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 7

Matt Antoine and John Daly, both of the USA, finished 11th and 16th respectively in men's Skeleton.

In women's round robin Curling, the USA lost to Switzerland 6-5.

The USA lost to Italy 10-9 and lost to Sweden 10-4 in men's round robin Curling.

The USA Luge relay team of Summer Britcher, Chris Mazdzer, Matthew Mortensen and Jayson Teriman finished 4th.

Ameericans Susan Dunklee, Joanne Firesteel-Reid and Clare Egan finished 19th, 22nd and 62nd respectively in women's Biathlon- 15KM Indiuidual.

Tim Burke, Sean Doherty, Lowell Baileyand Leif Nordgren, all of the USA, finished 41st, 44th, 51st and 66th respectively in the men's Biathlon- 20K Individual.

Americans Jessica Diggins, Sadie Bjornsen, Kikkan Randall and Elizabeth Stephen finished 5th, 15th, 16th and 30th respectively in women's Cross Country Skiing- 10KM Free.

Americans Madison Olsen and Kiley McKinnon qualified for the finals of women's Freestyle skiing Arials.

The USA Ice Hockey team beat Slovakia 2-1 in preliminary group B. Both USA goals were scored by Ryan Donato.

Ryan Cochran-Siegle, Jared Goldberg, both of the USA, finished in 14th and 24th place respectively in the men's Alpine skiing -Super G. Americans Ted Ligety and Andrew Weibrecht did not finish.

Americans Lindsey Jacobellis finished 4th in ladies Snowboard Cross. Americans Megan Tierney and Faye Gulini finished 17th and 21st respectively.

Mikaela Schiffrin of the USA finished 4th in women's Alpine skiing Slalom. Americans Megan McJames and Alice Merryweather finished in 36th and 42nd place respectively. American Resi Stiegler did not finish.

American Nathan Chen is in 17th place in the men's short program with a score of 82.27. Chen fell twice landing quads. American Adam Rippon is in 7th place with a score of 87.95 in the men's short program. Vincent Zhou of the USA is in 12th place in the men's short program with a score of 84.53.

Medal Count at 11:45 pm Eastern Time - Day 7

Norway 6 gold, 7 silver, 5 bronze - 18 total
Germany 9 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze - 15 total
Canada 4 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze - 13 total
Netherlands 5 gold, 5 silver, 2 bronze - 12 total
USA 5 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze - 8 total

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