Johan-Olav Botn hit all 20 targets to claim gold for Norway in the Olympic 20 kilometres biathlon race on Tuesday. Botn, the early season World Cup leader, was 14.

Here is a look at where the medal count stands for Team USA and other nations as the competition heats up at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Norway is the heavy favorite to win the most medals at the Olympics, according to Kalshi’s Olympic prediction markets.

The 2026 Winter Olympics medal count is a tight race entering Day 6 of the Milan-Cortina Games, with three countries already racking up double-digit medals. Entering Thursday’s full day of events, the United States has moved into second place

A biathlete from Norway won a bronze medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics and then made a bizarre, emotional confession about his girlfriend afterwards.

ANTERSELVA, Italy (AP) — Johan-Olav Botn of Norway shot perfectly in his Olympic debut to secure the gold medal in the men’s 20-kilometer individual biathlon at the Milan Cortina Winter Games on Tuesday.

Sander Eitrem has put aside an awkward stumble at the start to win a gold medal for Norway in the men’s speedskating 5,000 meters.

Norway's Sturla Holm Lægreid apologized for admitting he cheated on his girlfriend moments after winning a bronze medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Brignone shrugged off difficult, foggy conditions to win her fourth career Olympic medal and become, at 35, the oldest female gold medalist in women’s Alpine skiing. Romane Miradoli of France took silver, and Cornelia Huetter of Austria got bronze.

Ben Ogden’s silver medal in the men’s sprint at the 2026 Winter Olympics ended a 50-year drought for U.S. men’s cross-country skiing.

The Winter Olympics bring sports we barely see outside of these few weeks. Many of them look exciting. Some of them look like a bad idea for normal people. A lot of these events mix speed, ice, height,