Winning an Olympic medal is priceless, but its real value is more complex. From metal content to taxes and prestige, here’s a look at the medals’ actual worth.

Norway's Sturla Holm Laegreid endured a turbulent few days after admitting in a post-race interview on Tuesday that he had cheated on his ex-girlfriend, but the ensuing controversy had no effect on his biathlon performance as he secured his second bronze medal of the Milano Cortina Games in Friday's men's 10km sprint.

Klaebo, who is after a clean sweep of men's cross country golds, is tied with two other cross country athletes Marit Bjorgen and Bjorn Daehlie and biathlete Ole Einar Bjorndalen at the top of the record book. The next men's event is Sunday. Klaebo and Norway are favored to win the 4x7.5-kilometer relay.

American skier Jackie Wiles is a bronze medalist in part because of Lindsey Vonn. Wiles won a bronze medal in team combined in 2026 Olympics.

Japan's Yuto Totsuka won the gold medal in men's snowboarding halfpipe at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics on Friday.

Stephen Nedoroscik, who went viral during the 2024 Summer Olympics for his gymnastics skills and "Pommel Horse Guy" label, is now the talk of the Winter Games

That was the case for Wiles’ teammate and close friend, Lindsey Vonn, who crashed during the Olympic downhill Sunday while competing on a ruptured ACL suffered just nine days earlier. This time, Vonn suffered a broken leg and was again flown to a hospital by a rescue helicopter.