Global sports fans have expressed disbelief over Australia’s record Winter Olympics success, as the nation topples northern hemisphere heavyweights in the medal tally.

After three weeks in northern Italy, Julian Linden is ready to dish out his own Olympic medals after witnessing the best Australian team ever.

Danielle Scott’s silver medal win at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics delivers Australia its sixth medal. Scott’s silver is the first medal Australia has won in aerials since Lydia Lassila's bronze and David Morris' silver in 2014 ( ABC ).

If you’ve been following freestyle skiing and snowboarding at the Winter Olympics, you’ve probably noticed the blue flag with a Union Jack in the upper lefthand corner and a Southern Cross on the right side popping up pretty frequently on the leaderboard.

Indra Brown has the chance to put the seal on a landmark Winter Olympics for Australia with a medal after reaching the freeski halfpipe final at Milan-Cortina

Mari Fukada as scans show she suffered a bruised sternum in the nasty crash

Australia has won five medals at Milan Cortina, making the 2026 Games the nation's most successful Winter Olympics to date.

Two of Australia's 2026 Winter Olympic Games medallists, Cooper Woods and Danielle Scott, will carry the flag at the closing ceremony in Verona.

Join now and get your first month for just $1. The Australians missed a medal place by 23.64 points with the United States taking gold, silver for Switzerland and China rounding out the podium places.