(NEXSTAR) - Team USA athletes secured several medals at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, including a gold medal for the women's ice hockey team and multiple podium finishes in bobsled and alpine skiing. The games marked the completion of Olympic journeys for several competitors who overcame significant injuries and personal challenges to reach the world stage. Many of the big names for Team USA were profiled in our "Athletes Who Inspire" series. You can see their full profiles in the links below, but here's a look at how many fared during the games. The 2026 games featured a mix of seasoned veterans and young talent, with five-time Olympian Hilary Knight leading the hockey team to an undefeated record while 18-year-old figure skater Isabeau Levito made her debut. Knight served as the captain for the U.S. women's hockey team, which finished the tournament with a perfect 7-0 record. Knight scored the game-tying goal in the gold medal game against Canada before the team won the championship in overtime. Knight, a professional player who helped create the Professional Women's Hockey League, ended her fifth Olympics as the all-time leader in goals scored for Team USA with 15. Outside of the rink, Knight became engaged after proposing to her partner, speedskater Brittany Bowe. "The Olympics are so special and so magical," Knight said. "They just have such a tremendous impact, not only on the competitors who are out there doing their sport but just the country. It's a huge honor to be able to represent your country on a world stage." In women's figure skating, 18-year-old Levito finished in 12th place. Levito was the youngest member of the "Blade Angels," the nickname for the three U.S. women's singles skaters. Her path to the 2026 games followed a recovery from a stress fracture in her foot. Levito expressed her relief at returning to the ice. "It was very frustrating and … it made me much more grateful for when I can train without pain and anything physically stopping me against my will," Levito said. Alpine skier Jackie Wiles earned her first Olympic medal in Milan, winning bronze in the team combined event alongside Paula Moltzan. Wiles also placed fourth in the women's downhill and 13th in the super-G during her third Olympic appearance. Wiles reached the podium after missing the 2018 games due to a severe injury. Days before the PyeongChang Olympics, she tore knee ligaments and broke her fibula during a race in Germany, requiring three surgeries in five months. "And it's really cool that everyone's skiing fast together. It's really inspiring and it makes us all want to keep pushing each other," Wiles said. "And when somebody does well, I think we're all like, 'Oh, I can do that, too.' And it's cool that I think we help elevate each other." Aerials skier Winter Vinecki finished in sixth place, an improvement from her 15th-place finish four years ago in Beijing. Vinecki balanced her Olympic training with law school, completing online coursework while competing in Italy. "I think it was really cool getting that experience, knowing what to expect," Vinecki said. "The Olympic atmosphere, the pressure, the nerves. And coming into this year, I feel much more confident as a person and as a jumper than ever before." Vinecki has a history of charitable work and endurance sports, having started a non-profit at age 9 following her father's death from prostate cancer. By age 14, she set a Guinness World Record as the youngest person to run a marathon on all seven continents. Bobsledder Kaillie Armbruster Humphries added two bronze medals to her career total, placing third in both the monobob and two-woman bobsled events. Humphries, who previously competed for Canada before becoming an American citizen, has now earned six total Olympic medals across five games. "When I got involved in bobsled early on, when I was 17, 18, I could have never imagined. I was lucky to even go to one," Humphries said. "To be the best in the world, to have competed at a home Olympics … it just means so much to me personally." Her return to competition came six months after giving birth in June 2024. Humphries spent three years working to become a mother while managing stage four endometriosis and undergoing in vitro fertilization. All facts in this report were gathered by journalists employed by Nexstar. Artificial intelligence tools were used to reformat from a broadcast script into a news article for our website. This report was edited and fact-checked by Nexstar staff before being published