The Olympic Team Event came down to the final skater on Sunday. In front of a packed house inside the Milano Ice Skating arena, the United States narrowly defeated Japan for its second consecutive team gold.

US narrowly beat Japan in figure skating team eventJapan’s second Olympic team silver after Beijing upgradeMILAN, Feb 9 — Japan took ​silver in the figure skating team

Team USA defended its Olympic figure skating team event gold medal on Sunday after Ilia "Quad God" ushered the team to victory at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

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Ilia Malinin, the two-time defending World champion, with a dramatic free skate, clinched Team USA’s successful defense of its Olympic team skating gold medal at the Milano Ice Skating Arena Sunday night.

Thus, the battle for the gold medal effectively became a math problem between the United States and Japan. That meant Team USA’s Amber Glenn, in her Olympic debut, needed to keep pace with Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto, a two-time Olympian and two-time medalist.