After Team GB beat USA in their final round robin game today to end with a 5-4 record they now need either Norway to lose their final match to already-qualified Canada or Italy to lose their final match to unbeaten Switzerland. Both those games are on Thursday morning.
The gap between the two nations was sizable. A veteran Canadian team struggled to keep up with the energetic Americans. It resulted in a 5-0 loss for Canada, which counts as its only loss of the tournament after handily defeating almost every other opponent.
Norway's Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo made history on Sunday, but his quest at the Milan Cortina Olympics is not over just yet.
Here’s a fun thought experiment as these Games draw to a close.
A surprising competitor joined in on a women’s cross-country skiing event at the 2026 Winter Olympics.