Team USA wins its most gold medals ever at Winter Olympics — with more still in play

From figure skater Alysa Liu to skier Mikaela Shiffrin, the athletes representing Team USA at the 2026 Milano Cortina Games have proven to be the country’s most golden group yet.

Team USA has captured a record-setting 11 gold medals at these Winter Games. 

Freestyle skiers Christopher Lillis, Kaila Kuhn, and Connor Curran of the United States celebrate their gold medal win as Mengtao Xu of China watches during the Mixed Team Aerials Finals. REUTERS

The record-setting win came Saturday when the U.S. mixed aerials team, headlined by Chris Lillis, Connor Curran and Kaila Kuhn, topped the podium, beating Switzerland, which came in second, and China, which finished third.

“It’s so great to get Olympic gold with my teammates, and to do it for them, and them doing it for me,” Lillis told reporters after the event, via USA Today.

“I couldn’t describe how special it is to bring home a gold for the U.S.” 

Team USA’s 11 gold medals in Italy are the most the team has won at any Winter Games, surpassing the 10 captured at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games. (The U.S. has recorded nine event wins in each of the subsequent Winter Games before this year’s.) 

The U.S. possibly could add to its total over the next day.

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The U.S. men’s hockey team is set to take on Team Canada in a gold medal game Sunday morning – three days after the U.S. women stunned Canada in overtime to win gold. 

As of 11:30 a.m., the U.S. is second in total medal count with 31, trailing only Norway, which is having a record showing in Italy.

Christopher Lillis, Connor Curran, and Kaila Kuhn celebrate their gold medals in freestyle skiing mixed team aerials at the 2026 Winter Olympics. AP

Norway won its 17th gold medal Friday, setting a Winter Games record.

With Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo’s win in the cross-country team sprint Saturday morning, Norway is up to 18 gold medals and 40 total. 

Saturday morning, Norway is up to 18 gold medals and 40 total. 

Italy is in third with 30 total medals, including 10 gold.