Tears and cheers as unified Korean team bows out of Winter Olympics

That shock result in the discipline she won in Sochi four years ago at just 18 and which she has dominated on the World Cup circuit punctured the hype over her potential assault on five gold medals in Pyeongchang.

In what’s likely @lindseyvonn‘s last downhill run in the #WinterOlympics, she finds herself in medal position. Slopestyle gold medalist Red Gerard from Silverthorne will also be competing along with fellow Coloradan Chris Corning.

Members of the South Korean women’s curling team acknowledge the crowd after beating Denmark 9-3 in the round robin session during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics at Gangneung Curling Centre in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, on February 21, 2018.

With Canada and the United States playing in the gold medal game on Thursday for the fifth time in six Winter Games, the Olympic women’s hockey tournament can be viewed as two overlapping events: One is a two-week slog until the USA and Canada play in the final, and the other is a six-team competition to claim the remaining spot on the podium.

Mowinckel, 25, also won silver in the giant slalom behind American Mikaela Shiffrin, who withdrew from the downhill to focus on the alpine combined event, which has been brought forward from Friday to Thursday. Instead, she’s preparing herself for the combined event scheduled for Wednesday.

Maxim Noreau scored the only goal as Canada beat Finland 1-0 on Wednesday to win a spot in the semi-final round of the Olympic men’s ice hockey tournament.

Vonn, 33, became the oldest woman to win an Olympic Alpine skiing medal. In the sixth end, the athletes from Russian Federation earned one more point, but eventually gave up the game.

Kevin Koe and Team Canada get set to face Team USA in the Semifinals. Then in the evening match, South Korea defeated 9-3 to run its record to 8-1. This is the first time Korea has achieved the feat in Olympic curling. The top four teams will compete in the semifinals.

Gangneung: North Korea’s women hockey players are not averse to enjoying a McDonald’s fast-food breakfast, according to their South Korean teammates.

The Norwegian team secured its first victory at the Olympics.

Entering the final week of the 2018 Winter Games, Norway and Germany are leading the gold medal race, with 11 each.

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