Olympics February 16: New champions, Ukraine results, table update
Photo: Six medal events held Monday at the 2026 Winter Olympics (photo: Getty Images)
On Monday, February 16, six medal events were held at the Winter Olympics 2026. Five athletes from Ukraine competed in four sports.
According to RBC-Ukraine, the day featured new champions, Ukrainian results, and an updated medal table.
Short track: Felszebur repeats success
After winning the 500 m event, the Netherlands’ Xandra Felszebur again climbed to the top step of the podium. This time she became the best at the 1000 m distance.
In the final, the future champion had to withstand serious competition from Canada’s Courtney Sarault and South Korea’s Kim Gil-li, who finished second and third, respectively.
Alpine skiing: Meillard completes full medal set
The Olympic champion in men’s slalom was determined. The winner was Switzerland’s Loic Meillard, for whom these Games became truly medal-rich. The Swiss athlete collected a full set of medals at the 2026 Olympics: today’s gold was added to silver in the team combined and bronze in giant slalom.
The silver medal was won by Austria’s Fabio Gstrein, while bronze went to Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen.
Ukraine’s Dmytro Shepiuk also competed in this discipline and placed 32nd overall.
Ski jumping: Austria — first champion in super team
For the first time in history, a set of medals was contested in the men’s paired ski jumping tournament — the super team event.
Olympic champions became Austria’s Jan Hoerl and Stefan Embacher. For Embacher, this is his debut Olympic medal, while Hoerl already has Olympic gold — four years ago, he won in the traditional team tournament.
Silver medals were won by Poland’s Pawel Wasek and Kacper Tomasiak. Bronze went to the Norwegian duo — Johann Andre Forfang and Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal.
The Ukrainian team, consisting of Yevhen Marusiak and Vitalii Kalinichenko, placed 14th.
Kateryna Kotsar (photo: Ski Federation of Ukraine)
Freestyle: Kotsar finishes in the top 10
In the women’s big air final, Ukraine was represented by Kateryna Kotsar, who finished in 10th place.
The gold medal was won by Canada’s Megan Oldham. Silver went to China’s Eileen Gu, while bronze was claimed by Italy’s Flora Tabanelli.
Bobsleigh: Two medals for the USA
In women’s monobob, gold was won by the United States’ Elana Meyers Taylor. Silver went to Germany’s Laura Nolte. Bronze was claimed by another U.S. athlete — Kaillie Humphries, who previously became the first Olympic champion in this discipline at the 2022 Games in Beijing.
Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara (photo: x.com/milanocortina26)
Figure skating: Historic gold for Japan
The competition day concluded with the pairs tournament in figure skating.
The winners were Japan’s Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara. They secured a historic gold medal for Japan — the first time figure skaters from the country have become Olympic champions in pairs skating.
Silver was won by representatives of Georgia — Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava.
Bronze medals went to Germany’s Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin from Germany.
Olympics 2026 — All medalists on February 16:
Short track. Women. 1000 m
- Xandra Velzeboer (Netherlands)
- Courtney Sarault (Canada)
- Kim Gil-li (South Korea)
Alpine skiing. Men. Slalom
- Loic Meillard (Switzerland)
- Fabio Gstrein (Austria)
- Henrik Kristoffersen (Norway)
Ski jumping. Men. Super team
- Jan Hoerl / Stefan Embacher (Austria)
- Pawel Wasek / Kacper Tomasiak (Poland)
- Johann Andre Forfang / Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal (Norway)
Freestyle. Women. Big air
- Megan Oldham (Canada)
- Eileen Gu (China)
- Flora Tabanelli (Italy)
Bobsleigh. Women. Monobob
- Elana Meyers Taylor (United States)
- Laura Nolte (Germany)
- Kaillie Humphries (United States)
Figure skating. Pairs
- Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara (Japan)
- Anastasiia Metelkina / Luka Berulava (Georgia)
- Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin (Germany)
Medal standings
Team Norway, with 12 gold medals, continues to confidently lead the medal standings. The closest challengers are the Italians, who trail in both gold and silver medals.
Top 10 medal standings
- Norway — 12 gold + 7 silver + 9 bronze = 28 medals
- Italy — 8 + 4 + 11 = 23
- United States — 6 + 8 + 5 = 19
- Netherlands — 6 + 5 + 1 = 12
- Austria — 5 + 7 + 3 = 15
- Sweden — 5 + 5 + 1 = 11
- Switzerland — 5 + 2 + 3 = 10
- Germany — 4 + 7 + 6 = 17
- France — 4 + 7 + 4 = 15
- Japan — 4 + 5 + 9 = 18
Olympics 2026: Top 10 medal standings
