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.

Photos credit: Getty Images, UPI and other media sources. For blog use only.

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.

Photos credit: Getty Images, UPI and other media sources. For blog use only.

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

David Wise of the USA wins gold(97.20) in men's Freestyle skiing- Halfpipe. American Alex Ferreira wins silver with a score of 96.40 and Nico Porteous of New Zealand wins bronze with a score of 94.80. Americans Aaron Blunck(84.80) and Tornin Yater-Wallace(65.20) finish 7th and 9th respectively. Wise had his best run on his 3rd run to win gold.

The USA women's Ice Hockey team beat Canada 3-2 in a shootout to win gold. Canada wins silver. Finland wins bronze USA goals were scored by Hilary Knight and Monique Lamoureux-Morando. The USA led 1-0, then was behind 2-1 only to tie it in the 3rd period. The USA won the shootout 3-2. USA goals in the shootout were scored by Gigi Marvin, Amanda Kessel and Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson. Last goal attempted by Canada saved by USA goalie Maddie Rooney. It was the first USA win in the winter games against Canada since 1998. Canada had won the last 4 gold medals vs the USA.

American Mikaela Shiffrin wins silver(2 minutes 21.87 seconds) in Alpine Skiing Combined. Michelle Gisin of Switzerland wins gold in 2 minutes 20.90 seconds and Wendy Holdener of Switzerland wins bronze in 2 minutes 22.34 seconds. Lindsey Vonn of the USA finished first in the Downhill but did not finish the Slalom.

The USA team of Kikkan Randall/Jessica Diggins win gold(15 minutes 56.47 seconds) in women's Cross Country skiing - Team Sprint Free. Charlotte Kalla/Stina Nilsson of Sweden win silver in 15 minutes 56.66 seconds and Marit Bjoergen/Maiken Casperson Falla of Norway win bronze in 15 minutes 59.44 seconds.

American Jamie Anderson wins silver(total score 177.25) in women's Snowboard - Big Air. Anna Gasser of Austria wins gold in a total score of 185.00 and Zoi Sadowski Synnott of New Zealand wins bronze with a total score of 157.50. Julia Marino of the USA finished 10th with a total score of 93.25 and Jessika Jenson of the USA finished 11th with a total score of 40.50. Gasser wins gold on her last run as Jamie Anderson didn't land her last run.

The USA team of Heather Bergsma, Brittany Bowe and Mia Manganello wins bronze(2 minutes 59.27 seconds) in women's Speed Skating Team Pursuit- Final B by beating Ivanie Blondin, Josie Morrison and Isabelle Weidemann of Canada(2 minutes 59.72 seconds). Canada finished 4th. Japan wins gold and the Netherlands wins silver.

Americans Elana Meyers Taylor/Lauren Gibbs win silver(3 minutes 22.52 seconds) in women's 2-man Bobsled. Mariama Jamanka/Lisa Buckwitz of Germany win gold in 3 minutes 22.45 seconds. Kallie Humphries and Phylicia George of Canada win bronze in 3 minutes 22.89 seconds. Jamie Greubel Poser/Aja Evans finished 5th in 3 minutes 23.02 seconds. Germany beat USA by.007 seconds on final run to win gold.

Americans Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Schiffrin are in 1st and 6th place respectively at the conclusion of the women's Alpine skiing - Combined Downhill.

The USA team of Erik Bjornsen/Simeon Hamilton finished 6th in men's Cross Country skiing - Team Sprint Free.

The USA beat Great Britain 10-4 in men's round robin Curling.

Sweden beat the USA 9-6 in women's round robin Curling.

The USA team of Jonathan Garcia, Brian Hansen and Emery Lehman(3 minutes 50.77 seconds) lost to Ted-Jan Bloemen, Benjamin Donnelly and Denny Morrison of Canada(3 minutes 42.16 seconds) in men's Speed Skating- Team Pursuit- Final B.

Americans David Chodounsky and Mark Engel finished 18th and 31st respectively in men's Alpine skiing Slalom. American Nolan Kasper did not finish.

Photos credit: Getty Images, UPI and other media sources. For blog use only.

Medal Count as of 2:00 am Eastern Time- February 22

Norway 13 gold, 11 silver, 9 bronze - 33 total
Germany 12 gold, 7 silver, 5 bronze - 24 total
Canada 9 gold, 6 silver, 7 bronze - 22 total
USA 8 gold, 7 silver, 6 bronze - 21 total
Netherlands 6 gold, 6 silver, 4 bronze - 16 total