United States' Mikaela Shiffrin, left, is hugged by United States' Paula Moltzan at the finish area of an alpine ski, women's team combined race, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)2026-02-10T16:07:16Z CORTINA DAMPEZZO, Italy (AP) Make that seven straight races without a medal for Mikaela Shiffrin at the Winter Olympics.The American skiing standout was given the ideal platform to win the new team combined event after partner Breezy Johnson led the opening downhill leg on Tuesday.Shiffrin was the last racer out in the slalom the second leg of the event and was 15th, dropping the U.S. to fourth place and extending her Olympic slump that stretches back to 2022 when she didnt win a medal in any of her six races at the Beijing Games.Ariane Raedler and Katharina Huber of Austria won gold, while Paula Moltzan and Jacqueline Wiles took bronze ahead of their more high-profile U.S. teammates.Olympic redemption will have to wait, then, for Shiffrin, who is the most successful World Cup racer of all time with a record 108 victories. She is set to compete in her core events of slalom and giant slalom later in the Milan Cortina Games as she looks to add to her two golds and a silver from her first two Olympics.Johnson missed out on a second medal of these Games, having won the downhill on Sunday. Klaebo nears gold medal recordDont be surprised if Johannes Hsflot Klbo soon holds the all-time record for gold medals at the Winter Games.The Norwegian cross-country star powered to his second straight Olympic gold and seventh of his career by winning the mens sprint. He was a comfortable 0.8 seconds ahead of Ben Ogden of the United States.Klbo moved to one gold behind three compatriots: Marit Bjrgen, Bjrn Dhlie and Ole Einar Bjrndalen, all of whom have retired with a record-tying eight. Bjrgen and Dhlie also were cross-country skiers. Klbo can join them by winning the 10 kilometers freestyle on Friday. He already won the skiathlon on Sunday for his sixth gold.In the womens final, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden watched on as the country swept the medals. Linn Svahn edged defending champion Jonna Sundling and Maja Dahlqvist was third. Botn tribute to late teammate after biathlon winJohan-Olav Botn paid tribute to a Norway teammate who died in the lead-up to the Games, after winning the mens 20-kilometer individual biathlon.As he crossed the finish line, Botn pointed to the sky in a tribute to Sivert Guttorm Bakken, who was found dead in his hotel room in Lavaz, Italy, in December.The golds for Botn and Klbo took Norway to six three more than any other nation so far. Medal No. 12 for Fontana in short track speedskatingTwenty years later, Italian short track speedskater Arianna Fontana is still winning medals at the Winter Olympics.The latest was a gold in the mixed team relay. That took her to three golds and 12 medals overall in an Olympic career that started in 2006 when she was age 15 at the Winter Games in Turin.Fontana was already the most decorated short track speedskater of all time and theres chances for more medals in the 500 and the 3,000 relay at these Olympics.___AP Olympics: https://apnews.com/hub/milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics STEVE DOUGLAS Douglas is a Europe-based sports writer who has covered some of the worlds biggest events for The AP over the last 15 years, notably the mens soccer World Cup final in 2022. As well as soccer, he handles a range of other sports including golf, cricket and rugby. mailto