It made Taubitz and Langenhan the only double-gold winners in luge at this year's Olympics, where Germany — again — was the overall best, with three golds and five medals overall. Italy won four medals (two gold, two bronze), as did Austria (three silver, one bronze).

Ariane Raedler and Katharina Huber of Austria won gold in the new team combined event. Paula Moltzan and Jacqueline Wiles of the United States took bronze.

The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina will feature 116 medal events over 16 sports. Norway leads Winter Olympic history with 405 all-time medals; USA is second with 330. NHL players will compete in hockey competition for first time since 2014.

Shiffrin is the most successful World Cup racer of all time but has now gone seven straight Olympic races without a medal.

Nordic combined is one of the 16 original Winter Olympics events, dating back to the Games’ origins in 1924 in Chamonix, France. It’s also the only winter sport to never allow women to compete at the Games.

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — The fans from the Czech Republic clanged cowbells and waved their red-white-and-blue tricolor for a sun-splashed Olympic victory they simply knew was coming. Then, they all looked down and checked their programs.

Austria’s Benjamin Karl became the first athlete to win four Olympic medals in snowboard by winning gold in the parallel giant slalom, a fitting and thrilling outcome for the athlete’s final Olympic games.