Alysa Liu probably cared the least of all the women in figure skating at the Milan Cortina Olympics about winning the gold medal. Maybe that is why she won it. The 20-year-old with the striped hair, prominent frenulum piercing and carefree attitude never showed any worry or strain when she took the ice for her free skate on Thursday night.

Former Canucks Bo Horvat, Quinn Hughes, and J.T. Miller will all represent their countries in the 2026 Winter Olympic semi-finals.

Day 14 of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics brought major wins for the United States. Alysa Liu captured gold in women’s figure skating, and Megan Keller scored the overtime goal to defeat Canada in women’s hockey.

Figure skating took our breath away. Women's hockey made us cheer. Here is the news to know on Friday.

"Milan has been very nice, and the people have been very hospitable. I'm walking everywhere, some people recognize me as the world's greatest curler, and some people have no idea who I am," said Shaq, laughing. When asked which winter sport he would compete in, the Big Diesel had two picks in mind.

The 2026 Winter Olympics, featuring 16 sports with 116 medal events, will take place from Feb. 4 to Feb. 22 in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. Preliminary events will begin on Feb. 4, the opening ceremony will be Feb.