In bobsled, it was a banner day for the American women in the monobob. Elana Meyers Taylor and Kaillie Humphries both flew around the track as they finished on the podium. Meyers Taylor won her first gold medal and became the oldest women's bobsled medalist at 41 years old, and Humphries took home the bronze medal.

If you’re just checking in, Team USA has a 5-0 lead over Sweden as their semifinal match goes to the third period. The U.S. will play for the gold medal if they advance. Cayla Barnes, Taylor Heise, Abbey Murphy, Kendall Coyne and Hayley Scamurra have lit the lamp for Team USA, which has notched 24 shots on goal.

MILAN, Feb 16 (Reuters) - The United States beat Sweden 5-0 in the women's ice hockey semi-finals on Monday to reach the Winter Olympics gold medal game for a fifth time in a row, keeping on a collision course with arch rivals Canada.

The amazing thing is, relative to the other games Team USA has played at these Olympics, Monday counted as close.

Here's what you need to know ahead of the US women's hockey semifinal match against Sweden at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games.

The Americans hope to make it back to another gold medal game at the Winter Olympics, as the dominant force faces Sweden in the first semifinal of the women’s hockey tournament on Monday.

MILAN (AP) — Aerin Frankel stopped 21 shots for her third shutout of the Olympic women’s hockey tournament and the favored United States advanced to the gold medal game by defeating Sweden 5-0 at the Milan Cortina Games on Monday.

The preliminary round is over. It’s time to play for a medal in women’s hockey at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games.

Team USA women’s hockey returns to action on Monday, February 16, with a high-stakes game in the tournament semifinal of the 2026 Winter Olympics. The United States will be facing off against Sweden in the semifinal,