MILAN (AP) — On the same day Amber Glenn won Olympic gold as part of the team event, and stepped away from social media due to backlash over her comments on politics and the LGBTQ+ community, the American figure skater ended up with another headache.

Figure skater Amber Glenn said she was now taking a break from social media.

The 2026 Winter Olympics, featuring 16 sports with 116 medal events, will take place from Feb. 4 to Feb. 22 in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. Preliminary events will begin on Feb. 4, the opening ceremony will be Feb.

The Winter Olympics is our chance to check out sports that only appear on our radar every four years, the majority of which are only popular in Europe. It’s just the nature of the beast, and part of what makes the games so amazing.

A pair of stoats named Tina and Milo are the mascots for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Saturday’s blockbuster audience – the largest in the last 43 Winter Games shows (since Day 10 of the 2014 Sochi Olympics) and up 92% from the opening Saturday of the 2022 Beijing Olympics (14.8 million viewers) -- follows Friday’s Opening Ceremony, which averaged 21.4 million viewers.

On her 35th birthday, Lollobrigida set an Olympic record to win gold, setting off a raucous celebration with her team and son, Tommaso.

This gallery showcases top photos from Day 2 of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics taken by Associated Press photographers. AP Winter Olympics: