After nearly three weeks of intense competition, the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics will come to a memorable conclusion.
This year’s Games have featured many highs and lows for Team USA’s athletes. While the U.S. figure skating team took home gold in the team event, “Quad God” Ilia Malinin surprisingly did not make the podium in the men’s competition.
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