A pair of US athletes announce their engagement as Ally Hickman's medal bid turns sour, and a dog steals the show at the cross-country skiing.
Here are the quick hits from day 12 at the Winter Olympics.
1. Norwegian star ties Winter Olympic record
Norway has dominated the Milano Cortina Games, but through that dominance, one athlete has stood out above the rest: Johannes Høsflot Klæbo.
Already the proud owner of four gold medals at these Games, Klæbo added a fifth on day 12, as Norway took out the gold medal in the men's team sprint, beating the United States and Italy.
Klæbo — who has a total of 10 Olympic golds throughout his career — made the break on the final climb, and he skied into history as the crowd went crazy.
Before today, the all-time best individual performance at a single Winter Olympics was American speed skater Eric Haden, who won five gold medals in speed skating at the Lake Placid games in 1980.
"It's obviously very satisfying to make this happen," the 29-year-old said.
"The team sprint is one of the most fun events, but also one of the hardest."
2. American speed skater and hockey star announce their engagement
A medal isn't the only keepsake Hilary Knight is bringing back from the Milan Cortina Games.
There is also an engagement ring after the US women's hockey captain posted a video of her proposing to American speedskater Brittany Bowe.
Under the heading "Olympics brought us together," the video on Instagram shows Knight dropping to one knee and presenting Bowe with a ring. Bowe nods yes, and Knight then slips the ring on her finger.
The two first met at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. And both have said this year's Olympics will be their last, with Knight appearing in her Team USA women's hockey record fifth Games.
The video was posted a day before Knight, and the Americans face Canada in the gold medal final. Bowe is a two-time Olympic bronze medallist.
This year, she failed to medal in her first two events, finishing fourth in the 1,000 metres and the women's team pursuit. She will close the Games, competing in the 1,500 metre race.
3. Dog on the course
As Argentinian skier Nahiara Diaz Gonzalez approached the line in the women's team sprint qualification, the Tesero Cross-Country Stadium suddenly came to life.
Unfortunately for Diaz Gonzalez, spectators were largely looking past her to a pitch invader of the canine variety.
The Czechoslovakian wolfdog mugged for the track-side camera before turning to follow Greece's Konstantina Charalampidou and Tena Hadžic of Croatia to the line as they finished close to the back of the pack.
"The race was not so good, I’m not that proud of myself, but it is what it is," the Greek competitor said.
"I became famous with a dog that came across the finish line, and everyone wants to interview me now. It is the first time I have given any interviews."
"After the finish line, he was still cute, going to everyone. I wanted to pat him but I didn’t have the time and couldn’t find him afterwards," she added.
After sniffing a few racers and making his way towards the mixed media zone, the dog was corralled by event officials.
US outlet NPR reported that the dog's name is Nazgul and that he belongs to the owners of a nearby bed and breakfast, who left the house in the morning for a biathlon event.
"He was crying this morning more than normal because he was seeing us leaving — and I think he just wanted to follow us, he always looks for people," the owner told NPR.
They described Nazgul as "stubborn, but very sweet".
4. Shiffrin finally ends excruciating Olympic medal drought
Speaking of Shiffrin, her turbulent, 12-year Olympic journey came full circle when she won the slalom by a massive 1.50 seconds to break her long medal drought at the Winter Games.
Shiffrin put in two dominant runs in gorgeous conditions amid the jagged peaks of the Dolomites to show, again, why she is regarded by many as the greatest Alpine skier of all time.
It was the third-largest margin of victory in a women's Olympic slalom, the event she won as a fresh-faced teenager in Sochi in 2014 to underline her status as a skiing star.
Twelve years later, she delivered again in her favourite race, and the emotions came out in the finish area after being embraced by world champion Camille Rast of Switzerland, who took silver, and bronze medallist Anna Swenn Larsson of Sweden.
The 30-year-old Shiffrin pumped her fists to the crowd and then was fighting back tears as she approached her mum and coach, Eileen, for a long hug on the sidelines.
Shiffrin said it was "really hard to understand and process" her victory.
"Maybe," she added, "just today, I realised what happened in Sochi. It's crazy."
5. Aussie teenager Hickman sent for X-rays after terrifying fall
Ally Hickman has been one of Australia's breakout stars at these Winter Olympics, and had put herself in position for a medal by reaching the women's slopestyle final.
Competing shortly after Danielle Scott won Australia's sixth medal of Milano Cortina, the 16-year-old Hickman's medal attempt went horribly pear-shaped during her second run.
Hickman went for a little bit too much on the run, failing to stick her landing after coming off the second rail, resulting in her body pitching forward and essentially face-planting into the snow.
As has been the case after any crash at these Olympics, there was a deathly silence around the course as Hickman lay motionless on her back awaiting medical assistance.
A stretcher was brought out, but much to everyone's relief, Hickman was miraculously able to walk away from the incident.
Hickman showed tremendous courage to complete her third run, but after another fall on her final jump, which jarred her sternum, she was sent for X-rays.
