A brand new event was added to the docket this year in Italy with women's doubles luge, but the sport was the first to wrap up competition at the Milan Cortina Games.

Of the five events contested, Germany won three golds while Italy displayed a newfound strength in doubles to take men’s and women’s gold at their home track. Austria went home without a gold but racked up three silvers and a bronze, while the United States took home its first luge medal since PyeongChang in 2018.

Here’s a refresher on everything that happened at Cortina Sliding Centre — known as the "House of Speed."

RESULTS | WATCH FULL EVENT REPLAYS

🥇: Max Langenhan (GER), 3:31.191
🥈: Jonas Mueller (AUT), 3:31.787
🥉: Dominik Fischnaller (ITA), 3:32.125

FULL EVENT REPLAYS: RUN 1 | RUN 2 | RUN 3 | RUN 4

The fight for gold in the men's singles competition was never really between anyone but Max Langenhan and himself. Entering the competition as the World Cup No. 1, Langenhan led after each of the four runs and beat out the next-fastest challenger, Jonas Mueller, by 0.596 seconds. Langenhan continued a run of dominance for his country that's seen a German win the men's singles event in seven of the last 10 Winter Olympic Games.

For Mueller, it was an incredible result at his Olympic debut after he missed out on qualifying for Beijing 2022.

Just as it was in 2022, this event saw the flags of Germany, Austria and Italy raised above the podium. There were two different names on the top two steps, but the one constant was Dominik Fischnaller, who repeated as bronze medal winner at his home track.

For the United States, Jonny Gustafson finished 11th at his second Games and Matt Greiner finished 20th in his debut.

🥇: Julia Taubitz (GER), 3:30.625
🥈: Elina Bota (LAT), 3:31.543
🥉: Ashley Farquharson (USA), 3:31.582

FULL EVENT REPLAYS: RUN 1 | RUN 2 | RUN 3 | RUN 4

In the only podium of the Games that did not feature Germany, Italy and Austria together, there had to be a surprise result in the women's singles event.

That surprise was Ashley Farquharson, who entered her second Olympic Games seeded No. 16 of 25 sleds and with just two top-three finishes in the World Cup season.

German debutant Merle Fraebel, who was fastest after Run 1, made a mistake on Run 3 and opened the door for Farquharson to upset the field.

Farquharson's bronze medal was just the third luge singles medal in Team USA history, and the first for a woman since Erin Hamlin at Sochi 2014.

Gold medalist Julia Taubitz may have entered the competition as the favorite, but she finishing off the podium in 7th after missing a medal at Beijing 2022. Elina Bota took home the first women's singles luge medal in Latvia's history with silver.

Farquharson's U.S. teammates Emily Fischnaller and Summer Britcher finished 12th and 14th, respectively — each achieving their best Olympic results.

🥇: Andrea Voetter / Marion Oberhofer (ITA), 1:46.284
🥈: Dajana Eitberger / Magdalena Matschina (GER), 1:46.404
🥉: Selina Egle / Lara Kipp (AUT), 1:46.543

FULL EVENT REPLAY: Men's & Women's Doubles Luge

History was made at Cortina Sliding Centre with the Olympic debut of women's doubles luge, 62 years after the men's event was added to the Olympic program. Racing on their home track, Italy's Andrea Voetter and Marion Oberhofer claimed their country's first luge gold medal since Torino 2006.

It was a definite upset at the top as World Cup leaders Selina Egle and Lara Kipp of Austria didn't quite have the pace for gold. 

American duo Chevonne Forgan and Sophia Kirkby finished 5th but were the first pairing to hit the track in and thus made history as the event's first-ever Olympic run. 

🥇: Emanuel Rieder / Simon Kainzwaldner (ITA), 1:45.086
🥈: Thomas Steu / Wolfgang Kindl (AUT), 1:45.154
🥉: Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt (GER), 1:45.176

FULL EVENT REPLAY: Men's & Women's Doubles Luge

The biggest story ahead of men's doubles was whether Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt could make history with a fourth consecutive gold medal in the event. The two were already the most decorated men's lugers in Olympic history.

But on their home track, Emanuel Rieder and Simon Kainzwaldner came out of nowhere to win gold and complete a doubles sweep for Italy. The two were ranked just 13th in the World Cup season, a far cry from the medal contenders. Austria's Thomas Steu upgraded his Beijing 2022 bronze to a silver, this time joined by Wolfgang Kindl. The "Two Tobis" still placed 3rd, earning their first non-gold Olympic medal in their careers.

The United States' rookie duo of Marcus Mueller and Ansel Haugsjaa had a real underdog podium chance after going fastest on Run 1, but they lost time on their second and final run and finished 6th.

🥇: Germany 3:41.672
🥈: Austria 3:42.214
🥉: Italy 3:42.521

FULL EVENT REPLAY: Luge Team Relay

In perhaps the least surprising luge result at Milan Cortina 2026, Team Germany won its fourth straight team relay gold and remained the only country to win since the event was introduced at Sochi 2014.

That meant Wendl and Arlt each collected their seventh Olympic gold medals (eighth total), surpassing their countrywoman Natalie Geisenberger (6 gold, 7 total) as the most decorated lugers in Olympic history.

Austria took its second silver and third Olympic relay medal ever, while Italy added to its successful Games with bronze.

The United States finished 5th, its best result since taking 4th at PyeongChang 2018.