After failing to win a medal on the first day of the short track speed skating races of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Tuesday, South Korea will try to get on the board on Thursday. The quarterfinals,

Three different athletes crashed on the exact same corner during the short track speed skating competitions at the Olympics. Their nearly identical wipe

Here's how to watch short track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics with a schedule of events, TV channels and live streams.

While China certainly has the talent to win back-to-back golds in the Mixed Team Relay, and the host nation will bring its best effort, South Korea has more than enough talent to score a podium finish, as does Canada, which finished fourth after being penalized.

The USA-Canada rivalry transcends hockey as the Canadians celebrated an American crash in the speed skating event.

Maxim Naumov, the figure skater competing in his first Olympics, provided the emotional high of the day. He posted an 85.65 in the men’s short program, his season-best score. About a year ago, both of his parents died in a plane crash — and today, he held up a photo of them as his score was announced.

Italy won the first short track medal of the 2026 Winter Olympics, skating to gold in the mixed relay with Canada and Belgium rounding out the podium.

The Canadian men's hockey team reacted to an Olympic crash for Team USA during a speedskating event at Milano Cortina.

See the latest United States medal count at the Winter Olympics 2026. See the official medal count by sport, and daily winners from Milan-Cortina.