Marcus Mueller and Ansel Haugsjaa have put USA Luge in the Olympic record book by leading a race after a heat for the first time.

It’s Day 5 of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics with eight gold medals on the line today. The first went to Switzerland’s Franjo von Allmen, who added Alpine skiing’s super-G to his downhill and team combined titles.

Watch and follow Winter Olympics action, with Team GB's Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson going for a figure skating medal later on day five.

The first U.S. women's luge medal since 2014 went to Ashley Farquharson, who overcame fifth-place start to earn Olympic bronze in thrilling competition.

Farquharson sealed the bronze medal with a strong fourth run, earning just the seventh U.S. Olympic luge medal ever, men or women.

Live updates from the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Tuesday. Get the latest news, results, medal count, TV schedules and highlights from Italy.

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CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Ashley Farquharson crossed the finish line, looked at the giant scoreboard at the end of the track and then immediately began to cry. A happy cry, at that. A very happy cry.

Ashley Farquharson became the second American woman ever and first in 12 years to win an Olympic medal in luge Tuesday.

Germany's Max Langenhan becomes the latest Olympic luge champion, winning gold in the men's singles at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Host Alexander Skarsgård plays a Milan Cortina-bound coach who's just trying to get his athlete to get on a sled.

Team USA luge star flooded with DMs after Valentine's date wanted post goes viral originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Team USA luge star Sophia Kirkby is being flooded with DM's after posting a Valentine's Day call for a date on social media.