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Ep285: Winter Olympics Final standings! · Kidcast Daily

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  None. Hey knowledge seekers, welcome
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  to Kit Cast Daily where we explore sports, science, nature,
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  history and so much more one amazing episode at a time.
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  What an exciting day for winter sports fans.
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  The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina, Italy just
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  wrapped up with the final events and athletes from around the
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  world gave their all on snow. Today, we're diving into the
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  biggest news from the closing moments, including top medal
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  winners, record-breaking performances, and the final
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  standings. Get ready to learn about speed,
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  skill, and teamwork that made these Games unforgettable.
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  First up, let's talk about the overall medal count because
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  that's where countries stack up their hard work.
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  Norway came out on top with 41 medals total.
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  That's the most any country has ever won at a single Winter
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  Olympics, beating their own record from 2018.
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  They earned 18 golds, silvers and bronzes across many events,
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  showing how strong they are in snow sports. the United States
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  finished second with 33 medals, 12 golds, 12 silvers and 9
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  bronzes. That's a great haul for Team
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  USA, full of exciting wins in skating, skiing and sliding
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  sports. Italy, hosting the Games,
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  grabbed 4th place with 30 medals celebrating big on their home
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  turf. Other countries like France,
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  Canada and Switzerland also picked up medals on the last
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  full day, with Six Nations each winning three on Saturday alone.
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  These numbers come from tallies at the end of day 15, right
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  before the very last races, and slides sealed the deal.
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  One of the hottest stories from the final day was in women's
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  free ski slopestyle at Livinio Snow Park.
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  After a big snowstorm delayed things, the sun came out and
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  athletes soared high. China's Goo won gold with her
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  second run, scoring 94.75 points.
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  She nailed a clean pass with technical tricks and pumped her
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  ski poles after her final landing.
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  Her team mate Lee Fong Hui took silver and Zoe Atkin from
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  Britain earned bronze. Zoe is the defending world
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  champion at 23 years old and she said the group of skiers is
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  amazing, pushing everyone to new levels.
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  Her sister Isabel even won Olympic bronze in 2018.
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  Guzwin capped off a sunny day of flips and spins that had
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  everyone cheering. Shifting to the ice, curling
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  delivered a nail biter. In the women's final.
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  Sweden, led by Anna Hasselbourg, beat Switzerland's Silvana
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  Turinzoni 6 to 5 for gold. Sweden had upset top ranked
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  Canada in the semi finals and Canada grabbed bronze by beating
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  the United States. Curling is that game where teams
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  slide stones on ice toward a target, using brooms to guide
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  them. It takes precision and strategy
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  and these athletes practice for years to get those perfect
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  shots. Then there was the four man
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  bobsled, the last sliding event super fast and thrilling.
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  Germany's Lochner team won gold, beating two time defending
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  champion Francesco Friedrich from Germany by just 0.57
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  seconds. Their total time over four runs
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  was 3 minutes 37.57 seconds. Switzerland's Michael Voigt took
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  bronze, passing Germany's Adam Amour in the final run. the US
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  had strong showings too. Chris Horn sled finished 11th
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  with team mates Caleb Fernell, Hunter Powell and Karsten
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  Vissering, and Frank Del Dukas was 12th with Boone
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  Niederhoefer, Bryan Sisou and Josh Williamson.
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  Lochner retired after this win, his second gold here, ending his
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  career on a high note. In all bobsled events, Germany
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  dominated with eight medals. US got 3.
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  Switzerland won across sliding sports like bobsled, skeleton
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  and luge. Germany LED with 19 medals, then
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  Austria 5, Italy and US four each.
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  Cross country skiing had huge moments too.
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  Norway's Johannes host Flock Klebo won his record-breaking
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  6th gold in the men's 50 kilometers race, Martin Lowstrom
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  Nyenja got silver and Emil Iverson bronze all on Saturday.
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  That's endurance at its best, skiing 50 kilometers through
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  snow. In women's cross country,
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  Norway's Heidi won 1 silver in one event and Switzerland's
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  Nadia Kalin bronze. Sweden's Carlson and Sundling
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  were part of the silver team. In relay, US skier Jesse Diggins
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  pushed hard for bronze but finished fifth in a Sprint
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  finish. Team USA shown in so many spots.
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  Kaylee Humphreys and Jasmine Jones won bronze in two woman
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  bobsled, her 6th Olympic medal total and 2nd here.
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  She's over 40 and the most decorated woman in bobsled
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  history, matching Alanna Myers Taylor In mixed team aerials,
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  Kyla Koon, Connor Curran and Chris Lillis grabbed gold with
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  huge jumps. Mia Manganiello took bronze in
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  women's speed skating. Mass start speed skater Jordan
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  Stoltz earned 3 medals, gold in 500 meter and 1000 M silver in
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  1500 meter. Figure skater Alyssa Lou won two
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  golds in singles and team event. Ice dancers Madison Chalk and
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  Evan Bates got silver in dance and gold in team.
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  Skiers like Jalen Cough with two silvers and moguls, Liz Laemmle
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  gold and bronze and moguls and Ben Ogden 2 silvers.
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  In cross country, eight US athletes won multiple medals,
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  proof of talent and training. Freestyle skiing was AUS hotspot
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  with eight podiums total. Those aerials and moguls involve
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  flips, twists and bumps on courses that test balance and
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  air time. The half pipe finals for women
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  were set for the wrap up day, adding more excitement.
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  Hockey had buzzed too. Men's gold medal game was Team
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  USA versus Canada and Team USA won gold.
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  Women's hockey saw US gold earlier.
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  Curling gold for women was also on deck.
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  Other standouts, Humphrey's bobsled bronze made her record
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  setter. Climate played a role with
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  snowstorms and warm temps in Cortina, but athletes adapted.
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  These final standings show Norway's ski power, US variety
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  in skating and freestyle. Italy's home pride.
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  Germany ruled sliding with 19 medals there.
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  To wrap it up kids, The 2026 Winter Olympics ended with
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  Norway at 41 medals. 33 Italy, 30 stars like Goo, Klebo,
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  Lochner and Humphreys showed practice pays off.
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  Whether free skiing tricks, bobsled speed or ski endurance,
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  these athletes inspire us to try hard and stay active.
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  TuneIn next time for more kick cast daily adventures.