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Finnish skier Elias Lajunen was knocked out cold after a crash on Sunday during the men’s big air skiing qualifiers in Milan-Cortina. Lajunen, 18, lay motionless after slamming his head, then was stretchered off.

After being attended to, Lajunen regained consciousness and gave the crowd a thumbs-up as medical staff tended to him. According to the Finnish Olympic Committee, all of Lajunen's limbs were functioning.

He attempted a multi-rotation aerial that went wrong on the final revolution. Big air rewards height, difficulty, and clean execution, with a small margin for error.

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Lajunen recently turned pro and was participating in his first Olympic Games. At the 2025 World Championships, he finished 31st in the men's freeski slopestyle competition and 32nd in big air. His father, Samppa Lajunen, is a celebrated Finnish combined skier and a three-time Olympic champion in Nordic combined.

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Team USA is at 17 medals after no gains on Sunday, with more up for grabs on Monday in Milan. 

Women's hockey will look to keep rolling in the semifinals, while the women's curling team will look to keep the momentum after a thrilling win on Sunday. Figure skating continues with pair skating, and medals will also be handed out in women's monobob and the 1000m in women's short track speed skating.

Here are the top five things to watch on Monday at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics:

Women's hockey looks to advance to final (10:40 a.m. ET)

Team USA is on a roll after a 6-0 win over Italy in the quarterfinals, but it'll face a tough test against Sweden in the semifinals on Monday. Sweden is the only other undefeated team in the tournament, with a +16 goal differential to Team USA's +19. The U.S. women are riding four straight shutouts after allowing one goal to Czechia in their opening game.

Despite how strong Team USA has been defensively, all eyes will be on Hilary Knight, who, in the United States' 5-0 victory over Finland last weekend, tied the Olympic record for the most goals in women's hockey history, with 14. Knight, 36, is now tied with Natalie Darwitz and Katie King.

The winner of this game will face the winner of Canada-Switzerland on Thursday.

Women's curling riding high in group play (1:05 p.m. ET)

Team USA women's curling will take on Italy in group play Monday, riding its momentum from Sunday's comeback victory over China. After falling behind 4-1 after the fifth end, Team USA was able to cut China's lead to one, adding two points in the fifth. Despite giving up another point, the U.S. was able to rattle off three more points in the final three ends for an improbable victory. 

The U.S. women are second in the standings at 4-1. Only Sweden has a better record at 5-0. 

U.S. teams shoot for a medal in pairs figure skating (2 p.m. ET)

Team USA pairs figure skaters Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea, and Emily Chan and Spencer Akira Howe, return to the ice on Monday after their short programs on Sunday. Kam and O'Shea sit in seventh after scoring 71.87, while Chan and Akira Howe are in ninth (70.06) going into the free skate.

Germany's Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin lead the field with a score of 80.01. 

The last U.S. medal in pairs figure skating, a bronze, came at the 1988 Games in Calgary. 

Elana Meyers Taylor leads medal charge in women's monobob (3 p.m. ET)

After two heats, the U.S. women are in prime position for the podium. Behind Germany's Laura Nolte, who sits in first, Team USA's Elana Meyers Taylor, Kaysha Love and defending Olympic gold medalist Kaillie Armbruster Humphries are in the hunt. 

Meyers Taylor won silver in the monobob in 2022, and she'll compete in two-woman bobsleigh later this week.

Team USA looks for first medal in short track speed skating (5 a.m. ET)

Kristen Santos-Griswold is still looking for her first Olympic medal, and she'll tackle the 1000m on Monday. She advanced to the quarterfinals after finishing second in her qualifying heat, and she'll go up against the Netherlands' Xandra Velzeboer, Hungary's Diana Laura Vegi and Korea's Gilli Kim and Dohee Noh. 

Olympics schedule for Monday, Feb. 16 (Day 10)

Alpine Skiing

Slalom

• 4 a.m.: Men’s run 1 (USA Network)

• 7:20 a.m.: Men’s run 2 (USA Network coverage begins at 7:30 a.m.; NBC will air both runs at 2:45 p.m.)🏅

Bobsled

Two-man

• 4 a.m.: Runs 1, 2 (airs on USA Network at 7 a.m.)

Monobob

• 1 p.m.: Women's runs 3, 4 (airs on NBC at 3:30 p.m.)🏅

Curling

Women's round-robin

• 3:05 a.m.: Sweden vs. Switzerland, China vs. Canada (airs on USA Network at 10:15 a.m.), Denmark vs. Great Britain

• 1:05 p.m.: USA vs. Italy (airs at 5 p.m. on CNBC), South Korea vs. China, Switzerland vs. Great Britain, Japan vs. Canada

Men's round-robin

• 8:05 a.m.: Great Britain vs. Norway (airs at 11:30 a.m. on USA Network), Czechia vs. Canada, Sweden vs. Germany, Italy vs. China

Figure Skating

Pairs

• 2 p.m.: Free skate (USA Network; airs on NBC at 3:55 p.m.)🏅

Freestyle Skiing

Big air

• 1:30 p.m.: Women's final (NBC)🏅

Hockey

Women's semifinals

• 10:40 a.m.: Teams TBD (NBC)

• 3:10 p.m.: Teams TBD (airs on USA Network on 4:15 p.m.)

Short Track

• 5 a.m.: Men’s 500m qualifying, men’s 5000m relay semifinals, women’s 1000m final (airs on USA Network at 6:15 p.m.)🏅

Ski Jumping

Large hill

• 12 p.m.: Men’s super team final (airs on USA Network at 11 p.m.)🏅

Snowboarding

Slopestyle

• 4:30 a.m.: Women's qualifying (USA Network coverage begins at 4:50 a.m.; airs on NBC at 10 a.m.)

• 8 a.m.: Men's qualifying (USA Network coverage begins at 8:35 a.m.)

Lindsey Vonn announced via Instagram on Saturday that her latest surgery went well and she plans to return to the U.S. 

"Surgery went well today," Vonn said in her post. "Thankfully, I will be able to finally go back to the US 🇺🇸! Once I’m back I will give you more updates and info about my injury."

The 41-year-old American skier fractured her left leg 13 seconds into her downhill race Sunday. Vonn had previously trained on a torn ACL in the same left leg, an injury she sustained just days before the start of the Olympics. She had her fourth surgery Saturday and could need more procedures done once she returns to the U.S.

Despite how things ended, Vonn wrote that her ACL tear had nothing to do with her crash and that she did not want her fans to feel sad. 

"Please, don’t be sad," Vonn wrote. "Empathy, love and support I welcome with an open heart, but please not sadness or sympathy. I hope instead it gives you strength to keep fighting, because that is what I am doing and that is what I will continue to do. Always."

Vonn also said that after the crash knew there could be consequences but thought it was worth the risk. 

Nothing in life is guaranteed. That’s the gamble of chasing your dreams, you might fall but if you don’t try you’ll never know. 

So please, don’t feel sad. The ride was worth the fall. When I close my eyes at night I don’t have regrets and the love I have for skiing remains. I am still looking forward to the moment when I can stand on the top of the mountain once more. And I will.

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Houston Astros third baseman Carlos Correa told reporters that Grammy Award-winning artist and Super Bowl halftime performer Bad Bunny offered to cover his insurance so he could play for the Puerto Rican national team. 

“It means a lot that he’s that involved,” Correa said. “He tried to do everything possible. I wanted to play and make sure that I was going to go out there and play for Team Puerto Rico in Puerto Rico,” which is hosting pool play. “The fact that he did that means a lot in how much he cares for the country, how much he cares for the fans back home. I’m deeply grateful that he tried that hard.”

After consulting with the Astros and his agent, Scott Boras, Correa declined the offer.

“They all told me it was a bad idea,” Correa said. “They all told me the insurance company that was proposed to me had cases where they didn’t pay players back. Since it was not approved by MLB, not approved by the organization, and not approved by my agent, I couldn’t sign my life away to something that three people I trust are advising me against.”

“Everybody’s putting the work in they need to. At the end of the day, I play for the Houston Astros and my obligations are to this team and some things are out of your control. You can’t do anything with that.”

In January, Correa told reporters that he would miss the World Baseball Classic after being denied coverage through National Financial Partners. The 31-year-old also didn’t want to risk his regular-season salary if he missed any games due to injuries sustained in the World Baseball Classic. Correa is set to make $31 million next season and has battled injuries in the past.

The New York Mets and San Francisco Giants voided $300 million agreements with Correa in 2022 due to concerns over his ankle. Edwin Díaz and José Altuve also suffered significant injuries during the World Baseball Classic, making it more difficult to secure insurance.

All World Baseball Classic participants on an MLB 40-man roster must undergo an insurance evaluation process. This process involves an insurer agreed upon by MLB and the players' union, which reviews a player's injury history to determine if coverage will be provided. If the insurer decides a player is uninsurable, then, unless the team makes an exception, the player's contract is not guaranteed should an injury occur during the event.

Bad Bunny, a Puerto Rico native, also agreed to cover New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor’s insurance after he was denied coverage.