Australia has officially recorded its greatest Winter Olympic Games ever, breaking medal records and redefining expectations.

Danielle Scott’s silver medal win at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics delivers Australia its sixth medal. Scott’s silver is the first medal Australia has won in aerials since Lydia Lassila's bronze and David Morris' silver in 2014 ( ABC ).

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With the Winter Olympics in full swing, Americans have appeared to only just discover one of the most famous tales in Australian sporting history. Australia has been in the spotlight at the Milano-Cortina Games thanks to the nation’s best ever performance on the snow and ice.

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Australia has won five medals at Milan Cortina, making the 2026 Games the nation's most successful Winter Olympics to date.

The Aussie finished with a final score of 102.17, trailing Xu’s 112.9. China’s Shao Qi claimed the bronze. Silver medalist Danielle celebrates after the Women's Aerials Final. Photo by Cameron Spencer/.

Gaon Choi stuns Chloe Kim, and Josie Baff makes Aussie history — catch some of the standout moments from the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics.

With Matt Graham’s bronze medal Sunday in men’s dual moguls, however, Australia has already clinched its best-ever Winter Olympics with five medals including golds in men’s moguls, women’s dual moguls and women’s snowboard cross. There’s a good chance the Aussies will add more hardware this week.

In this most tension-filled Winter Olympic sport, it's no wonder tears are a by-product of both success and failure. Thankfully for Dani Scott, this time she was crying tears of pure joy.