Two rivals meet on the ice to see who will take home hardware in Cortina, as the United States and Canada face off for the bronze medal in the women’s Curling tournament. Curling was first seen in the Olympic program since the inaugural Winter Games in France in 1924,

Surya Bonaly, who was once penalized for performing a backflip in the Winter Olympics, is now praising USA’s Ilia Malinin’s backflip to win gold.

Here's a quick ski mountaineering (aka skimo) primer and the full schedule of the skimo events at the 2026 Winter Games.

MILAN — It's Friday, Feb. 20 at the 2026 Winter Olympics and we're underway with another day of competition at the Milano Cortina Games. If Friday's action can match the excitement we saw Thursday – with the USA women's hockey team and Alysa Liu both winning gold – we will be lucky Olympic viewers.

Norway's Johannes Høsflot Klæbo completed his historic gold medal sweep of the men's cross-country skiing events on Saturday by winning his sixth race and set the record for the most golds by one athlete in a single Winter Olympics.

Today sees Norway attempt to make further Olympic history and the United States go for curling and speed skating glory. Follow CNN for live updates on the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics in Italy.