Frida Karlsson took home the first women's gold medal of the 2026 Winter Olympics in the cross-country skiathlon. Karlsson held a commanding lead throughout the final few laps of the 20-kilometer race.

The American medal count sits at zero after the end of five events in Day 1. No country has more than one gold, with Italy, Japan, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland all winning a single event. The first three countries are all tied in the total medal race, with one gold, one silver and one bronze each.

Will the U.S. walk away with the most gold medals from the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics? Will Team USA challenge for the most medals overall? We’ll know in a little more than two short weeks. The first gold medals were awarded on Saturday,

So far, Team USA, Canada and most of the Western Hemisphere have not medaled yet in the Winter Olympics. Find out which countries have earned gold, silver and bronze here.

At the 2022 Beijing Olympics, the United States finished tied for third in the gold medal count, just behind Norway and Germany. The U.S. brought home nine gold medals, which was tied with China in that category, but the Americans finished fifth in the overall medal count with 25.

Canada is looking to beat its four-gold, 26-medal performance in Beijing in 2022, where Norway’s 14 gold medals set the record for most ever at a Winter Olympics.

While the U.S. is on top of the overall Olympic medal count, it is not the country that dominates winter sports like the 2026 Milano Cortina Games in Italy.

The first medals of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics have been won and while there’s still more medal events to go Saturday, some countries are off to a bigger start than others. Here’s a look at what’s been won so far and where things stand: Swiss racer Franjo von Allmen captured the Olympic downhill to win the first gold medal at the Milan Cortina Games.