Olympics 2026: Shocking February 9 winners, updated medal table
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The third day of competition at the Winter Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo has ended. While Switzerland and the Netherlands are setting records, Ukrainian athletes are drawing global attention with important social statements.
RBC-Ukraine reports on the Olympic champions and the situation in the medal standings.
Swiss dominance and drama in snow parks
Monday, February 9, was marked by the Swiss flag. In women’s freestyle (slopestyle discipline), Mathilde Gremaud delivered a true masterclass.
She successfully defended her reigning champion status, finishing ahead of China’s star Eileen Gu by just 0.38 points.
For Gu, this silver was painful, as she was aiming for three-time champion status, but the Chinese athlete will try to bounce back on February 14 in big air.
Canada’s Megan Oldham took bronze.
Ukraine’s Kateryna Kotsar showed a strong performance in this discipline but stopped one step from the decisive stage, failing to reach the final top ten.
Results, slopestyle, women:
- Mathilde Gremaud (Switzerland) – 86.96
- Eileen Gu (China) – 86.58
- Megan Oldham (Canada) – 76.46
The Swiss made an even louder statement in alpine skiing. In the innovative discipline, the team that combined to win the gold medal was the duo Franjo von Allmen and Tanguy Nef.
For von Allmen, this is already his second top award in Milan. Interestingly, due to identical finish results, organizers awarded two sets of silver medals, shared by another Swiss pair (Odermatt/Meillard) and the Austrians (Kriechmayr/Feller).
Results, alpine skiing, team combined:
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Franjo von Allmen / Tanguy Nef (Switzerland) – 2:44.04
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Marco Odermatt / Loic Meillard (Switzerland) – +0.99
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Vincent Kriechmayr / Manuel Feller (Austria) – +0.99
Record on ice and Jake Paul’s emotions
Speed skating delivered a new Olympic record. Dutch star Jutta Leerdam covered the 1000-meter distance in 1:12.31, leaving teammate Femke Kok behind.
The triumph of the queen of ice triggered an emotional reaction from her fiancé, famous blogger-boxer Jake Paul, who watched the race with tears in his eyes.
Results, speed skating, 1000 m, women:
- Jutta Leerdam (Netherlands) – 1:12.31 (OR)
- Femke Kok (Netherlands) – +0.28
- Miho Takagi (Japan) – +1.64
In the ski jumping sector (HS 107), German athlete Philipp Raimund celebrated a sensational victory.
Season leader Domen Prevc failed his second attempt and finished only sixth.
Ukrainian jumpers Yevhen Marusiak and Vitalii Kalinichenko failed to pass qualification, finishing 42nd and 47th respectively.
Results, ski jumping, men:
- Philipp Raimund (Germany) – 274.1
- Kacper Tomasiak (Poland) – 270.7
- Ren Nikaido (Japan) and Gregor Deschwanden (Switzerland) – 266.0
Strong messages from Ukrainians and medal standings
Although the Ukrainian team remained without medals on February 9, Ukrainian athletes attracted media attention with their statements.
Luger Olena Smaga, who is currently 18th after two runs, addressed the camera after finishing with a strong message to the world.
"Glory to Ukraine! Remember the price we pay to be here!" the athlete said.
Yulianna Tunytska is currently in 16th position.
Meanwhile, skeleton team leader Vladyslav Heraskevych showed a helmet with images of Ukrainian athletes killed in the war.
Vladyslav has already impressed in training, showing third and fifth times, giving hope for strong results in the starts on February 12.
Top 5 medal standings (after 3 days):
- Norway – 3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze (6)
- Switzerland – 3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze (5)
- Japan – 2 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze (7)
- Germany – 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze (4)
- USA – 2 gold, 0 silver, 0 bronze (2)
Today, February 10, a record 9 medal sets will be contested at the 2026 Olympics.
Earlier, it was reported that the IOC is signaling a possible return of Russian athletes.
Also, find out which sports were included in the Olympic program for 2026.
