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 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 15

American Kyle Mack wins silver in men's Snowboard- Big Air with a total score of 168.75. Sebastien Toutant of Canada wins gold with a total score of 174.25. Billy Morgan of Great Britain wins bronze with a total score of 168.00. Americans Chris Corning(153.00) and Red Gerard(143.00) finished 4th and 5th, respectively.

Great Britain(2) beats the USA(2)on time to move on in Alpine skiing - Alpine Team Event. USA's Megan McJames beats Charlie Guest of Great Britain by .03 of a second. David Rydinng of Great Britain beats Nolan Kasper of the USA by.18 of a second. Alex Tilley of Great Britain beat Patricia Mangan of the USA by .06 of a second. David Chodounsky of the USA beat Laurie Taylor of Great Britain by .36 of a second.

American Joey Mantia finished 4th in men's 1000M Speed Skating. Americans Shani Davis and Mitch Whitmore finished 7th and 10th respectively.

After 2 runs of the men's 4-man Bobsled, the USA team of Codie Bascue, Evan Weinstock, Steven Langton and Sam McGuffie are in 9th place. The USA team of Nick Cunningham, Hakeem Abdul-Saboor, Chris Kinney and Sam Michener are in 20th place and the USA team of Justin Olsen, Nathan Weber, Carlos Valdes and Chris Fogt are in 21st place.

The USA team of Lowell Bailey, Sean Doherty, Leif Nordgren and Tim Burke finished 6th in men's Biathlon - 4 by 7.5KM Relay.

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Medal Count as of 11:30 pm Eastern Time- Day 15

Norway 13 gold, 14 silver, 11 bronze - 38 total
Canada 11 gold, 8 silver, 9 bronze - 28 total
Germany 13 gold, 7 silver, 6 bronze - 26 total
USA 8 gold, 8 silver, 6 bronze - 22 total
Netherlands 8 gold. 6 silver, 4 bronze - 18 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