US takes gold in figure skating team event at Winter Olympics

American Olympians person had a pugnacious clip getting onto the podium successful the archetypal 2 days of the 2026 Winter Olympics, but wrapped up Sunday with a golden medal.

U.S. fig skating took location the golden medal successful the fig skating squad event. Team USA had a full people of 69 points and edged Japan for the apical spot by conscionable 1 point. Italy finished with the bronze medal with 60 points.

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Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States vie during the fig skating crystal creation squad lawsuit astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Milan, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026.  (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

The Americans needed to decorativeness adjacent the apical successful crystal dancing, brace skating, women’s singles skating and men’s singles skating. Madison Chock and Evan Bates crushed the crystal dancing discipline, scoring a 133.23 and picking up the 10 points needed to commencement the time connected top.

Danny O’Shea and Kam Ellie did capable to prime up 1 much constituent than they received successful the qualifications. Though, the brace fell down Japan’s Ryuichi Kihara and Riku Miura, Georgia’s Luka Berulava and Anastasiia Metelkina and Italy’s Niccolo Macii and Sara Conti.

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Ilia Malinin of the United States reacts to his scores aft competing during the fig skating men's squad lawsuit astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Amber Glenn picked up 8 points successful the last circular of the women’s azygous skating but finished down Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto and Anastasiia Gubanova.

Ilia Malinin, nicknamed the "Quad God," needed a astir cleanable regular successful men’s azygous skating and helium delivered connected the biggest signifier of his vocation frankincense far. He scored a 200.03 and got the 10 points needed to vault the U.S. into archetypal place. Japan’s Shun Sato enactment the unit connected with his show but lone scored a 194.86.

It was the 2nd golden medal for the U.S. connected Sunday. Breezy Johnson took location the archetypal earlier successful the time successful alpine skiing women’s downhill.

Ilia Malinin of the United States competes during the fig skating men's squad lawsuit astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

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The Americans lone person 2 full medals going into Monday’s schedule.

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