Are the Winter Olympics plagued with scandals? Is ice wet? (And, yes, wet ice is one of the scandals.) There are always controversies at the Olympics, which continue through Feb. 22 and which happen so infrequently that the world’s eyes are bound to be laser-focused on them.

Team USA earned a total of 33 medals across several sports, including hockey, downhill skiing and figure skating, in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo i n Italy. .In 2026, a total of seven athletes from Washington state competed in the Winter Olympics. One Washingtonian will compete in the Paralympic Winter Games.

After Team USA won gold in the mixed team aerials final on Saturday, the nation made personal history with its most golds won in a single Winter Olympics.

Injuries are most common in newer ski and snowboarding events at the Winter Olympics.

Team USA's Alysa Liu won figure skating gold plus more speedskating medals were award at the Milan Cortina Games

MILAN-Four years ago, in the overhang of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics took place in a hard lockdown. My media colleagues and I were physically padlocked into our hotel every night.