Winter Olympics: Team USA gets gold in figure skating team event
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American Olympians struggled to reach the podium in the first two days of the 2026 Winter Olympics, but finished Sunday with a gold medal.
US figure skating took home the gold medal in the figure skating team event. The USA team led Japan by just one point with a total of 69 points. Italy won the bronze medal with 60 points.
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Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States compete in the figure skating ice dance team event at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, on Saturday, February 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
The Americans needed to finish near the top in ice dancing, pair skating, women’s singles and men’s singles. Madison Chock and Evan Bates broke the ice dance discipline and scored 133.23 points, getting the 10 points needed to start the day on top.
Danny O’Shea and Kam Ellie were enough to get one more point from the points they got in the qualifiers. However, the duo fell behind Japan’s Ryuichi Kihara and Riku Miura, Georgia’s Luka Berulava and Anastasiia Metelkina, and Italy’s Niccolo Macii and Sara Conti.
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Ilia Malinin of the United States reacts to the points he received after competing in the men’s figure skating team event at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Amber Glenn collected eight points in the final round of the women’s singles, but finished the race behind Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto and Anastasiia Gubanova.
Ilia Malinin, nicknamed the “Quad God”, needed a near-perfect routine in the men’s single skating and achieved the biggest milestone of his career so far. He scored 200.03 points, giving the United States the 10 points needed to move into first place. Japan’s Shun Sato pressured with his performance but only scored 194.86 points.
It was the United States’ second gold medal on Sunday. Breezy Johnson took first place in the women’s alpine ski downhill race earlier in the day.
Ilia Malinin of the United States competes in the men’s figure skating team event at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
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The Americans have just two total medals on Monday’s schedule.
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