2026 Winter Olympics: Check Best Photos From Day 14 Events At Cortina
Day 14 of the 2026 Winter Olympics saw thrilling action across multiple events. The women’s short-track speed skating quarterfinals were briefly paused after Poland’s Kamila Sellier suffered a frightening injury when an opponent’s blade sliced her face during a fall. In ski cross, Germany’s Daniela Maier sprinted to gold, edging Switzerland’s Fanny Smith, with Sweden’s Sandra Naeslund taking bronze in Livigno. Meanwhile, Team USA dominated Slovakia 6–2 in the men’s hockey semifinals, with Jack Hughes scoring twice and Dylan Larkin, Tage Thompson, Jack Eichel, and Brady Tkachuk adding one each, securing a spot in the gold medal game against Canada.
United States' Christopher Lillis competes during the men's freestyle skiing aerials finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy. | Photo: AP/Lindsey Wasson
From left, Switzerland's Talina Gantenbein (5), France's Jade Grillet Aubert (6) and Switzerland's Sixtine Cousin (13) compete during the women's ski cross finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy. | Photo: AP/Gabriele Facciotti
From left, Switzerland's Talina Gantenbein (5), Switzerland's Sixtine Cousin (13), France's Anouck Errard (12) and Switzerland's Saskja Lack (4) compete during the women's ski cross finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy. | Photo: Julia Demaree Nikhinson
Waiters serve drinks as fans are reflected on a building ahead of the men's 15-kilometer mass start biathlon race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Anterselva, Italy. | Photo: AP/Andrew Medichini
Poland's Anna Maka passes behind a glass wall while training on the biathlon course at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Anterselva, Italy. | Photo: AP/David J. Phillip
Switzerland's Pirmin Werner competes during the men's freestyle skiing aerials qualifications at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy. | Photo: AP/Abbie Parr
United States' Christopher Lillis competes during the men's freestyle skiing aerials finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy. | Photo: AP/Abbie Parr
Switzerland's Michael Vogt, front, starts for a four man bobsled training session at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. | Photo: AP/Alessandra Tarantino
Ukraine's Maksym Kuznietsov crashes during the men's freestyle skiing aerials qualifications at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy. | Photo: AP/Abbie Parr
Medics respond after New Zealand's Finley Melville Ives crashed during the men's freestyle skiing halfpipe qualifications at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy. | Photo: AP/Gregory Bull
Slovakia's Nikola Fricova (29) competes during the women's ski cross qualifications at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy. | Photo: AP/Gabriele Facciotti
Japan's Makiko Arai (27) crashes during the women's ski cross qualifications at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy. | Photo: AP/Rebecca Blackwell
Canada's Tom Wilson, right, challenges with Finland's Nikolas Matinpalo (33) during a men's ice hockey semifinal game between Canada and Finland at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy. | Photo: AP/Petr David Josek
Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong of the Netherlands celebrates winning the gold medal with her coach Gerard van Velde, right, after the women's 1500 meters speedskating race at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy. | Photo: AP/Ben Curtis
Norway's Johannes Dale-Skjevdal shoots during the men's biathlon 15-kilometers mass start race at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Anterselva, Italy. | Photo: AP/David J. Phillip
Taylor Anderson-Heide of the United States, right, and Cory Thiesse of the United States compete against Switzerland during the curling women's semifinal match at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. | Photo: AP/Christophe Ena
Johannes Dale-Skjevdal, of Norway, crosses the finish line to win gold in the men's 15-kilometer mass start biathlon race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Anterselva, Italy. | Photo: AP/David J. Phillip
From left, silver medalist Switzerland's Noe Roth, gold medalist China's Wang Xindi and bronze medalist China's Li Tianma celebrate after the men's freestyle skiing aerials finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy. | Photo: AP/Abbie Parr
Sweden's Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Sofia Scharback, Agnes Knochenhauer celebrate winning a women's curling semifinal match against Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. | Photo: AP/Fatima Shbair
A United States supporter watches a women's curling semifinal match between Switzerland and the United States, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. | Photo: AP/Fatima Shbair
Lukas Hofer, of Italy, center right, competes in the men's 15-kilometer mass start biathlon race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Anterselva, Italy. | Photo: AP/Andrew Medichini
Gilli Kim of the Republic of South Korea receives her gold medal for short track speed skating women's 1500 meters at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy. | Photo: AP/Stephanie Scarbrough