In Pictures: The best of the Winter Olympics - day by day

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BBC Sport and Getty Images bring you a selection of the most striking images from each day of the Winter Olympics.

Day 15: Saturday, 21 February

Close up of two athletes in a bobsleigh

Skier raises his arms and looks to the sky in celebration at finishing a race

Skier makes his way through a forest a beam of light shines through the trees to light the way

Two dancers on ice, the male dancer holding the female in his arms

Skaters in a line make their way around the ice

Day 14: Friday, 20 February

Athlete celebrates winning gold by holding the US flag

Bright luminated image of the Olympic rings

Skier crashing on the edge of a halfpipe

Digital composite showing duplicate images of skiers on a halfpipe

Day 13: Thursday, 19 February

The United States hockey team all holding their Gold medals

Birdseye view of five hockey players laid flat on their backs on ice having won their bronze medal match

Black and white image of a 4-man bobsleigh team

Ski mountaineer mid climb up stairs with skis tied to their back

Female skater on ice dressed in gold

Day 12: Wednesday, 18 February

Australia's Abbey Willcox competes during the women's aerials qualification round at Livigno Air Park

Norway's Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo on the way to winning his fifth gold of the 2026 Games in the men's cross-country team sprint at Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium

The United States' Elana Meyers Taylor takes part in bobsleigh training at Cortina Sliding Centre

The USA's Winter Vinecki competes during women's aerials qualification at Livigno Air Park

Estonia's Johanna Taliharm falls to the ground after competing during the women's 4x6km biathlon relay at Anterselva Biathlon Arena

Supporters look on during the women's team sprint free finals at Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium

Day 11: Tuesday, 17 February

Four male athletes lay down on the snow on top of the French flag holding their gold medals

Athletes make their way through a snowy forest setting

Skier looks shocked having completed a run

Female athlete on her knees on ice, reaching back in an athletic pose

Athletes walk in a line through a snowy landscape as a colourful crowd some with flags look on in the foreground

Day 10: Monday, 16 February

A skating partners on the ice, one mid air and mid turn

Skaters collide on the ice

A skier mid air, the bright colours of his attire shown with a motion trail

Two athletes kneel on the ice, the male is tearful and supported by his partner

Day nine: Sunday, 15 February

Team GB's Tabitha Stoecker and Matt Weston acknowledge fans after winning gold in the skeleton mixed team event at Cortina Sliding Centre

Georgia's Anastasiia Metelkina and partner Luka Berulava compete in the pair's skating short program at Milano Ice Skating Arena

South Korea's Sohui Gim in action during the women's giant slalom at Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre

An athlete competing in the biathlon

Day eight: Saturday, 14 February

Men's giant slalom champion Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, from Brazil, jumps for joy on the podium alongside Swiss silver medallist Marco Odermatt and compatriot Loic Meillard, who won bronze, at Stelvio Alpine Skiing Centre

Poland's Kacper Tomasiak jumps during the men's large hill individual trial round at Predazzo Ski Jumping Stadium

Skier in the air against a white backdrop as a small crowd gather below

Skier photographed against the night sky in an acrobatic pose as the snow leaves a cloud like trail

Day seven: Friday, 13 February

Japan's Yuto Totsuka competes in the men's snowboard halfpipe final at Livigno Snow Park

Kazakhstan's Mikhail Shaidorov reacts after winning men figure skating gold at Milano Ice Skating Arena

Matt Weston in skeleton action at Cortina Sliding Centre on his way to Team GB's first medal of the Games - a gold

South Korea's Chaeun Lee competes in the men's snowboard halfpipe at Livigno Snow Park

Matt Weston celebrates winning gold for Team GB in the men's skeleton at Cortina Sliding Centre

Day six: Thursday, 12 February

Snowboarders all wearing distinctive colours leap in the air

Athlete celebrates holding the US flag

Athletes celebrate winning gold on the luge.

Athlete holds up her gloved hands to the camera displaying personal messages from her parents

Rapper Snoop Dogg watching on wearing a jacket in team colours with a picture of Chloe Kim on each side of the jacket

The Frecce Tricolori fly over a mountainous region covered in snow, the colours of the Italian flag extend from the planes and contrast with the clear blue sky

A composite images catches multiple examples of snowboarders on a halfpipe.

Day five: Wednesday 11 February

Man propels himself along the ice in an athletic pose.

A group of seven skiers make their way through a wooded area

Image of two athletes competing in the luge, with a spectacular mountain in the background and a clear blue sky

A black and white photograph of a mountainous scene with a skier mid rotation

Gold, Silver and Bronze medallists pose for a selfie during the medal ceremony

Day four: Tuesday, 10 February

A ski jumper holds their pose against a dark blue sky

A skater continues to race as two athletes crash into the barrier in the background

A skier appears upside down against a mountainous backdrop

Overhead view of a skier showing him mid air with a view of three slopes

An overhead shot of the US ice hockey team in a huddle

Day three: Monday, 9 February

Megan Oldham pictured against a flat blue sky

Switzerland's Briar Schwaller-Huerlimann in action during the mixed-doubles curling match against Canada

A man competes in the skeleton event, lying down facing the camera, we see his him focussed in the moment

Switzerland's Mathilde Gremaud celebrates victory in the women's freeski slopestyle final at Livigno Snow Park

A skier is followed during his descent by a drone

Day two: Sunday 8 February

The USA's Ilia Malinin performs a somersault during his routine in the figure skating team event

The drama of the women's parallel giant slalom is captured through a combination of images at Livigno Snow Park

Austria's Riccardo Martin Schoepf and Juri Thomas Gatt practise on the luge track in Cortina d'Ampezzo

Lindsey Vonn is airlifted off the piste after crashing out of the women's downhill skiing

Biathletes prepare to shoot during the 4x6km mixed relay in Antholz-Anterselva

Day one: Saturday 7 February

Australia's Jakara Anthony performs a flip during the freestyle skiing moguls at Livigno Air Park

Germany's Felix Loch competes in the men's luge

Czech ski jumper Klara Ulrichova in action at Val di Fiemme

Slovenian Nika Prevc jumps over the Olympic rings at Val di Fiemme

Opening ceremony: Friday 6 February

Fireworks burst out of the Olympic rings during the opening ceremony at the San Siro

Two aerial actors are suspended in the San Siro during the opening ceremony

Mariah Carey performs during the opening ceremony

Models wearing creations designed by Giorgio Armani are pictured during the opening ceremony

Performers form the Milky Way during the opening ceremony

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