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Winter Olympics: Best photos of the Milan-Cortina Games
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BBC Sport and Getty Images bring you a selection of the most striking images from each day of the Winter Olympics. United States' pilot Kaillie Armbruster Humphries and Jasmine Jones compete in the bobsleigh two-woman heat three at Cortina Sliding Centre. Photo by Al Bello Norway's Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo celebrates winning a record sixth gold medal with victory in the men's 50km mass start classic in cross country skiing at the Winter Olympics. Photo by Tom Weller Ukraine's Dmytro Drahun competes in the men's 50km mass start classic at Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium. Photo by Alex Pantling United States' Madison Chock and Evan Bates perform in the ice dance routine at Milano Ice Skating Arena. Photo by Maja Hitij Netherlands' Marijke Groenewoud leads the group in semi-final two of the speed skating women's mass start at Milano Speed Skating Stadium. Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos United States' gold medallist Alex Ferreira celebrates after the men's freeski halfpipe final at Livigno Snow Park. Photo by Cameron Spencer Olympic rings near the Curling Stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Photo by Mattia Ozbot United States' Nick Goepper crashes as he competes in the men's freeski halfpipe final at Livigno Snow Park. Photo by Cameron Spencer Digital composite of the men's freeski halfpipe final at Livigno Snow Park. Photo by Hector Vivas United States players pose with their gold medals after beating Canada 2-1 in overtime in the women's ice hockey final at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena. Photo by Gregory Shamus Switzerland players celebrate winning the bronze medals after their 2-1 overtime victory over Sweden at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena. Photo by Jared C. Tilton Germany's Johannes Lochner pilots his team in a four-man bobsleigh training run at Cortina Sliding Centre. Photo by Ryan Pierse Spain's Oriol Cardona Coll competes during the final of the ski mountaineering men's sprint at Stelvio Alpine Skiing Centre. Photo by Sean M. Haffey United States' Alysa Liu on her way to winning the gold medal in women's figure skating at Milano Ice Skating Arena. Photo by Joosep Martinson Australia's Abbey Willcox competes during the women's aerials qualification round at Livigno Air Park. Photo by Patrick Smith Norway's Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo on the way to winning his fifth gold of the 2026 Games in the men's cross-country team sprint at Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium. Photo by Maddie Meyer The United States' Elana Meyers Taylor takes part in bobsleigh training at Cortina Sliding Centre. Photo by Al Bello The USA's Winter Vinecki competes during women's aerials qualification at Livigno Air Park. Photo by Patrick Smith Estonia's Johanna Taliharm falls to the ground after competing during the women's 4x6km biathlon relay at Anterselva Biathlon Arena. Photo by Michael Steele Supporters look on during the women's team sprint free finals at Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium. Photo by Alex Pantling France's gold medalists Fabien Claude, Emilien Jacquelin, Quentin Fillon Maillet and Eric Perrot celebrate after the medal ceremony for the men's 4 x 7.5km biathlon relay. Photo by Alexander Hassenstein Athletes compete in the Men's 4 x 7.5km biathlon relay at Anterselva Biathlon Arenay. Photo by Michael Steele The United States' Mac Forehand reacts after competing in run three of the men's freeski big air at Livigno Air Park. Photo by Patrick Smith The United States' Amber Glenn competes during the women's single skating short program at Milano Ice Skating Arena. Photo by Sarah Stier Competitors take part in the men's biathlon 4 x 7.5km relay event at the Anterselva Biathlon Arena. Photo by Odd Andersen Japan's Riku Miura and partner Ryuichi Kihara compete during pair skating - free skating at Milano Ice Skating Arena. Photo by Matthew Stockman Italy's Pietro Sighel, Turkey's Furkan Akar and Latvia's Reinis Berzins crash in heat 2 of the short track speed skating men's 500m at Milano Ice Skating Arena. Photo by Jamie Squire Switzerland's Gregor Deschwanden jumps during the trial round of the men's large hill super team ski jumping at Predazzo Ski Jumping Stadium. Photo by Tobias Schwarz Japan's Riku Miura and partner Ryuichi Kihara react with an outpouring of emotion after competing during pair skating at Milano Ice Skating Arena. Photo by Elsa Team GB's Tabitha Stoecker and Matt Weston acknowledge fans after winning gold in the skeleton mixed team event at Cortina Sliding Centre. Photo by Al Bello Georgia's Anastasiia Metelkina and partner Luka Berulava compete in the pair's skating short program at Milano Ice Skating Arena. Photo by Matthew Stockman South Korea's Sohui Gim in action during the women's giant slalom at Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre. Photo by Julian Finney Latvia's Estere Volfa competes in the women's biathlon 10km pursuit at Anterselva Biathlon Arena. Photo by Alexander Hassenstein Men's giant slalom champion Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, from Brazil, jumps for joy on the podium alongside Swiss silver medallist Marco Odermatt and compatriot Loic Meillard, who won bronze, at Stelvio Alpine Skiing Centre. Photo by Dustin Satloff Poland's Kacper Tomasiak jumps during the men's large hill individual trial round at Predazzo Ski Jumping Stadium. Photo by Ryan Pierse Switzerland's Noe Roth participates in freestyle skiing aerials training at Livigno Air Park. Photo by David Ramos Switzerland's Mathilde Gremaud competes in the third run of the women's freeski big air qualification at Livigno Air Park. Photo by Hannah Peters Japan's Yuto Totsuka competes in the men's snowboard halfpipe final at Livigno Snow Park. Photo by David Ramos Kazakhstan's Mikhail Shaidorov reacts after winning men figure skating gold at Milano Ice Skating Arena. Photo by Jared C. Tilton Matt Weston in skeleton action at Cortina Sliding Centre on his way to Team GB's first medal of the Games. Photo by Ezra Shaw South Korea's Chaeun Lee competes in the men's snowboard halfpipe at Livigno Snow Park. Photo by Hannah Peters Matt Weston celebrates winning gold for Team GB in the men's skeleton at Cortina Sliding Centre. Photo by Julian Finney France's Jonas Chollet, United States' Nick Baumgartner, Italy's Lorenzo Sommariva and France's Loan Bozzolo compete during the men's snowboard cross small final at Livigno Snow Park. Photo by Hannah Peters US snowboarder Chloe Kim celebrates winning silver by holding the national flag during the medal ceremony for the women's halfpipe. Photo by Cameron Spencer Germany's Dajana Eitberger and Magdalena Matschina [out of shot] are congratulated by Julia Taubitz after winning the women's doubles in the luge team relay in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Photo by Carmen Mandato Sophia Kirkby shows the personal messages on her gloves after competing in the luge team mixed relay at Cortina Sliding Centre. Photo by Franck Fife Snoop Dogg - rapper and honorary coach of Team USA - watches the women's snowboard halfpipe final while wearing a jacket in support of US star Chloe Kim at Livigno Snow Park. Photo by Michael Reaves A flyover performed by the Frecce Tricolori is pictured prior to the men's downhill in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Photo by Alexander Hassenstein A digital composite of the women's snowboard halfpipe final at Livigno Snow Park. Photo by Hector Vivas Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych participates in a men's skeleton training session at Cortina Sliding Centre. Photo by Richard Heathcote A group of skiers on the course during the women's 15km individual biathlon at Anterselva Biathlon Arena. Photo by Ryan Pierse Italy's Marion Oberhofer and Andrea Voetter compete in the women's doubles luge event at Cortina Sliding Centre. Photo by Mattia Ozbot Canada's Laurianne Desmarais-Gilbert warms up prior to the women's moguls final, with a drone (top left) following her progress. Photo by Hector Vivas The three medal-winning teams (France, USA and Canada) in the figure skating ice dance event take a selfie during the medal ceremony at Milano Ice Skating Arena. Photo by Luo Yunfei China's Qiwu Song competes in the mixed team trial round at Predazzo Ski Jumping Stadium. Photo by Alex Slitz Canada's Courtney Sarault skates past United States athlete Corinne Stoddard and South Korea's Kim Gil-li as they crash in the short track mixed team relay semi-final at Milano Ice Skating Arena. Photo by Julie De Rosa Norway's Birk Ruud competes in the men's freeski slopestyle final at Livigno Air Park. An infrared camera in combination with on-camera filter was used to create this image. Photo by Hector Vivas Norway's Sebastian Schjerve warms up prior to the men's freeski slopestyle final at Livigno Air Park. Photo by David Ramos United States' ice hockey team huddle before their group-stage match against Canada at Milano Santa Giulia Ice Hockey Arena. Photo by Jared C. Tilton Megan Oldham warms up before the women's slopestyle final. Photo by Patrick Smith Switzerland's Briar Schwaller-Huerlimann in action during the mixed-doubles curling match against Canada. Photo by Carmen Mandato Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych in action during skeleton men's singles training at Cortina Sliding Centre. Photo by Richard Heathcote Switzerland's Mathilde Gremaud celebrates victory in the women's freeski slopestyle final at Livigno Snow Park. Photo by Ian MacNicol United States' River Radamus is followed by a drone during the men's team combined slalom at Stelvio Alpine Skiing Centre. Photo by Christian Petersen The USA's Ilia Malinin performs a somersault during his routine in the figure skating team event. Photo by Tim Clayton The drama of the women's parallel giant slalom is captured through a combination of images taken from a fixed camera at Livigno Snow Park. Photo by Hector Vivas Austria's Riccardo Martin Schoepf and Juri Thomas Gatt practise on the luge track in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Photo by Richard Heathcote American Lindsey Vonn is airlifted off the piste after crashing out of the women's downhill skiing. Photo by Luo Yunfei Biathletes prepare to shoot during the 4x6km mixed relay in Antholz-Anterselva. Photo by Alexander Hassenstein Australia's Jakara Anthony performs a flip during the freestyle skiing moguls at Livigno Air Park. Photo by David Ramos Germany's Felix Loch competes in the men's luge. Photo by Richard Heathcote Czech ski jumper Klara Ulrichova in action at Val di Fiemme. Photo by Maddie Meyer Slovenian Nika Prevc jumps over the Olympic rings at Val di Fiemme. Photo by Tom Weller Fireworks burst out of the Olympic rings during the opening ceremony at the San Siro. Photo by Matthias Hangst Two aerial actors are suspended in the San Siro during the opening ceremony. Photo by Matthias Hangst Mariah Carey performs during the opening ceremony. Photo by Elsa Models wearing creations designed by Giorgio Armani are pictured during the opening ceremony. Photo by Jared C Tilton Performers form the Milky Way during the opening ceremony. Photo by Matthias Hangst All photographs licensed by Getty Images and subject to copyright. All your football quizzes in one place