Spain won a first Winter Olympics gold since 1972 when twice reigning world champion Oriol Cardona Coll triumphed in the men's ski mountaineering sprint as the sport made its Games debut on Thursday.

What is "Skimo"? All about the new event at the Winter Olympics that made its debut in Milan in 2026.

Stream every moment and every medal of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games on Peacock. Read more NBC News coverage of the Olympics and the athletes competing. The most striking aspect of the 0-0 first period between the U.

Cortina saw Marianne Fatton triumph at the expense of the unfortunate Emily Harrop, with the transitions proving decisive to the outcome of the medals

BORMIO, Italy (AP) — Nikita Filippov, the ski mountaineer racer listed as an individual neutral athlete, was feeling the support. From family and his friends, who showed up in the stands for Thursday's race with a big picture of his face on a poster.

Fatton was near, or at, the front of the race in all of its stages, including a rigorous uphill climb and a treacherous downhill at the finish. Fatton beat France's Emily Harrop by over two seconds to claim gold in the sprint event.

ABOVE VIDEO: Marianne Fatton made history by winning gold in the first-ever Winter Olympic ski mountaineering sprint event. Can't view the above video? Click here. The newest sport on the Olympic program made its debut Thursday at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

Updated Feb. 19 medal table: Norway extends its lead to 16 gold and 34 total as ski mountaineering debuts and Nordic combined adds another Norway gold. The post Winter Olympics Medal Count Today (Feb.