion though. She’s a very strong snowboarder.
– Anton
Australian teen freeski sensation Indra Brown may only be 16, but she’s already catching the eye of some big names in her sport.
Earlier this week, the halfpipe defending champion Eileen Gu said the young Aussie was ‘the real deal’.
16-year-old Aussie Olympian Indra Brown. (Getty)
If she has the ski of her life later in the final, she could very well be leaving Milano Cortina with a medal.
That, of course, is made easier with Canada’s Cassie Sharpe out of contention after a nasty crash in the qualifications.
Sharpe, as you rightly point out Anton, is a quality freeskier. The 33-year-old is one of the sport’s greats, having won gold in PyeongChang in 2018 and silver in 2022.
5h agoSat 21 Feb 2026 at 1:07pmResults in for ski mountaineering mixed relay
Unfortunately Lara Hamilton and Phillip Bellingham of Team Australia have come in 12th out of 12.
🥇Emily Harrop and Thibault Anselmet of France
🥈Marianne Fatton and Jon Kistler of Switzerland
🥉Ana Alonso Rodriguez and Oriol Cardona Coll of Spain