Winter Olympics Recap: Ukrainian Athlete Excluded, Kim Falls Short, and Brignone Completes Comeback

Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych left, holds his crash helmet at the mixed zone of the sliding center at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, on Feb. 12, 2026. Alessandra Tarantino/AP Photo

MILAN—An all-time great comeback and a controversial exclusion were the dominant stories at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Day 6.

And then there’s Chloe Kim, the American snowboarder who fell just short in her bid to become the first to win three consecutive Olympic gold medals in her sport.