2022 USA Gymnastics Championships results/2022 World Gymnastics Championships - USA results

 The USA gymnastics championships were held in Tampa, FL from August 18-21 2022. 

17 year old Konnor McLain wins first all around. 

USA women's All Around results:

1. Konnor McLain - 112.750

2. Shilese Jones - 112.000

3. Jordan Chiles - 111.900

4. Kayla DiCello - 110.950

5. Jade Carey - 110.900

6. Skye Blakely - 109.300

7. Lexi Zeiss - 106.500

8. Elle Muller - 105.950

9. Katelyn Jong - 105.350

10. Addison Fatta - 104.200

Women's Vault results:

1. Jade Carey - 29.450

2. Shilese Jones - 29.050

3. Konnor McLain - 28.750

4. Jordan Chiles - 28.650

5. Amelia Disidore - 28.600

6. Kayla DiCello - 28.500

7. Skye Blakely - 28.400

8. Katelyn Jong - 27.800

9. Joscelyn Roberson - 27.550

10. Marissa Neal - 27.450

Women's Unevens results:

1. Shilese Jones - 28.450

1T. Leanne Wong - 28.450

3. Jordan Chiles - 28.350

4. Nola Matthews - 27.800

5. Skye Blakely - 27.750

6. Lexi Zeiss - 27.700

7. Kayla DiCello - 27.600

8. Konnor McLain - 27.350

9. Olivia Greaves - 27.050

9T. Jade Carey - 27.050

Women's Balance Beam results:

1. Konnor McLain 28.900

2. Ciena Alipio - 27.550

3. Kayla DiCello - 27.350

4. Jordan Chiles - 27.050

5. Katelyn Jong - 26,550

5T. Leanne Wong - 26.550

7. Jade Carey - 26.500

8. Marissa Neal - 26.450

9. Skye Blakely - 26.400

10. Levi Jung- Ruivivar - 26.250

Women's Floor Exercise results:

1. Shilese Jones - 28.350

2. Jade Carey - 27.900

3. Jordan Chiles  - 27.850

4. Konnor McLain - 27.750

5. Kayla DiCello - 27.500

6. Skye Blakely - 26.750

7. Elle Mueller - 26.400

8. Amelia Disidore - 26.300

9. Lexi Zeiss - 26.250

10. Katelyn Jong - 26.100

USA Men's results:

Brody Malone wins his second straight All Around competition. 

Men's All Around results:

1. Brody Malone - 176.590

2. Donnell Whittenburg - 171.571

3. Asher Hong - 171.210

4. Fred Richard - 169.166

5. Yul Moldauer - 169.139

6. Colt Walker - 169.049

7. Shane Wiskus - 167.429

8. Taylor Burkhart - 165.425

9. Ian Lasic-Ellis - 164.050

10. Riley Loos - 163.408

Men's Floor Exercise results:

1. Brody Malone - 29.732

2. Asher Hong - 29.458

3. Fred Richard - 28.782

4. Colt Walker - 28.557

5. Donnell Whittenberg - 28.467

6. Taylor Burkhart - 28.458

7. Yul Moldauer - 28.450

8. Ian Lasic-Ellis - 28.300

9. Kameron Nelson - 28.058

10. Matt Cormier - 27.922

Men's Pommel Horse results:

1. Stephen Nedoroscik - 31.086

2. Brody Malone - 29.578

3. Yul Moldauer - 28.044

4. Blake Sun - 27.550

5. Cameron Bock - 27.500

6. Ian Lasic-Ellis - 27.400

7. Ian Shirkey - 27.182

8. Patrick Hoopes - 27.135

9. Fred Richard - 27.092

10. Shane Wiskus - 26.650

Men's Rings results:

1. Donnell Whittenberg - 30.744

2. Alex Diab - 30.340

3. Asher Hong - 29.532

4. Yul Moldauer - 28.682

5. Riley Loos - 28.664

6. Colt Walker - 28.350

7. Brody Malone - 28.100

8. Shane Wiskus - 27.850

9. Ian Lasic- Ellis - 27.500

10. Taylor Burkhart - 27.450

Men's Vault results:

1. Asher Hong - 33.460

2. Donnell Whittenberg - 32.310

3. Colt Walker - 30.194

4. Riley Loos - 30.144

5. Taylor Burkhart - 29.688

6. Dallas Hale - 29.500

7. Kameron Nelson - 29.100

8. Brody Malone - 29.050

9. Yul Moldauer - 28.750

10. Taylor Christopulos - 28.700

10. Khoi Young - 28.600

Men's Parallel Bars results:

1. Curran Phillips - 33.948

2. Colt Walker - 30.728

3. Blake Son - 30.297

4. Shane Wiskus - 30.198

5. Brody Malone - 30.042

6. Asher Hong - 29.760

7. Yul Moldauer - 29.413

8. Fred Richard - 29.310

9. Dallas Hale - 28.200

10. Donnell Whittenberg - 27.750

Men's High Bar results:

1. Brody Malone - 30.088

2. Fred Richard - 28.882

3. Shane Wiskus - 27.652

4. Evan Hymanson - 27.100

5. Matt Cormier - 26.950

6. Landen Blixt - 26.800

6T. Colt Walker - 26.800

8. Donnell Whittenberg - 26.450

9. Jeremy Bischoff - 26.400

10. Toby Liang - 26.300

The World Gymnastics Championships were held in Liverpool, Great Britain from October 29 to November 6, 2022

The USA women won gold in the team event with Shilese Jones winning Silver in the women's All Around and silver on the uneven bars and Jordan Chiles and Jade Carey winning gold and silver respectively on the vault and Chiles and Carey winning silver and bronze respectively on the Floor Exercise. Brody Malone won gold on the Parallel Bars.

Women's Team Results:

USA - 166.564 - Gold
Great Britain - 163.363 - Silver
Canada - 160.563- Bronze
Brazil - 159.661 - 4th
Italy - 159.463 - 5th

USA Women's Individual Results:

Jade Carey - 14.800 on Vault,  12.800 on Balance Beam, 14.100 on Floor Exercise
Jordan Chiles - 14.400 on Vault, 14.100 on Unevens, 13.333 on Balance Beam, 14.000 on Floor Exercise.
Shilese Jones - 13.933 on Vault,  14.333 on Unevens 13,733 on Floor Exercise.
Skye Blakely - 13.266 on Balance Beam
Leanne Wong - 13.766 on Unevens

Women's All Around Results:

Shilese Jones - 14.233 on Vault, 14.366 on Unevens, 13.100 on Balance Beam, 13.700 on Floor Exercise - 55.399 - Silver
Jade Carey - 14.733 on Vault, 13.166 on Unevens, 12.633 on Balance Beam, 14.166 on Floor Exercise - 54.698 - 6th

Women's Event Finals Results:

Vault
Jade Carey - 14.516 - Gold

Jordan Chiles - 14.350 - Silver

Uneven Bars
Shilese Jones - 14.766 - Silver

Balance Beam
Skye Blakely - 13.300 - 5th

Floor Exercise
Jordan Chiles - 13.833 - Silver
Jade Carey - 13.733 - Tie for Bronze


Men's Team Results:

China - 257.858 - Gold
Japan - 253.395 - Silver
Great Britain - 247.229 - Bronze

Italy - 245.995 - 4th

USA - 245.692 - 5th

USA Men's Individual Results:

Brody Malone - 12.866 on Floor Exercise, 11.733 on Pommel Horse, 13.766 on Rings, 14.400 on Vault, 13.966 on Parallel Bars, 14.366 on High Bar.
Asher Hong - 13.933 on Floor Exercise, 13.566 on Pommel Horse, 14.033 on Rings 14.533 on Vault, 14.533 on Parallel Bars.
Colt Walker - 13.900 on Vault, 14.366 on Parallel Bars, 11.700 on High Bar
Donnell Whittenburg - 13.466 on Floor Exercise, 14.466 on Rings, 13.133 on High Bar.
Stephen  Nedoroscik- 12.966 on Pommel Horse.

Men's All Around Results:

Brody Malone - 14.133 on Floor Exercise, 13.766 on Pommel Horse, 13.666 on Rings, 14.500 on Vault, 14.366 on Parallel Bars, 14.500 on High Bar - 84.931 - 4th
Asher Hong - 14.266 on Floor Exercise, 13.700 on Pommel Horse, 13.833 on Rings, 14.166 on Vault, 14.900 on Parallel Bars, 11.500 on High Bar - 82.365 - 6th

Men's Event Finals results:

Pommel Horse
Stephen Nedoroscik - 14.400 - 5th

Rings

Donnell Whittenburg - 14.433 - 8th

Parallel Bars

Brody Malone - 14.800 - Gold

2022 USATF World Championship team/2022 World Athletics World Championships USA results

 The USATF Track and Field Championships were held from June 23-26, 2022 in Eugene Oregon.

Top three US finishers to World Athletics World Championships (4th person listed as automatic bye into the World Championships):

Allyson Felix did not qualify in the Women's 400 but she will run in the relays. Jenny Simpson missed her first USA Championships since 2006. Molly Seidel qualified for the women's marathon and withdrew. Sam Kendricks will not compete  at World Championships due to knee surgery. Quanera Hayes, Micah Williams and Garrett Scantling will not compete for the USA at the World Championships. 
A new world record was set in the Women's 400 Hurdles Sydney McLaughlin. ran a 51.41.

Women's 100 - Melissa Jefferson, Aleia Hobbs and Twanisha Terry

Men's 100 - Fred Kerley, Marvin Bracy-Williams, Trayvon Bromell and Christian Coleman
Women's 100H - Keni Harrison, Alaysha Johnson, Alia Armstrong and Nia Ali

Men's 110H - Daniel Roberts, Trey Cunningham, Devon Allen and Grant Holloway
Women's 200 - Abby Steiner, Tamara Clark and Jenna Prandini

Men's 200 - Noah Lyles, Erriyon Knighton, Fred Kerley and Kenny Bednarek
Women's 400- Talitha Diggs, Kendall Ellis and Lynna Irby

Men's 400 - Michael Norman, Champion Allison and Randolph Ross
Women's 400H - Sydney McLaughlin,  Britton Wilson, Shamier Little and Dalilah Muhammad 

Men's 400H - Rai Benjamin, Trevor Bassitt and Khallifah Rosser
Women's 800 - Athing Mu, Ajee Wilson, and Raevyn Rogers

Men's 800 - Bryce Hoppel, Jonah Koech, Brandon Miller and Donavan Brazier
Women's 1500 - Sinclaire Johnson, Cory McGee and Ellie St. Pierre

Men's 1500 - Cooper Teare, Josh Thompson and Johnny Gregorek
Women's 3000 Steeplechase - Emma Coburn, Courtney Wayment and Courtney Frerichs

Men's 3000 Steeplechase - Hillary Bor, Evan Jager and Bernard Keter
Women's 5000 - Elise Cranny, Karissa Schweizer and Emily Infeld

Men's 5000 - Grant Fisher, Woody Kincaid, and Abdihamid Nur
Women's 10000 - Karissa Schweizer, Alicia Monson and Natosha Rogers

Men's 10000 - Joe Klecker, Grant Fisher and Sean McGorty
Women's Heptathlon - Anna Hall, Ashtin Mahler, Michelle Atherley and Kendell Williams

Men's Decathlon - Kyle Garland, Zach Ziemek and Steven Bastien
Women's High Jump - Vashti Cunningham, Rachel Glenn and Rachel McCoy

Men's High Jump - Shelby McEwen, JuVaughn Harrison and Darius Corbin
Women's Pole Vault - Sandi Morris, Katie Nageotte and Gabriela Leon

Men's Pole Vault - Chris Nilsen, Luke Winder and Andrew Irwin
Women's Long Jump - Quanesha Burks, Jasmine Moore and Tiffany Flynn

Men's Long Jump - Steffin McCarter, Will Williams and Marquis Dendy
Women's Triple Jump - Keturah Orji, Tori Franklin and Jasmine Moore

Men's Triple Jump - Donald Scott, Will Claye, Chris Benard and Christian Taylor
Women's Shot Put - Chase Ealey, Adelaide Aquilla, Jessica Woodward and Maggie Ewen

Men's Shot Put - Ryan Crouser, Joe Kovacs, Josh Awotunde and Tripp Piperi

Women's Discus - Valarie Allman, Laulauga Tausaga-Collins, Rachel Dincoff and Veronica Fraley

Men's Discus - Andrew Evans, Sam Mattis and Brian Williams
Women's Hammer - Brooke Andersen, Janee Kassanavoid and Annette Echikunwoke

Men's Hammer - Daniel Haugh, Rudy Winkler and Alex Young

Women's Javelin - Kara Winger Ariana Ince and Maggie Malone

Men's Javelin - Ethan Dabbs, Curtis Thompson and Tim Glover

Women's Marathon - Emma Bates, Keira D' Amato and Sara Hall

Men's Marathon - Elkanah Kibet, Colin Mickow and Galen Rupp

Women's 100 Relay Pool - Tamari Davis, Celera Barnes and Gabby Thomas

Women's 400 Relay Pool - Wadeline Jonathas, Kennedy Simon, Allyson Felix, Jaide Stepter and Kaylin Whitney

Men's 100 Relay Pool - Elijah Hall-Thompson, Kyree King and Josephus Lyles

Men's 400 Relay Pool - Elija Godwin, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon, Noah Williams and Ismail Turner

2022 World Track and Field Championships - USA Medalists

The World Track and Field Championships were held in Eugene, Oregon from July 15-24, 2022.

The USA dominated these home championships by sweeping the men's 100, 200 and Shot Put.  The USA won 12 field medals. The 33 total medals won by the USA are the most for any nation in any World Championships.

Medal Table:

USA          13 Gold, 9 Silver, 11 Bronze - 33 Total

Ethiopia     4 Gold,  4 Silver,   2 Bronze - 10 Total

Jamaica      2 Gold,  7 Silver,   1 Bronze - 10 Total

Kenya        2 Gold,  5 Silver,   3 Bronze - 10 Total

China         2 Gold,  1 Silver,   3 Bronze -  6 Total

USA Medalist results:

Mixed 4 by 400 Relay 

USA - Elija Godwin, Allyson Felix, Vernon Norwood, Kennedy Simon - 3:10.16 - Bronze

Women's Shot Put

Chase Ealey - 67 Ft. 2 2/3 in - Gold

Men's 100

Fred Kerley - 9.86 - Gold

Marvin Bracy - 9.88 - Silver

Trayvon Bromell - 9.88 - Bronze

Women's Hammer

Brooke Andersen - 259 Ft 1 in - Gold

Janee Kassanavoid -  245 Ft 7 in - Bronze

110 Hurdles

Grant Holloway - 13.03 - Gold

Trey Cunningham - 13.08 - Silver

Devon Allen DQ by. 001 second reaction time in final

Men's Shot Put

Ryan Crouser - 75 Ft. 3 in -  Gold

Joe Kovacs - 75 Ft. 1 in - Silver

Josh Awotunde - 73 Ft. 1 1/2 in - Bronze

Women's Pole Vault 

Katie Nageotte - 15 Ft 11 in - Gold

Sandi Morris - 15 Ft 11 in - Silver

Nageotte won gold on fewer missed attempts than Morris

Women's Heptathlon

Anna Hall - 6755 points - Bronze

Women's Triple Jump

Tori Franklin -  48 Ft. 3 1/2 in - Bronze

Men's 400 Hurdles

Rai Benjamin - 46.89 - Silver

Trevor Bassitt - 47.29 - Bronze

Women's Discus

Valarie Allman -  224 Ft. 1 in - Bronze

Men's 200

Noah Lyles - 19.31 (American Record) - Gold

Kenny Bednarek - 19.77 - Silver

Erriyon Knighton - 19.80 - Bronze

Women's Javelin

Kara Winger - 210 Ft. 1 1/2 in - Silver

Men's 400

Michael Norman - 44.29 - Gold

Women's 400 Hurdles

Sydney McLaughlin - 50.68 (World Record) - Gold

Dalilah Muhammad - 53.13 - Bronze

Women's 4 by 100 Relay

USA - Melissa Jefferson, Abby Steiner, Jenna Prandini, Twanisha Terry - 41.14 - Gold

Men's 4 by 100 Relay 

USA - Christian Coleman, Noah Lyles, Elijah Hall, Marvin Bracy - 37.55 - Silver

Men's Decathlon

Zachery Ziemek - 8676 points - Bronze

Women's 800

Athing Mu - 1:56.30 - Gold

Men's Pole Vault

Chris Nilsen - 19 Ft. 6 in - Silver

Men's 4 by 400 Relay

USA - Elija Godwin, Michael Norman, Bryce Deadmon, Champion Allison - 2:56.17 - Gold

Women's 4 by 400 Relay

USA - Talitha Diggs, Abby Steiner, Britton Wilson, Sydney McLaughlin - 3:17.79 - Gold

Notable performances  from other countries:

Shericka Jackson - Jamaica - Women's 200 - 21.45 - Gold

Alison Dos Santos - Brazil - Men's 400 Hurdles - 46.29 - Gold

Tobi Amusan- Nigeria - Women's 100 Hurdles - 12.12 in semifinals (World Record) 12.06 in finals (wind aided) - Gold

Armand Duplantis - Sweden -  Men's Pole Vault-  20 Ft. 4 1/2 in (World Record) - Gold

2022 Women's and Men's USA Volleyball Nations League results

2022 USA Women's Volleyball Nations League results - W 11 L 2

The USA women's volleyball team finished 5th at the Volleyball Nations League

At Shreveport, LA, USA

May 31 - Dominican Republic -  W 3-0, 25-21, 25-17, 25-18                        

June 3 -  Canada                        - W 3-0, 25-14, 25-22, 25-19

June 4 - Brazil                           - W 3-0, 25-21, 25-20, 25-18

June 5 - Japan                            - L  0-3, 22-25, 20-25, 20-25

At Quezon City, Philippines

June 15 - Bulgaria   - W 3-0, 25-20, 25-22, 25-20

June 16 - Poland      - W 3-0, 25-12, 25-21, 25-16

June 18 - China       - W 3-0, 25-21, 25-23, 25-21

June 19 - Thailand   - W 3-1, 17-25, 25-13, 25-23, 25-18

At Calgary, Canada

June 29 - Belgium   - W 3-0, 25-16, 25-21, 25-19

June 30 - Serbia      - W 3-0, 25-17, 33-31, 25-16

July 2 -  Turkey       - W 3-2, 25-22, 18-25, 27-25, 23-25, 18-16

July 3 -  Germany    - W 3-1, 25-17, 25-13, 13-25, 25-22

Quarterfinals at Ankara, Turkey

July 13 - Serbia  - L 2-3, 27-29, 23-25, 25-20, 25-20, 13-15

2022 USA Men's Volleyball Nations League results - W 12 L 3

The USA men's volleyball team finished second at the Volleyball Nations League

At Brasilia, Brazil

June 7 - Slovenia       -  W 3-0, 25-19, 25-19, 25-14

June 9 - Netherlands  -  W 3-0, 25-12, 25-18, 25-16

June 10 - Japan          -  W 3-2, 17-25, 25-15, 25-21, 26-28, 15-9

June 11 - Brazil          - W 3-1, 21-25, 27-25, 25-20, 25-20

At Sofia, Bulgaria

                   

June 22 - Serbia    - W 3-1, 26-24, 23-25, 25-23, 25-20

June 23 - Iran         - L 0-3, 18-25, 27-29, 25-27

June 25 - Bulgaria -  W 3-1, 25-12, 20-25, 26-24, 25-23

June 26 - Poland    -  L 1-3, 25-21, 23-25 24-26, 22-25

At Osaka, Japan

July 5 - Germany     - W 3-1, 25-21, 25-19 22-25, 25-18

July 6 - France         - W 3-2, 15-25, 25-22, 22-25, 25-14, 15-8

July 9 - Canada        - W 3-0, 25-19, 25-15, 25-19

July 10 - Argentina  - W 3-2, 29-27, 22-25, 20-25, 25-13, 17-15

Quarterfinals at Bologna, Italy

July 20 - Brazil - W 3-1, 20-25, 25-22, 25-23, 25-17

Semifinals at Bologna, Italy

July 23 - Poland - W 3-0, 25-22, 25-23, 25-13

Finals at Bologna, Italy

July 24 - France - L 2-3, 16-25, 19-25, 25-15, 25-21, 10-15

2022 USA Swimming National Championships results/ 2022 Swimming World Championship USA results

USA Swimming held their International Team Trials for qualification to the World Championships from April 26-30 2022. These are the qualifiers.

Women's 200 Butterfly -Hali Flickinger and Regan Smith

Men's 200 Butterfly - Luca Urlando and Trenton Julian

Women's 100 Free - Torri Huske and Claire Curzan
Men's 100 Free - Caeleb Dressel and Brooks Curry
Women's 800 Free - Katie Ledecky and Leah Smith
Men's 800 Free - Bobby Finke and Charlie Clark
Women's 1500 Free - Katie Ledecky and Katie Grimes
Men's 1500 Free - Bobby Finke and Charlie Clark
Men's 200 Backstroke - Ryan Murphy and Shaine Casas
Women's 200 Backstroke - Phoebe Bacon and Rhyan White
Women's 50 Butterfly - Claire Curzan
Men's 50 Butterfly - Caeleb Dressel
Men's 200 Breaststroke - Nic Fink and Charlie Swanson
Women's 200 Breaststroke - Lilly King and Kate Douglass
Women's 200 Free - Katie Ledecky and Claire Weinstein
Men's 200 Free - Kieran Smith and Drew Kibler
Women's 400 IM - Katie Grimes and Emma Weyant
Men's 400 IM - Carson Foster and Chase Kalisz
Women's 100 Butterfly - Torri Huske and Claire Curzan
Men's 100 butterfly - Caeleb Dressel and Michael Andrew
Women's 50 Breaststroke - Lilly King
Men's 50 Breaststroke - Michael Andrew
Women's 50 Backstroke - Katharine Berkoff 
Men's 50 Backstroke - Hunter Armstrong
Women's 400 Free - Katie Ledecky and Leah Smith
Men's 400 Free - Kieran Smith and Trey Freeman
Women's 100 Breaststroke - Lilly King and Annie Lazor
Men's 100 Breaststroke -  Nic Fink and Michael Andrew
Women's 100 Backstroke - Regan Smith and Claire Curzan
Men's 100 Backstroke -  Hunter Armstrong and Ryan Murphy
Women's 200 IM - Alex Walsh and Leah Hayes
Men's 200 IM - Chase Kalisz and Carson Foster
Women's 50 Free - Torri Huske and Erika Brown
Men's 50 Free - Caeleb Dressel and Michael Andrew

The World Swimming Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from June 18 to July 3, 2022.

Final Medal Standings:

USA           17 Gold, 12, Silver, 16 Bronze - 45 Total

Australia     6  Gold,   9  Silver,  2  Bronze - 17 Total

Canada        3  Gold,   4  Silver,   4  Bronze - 11 Total

Italy             5 Gold,    2 Silver,   2 Bronze -   9 Total

France         2 Gold,    4 Silver,   2 Bronze -   8 Total

USA Medalists:  

Women:

Katie Ledecky - 400 Freestyle - Gold, 800 Freestyle- Gold, 1500 Freestyle - Gold, 4 by 200 Freestyle Relay - Gold

Torri Huske - 100 Butterfly - Gold, 4 by 100 Medley Relay - Gold, Mixed 4 by 100 Medley Relay - Gold, 100 Freestyle - Bronze, 4 by 100 Freestyle Relay - Bronze, Mixed 4 by 100 Freestyle Relay - Bronze

Claire Curzan -  4 by 100 Medley Relay - Gold, Mixed 4 by 100 Medley Relay - Gold, 100 Backstroke - Bronze, 4 by 100 Freestyle Relay - Bronze, Mixed 4 by 100 Freestyle Relay - Bronze

Regan Smith - 100 Backstroke - Gold, 4 by 100 Medley - Gold

Lilly King - 200 Breaststroke - Gold, 4 by 100 Medley Relay - Gold

Leah Smith - 4 by 200 Freestyle Relay - Gold, 400 Freestyle - Bronze

Alex Walsh - 200IM - Gold

Bella Sims - 4 by 200 Freestyle Relay - Gold

Claire Weinstein - 4 by 200 Freestyle Relay - Gold

Katie Grimes - 1500 Freestyle - Silver, 400IM - Silver

Katharine Berkoff - 50 Backstroke - Silver

Hali Flickinger - 200 Butterfly - Silver

Phoebe Bacon - 200 Backstroke - Silver

Erika Brown - 50 Freestyle - Bronze, 4 by 100 Freestyle Relay - Bronze

Kate Douglass - 200 Breaststroke - Bronze, 4 by 100 Freestyle Relay - Bronze

Rhyan White - 200 Backstroke - Bronze

Leah Hayes - 200IM - Bronze

Emma Weyant - 400IM - Bronze

Men:

Nic Fink - 50 Breaststroke - Gold,  Mixed 4 by 100 Medley Relay - Gold, 4 by 100 Medley Relay - Silver, 100 Breaststroke - Bronze

Justin Ress - 50 Backstroke - Gold, 4 by 100 Freestyle Relay - Gold

Caeleb Dressel - 50 Butterfly - Gold, 4 by 100 Freestyle Relay- Gold

Ryan Murphy - 200 Backstroke - Gold, 100 Backstroke - Silver, 4 by 100 Medley Relay - Silver

Ryan Held - 4 by 100 Freestyle - Gold, 4 by 100 Medley Relay - Silver, Mixed 4 by 100 Freestyle Relay - Bronze

Hunter Armstrong -  Mixed 4 by 100 Medley Relay - Gold, 50 Backstroke - Silver, 100 Backstroke - Bronze

Bobby Finke - 800 Freestyle - Gold, 1500 Freestyle - Silver

Brooks Curry - 4 by 100 Freestyle Relay - Gold, Mixed 4 by 100 Freestyle Relay - Bronze

Drew Kibler - 4 by 200 Freestyle Relay - Gold

Trenton Julian - 4 by 200 Freestyle Relay - Gold

Kieran Smith - 4 by 200 Freestyle Relay - Gold

Carson Foster -  4 by 200 Freestyle Relay - Gold, 200IM - Silver, 400IM - Silver

Michael Andrew - 50 Freestyle - Silver, 4 by 100 Medley Relay - Silver, 50 Breaststroke - Bronze, 50 Butterfly - Bronze

Shaine Casas - 200 Backstroke - Bronze

Chase Kalisz - 400IM - Bronze

Olympic and Athlete updates - August 2021 to July 2022

There have been a lot of retirements from sport in the past year:

Alysa Liu - USA women's figure skater

Cat Osterman - USA softball player

Carli Lloyd - USA women's soccer player

Gigi Marvin - USA women's hockey player

Jake Gibb - American beach volleyball player

Justin Gatlin - USA men's sprinter

Kohei Uchimora - Japanese gymnast

Valerie Adams - New Zealand shot putter

Gus Kenworthy - USA/British freestyle skier

Shaun White - USA freestyle skier

Gable Steveson - USA amateur wrestler

Murphy Bromberg - USA Diver

Brian Johnson - American pairs figure skater

Townley Haas - USA swimmer

Andrew Wilson - USA swimmer

Haley Anderson - USA long distance swimmer

Monica Puig - Puerto Rican tennis player

Madison Hubbell/Zach Donohue - American Ice Dancers

Jen Suhr - American pole vaulter

Michelle Carter - American shot putter

Former IOC President Jacques Rogge died on August 29, 2021. He was 79 years old.  Rogge was IOC President from 2001 to 2013.

American gold medal gymnast Suni Lee was selected to compete on Dancing with the Stars 2021 season.

The nation of North Korea is not allowed to compete at the Beijing winter games in 2022 because they decided not to compete in Tokyo 2021. 

Kathy Carter has been named CEO of Los Angeles 2028. Carter was the marketing guru for LA 2028 before her promotion to CEO. Casey Wasserman is the Chair of LA 2028.

Beijing 2022 organizers have said there will be no overseas spectators at the games. Only Chinese citizens can attend.  No families of athletes can attend the games in person. Also there will be a 21 day quarantine for athletes that are not vaccinated.

USA women's soccer star Carli Lloyd retired from the sport at age 39 on October 26, 2021. Lloyd scored 134 goals for team USA. Lloyd had 316 CAPS. Lloyd won gold medals for team USA at the 2008 Beijing games and 2012 London games. Lloyd won 2 women's World Cups with team USA in 2015 and 2019.

USA high jumper Erik Kynard has moved up from silver to gold at the 2012 London games. Russian Ivan Ukhov has been stripped of his gold medal by the IOC for doping. Kynard has since retired from the sport.

USA shot putter CJ Hunter has died at age 52 on November 28, 2021.  Hunter was married to USA sprinter Marion Jones from 1998-2002. Hunter was suspended for two years due to steroid use in 2000. Hunter competed at the 1996 Atlanta games. 

Former CEO of the IAAF Lamine Diack has died at age 88. Diack has been convicted of corruption in the IOC selection of Rio in 2016 and other illegal money issues involving IAAF athletes. Diack was under house arrest in France recently and died in his home country of Senegal.

Cheryl Reeve will take over the coaching duties for USA women's Olympic basketball for Dawn Staley. Reeve is the Minnesota Lynx head coach. Reeve has been an Assistant coach the past 2 Olympics for Team USA.

Several sports are out for the 2028 Los Angeles games. Boxing, Weightlifting and Modern Pentathlon are dropped as sports from the 2024 Paris games. Surfing, skateboarding and sport climbing are being contested at the 2028 Los Angeles games.

USA diver Jordan Windle has been indefinitely suspended by USA Safesport for possible misconduct. 

The USOPC and USA women's gymnastics have reached a 380 million dollar settlement with the 500 sexual abuse survivors of Larry Nassar. This brings to a close a dark chapter in USA gymnastics history.

Current Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr will coach the USA men's Olympic basketball team at the 2024 Paris games. Kerr succeeds San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich as Team USA basketball coach.

USA Ice skater Bradie Tennell withdrew from the USA Figure Skating Championships due to a foot injury.

USA women Ice skaters Alysa Liu and Amber Glenn withdrew from the USA Figure Skating Championships due to COVID 19.

Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian athletes have been banned from the Paralympics (can compete as neutrals), and other World Championships ( Figure Skating, Swimming, Track and Field) and are being stripped of hosting sporting events indefinitely.

USA gold medal figure skater Nathan Chen has withdrawn from the 2022 Figure Skating World championships due to injury.  USA skater Camden Pulkinen will replace Chen.

Japanese gold medal figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu will miss the 2022 Figure Skating World Championships with an injury that he sustained at the Beijing games.

Legendary USA 200/400 sprinter Allyson Felix says that the 2022 track season will be her last. Felix finished 6th in the 400 at the USA Track and Field Championships and did not qualify in that event but will run the relays for the USA at the World Track and Field Championships in July in Eugene, Oregon.

USA women's halfpipe gold medalist Chloe Kim does not plan on competing this upcoming season. Kim will concentrate on her mental health. Kim has won gold in the halfpipe at the 2018 Pyeongchang games and 2022 Beijing games. 

USA women's 1500 and 5000 track star Shelby Houlihan lost her 4 year ban on appeal. Houlihan can return in 2025. Houlihan missed the 2021 Tokyo games and will miss the 2024 Paris games. Houlihan was banned for eating a tainted burrito which contained the illegal substance nandrolone. 

There are several new beach volleyball partnerships for the USA in 2022. Kelley Kolinske will partner with Sara Hughes, Alix Klineman is recovering from shoulder surgery and April Ross will partner with Emily Day, Kelly Cheng (Klaes) will partner with Betsi Flint and Sarah Sponcil will partner with Terese Cannon. On the men's side, Nick Lucena will partner with Andy Benesh, Chase Budinger will partner with Troy Field, Taylor Crabb will partner with Taylor Sander, Jeremy Casebeer will partner with Billy Allen and John Hyden will partner with Logan Webber. 

USA women's gymnastics has appointed Alicia Sacramone Quinn as High Performance Director - Srtategic Lead, Chellsie Memmell as High Performance Director - Technical Lead and Dan Baker - High Performance Director - Developmental Lead. There will be three directors of USA women's gymnastics. All three replace Tom Forster who resigned as High Performance Director in December 2021.

USA 1500 track star Matthew Centrowitz will miss the USA Track and Field Championships and the World Track and Field Championships in 2022 with a knee injury.

 

AVP Pro Tour 2022 Schedule 

May 6-8 - Austin Open

May 27-29 - New Orleans Open

July 8-10 - Hermosa Beach Open

July 29-31 - Ft. Lauderdale Open

August 5-7 - Atlanta Open (Gold Series)

August 19-21 - Manhattan Beach Open (Gold Series)

Sept. 2-4 - Chicago Open (Gold Series)

Sept. 16-18 - Atlantic City Open

Sept. 23-24 - Phoenix Championships

The ISU has approved a minimum age to compete in future Olympic games for figure skaters. The minimum age to compete at the 2026 Olympics will be 17 years old. The minimum wage for figure skaters at the 2022 Beijing games was 15 years old. The minimum age for figure skaters will be 16 starting with the 2023-2024 season and 17 starting with the 2024-2025 season.

American wrestler Jordan Burroughs plans to retire after the 2024 Paris games. Burroughs won gold for the USA at the 2012 London games.

French Ice Dancers Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron will skip the 2022-2023 Figure Skating season to rest. Padadakis/Cizeron are the 2022 World Champions in Ice Dance.

Several new winter Olympic events have been added for 2026. Men's and women's freestyle skiing dual moguls, ski mountaineering men's and women's sprint and a mixed gender relay and men's and women's luge doubles. The Alpine skiing team event has been removed from the 2026 winter games.

USA 110 hurdler Devon Allen has signed a contract to play football for the Philadelphia Eagles for the 2022 season. Allen signed a 3 year contract. Allen will compete at the World Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon from July 15-24 then report to Eagles training camp. Allen plans to return to the track in the NFL off season.

The USA men's soccer team qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics while the USA women's soccer team qualified for the 2023 World Cup.

British long distance and marathon runner Mo Farah may retire after the London marathon this fall. Farah says he is probably done on the track but has not ruled out still competing until after the London Marathon. Farah won gold in the 5000 and 10,000 at the 2012 London Olympic games

Final thoughts on Beijing 2022

The USA finished 5th in the medal count with 8 gold, 10 silver and 7 bronze for a total of 25 medals won. Norway led the medal count with 16 gold, 8 silver and 13 bronze for a total of 37 total medals The ROC was second with 6 gold, 12 silver and 14 bronze for a total of 32 medals. Germany was third in the medal count with 12 gold, 10 silver and 5 bronze for a total of 27 medals won. Canada was 4th with 4 gold, 8 silver and 14 bronze for a total of 26 medals won.  The USA won more medals in Beijing with 25 vs the 23 the USA won in Pyeongchang 2018. 

The USA Figure Skaters had a successful games. The USA won silver in the team competition behind the ROC who won gold. Nathan Chen scored 10 points in the men's Short Program, Madison Hubbell/Zach Donohue scored 10 points in the Rhythm Dance and Madison Chock/Evan Bates also scored 10 points to lead team USA to a silver medal. Decent Performances by Vincent Zhou with 8 points in the men's Free Skate, Karen Chen, 13 points for the women's Short Program/Free Skate, Alexa Knierim/Brandon Frazier scored 14 points in the Pairs Short Program/Free Skate. A silver medal is the best ever for the USA in the team competition. Unfortunately, Vincent Zhou contracted COVID 19 and had to withdraw from the men's singles event.  Nathan Chen was flawless in the men's singles competition, winning gold by a decent amount over Japanese skaters Yuma Kagiyama and Shoma Uno. Chen's Free skate was unbelievable and at the end really relished the moment he won gold. Jason Brown finished 6th, 50 points behind Chen. Jason Brown was very good as he has great artistic ability but doesn't attempt quads. Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan wasn't as sharp as he usually is and finished 4th, Japan finished 2nd, 3rd and 4th behind Chen of the USA. There was no medal ceremony due to the failed drug test of ROC skater Kamila Valieva.

The USA women Figure skaters finished well behind the Russians Anna Shcherbakova and Alexandra Trusova and Kaori Sakamoto of Japan.  Alyssa Liu finished 7th, Mariah Bell finished 10th and Karen Chen finished 16th. At the end of the women's singles competition Trusova was crying because she thought she should have won gold and I thought that lacked sportsmanship. The USA Ice Dancers Madison Hubbell/Zach Donohue won the bronze medal behind Papadakis/Cizeron of France and Sinitsina/Katsalapov of ROC. Madison Chock/Evan Bates finished a respectable 4th and Kaitlin Hawayek/Jean -Luc Baker finished 11th. The USA Pairs teams Alexa Knierim/Brandon Frazier and Ashley Cain Gribble/Tim Leduc finished 6th and 8th respectively behind China and the ROC.

ROC skater Kamila Valieva was leading after the short program but fell to 4th place after several falls on ice. These falls were from pressure and turmoil related to a failed drug test that Valieva took around Christmas 2021. The drug in question was trimetazidine. Valieva said she accidently took it from her family medicine cabinet but there were 2 other legal drugs found in her system, Hypoxen and L-Carnatine. When these drugs are taken together they help endurance. The results of the test was not revealed until after the team event. Valieva was originally suspended from competition by the Russian Anti Doping Agency but quickly reinstated by RUSADA and allowed to skate at the games because she tested negative since. There was an emergency hearing held during the games and before the women's singles competition to determine Valieva's eligibility for the Olympics. After a 6 hour hearing with the Court of Arbitration for Sport it was determined that Valieva could skate and the decision was based on that not allowing Valieva to skate would cause mental harm to her. The drama surrounding the failed drug test affected Valieva's performance in the women's free skate. There was validity to the outrage of letting Valieva skate because it was like letting a drug cheater compete at the games and the message to clean athletes was very muddled. American Olympic broadcasters and former skaters Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski both spoke out on the air against letting Valieva perform. I agree wholeheartedly with the message of Weir and Lipinski. The Olympics are about clean athletes and letting tainted athletes perform sends the wrong message. Luckily, Valieva finished 4th because the IOC would have not held a medal ceremony for the women's singles event.

The USA Alpine ski team did ok these games. The reason why I said ok is that USA Alpine ski legend Mikaela Shiffrin skied out of the women's Slalom, Giant Slalom and  women's combined, finished 9th in the women's Super G ,18th in the women's Downhill and the USA finished 4th and Shiffrin did not medal in the Mixed Team Parallel. Mikaela skied out in the first 15 seconds of two races and after the second ski out, it was tough to watch Mikaela sit in the snow and cry. Under ordinary circumstances Mikaela would have medaled in at least 3, if not 4 or 5 Alpine ski events, but these were no ordinary circumstances. Mikaela Shiffrin is already a legend in her sport and a few ski outs does not define the legend she currently is. There is so much pressure to compete that athletes (Simone Biles- Tokyo 2021) and now Mikaela Shiffrin in Beijing 2022 hit a mental health wall when competing. It is important to consider mental health as athletes from all countries but especially legends in sport that competing on a high level is almost expected of these athletes and they are human! Ryan Cochran Siegle won silver in the Men's Super G and River Radamus of the USA finished 4th in the men's Giant Slalom. Paula Moltzan is a rising star in women's Alpine Skiing. Moltzan finished 8th in the women's Slalom and finished 12th in the women's Giant Slalom and helped the USA have their best finish ever in the Mixed Team Parallel. 

The USA Freestyle Skiing team did very well in these games. Colby Stevenson won silver in men's Freeski Big Air and two Americans medaled in the men's Freeski Halfpipe. David Wise won silver and Alex Ferreira won bronze. In Men's Freeski Slopestyle, Americans took gold and silver in Alex Hall and Nick Goepper respectively. The USA won gold in the Mixed Team Aerials. Megan Nick won bronze in women's Arials, and Jaelin Kauf won silver in women's Moguls. 

The USA women's Snowboard team was very successful at these games. Chloe Kim won gold in women's Snowboard Halfpipe and Lindsey Jacobellis won gold in women's Snowboard Cross. Jacobellis also won gold in Mixed Team Snowboard Cross with Nick Baumgartner. Julia Marino won silver in women's Snowboard Slopestyle. Disappointing performances by Jamie Anderson, finishing 9th in women's Snowboard Slopestyle and finishing 15th in women's Snowboard Big Air. Maddie Maestro finished a disappointing 13th in women's Snowboard Halfpipe.  The USA men's Snowboard team did not have the best games. Red Gerard finished 4th in men's Snowboard Slopestyle and 5th in men's Snowboard Big Air, respectable showing but no medals for Gerard. Shaun White finished 4th and Taylor Gold finished 4th and 5th in men's Snowboard Halfpipe. Shaun White, a legend in men's Snowboard retired after a failed 3rd run in the halfpipe. It was amazing watching Shaun White wave to the crowd and the world and then watch him hug his fellow athletes and competitors. Shaun White has passed the torch to a new generation of snowboarders. Shaun White will be missed on the Halfpipe and on a Snowboard!

The USA women's Hockey team lost to Canada but won a silver medal. This was the reverse of 2018 Pyeongchang where the USA women's hockey team beat Canada for gold. The USA men's hockey team finished 5th in Beijing behind the gold medalist Finland, the silver medalist the ROC and the bronze medal Slovakia. 

The USA did not win any medals in Skeleton and Luge. The USA women did very well in Bobsleigh. Kaillie Humphries and Elena Meyers Taylor won gold and silver respectively in women's Monobob. Elana Meyers Taylor/Sylvia Hoffman won bronze in 2 women bobsleigh. 

The USA did medal in women's Cross Country skiing 30KM Mass Start. Jessie Diggins willed her way to the finish line after having food poisoning to win a silver medal. it was an inspirational moment for Team USA. Diggins also won a bronze medal in the Sprint Free event as well. Rosie Brennan finished 4th in the Sprint Free.

The USA did not medal in Short Track Speed Skating. Kristen Santos finished 4th in the women's 1000M. The USA had better success in Long Track Speed Skating. The USA men's Team Pursuit team of Casey Dawson/Emery Lehman/Joey Mantia won a bronze medal behind gold medalist Norway and silver medalist the ROC. Joey Mantia finished 4th in men's Mass Start. Erin Jackson won gold in the women's 500M ahead of silver medalist Japan and bronze medalist the ROC. Brittany Bowe won a bronze medal in the women's 1000M behind gold medalist Japan and silver medalist from the Netherlands. Mia Kilburg finished 4th in the women's Mass Start. 

The US men's curlers could not duplicate the gold medal result of 2018 Pyeongchang. Team Shuster finished 4th behind gold medalist Sweden, silver medalist Great Britain and bronze medalist Canada. USA women Team Peterson finished 6th behind gold medalist Great Britain, silver medalist Japan and bronze medalist Sweden. The USA Mixed Doubles team of Persinger/Plys finished 8th behind gold medalist Italy, silver medalist Norway and bronze medalist Sweden.

The USA did not win a medal in men's or women's Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined and Biathlon.

This was a Olympics full of controversy. NBC started by mentioning how the IOC gave the Olympics to China despite China's human rights abuses of its minorities. What China showed the world was completely different from what the Chinese people are going through, very strict COVID lockdowns, having a Uyghur athlete light the torch while China hides mistreatment of the Uyghur minorities. I did not want to mention any of these issues in my preview of the opening ceremony. It was a spectacular "high tech" opening ceremony showcasing China to the world. At the same time China was hiding human rights abuses of minorities. Beijing, although quite cold in the winter, had mostly man made snow. Man made snow is more treacherous to ski on because it is more Icy. This led to several ski outs by Alpine skiers. The second controversy about ROC doping in figure skating is discussed in previous paragraphs on this post. The third controversy is that during the men's snowboard halfpipe NBC's Todd Richard complained on air about the judging of Japanese snowboarder Ayumu Hirano. Hirano landed a triple cork and only received a 91,75 score. Richards said on air that the score should be so good that the competition should be over and Hirano won hands down. That seemed to be a very low score for Hirano, Richards predicted a 98 score. Richards questioned the judges credibility. Hirano won gold with a third run score of 96.00. 

My predictions for these games were a mixed bag.  I was off by only one bronze medal and just one total medal in the USA's medal count.  I correctly predicted the USA placement in the total medal count at 5th place. I predicted the USA would win 8 gold, 10 silver and 8 bronze for a total of 26 medals won. Actually, the USA won 8 gold, 10 silver and 7 bronze for a total medal count of 25. I correctly picked Norway to lead the medal standings but was incorrect on the total number. I was off by just one gold on Norway's gold total, 17 predicted vs. 16 actual. I predicted Norway to win 39 total medals when they actually won 37 total medals. I was incorrect on the amount and medal standing placement of the ROC, I predicted the ROC would finish 4th in the medal standing count when they were actually 2nd. I predicted the ROC would win 27 total medals when the ROC actually won 32 total medals. I was only two total medals won on Canada's total, 28 predicted vs. 26 actual. I was off by one spot for Canada in the medal placement standings 3rd predicted vs 4th actual.

As for Individual and team medal predictions I was correct on Nathan Chen winning gold in men's singles figure skating and Chloe Kim winning gold in women's snowboard halfpipe. I was correct in predicting Lindsey Jacobellis would medal in the women's snowboard cross. Jacobellis won gold. I was correct in predicting Joy Mantia would medal. Mantia won a bronze in men's long track speed skating team pursuit. I was also correct in predicting Jessie Diggins would medal in women's cross country skiing. Diggins won two medals. I was correct that the ROC would win gold in the figure skating team competition although the medal may be stripped because of the Valieva doping scandal.

I was incorrect on the medal the USA would win in the team figure skating competition. I predicted bronze and the USA actually won silver. I predicted Japan would win silver in the figure skating team competition when Japan actually won bronze. Japan may move up to silver if the ROC is stripped of the gold medal. I was incorrect in predicting that Madison Chock/Evan Bates would win silver in Ice dance. Chock/Bates actually finished 4th. I incorrectly predicted that Shaun White would medal in the men's snowboard halfpipe. White finished 4th in the halfpipe. I was incorrect in predicting that the ROC would sweep the podium in women's singles figure skating. The ROC won gold and silver and Japan won bronze. I was incorrect in predicting Red Gerard would medal in men's snowboard Slopestyle big air. Gerard finished 5th. I was incorrect in predicting Brittany Bowe would win gold in long track speed skating. Bowe won bronze in the women's 1000. I was incorrect in predicting that Team Shuster would medal in men's curling. Team Shuster finished 4th. I was incorrect in predicting that the USA women's hockey team would beat Canada for gold. The USA women's hockey team lost to Canada and won a silver medal. I was incorrect in predicting that Chris Mazdzer would medal in men's luge. Mazdzer finished 8th. I was incorrect in predicting that Katie Uhlaender would medal in women's skeleton. Uhlaender finished 6th. I was incorrect in predicting Kaillie Humphries would medal in women's two man bobsleigh. Humphries finished 7th. Lastly, I was incorrect in predicting that Mikaela Shiffrin would medal in Alpine Skiing, Shiffrin did not medal. 

NBC's coverage of the Olympics was decent. Without the now defunct NBC Sports Network which played a big role in broadcasting previous games, CNBC and the USA Network were two of the cable channels besides NBC to broadcast the games. Peacock TV held several live events as well. The same duplication of events on two different cable channels and the broadcast day between 8 pm and 9 am eastern time made watching these games a bit difficult. Two events on at the same time on two different channels and watching programs at 12 midnight, 2 am and 4 am was difficult. Luckily NBC's 2-6 pm broadcast caught up the viewers on missed events from the overnight before. Mike Tirico was an excellent prime time studio host. Tirico hosted from Beijing for the first few days of the games then he flew to Los Angeles to host NBC's Super Bowl coverage. Craig Melvin of NBC filled in nicely for a few days. Maria Taylor hosted late nights and Rebecca Lowe hosted days. I was most impressed by speed skating host Bill Spaulding and speed skater analyst Joey Cheek. Leigh Diffey and Erin Hamelin were good on Luge coverage. Coverage of the opening ceremony was good but I did miss some of the live version because I had DVR'd the coverage which was scheduled for two and a half hours. I decided to DVR the live opening ceremony and watch it later in the day. The DVR broadcast cut out the last 30 minutes of the opening ceremony so I watched the taped version in the evening. The opening ceremony evening taped version was edited from its live version but not overly so, The closing ceremony started at 8:30 pm and aired until 10:30 pm. From 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm NBC aired Beijing gold, an hour Olympic highlight show. The ratings for NBC's coverage of the games were it's lowest ever. The audience for NBC's coverage dropped 40 percent of the 2018 Pyeongchang games. The games averaged 11.4 million viewers a night. The 2018 Pyeongchang games averaged 19.8 million viewers a night. I had been turned off by too many commercials in previous games, that wasn't the problem here. NBC got smart, finally splitting the screen between the games coverage and the commercial with the audio attached. But during prime time that didn't happen as much. The pandemic and the host country China's human rights record as a whole coupled with limited US ticket sales due to the pandemic led to lower ratings. For the first time NBC's production staff was based mostly in the USA instead of Beijing. NBC kept their reporters in Beijing but held back their studio hosts and broadcast teams in the USA. Well it's on to Paris 2024!

Day 17 - Closing Ceremony

NBC's coverage started at 7pm eastern time with Beijing gold. That lasted an hour and fifteen minutes. NBC's coverage of the closing ceremony started about 8:45pm and ended about 10:10pm. Terry Gannon, Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir co-hosted. Mike Tirico's commentary and athlete interviews led up to 10:30pm when NBC signed off. 

The closing ceremony started off children dancing with snowflakes, the theme from the opening ceremony. LED lights formed "Beijing 2022 and the Olympic Rings then the IOC President and Chinese President was introduced followed by the national anthem of China. The next segment there was Children with Lanterns and reference to the 12 Chinese Zodiac signs. A symbolic "knot" was formed to signal message of togetherness.

The parade of nations was next. Elana Meyers Taylor was the USA flagbearer for the closing ceremony. The next segment involved LED Willow Twigs. The twigs turned green signaling the transition from winter to a new spring, also a theme from the opening ceremony. Next, the national anthem of Greece was played, followed by the singing of the Olympic anthem by Chinese Children. Next, the Olympic flag was seen being carried out of the stadium.

The next segment was about the next host - Milano-Cortina, Italy 2026. Videos of cities and mountains showcase the Italian co-hosts landscape and showed the balance between mankind and nature.  IOC President Thomas Bach declared the games closed followed by the extinguishing of the Olympic flame. Fireworks showed the Olympic rings and the words "One World One Family". Andrea Joyce interviewed members of Team USA Figure Skating and then Mike Tirico's commentary about the ups and downs of the games was given in the backdrop of singing on the floor of the stadium and then continued that commentary in the NBC studios as coverage ended at 10:30pm.

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Day 16 - Mid Day February 19 to Mid Day February 20 - Beijing time

American Scott Patterson finished 8th in a time of 1 hour 12 minutes and 6.6 seconds in the men's Cross Country Skiing 50KM Mass Start.

Joey Mantia of the USA (7:44.37) finished 7th in the men's Speed Skating Mass Start semifinal 2 and advanced to the final, American Ian Quinn (7:58.03) finished 13th in semifinal 1 of the men's Mass Start band did not advance to the final.

American's Mia Kilburg (8:29.93) finished 4th in semifinal 1 and Giorgia Birkeland (8:34.446) finished 6th in semifinal 2 in the women's Speed Skating Mass Start. Both Americans advanced to the final.

American Joey Mantia finished 4th (7:47.20 - 10 Sprint Points) in the men's Speed Skating Mass Start final. Mantia finished.001 out of 3rd place and a bronze medal.

Mia Kilburg (8:16.15 - 10 Sprint Points) and Giorgia Birkeland (8:18.10), both of the USA, finished 4th and 12th respectively in the women's Speed Skating Mass start final.

Alexa Knierim/Brandon Frazier (138.45 Free Skate score - 212.68 total score) and Ashley Cain Gribble/Timothy Leduc (123.92 Free Skate score - 198.05 total score), both of the USA, finished 6th and 8th respectively in the Pairs Figure Skating Free Skate.

Elana Meyers Taylor/Sylvia Hoffman (3:03.92) and Kaillie Humphries/Kaysha Love (3:05.13), both of the USA, are in 3rd and 6th place respectively after heat 3 of 2 woman Bobsleigh.

Elana Meyers Taylor/Sylvia Hoffman (4:05.48) of the USA win bronze in 2 woman Bobsleigh heat 4. Laura Nolte/Deborah Levi of Germany wins gold (4:03.96) and Mariamia Jamanka/Alexandra Burghardt of Germany (4:04.73) wins silver. Kaillie Humphries/Kaysha Love (4:07.04) of the USA finished 7th. 

The USA Alpine Skiing Mixed Parallel team of Mikaela Shiffrin, River Radamus, Paula Moltzan and Tommy Ford defeated Slovakia 3-1 in the 1/8 finals to move on to the semifinals. Shiffrin, Radamus and Moltzan won their races in the quarterfinals. In the 1/4 Finals, the USA defeated Italy 3-1 Moltzan, Ford and Radamus won their races in the 1/4 finals. The USA lost to Germany 3-1 in the 1/2 Final with only River Radamus winning his race. The USA will face Norway for the bronze medal in the Small Final. Norway and the USA tied at 2-2 with the USA winners Moltzan and Radamus but lose to Norway on a ladies fastest time tiebreak. Norway wins Bronze. Austria wins gold and Germany wins silver and the USA finished 4th.

The USA men's 4 man Bobsleigh Team of Hunter Church, Joshua Williamson, Kristopher  Horn and Charlie Volker (2:57.57) are in 11th place after heat 3.. The other USA men's 4 man Bobsleigh team of Frank Delduca, Carlo Valdes, James Reed and Hakeem Abdul-Saboor (2:58.21) are in 15th place after heat 3. Both USA Bobsleigh teams move on to heat. 4.

The USA men's 4 man Bobsleigh Team of Hunter Church, Joshua Williamson, Kristopher  Horn and Charlie Volker (3:57.06) finished in 10th place after heat 4. The other USA men's 4 man Bobsleigh team of Frank Delduca, Carlo Valdes, James Reed and Hakeem Abdul-Saboor (3:57.65) finished in 13th place after heat 4.

Jessie Diggins of the USA (1:26:37.3), wins silver in the women's Cross Country Skiing 30KM Mass Start. Therese Johaug of Norway wins gold in  1 hour 24 minutes and 54 seconds and Kerttu Niskanen of Finland wins bronze in 1 hour 27 minutes and 27.3 seconds. Rosie Brennan (1:27:32.7), Sophia Laukli (1:31:21.2) and Novie McCabe (1:31:22.5), all of the USA, finished 6th, 15th and 18th respectively in the women's 30KM Mass Start.

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Final Medal Count

Norway         16 gold,   8 silver, 13 bronze - 37 total

ROC               6 gold,  12 silver, 14 bronze - 32 total

Germany       12 gold, 10 silver,   6 bronze - 27 total

Canada           4 gold,    8 silver, 14 bronze - 26 total

USA               8 gold,   10 silver,  7 bronze - 25 total

Austria           7 gold,    7 silver,   4 bronze - 18 total

Japan              3 gold,    6 silver,   9 bronze - 18 total

Sweden          8 gold,    5 silver,   5 bronze - 18 total

Italy               2 gold,    7 silver,   8 bronze - 17 total

Netherlands   8 gold,    5 silver,   4 bronze - 17 total

China             9 gold,    4 silver,   2 bronze - 15 total

France           5 gold,     7 silver,  2 bronze - 14 total

Switzerland   7 gold,     2 silver,  5 bronze - 14 total

Day 15 - Mid Day February 18 to Mid Day February 19 - Beijing time

Tyler Wallasch of the USA finished 4th in men's Ski Cross 1/8 Final 2 and did not advance to the quarterfinals.

The USA men's curling team of John Shuster, Chris Plys, Matt Hamilton and John Landsteiner lost to Canada 8-5 in the bronze medal match. Canada wins bronze. Team Shuster finished 4th. Canada scored 2 in the first end to go up 2-0, then the USA scored 1 in the 2nd end to make it 2-1 Canada, scored 1 in the 3rd end to go up 3-1 Then USA scored 2 in the 4th end to tie it at 3-3 then Canada scored 1 in the 5th end go ahead 4-3. In the 6th end the USA scored 2 to lead Canada 5-4 but Canada scored 2 in the 8th end to lead 6-5 and Canada scored 2 in the 9th end to win 8-5. 

Deedra Irwin of the USA finished 23rd in the women's Biathlon 12.5KM Mass Start.

Jordan Stoltz (1:09.12) and Austin Kleba (1:10.57), both of the USA, finished 14th and 29th respectively in the men's Lon Track Speed Skating 1000M Final.

Alexa Knierim/Brandon Frazier (74.23 score) and Ashley Cain Gribble/Timothy Leduc (74.13 score), both of the USA ,are in 6th and 7th place respectively after the Figure Skating Pairs Short Program.

Elana Meyers Taylor/Sylvia Hoffman (1:01.26) and Kaillie Humphries/Kaysha Love (1:01.41), both of the USA, are in 3rd and 4th place respectively after heat 1 of the 2 woman Bobsleigh. Elana Meyers Taylor/Sylvia Hoffman (2:02.79) and Kaillie Humphries/Kaysha Love (2:03.38) are in 3rd and 5th place respectively after the conclusion of heat 2 of 2 woman Bobsleigh.

Hunter Church, Joshua Williamson, Kristopher  Horn and Charlie Volker (58.91) and Frank Delduca, Carlo Valdes, James Reed and Hakeem Abdul-Saboor (59.26), both Bobsleigh teams of the USA, are in 11th and 14th place respectively after heat 1 of 4 man Bobsleigh.

American David Wise scores a best score of 90.75 to win silver in men's Freestyle Skiing Freeski Halfpipe. Alex Ferreira of the USA wins bronze with a best score of 86.75 and Nico Porteous of New Zealand wins gold with a best score of 93.00. Birk Irving (80.00 best score) and Aaron Blunck (78.25 best score), both of the USA, finished 5th and 7th respectively.

Hunter Church, Joshua Williamson, Kristopher  Horn and Charlie Volker  (1:58.61) and Frank Delduca, Carlo Valdes, James Reed and Hakeem Abdul-Saboor (1:58.82), both Bobsleigh teams of the USA, are in 13th and 14th place respectively in the 4 man Bobsleigh after heat 2.

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Medal Count as of 11:30pm Eastern Time February 18

Norway        15 gold, 8 silver, 11 bronze - 34 total

ROC              5 gold, 9 silver, 13 bronze - 27 total

Canada          4 gold, 7 silver, 13 bronze - 24 total

USA              8 gold, 9 silver,   6 bronze - 23 total

Germany     10 gold, 7 silver,   5 bronze - 22 total

Day 14 - Mid Day February 17 to Mid Day February 18 - Beijing time

The USA women's hockey team wins silver by losing to Canada 3-2. Canada wins gold. Canada scored the first 3 goals to make it 3-0, Then the USA's Hilary Knight makes it 3-1 in the 2nd period. Amanda Kessel scored the USA's second goal with 12 seconds left in the third period.

Aaron Blunck (92.00 best score), Birk Irving (89.75 best score), David Wise (89.00 best score) and Alex Ferreira (84.25 best score), all of the USA, finished 1st, 3rd, 4th and 7th to advance to the men's Freestyle Skiing Freeski Halfpipe final.

Tricia Mangan of the USA(slalom time 57.05 and total time 2:32.94) finished 11th in women's Alpine Skiing Combined. Isabella Wright, Keely Cashman and Mikaela Shiffrin, all of the USA, did not finish the slalom run.

Jasper Good (80.9 round points), Taylor Fletcher (85.0 round points), Jared Shumate (108.1 round points) and Ben Loomis (113.1 round), all of the USA, are in 7th place with 387,1 total points in the men's Nordic Combined Team Gundersen Large Hill/4by 5KM Ski Jumping Competition Round. The USA finished 6th in 53 minutes and .071 seconds after the men's Cross Country results.

American Brittany Bowe (1:14.61) wins bronze in the women's Long Track Speed Skating 1000M. Miho Takagi of Japan(1:13.19 OR) wins gold and Jutta Leerdam of the Netherlands (1:13.83) wins silver, Kimi Goetz (1:15.50) of the USA finished 7th.

Alysa Liu of the USA finished 7th and scored a 139.45 in women's singles Free Skate for a total score of 208.95. American Mariah Bell finished 10th with a Free Skate Score of 136.92 and a total score of 202,30 and Karen Chen of the USA finished 16th with a Free Skate Score of 115.82 and total score of 179.93.Anna Shcherbakova of the ROC wins gold with a Free Skate score of 175.75 and a total score of 255.95. Alexandra  Trusova of the ROC wins silver with a Free Skate score of 177.13 and a total score of 251,73. Kaori Sakamoto of Japan wins bronze with a Free Skate score of 153.29 and total score of 233.13 and Kamila Valieva finished 4th with a Free Skate score of 141.93 and total score of 224.09.

The USA men's curling team of John Shuster, Chris Plys, Matt Hamilton and John Landsteiner lost to Great Britain 8-4 in the semifinals and now will face Canada for the bronze medal.

Hanna Faulhaber (85.25 best score), Brita Sigourney (70.75 best score) and Carly Margulies (61.00 best score), all of the USA , finish 6th, 10th and 11th respectively in the women's Freestyle skiing Freeski Halfpipe final.

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Medal Count as of 11:30pm Eastern Time February 17

Norway      14 gold, 7 silver, 8 bronze - 29 total

ROC            5 gold, 9 silver, 12 bronze - 26 total

Canada        4 gold, 6 silver, 12 bronze - 22 total

Germany    10 gold, 7 silver,  5 bronze - 22 total

USA             8 gold, 8 silver,  5 bronze - 21 total

Day 13 - Mid Day February 16 to Mid Day February 17- Beijing time

The USA men's hockey team lost to Slovakia 3-2 in the quarterfinals. The USA had 2-1 lead after the second period but gave up the game tying goal in the last minute of the third period and was no goals were scored in the overtime period. The USA lost in a Penalty Shot Shootout. USA goals were scored by Nick Abruzzese, and Sam Hentges. The USA men's hockey team is eliminated.

The USA women's Olympic Biathlon 4 by 6KM Relay team of Susan Dunklee (18:48.8), Claire Egan (19:04.1), Deedra Irwin (19:17.1) and Joanne Reid (18:45.3) finished 11th in a total time of 1 hour 15 minutes and 51.3 seconds.

The USA women's Cross Country Team Sprint Classic team of Rosie Brennan and Jessie Diggins finished 2nd in the semifinals in a time of 23:06.11 and advanced to the finals. The USA finished 5th in the finals with a time of 22:22.78. 

The USA men's Cross Country Team Sprint Classic team of Ben Ogden and James Schoonmaker finished 6th in the semifinals in a time of 20:11.42 and advanced to the Lucky Losers final. The USA finished 9th in the finals in a time of 20:28.07.

Chris Lillis (125.67 best score) and Justin Schoenefeld (123.63 best score), both of the USA, advanced to Final 2 of the men's Freestyle Skiing Aerials.  American Eric Loughran (111.95 best score) did not advance to Final 2.

Corrine Stoddard (2:33.329), Kristen Santos (2:21.027) and Julie Letai (2:36.214) all of the USA, advanced to the women's 1500M Short Track Speed Skating semifinals.

Justin Schoenefeld (106.50 score) and Chris Lillis (103.00 score), both of the USA, finished 5th and 6th respectively  in the men's Freestyle skiing Aerials Final 2.

The USA women's curling team of Tabitha Peterson, Nina Roth, Becca Hamilton and Tara Peterson lost to Japan 10-7 in the round robin. Team Peterson is now 4-5 in the Round Robin and has been eliminated from further competition.

Kristen Santos of the USA (2:31.067) finished 5th and advanced to the women's 1500M Short Track Speed Skating B Final. Corrine Stoddard (2:22.632) and Julie Letai (2:23.315) , both of the USA, finished 6th in semifinal 1 and 8th in semifinal 3 respectively and both did not advance to Final A or B. Kristen Santos (2:45.492) finished 2nd in Final B.

Brita Sigourney (84.50 best score), Hanna Faulhaber (84,25 best score) and Carly Margulies (82.25 best score), all of the USA, finished 8th, 9th and 10th and will advance to the women's Freestyle Skiing Freeski Halfpipe final. American Devin Logan (71.00 best score) finished 13th and will not advance to the final.

Mikaela Shiffrin (1:32.98), Keely Cashman (1:33.09), Isabella Wright (1:33.72) and Tricia Mangan (1:35.89), all of the USA, are in 5th, 7th, 15th and 20th place after the Downhill portion of women's Alpine skiing Combined.

The USA men's curling team of John Shuster, Chris Plys, Matt Hamilton and John Landsteiner beat Denmark 7-5. Team Shuster is now 5-4 in the round robin and will advance to the medal round.

Medal Count as of 11:45pm Eastern Time February 16

Norway         13 gold, 7 silver,  8 bronze - 28 total

ROC               4 gold, 8 silver, 12 bronze - 24 total

Germany       10 gold, 6 silver,  4 bronze - 20 total

USA                8 gold, 7 silver,  4 bronze - 19 total

Canada            3 gold, 4 silver, 11 bronze - 18 total

Austria            6 gold, 7 silver,  4 bronze - 17 total

Day 12 - Mid Day February 15 to Mid Day February 16 - Beijing time

Red Gerard (82.50 first run, 19.25 second run, 83.25 third run - best score 165.75) and Chris Corning (92.00 first run, 35.50 second run, 64.00 third run - best score 156.00), both of the USA, finished 5th and 7th respectively in the men's Snowboard Big Air Final. 

The USA team of Sean Doherty (20:47.2), Jake Brown (21:11.5), Paul Schommer (21:21.2) and Leif Nordgren (22:13.1) finished 13th with a total time of 1:25:33.0 in the men's Biathlon 4 by 7.5 KM Relay.

The USA men's Speed Skating team of Ethan Cepuran, Casey Dawson and Emery Lehman advanced to the B Final of Team Pursuit with a time of 3:37.05. The ROC beat the USA in the semifinals with a time of 3;36.62 an Olympic Record to advance to the A Final The USA will face the Netherlands in the B Final of men's Speed Skating Team Pursuit.

Ben Loomis (103.4 total points), Jared Shumate (101,3 total points) Taylor Fletcher (81.2 total points) and Jasper Good (79.8 total points), all of the USA, finished 17th, 19th, 35th and 36th respectively in the men's Cross Country skiing Nordic Combined Gundersen Large Hill /10KM SJP Comp. round.

The USA men's Speed Skating team of Casey Dawson, Emery Lehman and Joey Mantia wins bronze in a time of 3:38.81 by beating the Netherlands (3:41.62) , who finished 4th in men's Team Pursuit. Final B Norway wins gold (3:38.08) by beating the ROC (3:40.46) in Final A.  The ROC wins silver.

Eric Loughran (121,24 score) and Chris Lillis (119.91 score), both of the USA, advanced to Final 1 of men's Freestyle skiing Aerials. Justin Schoenefield (118.59 score) of the USA advanced to qualification 2. Justin Schoenefield (118.59 best score) advanced to Final 1.

Jared Shumate (28:58.5), Ben Loomis (29:17.2), Taylor Fletcher (29:36.7) and Jasper Goof (31:32.9), all of the USA, finished 17th, 19th, 23rd and 34th respectively in the men's Cross Country skiing Nordic Combined Individual Large Hill/10KM final.

Alysa Liu (69.50 score), Mariah Bell (65.38 score) and Karen Chen (64.11 score), all of the USA, are in 8th, 11th and 13th place at the conclusion of the women's Figure Skating Short Program. Kamila Valieva of the ROC leads with a score of 82.16, Anna Shcherbakova of the ROC is in 2nd place with a score of 80.20 and Kaori Sakamoto of Japan is in 3rd place with a score of 79.84.

The USA men's curling team of John Shuster, Chris Plys, Matt Hamilton and John Landsteiner lost to Italy 10-4 in the round robin. Team Shuster is now 4-4 in the round robin.

Frank Delduca (2:59.95) of the USA is in 12th place after heat 3 of men's 2 man Bobsleigh. Frank Delduca advances to heat 4. Hunter Church (3:02.31) of the USA did not advance to heat 4 by placing 27th in heat 3. Top 20 sleds advance to heat 4. Frank Delduca of the USA finished 13th in the 4th heat of men's Bobsleigh in 4:00.10. 

The USA women's curling team of Tabitha Peterson, Nina Roth, Becca Hamilton and Tara Peterson lost to Canada 7-6 in the round robin. Team Peterson is now 4-4 in the Round Robin.

Alex Hall (90.01 best score) and Nick Goepper (86.48 best score), both of the USA, win gold and silver respectively in the men's Freeski Slopestyle Final, Jesper Tjader (85.35 best score) of Sweden wins bronze. Colby Stevenson of the USA finished 7th with a best score of 77.41.

American Luke Winters did not finish run 1 of  the Alpine Skiing men's Slalom.

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Medal Count as of 11:55pm Eastern Time February 15

Norway       12 gold, 7 silver, 7 bronze - 26 total

ROC             4 gold,  7 silver, 9 bronze - 20 total

USA             8 gold,  7 silver, 4 bronze - 19 total

Germany      9 gold,  6 silver, 3 bronze - 18 total

Canada         2 gold,  4 silver, 11 bronze - 17 total

Day 11 - Mid Day February 14 and Mid Day February 15 - Beijing time

Red Gerard (75.50 first run, 80.00 second run , 78.75  third run- total score 158.75 - 3rd place), Chris Corning, (64.25 first run, 17.50 second run, 81.75 third run - total score 146.00 - 10th place), both of the USA, advanced to the men's Snowboard Big Air Final. Americans Sean Fitzsimons (53.25 first run, 68.75 second run, 16.35 third run - total score 122.00 - 17th place) and Dusty Hendrickson (23.00 first run, 72.75 second run, 20.75 third run - total score 93.50 - 21st place) did not advance to the finals.

American Ashley Caldwell (101.31 score - 2nd place) advanced to the Final 1 of women's Freestyle Skiing Aerials. Megan Nick (89.18 score - 7th place) , Kaila Kuhn (84.24 score - 8th place) and Winter Vinecki, all of the USA,  (78.96 score - 13th place) advanced to qualification 2. Megan Nick (89.18 score - 2nd place) and Kaila Kuhn (86.62 score - 3rd place), both of the USA, advanced to Final 1. American Winter Vinecki (78.96 score- 9th place) did not advance to Final 1.

Casey Larson (58.2 total points- 22nd place, Decker Dean (46.8 total points - 30th place), Kevin Bickner ( 44.3 total points - 31st place and Patrick Gasienica (20.2 total points- 36th place, all of the USA, advance to the men's Ski Jumping Team Round 1. The USA finished 10th with 261 total points and did not qualify for the Final Round. Dean Decker finished with 69.3 total points, Patrick Gasienica finished with 59.7 total points, Kevin Bickner finished with 63.5 total points and Casey Larson finished with 68.5 total points.

Ashley Caldwell (105.60 score- 1st place) and Megan Nick (95.17 score- 5th place), both of the USA advanced to the women's Freestyle Aerials Final 2.  American Kaila Kuhn (85.68 score- 8th place) did not advance to Final 2. 

Americans Frank Delduca/Hakeem Abdul-Saboor (59.87) is in 13th place and Hunter Church/Charlie Volker (1:00.38) is in 25th place after the first run of men's 2 man Bobsleigh. After the second run, American Frank Delduca/Hakeem Abdul-Saboor (2:00.09) is in 15th place and Hunter Church/Charlie Volker (2:01.78) of the USA is in 28th place.

Megan Nick of the USA wins bronze with a total score of 93.76 in the women's Freestyle Skiing Aerial Final 2. Mengtao Xu of China wins gold with a total score of 108.61 and Hanna Huskova of Belarus wins silver with a score of 107.95. Ashley Caldwell of the USA finished 4th with a score of 83.71.

The USA women's hockey team advanced to the finals vs Canada by beating Sweden 4-1 in the semifinals. USA goals were scored by Cayla Barnes, Hilary Knight, Abby Roque and Hayley Scamurra.

Hailey Langland of the USA finished 12th with a best score of 53.25 in the women's Snowboard Big Air Final.

Maggie Voisin of the USA finished 5th with a best score of 74.28 on run 2 in the women's Freeski Slopestyle Finals. Marin Hamill of the USA did not start the final.

The USA men's curling team of John Shuster, Chris Plys Matt Hamilton and John Landsteiner beat Switzerland 7-4 in the round robin. Team Shuster is now 4-3 in the round robin.

Keely Cashman (1:34.13) and Mikaela Shiffrin (1:34.36) and Jacqueline Wiles (1:34.60) ,all of the USA, finished 17th, 18th and 21st respectively in the women's Alpine Skiing Downhill. American Alix Wilkinson did not finish.

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Medal Count as of 11:45pm Eastern Time February 14

Norway      9 gold, 5 silver, 7 bronze - 21 total

ROC           4 gold, 6 silver, 8 bronze - 18 total

USA           7 gold, 6 silver, 3 bronze - 16 total

Austria       6 gold, 6 silver, 4 bronze - 16 total

Germany    8 gold, 5 silver, 2 bronze - 15 total

Canada       1 gold, 4 silver, 10 bronze - 15 total

Day 10 Mid Day February 13 and Mid Day February 14 Beijing time

The USA women's Curling team of Tabitha Peterson, Nina Roth, Becca Hamilton and Tara Peterson lost to Sweden 10-4 in the round robin.

River Radamus (2:10.95) and Tommy Ford (2:12.41), both of the USA, finished 4th and 12th respectively in the second run of the men's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom.

The USA men's 4 by 10KM Cross Country skiing relay team of Luke Jager(32:53.7), Scott Patterson (31:16.2), Gus Schumacher (29:03.4) and Kevin Bolger (29:43.0) finished 9th in a total time of  2 hours 2 minutes and 56.3 seconds. 

Joanne Reid, Claire Egan, Susan Dunklee and Deedra Irwin, all of the USA, finished 29th, 38th, 40th and 47th respectively in the women's Biathlon 10KM Pursuit.

Jake Brown and Sean Doherty, both of the USA, finished 40th and 43rd respectively in the men's Biathlon 12.5KM Pursuit.

American Ryan Pivirotto (41.641) finished 3rd in the quarterfinals of men's Short Track Speed Skating 500M and did not advance to the semifinals.

The USA women's short track 3000M relay team of Kristen Santos, Corrine Stoddard, Maame Biney and Julie Letai  did not finish Final B due to penalty. 

The USA men's curling team of John Shuster, Chris Plys Matt Hamilton and John Landsteiner beat China 8-6 in the round robin. Team Shuster is now 3-3 in the round robin.

The American men's Speed Skating Team Pursuit team of Ethan Cepuran, Casey Dawson and Emory Lehman finished 2nd in (3:37.51) to advance to the semifinals.

The USA men's hockey team beat Germany 3-2 in the preliminary round- Group A, USA goals were scored by Steven Kampfer, Matt Knies and Nathan Smith.

American Erin Jackson wins gold (37.04) in women's Long Track Speed Skating 500M. Miho Takagi of Japan wins silver in 37.12 seconds and Angelina Golikova of ROC wins bronze in 37.21 seconds. Brittany Bowe (38.04) and Kimi Goetz (38.25), both of the USA finished 16th and 18th respectively.

The USA women's Curling team of Tabitha Peterson, Nina Roth, Becca Hamilton and Tara Peterson beat Korea 8-6 in the round robin.

After the 3rd heat in women's Bobsleigh Monobob, Kaillie Humphries (3:13.97) and  Elana Meyers Taylor (3:15.70), both of the USA, are in 1st and 3rd place.

Hailey Langland (127.50 total score- 62.00 first run, 65.50 second run and 21.25 third run) of the USA advanced to the women's Snowboard Big Air finals. Jamie Anderson of the USA (119.75 total score - 30.00 first run, 29.50 second run and 89.75 third run) did not advance to the finals. Courtney Rummel of the USA (101.00 total score- 44.75 first run, 56.25 second run and 38.75 third run also did not advance to the finals. Julia Marino of the USA did not start.

Maggie Voisin (72.78 score - 4th place) Marin Hamel (69.43 score - 7th place) advanced to the women's Freestyle Skiing Freeski Slopestyle finals. Darian Stevens (50.01) of the USA finished 18th and did not advance to the finals. Caroline Claire of the USA did not start.

Americans Zach Donohue/Madison Hubbell wins bronze in women's Ice Dance - Free Dance with a Free Dance score of 130.89 and total score of 218.02. Gabriella Papadakis/ Guillaume Cizeron of France wins gold with a Free Dance score of 136.15 and total score of 226.98 and Victoria Sinitsina/Nikita Katsalapov of the ROC wins silver with a Free Dance score of 131.66 and total score of 220.51. Madison Chock/Evan Bates of the USA finished 4th with a Free Dance score of 130.63 and a total score of 214.77. Americans Kaitlin Hawayek/Jean Luc Baker finished 11th with a Free Dance score of 115.16 and total score of 189.74.

Americans Kaillie Humphries wins gold in 4:19.27 and Elena Meyers Taylor wins silver in 4:20.81 after the 4th heat in women's Bobsleigh Monobob. Christine deBruin of Canada wins bronze in 4:21.03.

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Medal Count as of 11:55 pm Eastern Time February 13

Norway     9 gold, 5 silver, 7   bronze - 21 total

ROC          4 gold, 6 silver, 8   bronze - 18 total

USA          7 gold, 6 silver, 2   bronze - 15 total

Canada      1 gold, 4 silver, 10 bronze - 15 total

Germany   8 gold, 5 silver,  1  bronze - 14 total

Austria      4 gold, 6 silver,  4  bronze - 14 total