From the sports desk: An epic finale awaits

Hello from Milan and Cortina, where we’re all counting down to tomorrow’s men’s hockey gold-medal showdown between the U.S. and Canada.

Hello from Milan and Cortina, where we’re all counting down to tomorrow’s men’s hockey gold-medal showdown between the U.S. and Canada.

As the Games wind down, American speedskater Jordan Stolz missed his chance at making history, while Norwegian cross-country skier Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo seized his.

Our correspondents have it all covered below and at NBC News. Catch it all streaming on Peacock.

Jordan Stolz, the 21-year-old from Wisconsin, was chasing history today in the mass start final. If he won gold, he’d have become the first American long-track speedskater in more than 30 years to win three golds in a single Games.

But as the mass start got underway, Stolz found himself bunched up in a pack, as Dutch speedskater Jorrit Bergsma and Denmark’s Viktor Hald Thorup built a huge lead.