Winter Olympics: Workforce USA will get gold in determine skating workforce occasion

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American Olympians have had a tricky time getting onto the rostrum within the first two days of the 2026 Winter Olympics , however wrapped up Sunday with a gold medal.

U.S. determine skating took residence the gold medal within the determine skating workforce occasion. Workforce USA had a complete rating of 69 factors and edged Japan for the highest spot by only one level. Italy completed with the bronze medal with 60 factors.

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Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the USA compete throughout the determine skating ice dance workforce occasion on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. (AP Picture/Stephanie Scarbrough)

The People wanted to complete close to the highest in ice dancing, pair skating, ladies’s singles skating and males’s singles skating. Madison Chock and Evan Bates crushed the ice dancing self-discipline, scoring a 133.23 and selecting up the ten factors wanted to begin the day on prime.

Danny O’Shea and Kam Ellie did sufficient to choose up yet one more level than they acquired within the {qualifications}. Although, the pair 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 USA reacts to his scores after competing throughout the determine skating males's workforce occasion on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Picture/Ashley Landis)

Amber Glenn picked up eight factors within the last spherical of the ladies’s single skating however completed behind Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto and Anastasiia Gubanova.

Ilia Malinin , nicknamed the "Quad God," wanted a virtually good routine in males’s single skating and he delivered on the most important stage of his profession to date. He scored a 200.03 and acquired the ten factors wanted to vault the U.S. into first place. Japan’s Shun Sato put the stress on along with his efficiency however solely scored a 194.86.

It was the second gold medal for the U.S. on Sunday. Breezy Johnson took residence the primary earlier within the day in alpine snowboarding ladies’s downhill.

Ilia Malinin of the USA competes throughout the determine skating males's workforce occasion on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Picture/Stephanie Scarbrough)