The 2026 Winter Olympics men's hockey competition is down to its final four nations, with USA vs. Slovakia taking place in one semifinal on Friday.

Slovakia beat the United States 3-2 in a shootout in the 2022 Olympics quarterfinals on its way to a bronze medal in Beijing.

Slovakian forward Juraj Slafkovsky scored his fourth goal of the tournament with a goal early in the third period.

Seattle Torrent and Team USA captain Hilary Knight will carry the United States flag at the Winter Olympics’ closing ceremony on Sunday.

Hilary Knight and Evan Bates have been chosen as Team USA’s flag bearers for the closing ceremony of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

And then, with USA nearing its final breath, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, native Laila Edwards rose to the occasion in the biggest game of her life.

On Thursday night at the Winter Olympic Games in Milan, she won the gold medal in the women's individual figure skating competition.

MILAN — Alysa Liu has won Olympic figure skating gold, the first U.S. woman to do so in over two decades.

Each ring on her hair, she explained, is like on a tree trunk and marks the passage of time in her life.