As is tradition, the Netherlands has a number of athletes who have the potential to medal in the event. Femke Kok, Marrit Fledderus and Jutta Leerdam are among the top-ranked 1000m skaters heading into the Winter Games. It was Leerdam who won the silver medal in Beijing four years ago.

The United States women's hockey team has thrashed Finland 5-0 in Milan, improving to 2-0 at these Olympic Games.

It took Canada more than 27 minutes to get their first goal of the tournament.

The wait is finally over — the 2026 Winter Olympics have arrived, bringing the world's best athletes to the historic cities of Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

A huge morning out on the slopes for Switzerland who, thanks to golds in the men's Alpine skiing combined team event and the women's freestyle skiing freeski slopestyle, are flying up the medal table.