The helmet of Vladyslav Heraskevych, a Ukrainian skeleton athlete who was disqualified from his events at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, shown during a press conference at the Ukrainian General Consulate in Milan, Feb. 12, 2026. The IOC’s decision to disqualify Heraskevych over his helmet honoring countrymen killed in the war with Russia touched off the biggest crisis of the Games in Italy. (Vincent Alban/The New York Times)
Jens van ‘t Wout of the Netherlands wins gold as silver medalist Sun Long of China falls at the finish line during the short track speedskating men’s 1,000-meter final at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Feb. 12, 2026. (Natacha Pisarenko/AP)
Silver medalist Chloe Kim of the United States celebrates during the medal ceremony for the women’s snowboard halfpipe at the Olympics at Livigno Snow Park on Feb. 12, 2026 in Livigno, Italy. (Patrick Smith/Getty)
United States’ Chloe Kim competes during the women’s snowboarding halfpipe finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Feb. 12, 2026. (Abbie Parr/AP)
Kristen Santos-Griswold of the United States competes during the short track speedskating women’s 500-meter at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Feb. 12, 2026. (Natacha Pisarenko/AP)
Dutch fans cheer during the women’s 5,000 meters speedskating race at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Feb. 12, 2026. (Luca Bruno/AP)
Jessie Diggins, of the United States, competes in the cross country skiing women’s 10km interval start free at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy, Feb. 12, 2026. The Afton native placed third to win her fourth Olympic medal. (Matthias Schrader/AP)
Gold medalist Francesca Lollobrigida of Italy, center, Merel Conijn of the Netherlands, left, and Ragne Wiklund of Norway, celebrate on the podium after the women’s 5,000 meters speedskating race at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Feb. 12, 2026. (Ben Curtis/AP)
Jessie Diggins, of the United States, celebrates after winning the bronze medal in front of gold medalist Frida Karlsson, of Sweden, on the podium of the cross country skiing women’s 10km interval start free at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy, Feb. 12, 2026. (Matthias Schrader/AP)
Nadezhda Morozova, of Kazakhstan, warms up prior to competing in the women’s 5,000 meters speedskating race at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Feb. 12, 2026. (Ben Curtis/AP)
Italy’s Federica Brignone, center, gold medalist in an alpine ski, women’s super-G race, celebrates with silver medalist France’s Romane Miradoli, left, and bronze medalist Austria’s Cornelia Huetter at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Feb. 12, 2026. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
Italy’s Federica Brignone speeds down the course during an alpine ski women’s super-G race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Feb. 12, 2026. (Marco Trovati/AP)
The Italian Frecce Tricolori acrobatic squad flies above during the medal ceremony of an alpine ski, women’s super-G race, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Feb. 12, 2026.(Robert F. Bukaty/AP)
United States’ Nathan Pare (13), France’s Jonas Chollet (4) and France’s Loan Bozzolo (5) compete during the men’s snowboard cross finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Feb. 12, 2026. (Lindsey Wasson/AP)
France’s Floran Douay, right, checks Switzerland’s Dean Kukan during a preliminary round match of men’s ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Feb. 12, 2026. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
Trinidad And Tobago’s Axel Brown, front, starts for a two-man bobsled training session at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Feb. 12, 2026. (Aijaz Rahi/AP)
United States’ Landon Wendler competes during the men’s freestyle skiing moguls qualifications at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Feb. 12, 2026. (Abbie Parr/AP)
