“I tell them (their) clips are one thing, but when you get into job interviews, you’re going to end up talking about the Olympics for three-fourths of the interview and chances are it’s going to give you quite the leg up on the competition”. For more news and details on the 2018 Winter Olympics, make sure to search for Twinfinite. Though he didn’t win a medal, Kim said it was still “a great personal honor” to be a member of the Olympic team. In fact, if we just counted Norway’s gold medals (11), they would have still been ahead of Team USA. These include the finals for bobsledding, cross-country skiing, curling, figure skating, freestyle skiing, hockey, speed skating and more.
Hungary is the surprise victor of the men’s 5,000-meter relay in the last event of short-track speedskating at the Pyeongchang Olympics.
Finland won the bronze in women’s hockey with a 3-2 victory over the Russian team. In the 2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games, the USA won 121 medals, coming in first as expected. Also in skiing was Nick Goepper as he was able to pick up silver in the men’s slopestyle event, while Brita Sigourney captured bronze in the women’s halfpipe.
Here’s a look at Thursday night’s schedule, along with a preview of the best of the action.
“I was very happy when I saw the score, but I did not expect it”, said the 15-year-old Zagitova, who had 82.92 points. The United States has six gold medals, mainly in snowboarding. The event, taking place at the Pyeonchang Olympic Stadium, will happen at 8 PM ET in Korea. But I am here and still fighting for medals.
On a separate note, figure skater Adam Rippon-another prominent athlete for team United States of America this Olympics- won the bronze as a part of the team ice dance event. Needless to say, the U.S.is always favorited to win the race, just like they have for the past two games. The substance has been banned since 2016, and Alexander faces being stripped of his bronze medal. The closing of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics featured Canadian pop singers Alanis Morissette and Avril Lavigne, while the 2012 London Olympics had the Spice Girls and rock band Oasis put on shows at its closing.
If they were once thought of as merely extreme sports or gimmicks to attract young fans to the Olympics, that’s not the case anymore.