Winter Olympics 2026: Check Out Best Photos From Day 12 Events In Cortina
Mikaela Shiffrin headlined the top performances from Day 12 at the Winter Olympics. The American star put in two dominant runs to win the women’s slalom by a massive 1.50 seconds, ending a run of eight straight Olympic races without a medal for perhaps the greatest Alpine skier of all time. Meanwhile, Canada avoided what would have been a stunning quarter-final exit in men's hockey by rallying to beat Czechia 4-3 in overtime. Elsewhere, Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo’s golden run continued as the Norwegian cross-country star secured his fifth gold at these Games — and a record 10th overall — by winning the men’s team sprint.
Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, of Norway, competes in the cross-country skiing men's team sprint free at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy. | Photo: AP/Evgeniy Maloletka
Ukraine's Anhelina Brykina (15) reacts as she rides up the magic carpet during the women's freestyle skiing aerials qualifications at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy. | Photo: AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson
Maxime Laoun of Canada and Pietro Sighel of Italy collide during the short track speed skating men's 500m at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. () | Photo: AP/Ashley Landis
China's Fanyu Kong (2) practices before the women's freestyle skiing aerials qualifications at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy. | Photo: AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson
Finland's Artturi Lehkonen (62) scores his side's third goal during a men's ice hockey quarterfinal game between Finland and Switzerland at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy. | Photo: AP/Petr David Josek, Pool
Steven Dubois of Canada wins gold as Melle van 't Wout of the Netherlands wins silver, left, during the short track speed skating men's 500m at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy. | Photo: AP/Stephanie Scarbrough
Athletes compete in the cross-country skiing women's team sprint free at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy. | Photo: AP/Matthias Schrader
Norway's Karoline Offigstad Knotten shoots during the women's biathlon 4 x 6-kilometers relay race at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Anterselva, Italy. | Photo: AP/David J. Phillip
Denmark's Denise Dupont and Mathilde Halse in action during the women's curling round robin session against Switzerland at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. | Photo: AP/Fatima Shbair
New Zealand's Dane Menzies practices before the men's snowboarding slopestyle finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy. | Photo: AP/Lindsey Wasson
United States' Jake Sanderson (85) loses his helmet as he battles with Sweden's Filip Forsberg (9) during the first period of a men's ice hockey quarterfinal game at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy. | Photo: AP/Hassan Ammar
Canada's Bianca Ribi, right, slides down the track during a two women bobsled training session at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. | Photo: AP/Alessandra Tarantino
Canada's Mark McMorris crashes during the men's snowboarding slopestyle finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy. | Photo: AP/Lindsey Wasson
Silver medalist Melle van 't Wout of the Netherlands and bronze medalist Jens van 't Wout of the Netherlands greet supporters in the stands after the short track speed skating men's 500m final at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy. | Photo: AP/Ashley Landis
Maja Dahlqvist, of Sweden, crosses the finish line to win the gold medal, ahead of Nadine Faehndrich, of Switzerland, in the cross-country skiing women's team sprint free at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy. | Photo: AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth
Slovakia's Samuel Hlavaj sprays water during a men's ice hockey quarterfinal game between Slovakia and Germany at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy. | Photo: AP/Petr David Josek
United States' Jake Canter practices before the men's snowboarding slopestyle finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy. | Photo: AP/Abbie Parr
Mikaela Shiffrin competes in the women's slalom race at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. () | Photo: AP/Robert F. Bukaty
United States' Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates winning the gold medal in an alpine ski, women's slalom race, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. | Photo: AP/Jacquelyn Martin
Team South Korea receives their gold medals during the short track speed skating women's team 3000m relay at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy. | Photo: AP/Francisco Seco
Switzerland's Timo Rohner, front, starts for a four man bobsled training session at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. | Photo: AP/Aijaz Rahi
Coletta Rydzek, of Germany, reacts after crossing the finish line to win the bronze medal in the cross-country skiing women's team sprint free at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy. | Photo: AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth
Alison Mackie, of Canada, Nadja Kaelin, of Switzerland, and Astrid Oeyre Slind, of Norway, from right, compete in the cross-country skiing women's team sprint free at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy. | Photo: AP/Matthias Schrader
Spectators wait for the start of the women's 4x6-kilometer relay biathlon race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Anterselva, Italy. | Photo: AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy
United States' Jessica Perlmutter loses her phone as she competes during the women's snowboarding slopestyle finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy. | Photo: AP/Rebecca Blackwell
Japan's Yuna Kotani, Anna Ohmiya and Kaho Onodera in action during the women's curling round robin session against Britain at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. | Photo: AP/Fatima Shbair
Athletes ride the magic carpet before the women's freestyle skiing aerials finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy. | Photo: AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson
Finland's Miro Heiskanen (41), right, tries to control the puck during a men's ice hockey quarterfinal game between Finland and Switzerland at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy. | Photo: AP/Petr David Josek
Norway's Mons Roisland crashes during the men's snowboarding slopestyle finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy. | Photo: AP/Rebecca Blackwell
Athletes compete in the women's 4x6-kilometer relay biathlon race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Anterselva, Italy. | Photo: AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy
Johanna Talihaerm, of Estonia, collapses in the finish area of the women's 4x6-kilometer relay biathlon race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Anterselva, Italy. | Photo: AP/Andrew Medichini
Julia Simon, of France, skis with her country's flag as she crosses the finish line for gold in the women's 4x6-kilometer relay biathlon race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Anterselva, Italy. | Photo: AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy
Japan's Reira Iwabuchi competes during the women's snowboarding slopestyle finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy. | Photo: AP/Lindsey Wasson
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