Winter Olympic Highlights Day 15: Klaebo's gold rush goes on as men's curling climaxes

Canada's Marc Kennedy competes in a men's curling semi-final match against Norway at the 2026 Winter Olympics
Canada's Marc Kennedy competes in a men's curling semi-final match against Norway at the 2026 Winter OlympicsCredit: ČTK / AP / Fatima Shbair

The 2026 Winter Olympic Games are into the final two days. On day 15, a mammoth 12 medal events will take place. At Flashscore, we have picked out three events that you shouldn't miss.

 Cross-country: Men's 50km mass start

11:00 CET - Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium

With the men's cross-country competitions reaching the end on Saturday, Johannes Klaebo will have his eyes firmly set on becoming the first athlete to win six medals of any colour at a single Winter Games.

He already shares the prestigious position with Michael Phelps as being the only two Olympians to win 10 or more career gold medals.

In the 50km classic, sometimes called the 'ski marathon', athletes are set to complete six laps around an 8.3km course. The event begins with a mass start, with the highest-ranked athletes enjoying the luxury of taking up the front positions.

Klaebo will head into the competition with mixed memories. He won the World Championships on the distance last year and also has two recent World Cup 50km classic race wins on his resume. 

But he was also handed a disqualification at the World Championships in 2021 and abandoned the course mid-race at Beijing 2022 in astonishing fashion after not feeling well. 

'King Klaebo' has never won the 50km race on the Olympic stage, but judging from the form he has shown during the Olympics, this could be about to change.

Klaebo's biggest competitors for the title will be Norwegian compatriots Martin Loewstroem Nyenget, Harald Oestberg Amundsen, Paal Golberg, and Sweden's William Poromaa.

Saturday's medal events (part 1)
Saturday's medal events (part 1)Flashscore

Curling: Great Britain vs Canada (Men's gold-medal match)

19:05 CET - Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium (Cortina d'Ampezzo)

Britain, who are reigning world champions, booked their ticket to the men's curling final after seeing off unbeaten Switzerland 8-5 in their semi-final. Bruce Mouat and his crew will face Canada in their attempt to upgrade the silver medal they won four years ago in Beijing.

Should they accomplish that, it will be Britain's first in Olympic men's curling since 1924.

Canada has proved a dominant force throughout the tournament, but they have also attracted attention for the wrong reasons, as they were the subject of controversy on their way to the knockouts.

During the round-robin match against Sweden, Canadian curler Marc Kennedy found himself mixed up in one of the biggest scandals of the Games when Sweden's Oskar Eriksson accused him of double-touching the rock, which is against the rules.

Kennedy immediately denied the allegations in an outburst that did not attract any sympathy to the Canadian team, but along with a video taken by Swedish broadcaster SVT, which appeared to prove Eriksson right, a dark shadow has hovered over the performances of the Canadian team throughout the tournament.

Saturday's medal events (part 2)
Saturday's medal events (part 2)Flashscore

Freestyle skiing: Women's halfpipe final 

19:30 CET - Livigno Snow Park

China's defending champion Eileen Gu, who has already won two silver medals in Italy, crashed dramatically on her first run during the qualification but held her nerve to reach the final of the women's freeski halfpipe on Thursday in an event which was marred by the horrific crash suffered by former Olympic champion Cassie Sharpe.

All the pressure was on Gu, who often has been criticised for lining up for China despite growing up in the United States, before her second run at Livigno Park, but she managed to score 86.50 to reach Saturday's final, finishing fifth out of the 12 qualifiers.

Zoe Atkin, who is tipped to dethrone Gu as Olympic champion, won the qualification event with 91.50, ahead of China's Li Fanghui, with 90.00. Canada's Sharpe (88.25) was third, despite her crash on her second run.

Gu, who came up just short in the slopestyle and big air competitions in Livigno, is the reigning world champion but is expected to face stiff competition from Li Fanghui, who has been her biggest rival last season, and the skier with whom she shared the overall 2024/25 World Cup title.

Check out the full day's program here!