Whoops: Team USA men’s curling gets women’s gold medals by accident

The decision to run the women’s snowboard slopestyle final in high winds was a controversial one – it saw only five of the 25 riders complete a run without falling, including the eventual champion Jamie Anderson, who defended her Winter Olympic gold. Won Yun-jong piloted his Korean sled to second place and has put his country in position to win its first-ever bobsled medal.

Speed skater Heather Bergsma, another American heavily fancied for gold, finished well outside the medal places in all three of her individual events.

It was a sweeping goal, spelled out on a colorful, full-screen slide and presented to leaders of the U.S. Olympic Committee in a meeting past year.

Heading into Friday night’s action, 21 USA teams or athletes – including Mikaela Shiffrin, Nathan Chen and Lindsey Jacobellis – had finished fourth or fifth in their events, which accounts for part of the gap between expectations and reality. A roster loaded with talent from top to bottom struggled in their Olympic opener, but the team quickly turned things around, cruising against every subsequent opponent.

Once a major Olympic draw, the quality of men’s hockey has taken a nosedive in 2018 with the exclusion of current NHL players.

It left the team struggling to compete against global squads it would have easily beaten at any other Olympics. “Medals – they’re not necessarily what the Olympics are all about”.

With 12 medals to their credit, the USA women need just one more medal to tie their record of 13 medals set four years ago in Sochi. Noh finished that race almost four seconds after her teammates did.

She was competing with a heavy heart for a grandfather who passed away in November. She also let the world know the latest way to cure your nerves: just eat a churro. Chloe wasn’t just hungry for gold, she was actually hungry.

Earlier in this Olympics, Haugen finished eighth with a time of 2:20.23 in the men’s Giant Slalom and 13 with a combined time of 1:40.31 in the men’s slalom. Bad weather conditions pushed Shiffrin’s two best disciplines back-to-back. They then lined up turned and bowed before leaving the ice to a standing ovation in tears.

The US won nine gold in Sochi, where Russian Federation topped the table. But unfortunately for winter sports fans, all Olympics must come to an end.

Kelsey Serwa of Kelowna takes home the gold in women’s ski cross for third straight Games.

We’ve been talking about Adam Rippon a lot, so most of you might be a little exhausted of it.

Canada’s Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir cement their ice dance legacy by winning their third Olympic gold and fifth Olympic medal.

The U.S. had been successful at the Winter Olympics before Fleming, winning back-to-back golds with Tenley Albright and Carol Heiss. Figure skating events will also conclude with the exhibition gala.

It’s always exciting to see new talent come up through the ranks, and this year America was introduced to a new crop that gives hope for the future. He’s one of the few teenage male competitive figure skaters in the metro. Only eight women in history, including Nagasu, have been able to successfully land a triple axel in competition.

The duo made history when they won gold in the women’s team sprint.

She is the first woman to win Winter Olympic gold medals in two different sports at a single Games. It seemed very unlikely as the Americans only had two wins in six games. Police said all three were intoxicated when they were stopped. Numerous newer events are skewed toward North American athletes, and it’s no surprise that the US started vaulting up the medals table in 2002, when it won 34, buoyed by a USA sweep on the men’s halfpipe in Park City.