Team USA Wins Record 11th Gold Medal at Milano Cortina Winter Games

preCharge News SPORTS — The U.S. Olympic team captured a record-breaking 11th gold medal at the Milano Cortina Winter Games on Saturday, after Kaila Kuhn, Connor Curran, and Chris Lillis won the mixed team aerials title.

The gold medal broke the previous U.S. Winter Olympics record of 10, set at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, a milestone long seen as a turning point for the country’s Winter sports program.

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Sarah Hirshland, CEO of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, said the success reflects a long-term strategy focused on competitiveness across disciplines.

“Our focus and our strategy has always been about breadth,” Hirshland said. “We want to win in everything. We want to make every sport better.”

She contrasted the U.S. approach with nations that dominate only a handful of events, emphasizing sustained development across the entire Winter sports ecosystem.

U.S. Medal Count Reaches 30

Norway Still Leads Overall

The mixed aerials victory lifted the U.S. to 30 total medals, placing Team USA second behind Norway, which set a Winter Games record with its 17th gold medal a day earlier.

Freeskiing and Speedskating Power Gold Surge

Jordan Stolz Leads on the Ice

The largest share of U.S. gold medals came from freeskiing and speedskating, which combined for four golds. Speedskater Jordan Stolz captured two gold medals, cementing his status as one of the Games’ breakout stars.

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Team USA could add to its gold total Sunday when the U.S. men’s hockey team faces Canada in a highly anticipated matchup.

The 2026 Games also feature 38 more medal events than the 2002 Winter Olympics, significantly expanding opportunities for podium finishes.

Officials Say Medal Target Was Met

Podium Nation Goal Achieved

Fin Kirwan, the USOPC’s chief of Olympic sport, said the organization had targeted a top-three finish in the medal standings.

“We stated we wanted to be a podium nation,” Kirwan said. “We said it will likely take 30 medals and we got after it.”

He added that the record gold-medal performance demonstrated that the U.S. team’s top athletes delivered when it mattered most.

Here are some looks and links to the rest of the 11 U.S. gold-medal winners:

Alex Ferreira, freeskiing

American freeskier Alex Ferreira rounds out his Olympic collection with his first gold in Milan. He took silver in Pyeongchang in 2018, and bronze four years ago in Beijing.

Breezy Johnson, alpine

Her long journey to a gold medal included a knee injury four years ago on the same mountain where she won.

Elizabeth Lemley, moguls

Nicknamed “Lizard,” she joins a lexicon of great U.S. moguls skiers, including 2010 champion Hannah Kearney and her teammate, Jaelin Kauf, who now has three silver medals.

Alysa Liu, figure skating

The 20-year-old stepped away after the Beijing Games, rediscovered her love for figure skating and happily claimed the gold medal — the first for U.S. women since 2002.

Elana Meyers Taylor, bobsled

At her sixth Olympics, she finally broke through, becoming the oldest Winter Olympian to win gold at age 41.

Mikaela Shiffrin, alpine

The most winning skier of all time cashes in at the Olympics with slalom gold after a tear-stained shutout four years ago.

Jordan Stolz, speedskating (2)

Joined Eric Heiden at Lake Placid in 1980 as only the second man to capture the 500 and 1,000. Goes for a third title Saturday night.

U.S. figure skating team

Liu, Amber Glenn and Ilia Malinin are among the members of a team that brings home a second straight gold; the last one took two years to capture after the Russian doping saga.