Day 5

American Shaun white wins gold in men's Halfpipe with a score of 97.75, Ayumu Hirano of Japan wins silver with a score of 95.25 and Scotty James of Australia wins bronze with a score of 92.00. Shaun white was in silver medal position(94.25) entering his final run and put down two 1440's to win gold. Ben Ferguson of the USA was 4th with a score of 90.75, Chase Josey of the USA finished 6th with a score of 88.00 and American Jake Pates finished 8th with a score of 82.25. Shaun White is now a 3 time Olympic gold medalist in Halfpipe(2006, 2010, 2018).

The United States women's Ice Hockey team defeated OAR(Olympic Athletes from Russia) 5-0 in the preliminary round, group A. Goals were scored by Kacey Bellamy, Jocelyne Lamoureux- Davidson(2), Gigi Marvin and Hannah Brant.

Americans Ted Ligety, Bryce Bennett and Jared Goldberg finished in 5th, 17th and 36th place respectively in the men's Alpine Skiing Combined Slalom.

Americans Joey Mantia, Brian Hansen and Shani Davis finished 8th, 15th and 19th respectively in men's 1500 Speed Skating.

John-Henry Krueger of the USA qualified for the quarterfinals in men's 1000 Short Track Speed Skating. American JR Celski did not qualify for the quarterfinals.

The USA men's 5000 Short Track Speed Skating relay team of JR Celski, John-Henry Krueger, Thomas Hong and Aaron Tran qualified for the 'B" finals(3rd or 4th place).

Erin Hamlin and Summer Britcher, both of the USA, finished 6th and 19th respectively in women's singles Luge. Emily Sweeney of the USA had a crash and didn't finish.

Maame Biney of the USA did not qualify for the semifinals of the women's 500 Short Track Speed Skating competition.

Jessica Diggins of the USA finished 6th in the ladies Cross Country Skiing Sprint Classic Final.

The USA beat Korea 11-7 in men's round robin Curling.

The USA Pairs team of Alexa Scimeca Knierim/Chris Knierim finished 14th after the figure skating short program with a score of 65.55.

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Medal Count at 11:45 bpm Eastern Time - Day 5

Norway 3 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze - 11 total
Netherlands 4 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze - 10 total
Canada 3 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze - 10 total
Germany 5 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze - 9 total
USA 4 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze - 7 total

Day 8

Matthew Antoine wins bronze for the USA in men's skeleton. Alexander Tretjyakov of Russia wins gold and Martins Dukurs of Latvia wins silver.

The USA men's hockey team beat Russia in a shootout 3-2. TJ Oshie scored 4 of 6 goal attempts in the shootout.

Julia Mancuso of the USA finished 8th in the ladies Alpine Skiing Super G. Leanne Smith of the USA finished 18th.

Brian Hansen of the USA finished 7th in men's 1500M speedskating while Shani Davis also of the USA finished 11th.

Chris Creveling of the USA finished 10th in men's short track 1000M speedskating. Americans Eduardo Alvarez and JR Celski finshed 11th and 13th, respectively.

Emily Scott of the USA finished 5th and Jessica Smith also of the USA, finished 7th in womens short track speedskating 1500M.

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Medal Count after Day 8

Russia 4 gold, 6 silver, 5 bronze - 15 total
Netherlands 4 gold, 4 silver, 6 bronze - 14 total
USA 4 gold, 3 silver, 7 bronze - 14 total
Norway 4 gold, 3 silver, 6 bronze - 13 total
Germany 7 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze - 12 total
Canada 4 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze - 12 total