It’s Day 5 of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, and we have another big day ahead of us with eight gold medals on the line. Follow along for live coverage, context and analysis from our reporters on the ground in Italy.

The final quarterfinal spot from Group B will be determined on Wednesday, as Italy takes on Germany on the last day of the preliminary round of the women’s ice hockey tournament at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

The newly built sliding track for the Milan/Cortina Olympics is controversial but the German team is aiming to turn it into another gold mine at the Games. German athletes have a long history of success in bobsleigh,

MILAN -- The Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 men’s hockey tournament begins Wednesday when the 12 nations compete in three groups. Group A consists of Canada, Czechia, France and Switzerland. Finland, Italy, Sweden and Slovakia will play in Group B. Group C features Denmark, Germany, Latvia and the United States.

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To date, at least two European athletes have also broken their medals. In a moment captured on German TV that subsequently went viral, biathlete Justus Strelow suddenly realized as he danced with teammates that the mixed relay bronze he'd won on Sunday had detached from the ribbon around his neck and clattered to the floor.

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