{"id":472775,"date":"2026-02-16T23:44:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T23:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/472775\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T23:44:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T23:44:19","slug":"meet-the-medalists-from-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/472775\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the medalists from United States"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meet all the medalists from the United States at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics<\/a>. And catch up on all the latest Olympic news here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

GOLD and BRONZE: Elana Taylor Meyers and Kaillie Humphries Armbruster,\u00a0bobsleigh, women\u2019s monobob<\/p>\n

\"UnitedUnited States’ gold medalist Elana Meyers Taylor, left, and United States’ bronze medalist Kaillie Armbruster Humphries, right, pose with their medals after the women’s monobob competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo\/Alessandra Tarantino)<\/p>\n

Elana Meyers Taylor won her first Olympic gold in women\u2019s monobob<\/a>, and she made history as the oldest American woman to do it at the Winter Games. She rallied in the final heat on Feb. 16 and dropped to her knees in tears. Kaillie Humphries Armbruster took bronze for the United States. Meyers Taylor already owned five Olympic medals, but she had never won gold. Her sixth medal ties Bonnie Blair for the most by a U.S. woman at the Winter Games.<\/p>\n

GOLD: Jordan Stolz, speedskating, men\u2019s 500 meters<\/p>\n

\"GoldGold medallist Jordan Stolz of the U.S. celebrates after winning the men’s 500 meters at the Winter Olympics on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, in Milan. (Luca Bruno\/AP)<\/p>\n

Jordan Stolz won his second speedskating gold medal of the Milan Cortina Olympics by finishing first in the 500 meters in an Olympic-record time on Feb. 14. The 21-year-old from Wisconsin was coming off a victory in the 1,000<\/a>, the first of his four individual events in Milan. The men\u2019s record for most speedskating titles at one Olympics is the five by Eric Heiden in 1980 in Lake Placid, N.Y. Stolz beat 500 world champion Jenning de Boo of the Netherlands, who took the silver.<\/p>\n

SILVER AND BRONZE: Jaelin Kauf and Elizabeth Lemley, freestyle skiing, women\u2019s dual moguls<\/p>\n

\"SilverSilver medalist Jaelin Kauf, left, and bronze medalist Elizabeth Lemley, both of the United States, celebrate after the women’s freestyle skiing dual moguls finals at the Winter Olympics on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, , in Livigno, Italy. (Abbie Parr\/AP)<\/p>\n

Skiing through a heavy snowstorm, American Jaelin Kauf captured her third Olympic silver medal and second of these Games, and teammate Elizabeth Lemley added bronze to go with the gold she won earlier in the week. They each won their second medals in four days despite falling in their semifinal rounds. Australia\u2019s Jakara Anthony took the gold.<\/p>\n

SILVER: Chloe Kim, snowboarding, women\u2019s halfpipe<\/p>\n

\"SilverSilver medalist Chloe Kim laughs while trying to display the American flag after the women’s snowboarding halfpipe finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in Livigno, Italy. (AP Photo\/Abbie Parr)<\/p>\n

Chloe Kim fell short in her bid<\/a> to become the first Olympic snowboarder to win three consecutive gold medals, finishing second to Choi Gaon of South Korea in the women\u2019s halfpipe on Feb. 12. Choi, 17, bounced back from an ugly crash to jump into the lead with a score of 90.25 on her final run. Kim had one more shot to get back on top, but the 25-year-old American wiped out on her last of three runs to settle for silver.<\/p>\n

BRONZE: Jessie Diggins, cross-country skiing, women\u2019s 10-km freestyle<\/p>\n

\"JessieJessie Diggins of the United States celebrates after winning the bronze medal, while gold medalist Frida Karlsson of Sweden looks on, after the women’s 10-km cross-country skiing interval start free at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in Tesero, Italy. (AP Photo\/Kirsty Wigglesworth)<\/p>\n

Jessie Diggins battled through bruised ribs suffered in the opening race to claim bronze on Feb. 12 in the women\u2019s 10\u2011kilometer interval start, a race dominated by Sweden\u2019s Frida Karlsson as she won her second gold medal. The 34-year-old\u00a0Diggins, racing in her final season, collapsed to the ground, shouting in pain after finishing the freestyle race and adding to her gold, silver and bronze career medal tally.<\/p>\n

SILVER: Madison Chock and Evan Bates, figure skating, mixed ice dance<\/p>\n

\"SilverSilver medalists Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States skate with their medals after competing in the ice dancing free skate at the 2026 Winter Olympics, on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, in Milan. (AP Photo\/Francisco Seco)<\/p>\n

In a controversial judging decision<\/a>, France\u2019s Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron answered a season-best free dance by the dominant American duo of Madison Chock and Evan Bates with a season best of their own on Feb. 11, giving them 225.82 points and the top step of the podium. Chock and Bates finished with 224.39 and a bittersweet silver medal after having lost just four times in the four years since they finished fourth at the Beijing Games.\u00a0Cizeron made several mistakes while Chock and Bates were nearly perfect. Yet the French judge favored the French skaters by nearly eight points in the free dance, while five of the nine judges favored the American team.<\/p>\n

GOLD: Jordan Stolz, speedskating, men\u2019s 1,000 meters<\/p>\n

\"GoldGold medalist Jordan Stolz of the U.S. celebrates after the men’s 1,000-meter speedskating race at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, in Milan. (AP Photo\/Ben Curtis)<\/p>\n

Wisconsin native Jordan Stolz, 21, will hope to add to his collection of trophies as he entered three more events in Milan.\u00a0In winning the 1,000 meters<\/a> in 1 minute, 6.28 seconds on Feb. 11, Stolz didn\u2019t threaten his world record of 1:05.37 but did better the Olympic standard of 1:07.18 that had stood since 2002 \u2014 before Stolz was born.<\/p>\n

GOLD AND SILVER:\u00a0Elizabeth Lemley and\u00a0Jaelin Kauf, freestyle skiing, women\u2019s moguls<\/p>\n

\"SilverSilver medalist Jaelin Kauf of the United States, from left, gold medalist Elizabeth Lemley of the U.S. and bronze medalist Perrine Laffont of France pose for a victory selfie during the medal ceremony for the women\u2019s freestyle skiing moguls at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics on Feb. 11, 2026, in Livigno, Italy. (Michael Reaves\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Lemley, 20 \u2014 nicknamed \u201cLizard\u201d by her teammates \u2014 landed an unbeatable run to lead a 1-2 finish for the red, white and blue in the women\u2019s moguls on Feb. 11.\u00a0Lemley topped the eight-skier final with a score of 82.30 points, right in front of countrywoman Jaelin Kauf, who successfully defended her silver medal from Beijing with a score of 80.77. Perrine Laffont of France, the 2018 champion, took bronze.<\/p>\n

SILVER: Ryan Cochran-Siegle, Alpine skiing, men\u2019s super-G<\/p>\n

\"SilverSilver medalist Ryan Cochran-Siegle of the United States attends the podium ceremony for the men’s super-G race at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, Feb.11, 2026, in Bormio, Italy. (AP Photo\/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)<\/p>\n

Ryan Cochran-Siegle\u2019s latest silver medal was inspired by his mother and powered by maple syrup. The 33-year-old Vermont captured his second straight Olympic super-G silver on Feb. 11 when he finished 0.13 seconds behind winner Franjo von Allmen of Switzerland. Before the race, a little fuel of maple syrup \u2014 which, like ski racing, has become the family business (Cochran\u2019s Slopeside Syrup). In the stands to cheer him on was his mother, Barbara Cochran, who won Olympic gold in the slalom at the 1972 Sapporo Games.<\/p>\n

SILVER: Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin, curling, mixed doubles<\/p>\n

\"TheThe United States’ Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin wave on the podium after winning the silver medal in mixed doubles curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. (AP Photo\/Misper Apawu)<\/p>\n

Swedish siblings Isabella and Rasmus Wran\u00e5 took the gold medal with a 6-5 win on Feb. 10, but the American pair of Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin made history<\/a> as the first U.S. team to medal in Olympic mixed doubles, and Thiesse is the first American woman to medal in Olympic curling.<\/p>\n

SILVER: Ben Ogden, cross-country skiing, men\u2019s sprint classic<\/p>\n

\"BenBen Ogden of the United States crosses the finish line to win the silver medal in the cross-country skiing men’s sprint classic at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, in Tesero, Italy. (AP Photo\/Matthias Schrader)<\/p>\n

Ben Ogden finished 0.8 seconds behind the defending gold medalist, Norwegian cross-country ski star Johannes H\u00f8sflot Kl\u00e6bo, in the men\u2019s sprint on Feb. 10.<\/p>\n

SILVER: Alex Hall, freestyle skiing, men\u2019s freeski slopestyle<\/p>\n

\"SilverSilver medalist Alex Hall of the United States, from left, gold medalist Birk Ruud of Norway and bronze medalist Luca Harrington of New Zealand celebrate after the men’s freestyle skiing slopestyle finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, in Livigno, Italy. (AP Photo\/Abbie Parr)<\/p>\n

Alex Hall\u2019s silver medal in men\u2019s freeski slopestyle on Feb. 10 goes with the gold he won four years ago in Beijing, even though he said everything he tried this time was more difficult. Visibility on the mountain created challenging conditions for all the skiers.<\/p>\n

BRONZE: Jacqueline Wiles and Paula Moltzan, Alpine skiing, women\u2019s team combined<\/p>\n

\"TheThe United States’ Jacqueline Wiles, left, and Paula Moltzan show their bronze medals after the women’s team combined event at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. (AP Photo\/Andy Wong)<\/p>\n

The U.S. pair of Jaqueline Wiles (downhill) and Paula Moltzan (slalom) took bronze in the women\u2019s team combined<\/a>\u00a0on Feb. 10, beating out the other American team of Mikaela Shiffrin and Breezy Johnson by 0.06 for the podium.<\/p>\n

BRONZE: Ashley Farquharson, luge, women\u2019s singles<\/p>\n

\"U.S.U.S. bronze medalist Ashley Farquharson celebrates after the women’s single luge competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. (AP Photo\/Alessandra Tarantino)<\/p>\n

Ashley Farquharson, who started sliding as an after-school activity when she was a little kid in Park City, Utah, won the bronze medal in women\u2019s singles on Feb. 10, representing a seventh Olympic medal for USA Luge.<\/p>\n

GOLD: Team figure skating<\/p>\n

\"FromFrom left, Evan Bates, Madison Chock, Ilia Malinin, Alysa Liu, Amber Glenn, Ellie Kim and Danny O\u2019Shea of Team USA celebrate winning the gold medal in the figure skating team event at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, in Milan. (AP Photo\/Natacha Pisarenko)<\/p>\n

Ilia Malinin beat Japanese rival Shun Sato<\/a> in a head-to-head showdown at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Feb. 8, helping the U.S. defend its team figure skating gold medal by breaking a deadlock with Japan in the final session of the competition.<\/p>\n

GOLD: Breezy Johnson, Alpine skiing, women\u2019s downhill<\/p>\n

\"GoldGold medalist Breezy Johnson poses for a photo during the medal ceremony for the women’s downhill on Feb. 8, 2026, at Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre. (Ezra Shaw\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Ski racer Breezy Johnson won<\/a> the Olympic downhill on Feb. 8 with a hard-charging run on a day marred by teammate Lindsey Vonn\u2019s crash<\/a> that saw her being taken off the mountain in a helicopter. The 30-year-old Johnson joins Vonn, 41, as the only American women to win the Olympic downhill.<\/p>\n

Associated Press contributed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meet all the medalists from the United States at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. And catch up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,219265,219266,42270,219264,219262,219261,219263,21,19,22,20,25,24,58926],"class_list":{"0":"post-472775","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-olympic-medal-count","11":"tag-olympic-medal-standings","12":"tag-team-usa","13":"tag-team-usa-bronze","14":"tag-team-usa-gold","15":"tag-team-usa-medalists","16":"tag-team-usa-silver","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa","23":"tag-winter-olympics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}