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As we officially conclude the 10th day of the 2026 Winter Olympics, we have already been served a bunch of instant classic moments that struck our hearts and boggled our minds. In honor of 10 days of competition in the books, and of the all the days still to come, here are the top 10 moments (thus far) of the 2026 Olympic Games.

Get ready, the next generation of Olympic stars is here! "Curling Baby" (real name River Schwaller) showed off his skills with a broom after watching his parents, Canadian mixed doubles teammates Yannick Schwaller and Briar Schwaller-Huerlimann. The 18-month-old was the star of the show, capturing the internet's collective hearts and reminding viewers of the strong family ties that bring the Olympic together. Afterall, we're all part of the big Olympic family.

Safe to say, River seems to have inherited his parents' talent.

Winning gold medals is a breeze ... just ask Breezy Johnson. Back in 2022, Johnson looked set to compete for a medal at the Olympics before sustaining a major injury in a World Cup race in Cortina. This year, Johnson made a triumphant return to the Olympics and claimed gold in the women's Alpine skiing downhill event (on the same course that caused her injury in 2022), firmly establishing herself as a bona fide superstar.

The icing on the cake? Johnson will leave Cortina with one more piece of hardware, this time around her finger. She got engaged to her boyfriend, who proposed on the mountain after Johnson's super-G race.

While Olympic cross-country skiing is not exactly a playground game of king of the hill, no one seems to have told Norwegian superhero Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo. The cross-country titan has had a prolific Olympic Games, winning four gold medals in four events thus far. His legend continues to write itself: With his fourth gold, Klaebo officially broke the record for most gold medals ever by ANY Winter Olympian. Plus, he still has two more events remaining in Italy.

The King of the Winter Olympics indeed.

When Lucas Pinheiro Braathen switched his national allegiance from Norway to Brazil back in 2024 (after retiring from racing in 2023), the world maybe had an inkling that something historic was brewing. When Pinheiro Braathen won Brazil's first-ever Alpine skiing World Cup victory, it was official. But nothing could top the emotions we saw from Pinheiro Braathen after his giant slalom victory, where he became the first South American athlete of any sport or gender to take home a Winter Olympic medal.

With his heart on his sleeve, Pinheiro Braathen is dancing his way to the top of the world, and it doesn't look like he has any plans of slowing down.

No one seemed to pick Kazakhstan's Mikhail Shaidorov for the gold medal in the men's singles figure skating competition, not even Shaidorov himself. Pegged as a rising talent and growing threat for the 2030 Games, Shaidorov was a dark horse in Milan. When a stunning free skate catapulted the 21-year-old from 5th place and into 1st, however, there was nothing that could have stopped the emotions from coming.

It was nothing short of a life-changing performance for Shaidorov and for Kazakhstan. The gold is the country's first ever in figure skating, and its first gold medal in 32 years at a Winter Olympics.

In recent years, the figure skating team event has been a recurring clash of titans, with the United States and Japan coming face-to-face in event after event. The contest didn't disappoint in Milan — entering the men's free skate (the final event of the discipline), the two nations were deadlocked. What happened next? A phenomenal skate from the United States' generational talent Ilia Malinin, who weathered intense pressure to deliver the gold medal to Team USA.

The "Quad God" made sure that the world knew he arrived to the Winter Olympics. They won't forget it any time soon.

Brilliant, intense, dynamic. There aren't enough words to describe standout U.S. hockey defender Laila Edwards, but those are a good place to start. The Wisconsin Badgers superstar's very presence has made history in Milan — she is the first and only Black woman to play a game and score a goal for the U.S. Olympic women's hockey team — and her play on the ice continues to astonish even the biggest hockey fans.

While Edwards' appearance on the ice is historic, it looks to be just the first of many records she will set wearing the red, white and blue.

Most (all) of the world remembers when Chloe Kim burst on to the Olympic scene during the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games, soaring her way to a women's snowboard halfpipe gold medal at 17. With a successful title defense in Beijing and a dominant run on the World Cup circuit, Kim seemed a guaranteed pick to complete the three-peat at the Milan Cortina Games. The only person who could stop her? Seventeen-year-old Gaon Choi from South Korea, a rising star who Kim and her father helped bring to the United States for training when she was 14 years old.

The protégé defeated the teacher this time around. The best part? It seems that Choi's happiness could only be matched by Kim's.

Last April, Federica Brignone wasn't sure she would ever ski again. The 35-year-old sustained a gruesome lower-leg injury during the Italian national Alpine skiing championships, an injury that put her very career at risk. Ten months later, she is a two-time Olympic gold medalist after taking the title in both the women's downhill and super-G events. The moment was made even sweeter by the fact she was able to accomplish the feat in front of her home Italian crowd.

Take a bow, Federica. The Italian tiger has made her mark on the Milan Cortina Olympic Games.

While everyone is focused on Olympic golds, no one knows how valuable a bronze medal can be more than Jessie Diggins. The cross-country star, who has announced that she will retire at the end of the season, came into the Milan Cortina Games with plans to participate in the entire slate of cross-country races and compete for a collection of medals. A fall in her opening event, however, left Diggins with bruised ribs, and left fans with the fear that she wouldn't be able to compete at her usual level.

They were wrong. Despite her obvious pain, Diggins found the strength and courage to power through, fighting with every breath (literally) to take the bronze in the women's 10km. No matter how the Games continue for Diggins, she's already left a profound legacy of perseverance.