Hello from Milan and Cortina, where the USA women’s hockey team will face a familiar enemy in the gold medal game, two Americans were on the podium in the women’s monobob and a Norwegian skier melted down after losing the medal.
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These Winter Olympics have not been kind to the favorites. From Ilia Malinin to Lindsey Vonn and Switzerland Marco Odermatt, many athletes who were thought to be in the gold rush have struggled to achieve the things they expected.
But the US women’s hockey team is a different red, white and blue.
It advanced to Thursday’s gold medal game by beating Sweden 5-0 in the semifinals today, with goals from five different scorers. The performance showed the depth and dominance of the lineup. The US has been held scoreless for 331 minutes, an Olympic record, while outscoring all opponents 31-1.
America will face Canada for the gold medal.
The two North American powerhouses have faced off for the gold medal all but once since women’s hockey became an Olympic sport in 1998.
At that time, the pair figure skating event gave us Olympic history. Japanese Ryuichi Kihara and Riku Miura they came in fifth after their short program, but posted a massive 158.13 in their free skate to claim gold — Japan’s first medal in the pairs event.
in Georgia Luka Berulava and Anastasia Metelkina took silver and won the country’s first medal at the Winter Olympics. Both pairs upset the German team of Nikita Volodin and Minerva Hasewho came in first after the short program.
Bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor won her first gold medal today, taking first in the women’s monobob by .04 seconds.
More on his amazing accomplishments below.
And one video you should definitely watch, it’s very touching Atle Lie McGrath from Norway broke off his ski poles and fell asleep in the snow after going off the track. McGrath was in the lead going into the second run, but he paddled into the gate and lost control, causing him to throw a tantrum.
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Elana Meyers Taylor he has medaled at every Winter Olympics since 2010 but has never won gold.
Until today.
Meyers Taylor won the women’s monobob, defeating Germany Laura Nolte, and joined Bonnie Blair as the most decorated woman to ever compete for the US in the Winter Olympics.
Meyers Taylor hugged his two sons when he realized what he had accomplished.
The six-time Olympic medalist now said that this medal is definitely the best, but not just because it is his first gold.
“This is really high, not only the Olympic champion, but to be able to do this with my children, both of my children is like amazing,” said Meyers Taylor to reporters after the awards ceremony.
He entered today’s monobob final already in the record books. With three career silver medals and two career bronze medals, she had the most medals by a women’s bobsledder, and the most medals by a Black Winter Olympian, regardless of sport.
With the gold medal in the monobob, Meyers Taylor joined Blair as the only US women to win six career medals at the Winter Olympics. And at 41 years old, she is the oldest woman to ever win an Olympic medal in bobsled, breaking the record she set four years ago in Beijing.
Both Meyers Taylor and his US counterpart Kailee Humphries they were on stage, Humphries taking the bronze.
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When Should You Watch?
Arguably, the main event of the Winter Olympics begins tomorrow: women’s figure skating. The Americans Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu and Isabeau Levito will take the ice in Milan with a short program.
All times are in the East, and an asterisk indicates a medal event:
Tuesday, February 17
- 3:05 am: Curling, men’s round robin (Switzerland vs. Sweden, USA vs. China, Czechia vs. Germany)
- 4:45 a.m.: Freestyle skiing, women’s aerial qualification 1
- 5:30 a.m.: Freestyle skiing, women’s aerial qualification 2
- 6:10 am: Men’s hockey, playoffs (Germany vs. France, Switzerland vs. Italy)
- 7 a.m.: Snowboard, women’s slopestyle*
- 7:30 a.m.: Freestyle skiing, men’s aerials title 1
- 7:45 a.m.: Cross-country, Nordic combined*
- 8:05 a.m.: Curling, women’s round robin (Sweden vs. Canada, Italy vs. Japan, Denmark vs. USA, Korea vs. Switzerland)
- 8:15 a.m.: Freestyle skiing, men’s aerials title 2
- 8:30 a.m.: Biathlon, men’s 4X7.5km relay*
- 8:30 a.m.: Speedskating, men’s team pursuit semi-finals
- 8:52 a.m.: Speedskating, women’s team pursuit semi-finals
- 10:28 am: Speedskating, men’s team finals*
- 10:40 a.m.: Men’s hockey, qualifying match, Czechia vs. Denmark
- 10:47 a.m.: Speedskating, women’s team finals*
- 12:45 a.m.: Figure skating, women’s short program
- 1 p.m.: Bobsled, two-man heat 3
- 1:05pm: Curling, men’s round robin (Germany vs. Switzerland, USA vs. Italy, Canada vs. Great Britain, Sweden vs. Norway)
- 1:30 pm: Freestyle skiing, freeski big air final*
- 3:05 pm: Bobsled, two-man heat 4
- 3:10 pm: Men’s hockey, playoff qualification, Sweden vs. Latvia
