Monday was all about American women.
First, the U.S. women’s hockey team defeated Sweden in the semifinal round, 5-0. They will face Canada in the gold medal game, scheduled to begin Thursday at 1:10 p.m. ET. The Canadians held off a Swiss comeback and won 2-1 in the semifinals.
And the most emotional win of the game for Team USA was Elana Meyers-Taylor. As of Monday, the 41-year-old bobsledder, a mother of two and competing in her fifth Olympics, had won five medals, three silver and one bronze. With Monobob, she finally has a gold medal on her resume.
“I’m so excited to finally win the gold medal and have worked so hard for so many years,” she said after completing her joyful feat.
“It meant so much to the support staff around me, my friends, my family, and the people behind me who worked so hard to get me to the starting line, let alone win the gold medal. It was incredible.”
Kylie Armbruster Humphries, a 40-year-old mother herself, came in third and took home the bronze medal.
Japan’s Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara won their country’s first gold medal in pairs figure skating, and the first of any kind. Their combined score of 231.24 marked a stunning turnaround as they finished fifth in Sunday’s short program.
After the match, Dutch fans went wild inside the arena. Xandra Beelzebois crossed the line first. Women’s 1000m short track final. This is the 24-year-old athlete’s second Olympic gold medal, having already won the 500m short track event.
Norway was on track for another gold medal in the men’s slalom when Atre Lee McGrath took the lead in the first run, but McGrath had a did-not finish in the second run, straddling a combination of gates and skidding off the course and into the woods. Instead, Swiss skier Loïc MeillardThe athlete showed overwhelming strength in Milan-Cortina and won the gold medal, his third medal at this tournament.
Other gold medal moments:
Megan Oldham won gold in the women’s freeski big air. China’s Irene Gu won the silver medal, and Italy’s Flora Tavanelli scored a high score in the final run to win the bronze medal.
The final round of the ski jumping men’s super team was canceled due to weather, and Austria won the gold medal.
And here are some other notable moments from today.
After shocking the world with his 8th place finish in Friday’s free skate competition. American figure skater Ilya Marin Today we discussed “invisible internal battles” and “vile hatred online.” Announcement via Instagram post Participated in the Winter Olympics exhibition gala on February 21st.
Last weekend, Austrian ski jumper Daniel Chofenig was disqualified from the men’s large hill individual event. after putting on boots That was 4 millimeters (about 0.16 inches) larger than what regulations allow. The 23-year-old, who was one of the favorites for gold in the event, had already qualified for the final before the judges ruled that his first-round jumps did not count and he should be disqualified.
Italy defeated the United States in a stunning defeat in women’s curling.