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 4 - Mid Day February 7 to Mid Day February 8 - Beijing time

Red Gerard (83.25 score), Chris Corning (65.11 score) and Sean Fitzsimons (29.61 score), all of the USA, finish 4th, 6th and 12th respectively in the men's snowboard slopestyle finals. Gerard was in bronze medal position in the 3rd run when Canada's Mark McMorris scored an 88.53 to move Gerard to 4th.

American Paula Moltzan tied for 12th place in a time of 1 minute 58.07 seconds(59.57 first run) (58.50 second run) in the women's Alpine skiing Giant Slalom. Americans Mikaela Shiffrin and AJ Hurt did not finish their first runs by crashing out and American Nina O 'Brien did not finish her second run crashing out just before the finish.

Alex Hall (180.25 total score), Colby Stevenson (174,25 total score) and Mac Forehand (171.00 total score), all of the USA, advanced to the men's Freestyle skiing Freeski Big Air finals. Nick Goepper (127.75 total score) did not advance to the finals.

American figure skater Vincent Zhou has tested positive for Covid19 and has had to withdraw from the men's short program and men's free skate.  

Ryan Cochran-Siegle (1:43.91), Bryce Bennett (1:44.25) and Travis Ganong (1:44,39) ,all of the USA, finished 14th, 19th and 20th respectively in men'a Alpine Skiing Downhill.

Brittany Bowe (1:55.81) and Mia Kilburg (1.59.11), both of the USA, finished 10th and 20th respectively in women's 1500 Long Track Speed Skating.

Deedra Irwin, Claire Egan, Joanne Reid and Susan Dunklee, all of the USA, finished 7th, 39th, 57th and 63rd respectively in the women's 15KM Biathlon.

Maame Biney (46.099) and Kristen Santos (Penalty), both of the USA, did not advance to the semifinals of the women's Short Track Speed Skating 500M.

Andrew Heo (1:24.603) of the USA advanced to the semifinals and then advanced to Final B of the men's Short Track Speed Skating 1000M. American Ryan Pivirotto (2:08.364) did not advance to the semifinals.

After 2 runs of the women's Luge singles, Americans Ashley Farquharson (1:58.996), Summer Britcher (2:00.142) and Emily Sweeney (2:01.410) are in 18th, 26th and 28th place respectively.

Andrew Heo of the USA finished 3rd in 1:36.140 in Final B in men's Short Track Speed Skating 1000M

Darian Stevens of the USA finished 11th (56.75 run 1, 50.75 run 2 and 18.25 run 3) in the women's Freestyle Skiing Freeski Big Air finals with a best score of 75. 

Ryan Cochran-Siegle of the USA wins silver in 1 minute 19.98 seconds in the men's Alpine Skiing Super G. Matthias Mayer of Austria wins gold in 1 minute 19.94 seconds and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway wins bronze in 1 minute 20.36 seconds. Americans River Radamus (1 minute 21.63 seconds) and Bryce Bennett (1 minute 21.80 seconds) finish in 15th and 17th place respectively.

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Medal Count as of 11:45pm Eastern Time February 7

ROC              2 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze - 7 total

Canada          1 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze - 6 total

China            3 gold, 2 silver, 0 bronze - 5 total

Netherlands  2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze - 5 total

Italy              1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze - 5 total

Norway        2 gold, 0 silver, 3 bronze - 5 total

Austria         1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze - 5 total

Japan            1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze - 4 total

France          0 gold, 4 silver, 0 bronze - 4 total

USA             0 gold, 4 silver, 0 bronze - 4 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.

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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

Day 10

The USA team of Andrew Newell, Reese Hanneman, Scott Patterson and Noah Hoffman finish 14th in men's Cross Country skiing 4 by 10KM relay.

Norway beat the USA 8-5 in men's round robin Curling.

American Jonathon Lillis finished 8th in men's Freestyle skiing Aerials.

Brittany Bowe, Heather Bersma and Erin Jackson, all of the USA, finish 5th, 11th and 24th respectively in women's Short Track Speed Skating 500M.

The USA team of Brian Hansen, Emery Lehman and Joey Mantia finished 8th in the quaterfinals of men's Speed Skating-Team Pursuit and will compete in Final "D".

After the first 2 runs of men's 2-man Bobsled, the USA team of Justin Olsen/Evan Weinstock are in 12th place. Americans Nick Cummingham/Hakeem Abdul-Saboor are in 24th Place and Americans Codie Bascue/Sam McGuffie are in 25th place.

The USA beat Denmark 7-6 in women's round robin Curling.

Americans Brita Sigourney, Annalisa Drew and Maddie Bowman qualified for the finals of women's ski Halfpipe. American Devin Logan did not qualify.

Americans Jamie Anderson, Julia Marino and Jessika Jenson qualified for the women's Snowboard Big Air finals. American Hailey Langland did not qualify for the finals.

At the conclusion of the Ice Dance short program, the USA Ice Dance teams of Madison Hubbell/Zack Donohue are in 3rd place with a score of 77.75, Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani are in 5th place with a score of 77.73 and Madison Chock/Evan Bates are in 7th place with a score of 75.45.

The USA women's Ice Hockey team beat Finland in the semifinals 5-0. Goals were scored by Gigi Marvin, Dani Cameranesi(2), Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson and Hilary Knight. The USA will play for gold.

Medal Count at 11:50 pm Eastern Time - Day 10

Norway 9 gold, 9 silver, 8 bronze - 26 total
Germany 9 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze - 18 total
Canada 5 gold, 5 silver, 6 bronze - 16 total
Netherlands 6 gold, 5 silver, 2 bronze - 13 total
OAR 0 gold, 3 silver, 8 bronze - 11 total
USA 5 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze - 10 total
Austria 4 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze - 10 total
France 4 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze - 10 total
Japan 2 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze - 10 total

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

Day 4

Americans Chloe Kim and Arielle Gold wins gold(98.25) and bronze(85.75) respectfully in the women's Halfpipe. Liu Jaiyu of China wins silver(89.75).

Erin Hamlin, Summer Britcher and Emily Sweeney are in 5th, 9th and 15th respectively after 2 runs of the women's singles Luge.

Americans Brittany Bowe, Heather Bergsma and Mia Manganello finished 5th, 8th and 22nd respectively in the finals of the women's 1500 Speed Skating competition.

Americans Jared Goldberg, Bryce Bennett and Ted Ligety finished 4th, 15th and 18th place respectively at the conclusion of the men's Alpine skiing Downhill-Combined. Ryan Cochran-Siegle of the USA crashed out and didn't finish.

Shaun White, Ben Ferguson, Jake Bates and Chase Josey all of the USA, qualify for the finals of the men's Halfpipe.

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Medal Count at 11:45 pm Eastern time - Day 4

Norway 2 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze - 9 total
Germany 4 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze - 7 total
Netherlands 3 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze - 7 total
Canada 2 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze - 7 total
USA 3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze - 6 total

Day 9

In men's Alpine Skiing Super G, Americans Andrew Weibrecht wins silver and Bode Miller ties for bronze. Bode tied Jan Hudec of Canada. Kjetil Jansrud of Norway wins gold.

USA men's hockey team beat Slovenia 5-1. The USA wins group A.

Americans Faye Gulini finished 4th and Lindsey Jacobellis finished 7th in ladies Snowboard Cross.

In figure skating, Charlie White and Meryl Davis of the USA are in 1st place after the Ice dancing short dance. Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates are in 8th place and Americans Alex and Maia Shibutani are in 9th place.

Heather Richardson of the USA finished 7th and Brittany Bowe, also of the USA finished 14th in ladies 1500M speedskating.

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Medal Count after Day 9

Netherlands 5 gold, 5 silver, 7 bronze - 17 total
Russia 4 gold, 7 silver, 5 bronze - 16 total
USA 4 gold, 4 silver, 8 bronze - 16 total
Norway 5 gold, 3 silver, 6 bronze - 14 total
Canada 4 gold, 6 silver, 4 bronze - 14 total
Germany 7 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze - 12 total