3h agoMon 16 Feb 2026 at 9:03amAussies in action on day 10
COMING UP
Bobsleigh
Women’s Monobob — Bree Walker will race in runs 3 and 4 from 5:00am and 07:06am AEDT.
COMPLETED
Short-track speed skating
Brendan Corey fourth in heat six of the Men’s 500m, from 9:17pm AEDT.
1m agoMon 16 Feb 2026 at 12:50pm
German trio still in the medal positions after two-man bob run 2
It’s still kind of as you were in the two-man bobsleigh, with three German pairs in the three medal positions.
However things have changed around slightly, and some of those positions have tightened up after run two.
Johannes Lochner and Georg Fleischhauer led by 0.44 seconds after the first run, and they have extended their margin to a very healthy 0.8 seconds, despite putting in a much slower second run of 55.22..
Teammates Adam Ammour and Alexander Schaller were second but have now slipped to third, after losing speed in the later stages of run two to finish in 56.02. They now are 0.44 down on Francesco Friedrich and Alexander Schuller, who moved up after a second run of 55.54.
The closest competitors outside Germany are still the American pair of Frankie del Duca (one of the US flagbearers at the opening ceremony) and Joshua Williamson.
Del Duca and Williamson are now just 0.10 of a second off the medals.
The final two runs will be on Wednesday morning, Australian time, starting at 5am AEDT.
17m agoMon 16 Feb 2026 at 12:34pm
Time for the final run in the men’s slalom
We’re back at Bormio for the second and final run of the men’s slalom.
The weather seems to have cleared and the conditions are improved at the Stelvio Ski Centre.
It’s a good thing too, after confirmation that 51 competitors failed to finish the first run and our out of the competition, compared to just 44 who got through.
Let’s see how the second run goes. Bear in mind that the second run is in reverse order to the finishing positions in run one, so we’ll be waiting for a while for the leaders.
22m agoMon 16 Feb 2026 at 12:29pm
Sweden remains unbeaten in women’s curling
We told you earlier about those three games in the women’s curling round robin.
Those games have finished, and leaders Sweden are still top of the rank after a 6-4 win over Switzerland. They have six wins from six games.
The other results saw Canada beat China 10-5, and Great Britain defeat Denmark 7-2.
Behind Sweden in the standings are the USA with a 4-1 record, then South Korea (3-2), Switzerland (3-2) and Denmark (also 3-2). Next are Canada (2-3), China (2-3), and Great Britain (2-3).
The top four will advance to the semifinals.
36m agoMon 16 Feb 2026 at 12:15pm
Livigno white-out means no action on day 10
The snow is piling up in Livigno on day 10 (ABC News: Simon Smale)
Snow has blanketed Livigno overnight, and is still falling now, making this magical Alpine valley even more like a winter wonderland.
The snow is heavy and the visibility is poor, so I’m not surprised everything was cancelled here.
But it sure has made everything feel delightfully wintery.
(ABC News: Simon Smale)
Livigno is a winter wonderland on day 10 (ABC News: Simon Smale)
(ABC News: Simon Smale)1h agoMon 16 Feb 2026 at 11:46amWomen’s 1,000m final in short-track speed skating
Well the Zambonis have been going into overdrive at Milano MSK-Competition Rink, trying to improve the surface of the ice for these next races, but who knows?
The DJ has been pumping a 90s megamix, but to be honest, I don’t think this crowd needs any more pumping up.
The final of the women’s 1,000m event is coming up with a stacked field including Dutch women’s 500m Olympic champion Xandra Velzeboer, Italian great Arianna Fontana, Canada’s Courtney Sarault, China’s Gong Li and South Korea’s Kim Gilli.
Dutch dasher Xandra Velzeboer is unstoppable on the Milano ice, winning her second gold medal of the Games (Getty Images)
And it’s a fast, tactical race. Sarault gets to the first corner to take the lead, followed by Fontana and Velzeboer.
They’re holding position, but now with six laps to go Velzeboer passes the local heroine Fontana.
Now the moves are coming in, and Velzeboer hits the front.
Oh! China’s Gong Li bumps Fontana, passes her and leaves the Italian back at the back in fifth.
Here we go, it’s the Dutch speedster again! Velzeboer takes the gold, Canada’s Sarault wins the silver, and Korea’s Kim Gilli comes through for bronze!
Disappointment for the crowd as Fontana misses out on a 14th Olympic medal.
Velzeboer is just too strong. Congratulations to the Dutchwoman!
1h agoMon 16 Feb 2026 at 11:31am
Semifinal 2 was more straightforward
I wouldn’t say that semifinal 2 was quiet, exactly, but I’m fairly certain no-one hit the deck until the final 10m of that one, and the faller was a Belgian skater making a fruitless effort to try and crack the top two.
It’s Korea and the Netherlands who will go through to meet Canada and Italy as they race for the medals in the men’s 5,000m relay.
If chaos and sharp blades on ice is your thing, then tune in on Saturday morning at 7:18am AEDT for the final.
1h agoMon 16 Feb 2026 at 11:27am
Men’s 5,000m semifinal 1 was more chaos
How do I describe the first semifinal of the men’s 5,000m relay in short-track speed skating?
Even more utter chaos. Sixteen people on the ice, four at a time, with hordes more idling around the inner circle waiting for their moment. Then they jump out onto the track itself and get shoved forward by their teammates.
That first semifinal was tense, with Italy involved and the crowd getting right into it.
There were close calls and inside runs and losing positions. Then with a few laps left, the three leading teams all gave their push to their teammates and ALL fell over. At least the skaters tagged in were still on track.
It had been China, Canada, Italy, then it ended up being Canada, Italy, China, with Hungary fourth.
It was all under review but the judges gave it the all clear, so Canada and Italy are through to the final.
The elephant in the room is, with all the skating action in this session so far, the condition of the ice is getting worse and the chances of falls are getting higher and higher. Strap yourselves in!
1h agoMon 16 Feb 2026 at 11:12am
Italy’s Arianna Fontana through to the women’s 1,000m final
The home crowd in Milano is up and about after the second semifinal of the women’s 1,000m.
Italy’s Arianna Fontana has gone through to the A final in second place, along with SF winner Canada’s Courtney Sarault.
This means that Fontana will be skating in the final to try and win her FOURTEENTH Winter Olympic medal of her stellar career.
Good grief. If she wins one, the crowd will go crazy. If she manages to win gold, the roof could well lift off the stadium.
1h agoMon 16 Feb 2026 at 11:06am
Another crash at the Women’s 1,000m semifinals
It’s like deja vu all over again at the short-track speed skating!
We’re in the semifinals of the women’s 1,000m, and there’s been a stack already.
Dutch skater Xandra Velzeboer — the women’s 500m champion from earlier in the Games — was leading and Belgium’s Hanne Desmet and Korea’s Kim Gilli were back in the pack when they got tangled and slid out.
Velzeboer breezed through ahead of China’s Gong Li, with Desmet penalised and Kim advanced.
That’s a rough day for the Desmet family — Hanne Desmet is the older sister of Stijn Desmet, who was penalised in the men’s 500m.
1h agoMon 16 Feb 2026 at 11:01am
Crazy first run ends at the men’s slalom
Drin Kokaj of Team Kosovo was one of several dozen skiers to fail to finish run one in the men’s slalom. (Getty Images)
Well I’d say everyone is breathing a sigh of relief at the Stelvio that the first run of the men’s slalom is over.
That was utter chaos, caused in no large part by the conditions.
Forty-four men made it down to the bottom of the course legally.
About as many skied out, crashed or were otherwise disqualified as the snow bucketed down in Bormio.
After all that, the first two men to compete are the first two men in the standings — Norway’s Atle Lie McGrath has the fastest time in 56.14 seconds, and Swiss skier Loic Meillard has 56.73.
The bronze medal position at this stage is Austria’s Fabio Gstrein on 57.08.
1h agoMon 16 Feb 2026 at 10:53am
Wipeouts galore at the short-track speed skating
Brendan Corey’s heat, while physical, was deemed clean. However we have had four penalties in the other heats, and three skaters have been advanced.
Which means the next round later in the week will have larger fields – and hence more chance of chaos.
Here are a few of the crashes below.
Pietro Sighel of Italy, Furkan Akar of Türkiye and Reinis Berzins of Latvia crashed on heat 2. (Getty Images)
Belgium’s Stijn Desmet got to the corner ahead of two other skaters in heat 1, but he was ruled responsible for the crash and penalised. (Getty Images)
Brandon Kim of the United States, Oleh Handei of Ukraine and Daniil Eybog of Uzbekistan crashed in heat 7. Kim was penalised and Eybog was advanced. (AP)2h agoMon 16 Feb 2026 at 10:37amIt’s time for Australia’s Brendan Corey
Ok, it’s time for Brendan Corey of Australia to take his stance at the starting line.
He’s up against Italy’s Thomas Nadalini, Dutch skater Melie van t’Wout and Poland’s Michal Niewinski.
Here we go …
And it’s a physical start, with Australia’s Corey trying to push forward but getting bumped to the outside as Italy’s Nadalini took the lead.
Corey ends up in fourth spot behind Niewinski, with Nadalini and van t’Wout clear in first and second.
This is not a great position for the Aussie, he’s in trouble well back.
Nadalini and van t’Wout are skating clear to advance. Niewinski can’t close in and Corey finishes fourth.
That’s a tough one.
2h agoMon 16 Feb 2026 at 10:31am
Defending champion Liu Shaoang goes through in men’s 500m
We’ve had another collision in heat 2, more of that later.
We’re up to heat four, with defending champion Liu Shaoang, Poland’s Felix Pigeon and Austria’s Nicolas Andermann.
Here we go …Â a safe race there, with Shaoang making it through on top ahead of Poland’s Pigeon.
Australia’s Brendan Corey will be in Heat 6.
2h agoMon 16 Feb 2026 at 10:26am
A big wipeout in the first heat of the men’s 500m
Well we didn’t have to wait too long for some action in the men’s 500m at the short-track speed skating!
The opening heat blew up at the second bend, as Canadian skater William Dandjinou leading clearly, with three rivals behind him.
Belgium’s Stijn Desmet had the inside line, with Dutch skater Teun Boer in the middle and Japan’s Kazuki Yoshinaga on the outside.
There was a coming together and all three men slid into the protective barriers, leaving Dandjinou an easy path to victory.
In the end, Belgium’s Desmet was DQ’d for impeding his opposition, leaving second-place Boer to go through, while Yoshinaga was advanced as he was ruled to be affected.Â
2h agoMon 16 Feb 2026 at 10:12am
Australia’s Brendan Corey up soon in short-track speed skating
Australia’s Brendan Corey is in action shortly in short-track men’s skating on day 10. (Getty Images/BSR)
We’re getting close to some action at the short-track apeed skating, with the heats of the men’s 500m event set to start shortly.
The medallists in Beijing were Liu Shaoang (HUN) in gold, Konstantin Ivliev (ROC) in silver and Canada’s Steven Dubois in bronze.
Australia’s competitor in this event is Brendan Corey, who reached the semifinals of the men’s 1,500m earlier in the Games.
Corey will be up in heat 4, along with Liu Shaoang, the Beijing champion who is now skating for China.
Others to watch include Italy’s Pietro Sighel in Heat 2; Canada’s Dubois in Heat 3; and Jens van t’Wout of the Netherlands, who will be going for a third gold after wins in the men’s 1,000m and 1,500m — he is in Heat 7.
The heats will begin at 9:17pm AEDT.Â
2h agoMon 16 Feb 2026 at 10:02am
Germany in charge (again) in two-man bobsleigh
Johannes Lochner and Georg Fleischhauer are in pole position so far, with a track record in the two-man bobsleigh at Cortina. (Getty Images/DPA)
Sometimes, countries seem to have the historical edge in certain events.
Well, in two-man bobsleigh, it’s fair to say that the German competitors are the ones to beat.
In Beijing four years ago, it was an all-German podium.
And this year, it’s kind of looking a little similar early on.
Johannes Lochner and Georg Fleischhauer are the fastest so far, setting a new track record of 54.68 seconds in run one.
Teammates Adam Ammour and Alexander Schaller are second in 55.12, while Francesco Friedrich and Alexander Schuller are in the bronze medal position early on, with 55.16 seconds.
The closest competitors outside Germany are the American pair of Frankie del Duca (one of the US flagbearers at the opening ceremony) and Joshua Williamson, who are fourth with 55.40.
3h agoMon 16 Feb 2026 at 9:48amHere’s the medal table after day nineNORWAY 10 gold, 3 silver, 7 bronzeITALY 6 gold, 3 silver, 9 bronzeUSA 5 gold, 6 silver, 4 bronzeNETHERLANDS 5 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronzeSWEDEN 5 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronzeFRANCE 4 gold, 7 silver, 4 bronzeGERMANY 4 gold, 6 silver, 5 bronzeAUSTRIA 4 gold, 6 silver, 3 bronzeSWITZERLAND 4 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronzeJAPAN 3 gold, 5 silver, 9 bronzeAUSTRALIA 3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronzeSLOVENIA 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronzeCANADA. KOREA, BRAZIL, KAZAKHSTAN, 1 gold each
3h agoMon 16 Feb 2026 at 9:46am
Chaos continues at the Stelvio
Conditions are not getting any better at the men’s slalom.
We have already had 11 disqualifications out of 30 competitors, with a combination of tough visibility and surface, and people down the order trying to generate more pace and making mistakes.
The two top times so far are from the first two skiers down the mountain, which tells you that things are going south the longer this competition goes.
Norway’s Atle Lie McGrath has the fastest time in 56.14 seconds, and Swiss skier Loic Meillard has 56.73.
3h agoMon 16 Feb 2026 at 9:36am
Some close ones at the women’s curling
We are about halfway through the women’s curling round robin section at Cortina and we have plenty of action on day 10.
There are three games on early doors, with Canada leading China by the minimum margin, 4-3 in the sixth end.
Sweden and Switzerland are tied at 3-3 in the fifth end, while Denmark is trailing Great Britain 5-2 in the seventh end.
We will have another four games in the round robin from 5:00am AEDT tomorrow morning.