2026 Olympic Games in Review:

Over the past few weeks, thousands of athletes from around the world have been competing for a chance to win gold at the 2026 Olympic Games in Milano/Cortina, Italy. It's brought fan support in from 93 countries who all took part in this world-wide event. Having come to an end on Sunday, there's definitely some people going home happy and others in pure sadness. 

Over the course of the 16 days in Milan, there were a total of nine records broken, which is unbelievable. Home phenom, Italian's Francesca Lollobrigida dominated Woman's Speed Skating taking home a pair of gold medals as well as an Olympic Record in the Women's 3000m. Femke Kok & Juuta Leerdam were the Dutch's top performers, winning in the 500m & 1000m and both breaking records along the way. All nine of these new olympic records set at these games were set on the ice tracks, with seven coming in speed skating & two coming in short track speed skating. 

Prior to these Olympic Games, the Norwegian sensation was already a legend, having won five gold medals across both the 2018 and 2022 olympics. Johannes Høsflot Klæbo also came in with 116 World Cup wins & as a 15-time world champion. This time around, he was searching for the ultimate goal. A perfect 6/6. Kicking things off early on in these games, he managed to take home his first gold. Across two weeks, Klæbo didn't just win all four of his individual events, he managed to win both of the relay events as well, taking home the most gold medals an athlete has ever taken home at a single Olympic Games. Simply remarkable. Klæbo was undoubtedly a huge part in Norway's success in winning the entire medal count as well in 2026.

Last year's Four Nations Faceoff gave us a little taste of international hockey greatness and to conclude the Olympics in 2026, the two powerhouses collided again in the finals. USA came out hot, scoring in the opening six minutes of the game on an excellent play by Matt Boldy of the Minnesota Wild. Then, things started to turn. Canada was a bit unfortunate with a couple of missed calls throughout this game. But, with some of the chances that they were creating, it shouldn't have even mattered. With a pair missed "empty nets" in the 3rd period, it was only a question of when those misses would come back to cost the entire nation of Canada. As the game headed into OT, the tension was definitely building, perhaps even more than at the start of the game. In 3-on-3, one lucky break can change the entire course of the game. In the end, Jack Hughes ended the game, leading USA to its third hockey gold medal ever, and first since the 1980's. Canada outshot the USA 42-28 in the game. Connor Hellebuyck stood on his head and got my respect. With the USA winning the Woman's Hockey as well in OT, the American's completed the clean hockey sweep. Now, fans will have to wait four more years to see these teams compete for gold at an Olympic Games again.