2026 Winter Olympics updates, results: USA women’s hockey dominates Canada, Ilia Malinin steals the show

Day 4 at the 2026 Winter Olympics ended with a statement from the U.S. women’s hockey team. In the most anticipated game of the preliminary round, Team USA dominated Canada from start to finish, rolling to a 5-0 win and handing the Canadians their first shutout loss in Olympic history.

Caroline Harvey continued her breakout performance with her second straight three-point game, while Abbey Murphy added three assists. Laila Edwards also made history, becoming the first Black player to score an Olympic goal for the U.S. women’s team.

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Earlier in the day, Team USA secured a silver medal in mixed doubles curling, as Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin saw their impressive Olympic run end with a 6-5 loss to Sweden in the gold medal match. Sweden scored two points in the eighth and final end to break the tie and pull away. While the Americans came up just short of gold, the silver marks the United States’ first-ever Olympic medal in the mixed doubles curling event.

Thiesse also made history as the first American woman to medal in curling, with another opportunity still ahead when she competes in the women’s team event later in the Games.

Team USA found itself atop the leaderboard in men’s figure skating, where Ilia Malinin — a.k.a “Quad God” — delivered his strongest performance of the Games in the short program. Malinin scored a 108.16 to take the lead after Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama stepped out of a triple Axel, giving the American a roughly five-point cushion heading into Friday’s free skate.

Malinin held back the quad Axel in the short program, setting the stage for a potential decisive push in the final segment.

The U.S. added another medal on the sliding track, as Ashley Farquharson won bronze in women’s singles luge. Farquharson delivered strong third and fourth runs to post a combined time of 3:31.582, becoming the first American woman to medal in the event since 2014 and only the second overall since women’s luge debuted at the Olympics. Germany’s Julia Taubitz claimed gold, finishing nearly a full second ahead of the field.

In freestyle skiing, Alex Hall narrowly missed defending his Olympic title in men’s freeski slopestyle, settling for silver. Norway’s Birk Ruud edged Hall by just over half a point, with Hall rebounding from a shaky first run to put together a strong second effort. The two will meet again in big air next week.

Team USA also advanced three athletes to Wednesday’s women’s moguls final, with Elizabeth Lemley, Olivia Giaccio and Tess Johnson all finishing inside the top nine of the first qualifier. Jaelin Kauf will need to advance through the second qualifier to keep her medal hopes alive.

On the speed skating oval, the U.S. was knocked out of medal contention in the mixed team relay after a crash during the semifinal, while Italy claimed gold on home ice. Meanwhile, in alpine skiing, Mikaela Shiffrin fell just short of the podium in the women’s combined with Breezy Johnson, though the American duo of Jacqueline Wiles and Paula Moltzan captured bronze.

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The day also included a historic breakthrough in cross-country skiing, as Ben Ogden won silver in the men’s sprint classic — the first U.S. men’s medal in the sport in 50 years.

Here’s a look back at everything Team USA accomplished on Tuesday, with all the key results and highlights from another day of competition.