Team USA Speed Skating follows Italy’s ‘Night Night’ celebration of Stephen Curry
At the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024. Stephen Curry went viral with his now famous “night night” celebration.. Fast forward to 2026 in Milan-Cortina, followed by Italian speed skaters.
On Tuesday, the trio of Davide Giotto, Michele Malfatti and Andrea Giovannini pulled out upset victory over Americans Casey Dawson, Emery Lehmann and Ethan Chepur, according to NBC Sports. They won the men’s team pursuit in 3 minutes and 39.20 seconds. He was 4.5 seconds better than the Americans.
After crossing the finish line, they joined in the “night of the night” celebration to troll the American team.
Italy celebrates Steph Curry’s ‘night’ after upsetting Team USA for men’s speed skating team pursuit gold medal at Winter Olympics 🥇😴
(via @NBCSports)pic.twitter.com/fi0vI9jkVl
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) February 17, 2026
The Italian trio not only won gold, but did so in front of their hometown crowd. Moreover, they beat the American team that previously held the world record.
The origin of the “Night Night” celebration. date from 2022. At the time, Curry and the Warriors were playing the Denver Nuggets in the NBA playoffs. In Game 3 of the first round, the Warriors put together a fourth-quarter run thanks to Curry coming off the bench with an injury.
After hitting Nikola Jokic, Curry celebrated a “nightcap”.
From there he lived his life, especially after the Olympic Games in Paris. Warriors coach Steve Kerr said that was the moment one of the greatest in basketball history. Moreover, Kerr he finished his speech at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago with the “night night” gesture.
Also, Buffalo Bills running back James Cook celebrated in the same spirit in the first half of the Bills’ game against the Cleveland Browns on Dec. 21.
2026-02-17 18:53:00
