LAGO DI TESERO, ITALY — Before he became the most famous dog at the Olympics, Nazgul was not known as an escape artist. Still, his owners, Enrico and Alice Varesco, were not taking chances when they left him alone at their apartment alongside the Olympic cross-country ski trails this week.

Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics wraps up on Saturday afternoon at the Milan Ice Skating Arena, with the Exhibition Gala featuring some of the biggest stars in the Milan Cortina Games. Team USA stars like Alysa Liu,

Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics wraps up on Saturday afternoon, with a fun event for the fans at the Milan Figure Skating Arena. The Exhibition Gala will take place, featuring the biggest stars from the Milan Cortina Games.

Keep up with all the medals handed out during the 2026 Milano Cortina games.

Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, of Norway, crosses the finish line to win the gold medal during the cross country skiing men's 50km mass start Classic at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. Credit: AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth

The Italian federation was haunted by what happened at the 2006 Turin Olympics. Twenty years later, their performance is meeting the moment.

A small design flaw in the medals for the Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina turned a durability promise into a very public stress test

Italy has already recorded its best-ever Winter Olympics medal haul, powered primarily by women, as gender parity efforts deliver historic results at Milan Cortina 2026.