{"id":200812,"date":"2026-02-18T14:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/winter-olympics-2026-live-updates-shiffrin-cruises-to-slalom-gold-ogden-earns-u-s-another-silver-more-day-12-news-the-new-york-times\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:58:09","slug":"winter-olympics-2026-live-updates-shiffrin-cruises-to-slalom-gold-ogden-earns-u-s-another-silver-more-day-12-news-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/winter-olympics-2026-live-updates-shiffrin-cruises-to-slalom-gold-ogden-earns-u-s-another-silver-more-day-12-news-the-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Olympics 2026 live updates: Shiffrin cruises to slalom gold, Ogden earns U.S. another silver, more Day 12 news – The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fukada Mari<\/strong> of Japan has put together the best run of the day by far, and now sits atop the leaderboard, logging an 85.70.
That is well clear of countrywoman Kokomo Murase<\/strong>, who is sitting second with a tally of 79.30.
With eight snowboarders left in the second run of the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final, Murase Kokomo<\/strong> of Japan currently sits in gold position with a score of 79.30.
Annika Morgan<\/strong> of Germany holds second place at the moment with a score of 77.78 and Zoi Sadowski-Synnott <\/strong>of New Zealand is in third with a 73.01.
Americans Jessica Perlmutter<\/strong> and Lily Dhawornvej<\/strong> will not medal as it stands, sitting in fifth and ninth respectively.
Minnesota Wild fourth goalie, essentially, Samuel Hlavaj<\/strong> is now 2-1 in the Olympics with a 2.67 goals against average and a 0.932 save percentage.
He has backstopped proud Slovakia<\/strong> into the semifinals.
Washington Capitals defenseman Martin Fehervary said:
💬 \u201cHe\u2019s our backbone \u2026 His time is coming (in the NHL).\u201d<\/em><\/strong>
Slovakia<\/strong> is having so much more fun than anybody else here. It seems so loose. I asked Dalibor Dvorsk\u00fd<\/strong> why:
💬 \u201cWe play the sport we love, right? We *should* be having fun playing it and we are.\u201d<\/em><\/strong>
Given the choice of getting on the board with a point or keeping the hammer for the fifth straight end, Danny Casper<\/strong> chose the latter.
So he opted for a takeout and a blank end, which leaves the score at 6-0 to Britain.
This game is moving on more quickly than the others, which are all much closer.
Canada<\/strong> now trails Italy 3-2, while the Norwegians have tied it up with Switzerland<\/strong> at 3-3. The Czechs are 5-2 up on China.
Wow! It is not USA<\/strong> skipper Danny Casper\u2019s day … so far.
He has just pushed an easy draw for one straight through the back of the house, giving Britain<\/strong> a four-point haul against the head. The Brits are now 6-0 up after three ends.
But do not forget, GB needs other results to go its way and so far, the Italy-Canada<\/strong> game is not. Much to the delight of the crowd, the hosts stole two against the hammer as well.
The Swiss<\/strong> are doing their bit though. They lead Norway 3-1.
Ten days ago, the United States men had not medaled in cross-country skiing in 50 years.
Now, they\u2019ll head home from Italy with at least two pieces of hardware after Ben Ogden<\/strong> and Gus Schumacher<\/strong> won silver in the team sprint relay today.
Ogden ended the drought last week with a second-place finish in the individual sprint \u2014 an emotional moment for a U.S. team that has spent years building up its men\u2019s program behind a group of young athletes.
In the 2022 Olympics, Ogden and Schumacher finished ninth in this same race. Four years later, they\u2019ve gone seven better.
It\u2019s the first time the U.S. has medaled in the event since Kikkan Randall and Jessie Diggins won a historic gold in Beijing in 2018.
Randall and Schumacher are both from Alaska and years ago, Randall gave Schumacher a pair of her old poles.
Now, the torch \u2014 or rather the poles \u2014 have officially passed from Randall, who retired in 2018, and Diggins, who plans to retire at the end of this season, to Ogden and Schumacher.
Hmmm \u2026 Britain<\/strong> steal one in first end to go 1-0 up on Danny Casper\u2019s USA<\/strong>. Loooong way to go.
The Olympic curling scriptwriters have set this one up beautifully, as on the next sheet over we have unbeaten Switzerland playing third-placed Norway.
GB and USA need the Swiss to keep winning and they have jumped to a 2-0 lead after one end.
And over on the far sheet, we have second-placed Canada<\/strong>, who have already booked their semi-final place, against Italy.
That is another game the Americans would like their northern neighbours to win, while the Brits will be hoping Canada does it for the Commonwealth.
That game is 0-0 after the first end.
And you have to say, keeping your cool when your closest rival after the first run managed to straddle the very first gate just moments before you, is pretty impressive.
With 17 World Cup wins, nine slalom globes and four world titles, Mikaela Shiffrin<\/strong> now has a third Olympic title \u2014 12 years after becoming the youngest slalom gold medallist on the slopes of Rosa Khutor at Sochi 2014.
Two arms in the air and giving off the vibes of relief more than anything, Mikaela Shiffrin<\/strong> celebrates her gold.
Two outstanding runs under huge pressure, even if only from herself.
The tears do flow for Anna Swenn Larsson<\/strong> however, as she claims a surprise bronze for Sweden. Switzerland\u2019s Camille Rast<\/strong> has the women\u2019s slalom silver.
She\u2019s done it! Mikaela Shiffrin<\/strong> wins gold!
Her first Olympic medal since 2018.
SHE\u2019S DONE IT!
PURE, SUBLIME SLALOM \u2014 and she\u2019s smashed the field by 1.5 seconds.
It\u2019s gold for Mikaela Shiffrin<\/strong> and the U.S.
Beijing ghosts exorcised. And eventually some smiles to boot.
What a beautiful moment from the best to do it. <\/p>\n

Wow! Germany's Lena Duerr<\/strong> goes out immediately on her second run.
It's time for Mikaela Shiffrin. She has a 1.05-second edge.
Is the end of her Olympic slump?<\/p>\n

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Olympics2026 WinterOlympicsliveUpdated 9m agoMikaela Shiffrin ended her Winter Olympics medal drought in style on Day 12 of the Milan Cortina Games, cruising to gold in the women\u2019s Alpine skiing slalom.The American set herself up with a rapid first run and finished the job in the second, beating Switzerland\u2019s Camille Rast by 1.50 seconds.Earlier on, Ben […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":200813,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-200812","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-us","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}