One married couple will spend Valentine's Day going head-to-head in an Olympic medal event. Belgium's Kim Meylemans and Brazil's Nicole Rocha Silveira are competing in the women's skeleton event at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games -- just over a year after they tied the knot.

Belgium has won its first medal at the Winter Olympics. The Belgian Ice Bears raced to third place and bronze in the A final of the mixed relay. Victory went to the host nation Italy.

MILAN (AP) — At the Milan Cortina Olympic Games, winning medals isn’t the only thing making hearts swell. From the ice rinks to the snowy hills, love is in the frozen air.

Winning an Olympic medal brings pride to any athlete. Many countries also add cash rewards for those podium finishes. Using data shared by USA Today for the 2026 Winter Olympics (25 countries responded to the site’s query),

Team USA added four medals to its haul at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Tuesday. Alex Hall and Ben Ogden earned silvers in freestyle skiing and cross-country skiing, while Jacqueline Wiles and Paula Moltzan took bronze in the women's team combined event in alpine skiing.

It’s been 106 years since “ice hockey,” so called to differentiate it from the game that’s played on grass, made its Olympic debut, the Winnipeg Falcons winning the historic first gold medal at Antwerp, Belgium in 1920, representing Canada.

Ami Nakai topped the women’s short program Tuesday at the Milano-Cortina Olympics. Landing a huge triple Axel, Nakai edged out world champions Alysa Liu and Kaori Sakamoto, while Amber Glenn struggled again on Olympic ice.

The 2026 Winter Olympics are in full swing in Milan, Italy, and the Olympic medal count as of the end of the day on Friday, Feb. 13, has revealed that two countries are neck-and-neck for the top spot. Neither of those countries is the United States, either, but the United States is No. 3 in the standings, as of Friday.