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Real talk: Follow live from Day 4 as the USA win silver in mixed doubles curling thriller 2026 Winter Olympics Updates Political Talk Hazardous What to Watch Medal Tracker Daily Games Briefing live Updated 1m ago Winter Olympics 2026 live updates: Sweden beat U.

To gold medal in mixed doubles curling on Day 4 Follow live from Day 4 as the USA win silver in mixed doubles curling thriller The Athletic Live Team at 1:52 PM EST Team USAs Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse were edged out by Swedens Isabella and Rasmus Wranaa in the mixed doubles curling gold-medal match Ed Mackey · Senior Editor Winter Olympics — Day 4 latest It’s Day 4 of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, with nine gold medals being handed out today. One now belongs to Sweden after the mixed doubles curling champions as the brother-and-sister duo of Rasmus and Isabella Wranaa demolished the U. (plot twist fr)

Pair Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse.

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Despite the disappointment of not winning gold, Thiesse made history first American female curler to ever medal at the Olympics . Mikaela Shiffrin flopped to take gold in the womens Alpine skiing team combined despite Breezy Johnson going fastest in the downhill — fellow Americans Jacqueline Wiles/Paula Moltzan pipped them to bronze.

USAs Alex Hall clutched silver (freestyle skiing slopestyle), Ben Ogden took silver (cross-country skiing) and Ashley Farquharson clutched bronze (luge). The Canadian and American women’s hockey teams renew their rivalry in the preliminary round, which you can follow live here .

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To our daily Games briefing ; Read the full Winter Olympics schedule your views: live@theathletic. Com at 1:52 PM EST Max Mathews · Live Reporter Congratulations again to Ben Ogden Nancy mentioned American Ben Ogden s superb silver medal in the cross-country skiing earlier on , but theres no time like the present to hail his achievement again. A full half-century since an American made the podium in an event traditionally dominated countries.

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A full half-century since an American made the podium in an event traditionally dominated countries. Congrats to the 25-year-old from Lebanon, New Hampshire.

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