Fresh off winning gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, U.S. Olympian hockey stars Hilary Knight, Jack Hughes and Quinn Hughes will join â€œThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy
Americans are still celebrating the wave of success from the 2026 Winter Olympics and one Team USA hockey star is continuing that party with several late-night show appearances. Both the men’s and women’s hockey teams celebrated their gold medals
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After Team USA won gold in the mixed team aerials final on Saturday, the nation made personal history with its most golds won in a single Winter Olympics. Then on the last day of the games, Team USA stunned Canada 2-1 in overtime to win men's ice hockey gold and add to the total collection.
In Friday's medal events, Team USA picked up another gold medal in the men's Freestyle Skiing halfpipe final, where Alex Ferreira finally captured gold to complete his set after winning silver and bronze in 2018 and 2022. Ferreira threw down a 93.75 in his third and final run of the night to jump ahead of Estonia's Henry Sildaru for the gold medal.
In the men's cross-country team spring, Ben Ogden and Gus Schumacher surged to silver to deliver the United States its first-ever Olympic medal in the event. Ogden won his second silver as he previously became the first American man to reach an Olympic cross-country podium since 1976.
Eileen Gu, the American-born freeskier competing for China, won her second consecutive Olympic gold medal in the women’s halfpipe. After pulling out on her first run, Gu bounced back with a 94.00 in Run 2 and a 94.75 in Run 3. Either score was good enough to seize gold in a competition where only the best score counts.
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The 11th gold broke the record set at the last Olympics on U.S. soil — in Salt Lake City in 2002, which has long stood as a turning point for a Winter sports program that had struggled over previous decades. Team USA took home 10 gold medals at those Games.
The United States finished the 2026 Winter Games with 33 total medals. Was it enough to top the competition?