Canada wins Olympic bronze in men’s 5000m short track speed skating relay
China, which finished provisionally in second, was disqualified for impeding, as was Canada.
Among the medals we’ll see handed out on Friday will be the last biathlon event, the men’s 4×7.5-kilometre relay, as well as the men’s 1,000-metre final in speedskating.
Hopes for another figure skating medal for Team USA were dashed early during the short program after top contenders Bradie Tennell and Mirai Nagasu fell moments into their routines.
The 2018 Winter Olympics are being held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from February 9, 2018 (2/9/18) to February 25, 2018 (2/25/18). This eventually led to a 14 gold medal count for Canada, which is now the record for most gold medals won at an Olympic event.
The team lost its final game on Tuesday, finishing in last place.
Knoch admitted his delight and said that a weight had been lifted from the shoulders of the four team members.
The Americans secured their worst showing in modern-era Olympic women’s figure skating with Mirai Nagasu failing to get any lift on her triple Axel and popping a triple Lutz. “We felt a lot of pressure, if I have to be honest, from the whole country”, admitted Knoch. “Since he had a belief and was confident in what he’s doing, I was ready to support him”.
The United States still has time to get more gold medals with one more week of competition to go. But I am here and still fighting for medals.
Tinder has revealed that the most popular Olympic athletes on the dating app during the Winter Games have been male bobsledders and female snowboarders. She now has three career Olympic medals – one gold and two bronzes.
“I tried to put my heart into that run”, Gisin said. “It’s brand new to us and I think we might end up crying in the end”. My teammates have been really supportive and helped each other.
David Wise delivered another gold for the US, winning the men’s halfpipe in freestyle skiing on Thursday.
Reigning world champion Anna Gasser edged two-time gold medalist Jamie Anderson to win gold in the Olympic debut of women’s Big Air snowboarding. “I wish I could keep going, I’m having so much fun and I love what I do, but my body just can’t take another four years”.