The Sweetest Olympic Moments As Athlete Parents Celebrate With Their Kids At The 2026 Winter Games

Charlie McAvoy

Baby Rhys joined his dad, alternate captain Charlie McAvoy, on the ice after the U.S. men’s team’s overtime victory against Canada.

Kendall Coyne Schofield with Her Son

Before Team USA’s match against Sweden, Kendall Coyne Schofield shared a touching moment with her son Drew. Earlier in the week, Drew became known as “puck kid” after he caught a puck that flew into the stands.

Coyne Schofield, who spoke to PEOPLE in 2024 about taking Drew on the road with the Professional Women’s Hockey League after her husband got signed to the Detroit Lions, reflected on the joy of sharing her journey to an Olympic gold medal with her family. “I get out of the rink and he’s like, Mama! He doesn’t care how hockey went,” she said. “Your perspective and your patience are two things that completely change after becoming a parent.”

(P.S. Clock Drew’s adorable sweatshirt, depicting his pups, mom and him all in her jersey.)

Elana Meyers Taylor with Her Son

Following her gold medal win in women’s monobob, making her the oldest victor in any Winter Olympics individual event as well as tied (with Bonnie Blair) for the most-decorated U.S. female winter Olympian, Elana Meyers Taylor signed “Mommy won!” to her sons Nico, 5, and Noah, 3, who are both deaf.

“They’re tired, and they’re exhausted, and they just want to go home and play and everything like that — even tonight, it was a late night for them, so just having them there meant so much to me,” the Olympian told NBC.

Parents everywhere also cheered when Meyers Taylor thanked her entire support system — and that included the childcare that helped her achieve the gold. “It took so many people to be here,” she said tearfully. “It took so much work for everybody. My husband. My kids. My nanny Macy. My nannies along the way. My parents. Everybody. I’m just so grateful right now.”

Yannick Schwaller and Briar Schwaller-Huerlimann with Son River

Curling mixed doubles pair Yannick Schwaller and Briar Schwaller-Huerlimann’s son River went viral after he picked up his mother’s broom.

“I got my son after the game, cuddled him, he wanted to get down pretty quickly. He saw the curling broom, took it and held it like a rock star and threw off the whole entire show,” Schwaller Huerlimann told Reuters. “I guess he’s known as the curling baby now!”

Kaillie Armbruster Humphries with Her Son Aulden

Meyers Taylor’s fellow Team USA bobsledder Kaillie Humphries also had her son Aulden, 20 months, on hand o celebrate her bronze medal.

“Having my son, having that side of my goals and dreams complete, being able to be a mom, just gives me this whole other superpower,” she told NBC ahead of the games.

Francesca Lollobrigida with Her Son

Italy’s Francesca Lollobrigida shared her record-breaking gold medal win with her two-year-old son Tommaso, who later interrupted her post-race interview in a clip that has since garnered 3.5 million views on X.

“It’s not that easy to combine being a skater and a mom,” the Olympic speed skater said in the interview, as Tommaso attempted to grab her mic and her medal, per The Athletic. “This (medal) is for myself, the people who believed in me, and the people who said, ‘Maybe she can’t do it, you know?’ They gave me the power to prove myself,” she added.

Mikael Kingsbury, Ikuma Horishima and Matt Graham with Their Families

Three dads stood on the podium of the men’s dual moguls competition: Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury, Japan’s Ikuma Horishima and Australia’s Matt Graham. The medalists came together for a group photo with their babies and partners.

Caroline Ouellette with Her Wife Julie and Daughters

Ahead of their match against Team USA in the final, Canadian hockey coach Caroline Ouellette (a multiple-time Olympic medalist for Team Canada) received a visit in Milan from her wife, former hockey player Julie Chu (herself an Olympic medalist for Team USA), and their two daughters, Liv, 8, and Tessa, 5.

Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant

Canadian curlers Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant had two big team projects to take on in Milan: Competing for their country and taking care of baby Luke. The married mixed doubles pair (who placed fifth in the event) brought along their biggest little fan and made the most of their visit to Milan, with plenty of sightseeing and quality family time.

Tara Peterson and Tabitha Peterson Lovick

The Minnesota-based sisters are also on the same curling team, and their kiddos brought the cousin energy to the stands as their moms competed. (As of Friday, they will now compete for the bronze.)

“I think it’ll be fun to look back at it in 10 years when they can kind of understand it a little better and just be like, ‘Look at what we did, and you were there,’” Tabitha told The Grand Slam of Curling.

Emerance Maschmeyer

Canadian goalie Emerance Maschmeyer brought son Beckham along to watch his mom and her team fight hard for silver. “Never imagined being a Mommy while competing at the Olympics ,” she captioned a sweet video of her rocking her sleepy son in the stadium.

Sarah Schleper with Lasse Gaxiola

Eighteen-year-old Lasse Gaxiola made his Olympic debut as an alpine ski racer, representing Team Mexico alongside his mother, seven-time Olympian Sarah Schleper. They are the first mother-son duo in Olympics history to compete in the same year.

Though Schleper finished last in the women’s super-G, she told reporters, per NBC: “Racing with your son, I guess that’s better than a gold medal.”