Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Day 6



Mikaela Shiffrin of the USA wins gold in women's Alpine skiing Giant Slalom in 2 minutes 20.02 seconds. Ragnhild Mowinckel of Norway wins silver in 2 minutes 20.41 seconds. Fredrica Brignone of Italy wins bronze in 2 minutes 20.48 seconds. Shiffrin was in 2nd place at the conclusion of the first run.

In women's round robin Curling, Japan beat the USA 10-5.

Slovenia beat the USA 3-2 in overtime in men's Ice Hockey, preliminary group A. USA goals were scored by Brian O'Neill and Jordan Greenway. The USA gave up 2 goals in the 3rd period and lost in OT.

The USA men's doubles Luge team of Andrew Sherk/Justin Krewson finished 8th and the other USA men's doubles Luge team of Jayson Terdiman/Matthew Mortensen finished 10th.

Bryan Fletcher, Taylor Fletcher and Ben Loomis, all of the USA, finished 17th, 35th and 41st respectively in men's Nordic Combined Individual Gunderson NH/10KM Cross Country Skiing.

Americans Brittany Bowe, Heather Bersgsma and Jerica Tandiman finished 4th, 8th and 28th respectively in women's 1000 Speed Skating.

Bryce Bennett, Jared Goldberg and Ryan Cochran-Siegle, all of the USA, finished 16th, 20th and 23rd respectively in men's Alpine skiing- Downhill.

In women's round robin Curling, the USA beat Great Britain 7-4.

Matt Antoine and John Daly, both of the USA, finished 12th and 13th respectively in men's Skeleton heats.

The USA figure skating pairs team of Alexa Scimeca Knierim/Chris Knierim finished 15th with a total score of 185.82. Their free skate score was 120.27.

Americans Mick Dierdorff, Hagan Kearney and Nick Baumgartner all qualify for the quarterfinals of men's Snowboard Cross. Nick Baumgarter and Mick Dierdorff both qualify for the big final. In the Finals, both Americans, Nick Baumgarter and Mick Dierdorff crashed and finished 4th and 5th respectively.

Canada defeats the USA in women's Ice Hockey 2-1. USA goal was scored by Kendall Coyne. Canadians scored a goal in the 3rd period to make it 3-1 Canada, but was wiped way for a Canadian using her feet to guide puck into goal.

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Medal Count as of 12:50 am Eastern time(Feb. 15) - Day 6

Germany 8 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze - 13 total
Norway 4 gold, 6 silver, 3 bronze - 13 total
Netherlands 5 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze - 11 total
Canada 3 gold, 4 silver, 4 bronze - 11 total
USA 5 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze - 8 total

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