BORMIO, Italy (AP) — The sport of ski mountaineering made its long-awaited Olympics debut Thursday and crowned its first champion at the Milan Cortina Games in Marianne Fatton of Switzerland. With snow falling,

Switzerland and Sweden face off in the women's ice hockey third-place game of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina on Thursday, with both teams hoping to claim bronze.

The sport of ski mountaineering made its long-awaited Olympics debut Thursday and crowned its first champion at the Milano Cortina Winter Games in Marianne Fatton of Switzerland.

There are two women's hockey games on Thursday, Feb. 19, and medals are on the line. Sweden and Switzerland will meet in the bronze medal game at 8:40 a.m. ET. Then the United States and Canada are meeting in the gold medal game at 1:10.

Sweden and Switzerland clash for Olympic bronze in a tight women’s hockey showdown at the 2026 Winter Games. What could unfold on the ice — whether in regulation, overtime or beyond — may redefine both teams’ stories in Milano‑Cortina.

It is Day 13 of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics and another eight medals are on offer. Heavy snowfall in Livigno has led to the postponement of the men's freeski halfpipe qualification, but women's qualification is still planned to go ahead later today.

It started with a fresh face from Switzerland named Franjo von Allmen bursting on the Olympic scene by grabbing the first of an historic three gold medals in ski racing.

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 first-ever ski mountaineering gold has gone to Switzerland's Marianne Fatton!

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.