The Milan Cortina Games have concluded and HuffPost is wrapping up its liveblog on the biggest moments from Italy.From medals to controversies and the human stories behind the competition, we kept track of it all throughout the Winter Olympics.Competition began Feb. 4. The opening ceremony took place at the iconic San Siro Stadium in Milan and featured performances by Mariah Carey, Andrea Bocelli and Laura Pausini, among others.The Games came to an end on Sunday, with the closing ceremony at the historic Verona Arena, a Roman amphitheater and UNESCO World Heritage site in the heart of Verona.Read up on all the results via the official Olympics website.And look back on the last day from Milan Cortina 2026:Lindsey Vonn Reveals What Drove Her Olympic ComebackU.S. Olympic champion skier Lindsey Vonn has revealed in a new interview with People magazine why she came out of retirement in a bid to compete at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games.Vonn stepped away from competitive skiing after the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.But the chance to return to Cortina — where she claimed her first World Cup podium in front of her father and her mother, who died in 2022 — combined with being pain-free following a partial titanium knee replacement, proved too enticing to ignore, she said.Read the full interview in People.See All UpdatesClose