He still competes under his birth name, but speed skater Kim Min-seok no longer flies the South Korean national flag at international competitions. Kim, 26, switched allegiance to Hungary in 2024, after grabbing three medals over the two previous Winter Games for South Korea.

Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics wraps up on Saturday afternoon, with a fun event for the fans at the Milan Figure Skating Arena. The Exhibition Gala will take place, featuring the biggest stars from the Milan Cortina Games.

Minerva Hase and Nikita Volodin of Germany took a sizable lead in the Olympic pairs figure skating short program in Milano-Cortina, topping a tightly contested field ahead of Monday’s free skate.

The bid to win a medal is more elusive for some than others. In fact, 84 of the 122 teams have never won a medal in the Winter Olympics. The United States won its first medal in the 1924 Chamonix Olympics, the first winter games held in modern history, along with seven other teams, including Canada and Great Britain.