Winter Olympics Day 15: Team USA wins gold in mixed team aerials as Norway makes Winter Games history
Another great day of action yesterday with Team USA ending the evening on a high note. There was a heavy American presence in the men’s freeski halfpipe finals, and not without success, as Alex Ferreira won gold. Team USA’s men’s hockey team rolled Slovakia 6-2, cementing a highly anticipated rivalry showdown against Canada for the gold.
Norway continues to lead the overall medal count with 37 total and 17 golds – a new Winter Olympic record (but more on that shortly…). The US is the runner-up with 29 medals and 10 golds, while Italy is in third with 27 medals and nine golds.
Catch up on other exciting medal moments from yesterday:
First gold of the day: Germany’s Daniela Maier won gold in the women’s ski cross in a closely-fought victory.
South Korea’s one-two: South Korea’s Kim Gilli won gold and Choi Minjeeong took silver in the women’s short-track speed skating 1500m race. USA’s Corinne Stoddard earned bronze.
The Dutch won speed skating again… and again: Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong skated her way to gold in the women’s 1500m final. The Netherlands then won the men’s 5000m relay short-track final, with Olympic favorite Jens van ‘T Wout earning his third gold of the Games.
Swiss curling bronze: Switzerland crushed Norway 9-1 in the bronze medal curling match, after beating the US yesterday morning.
Canadian semifinal win: Team Canada will play for gold after a remarkable comeback in men’s ice hockey, defeating Finland by a score of 3-2.
Another Norway victory: Johannes Dale-Skjevdal won gold in the men’s 15km mass start biathlon race.
Husband joins wife in glory: Wang Xindi took gold in the men’s aerials after a nail-biting final. Xu Mengtao, Wang’s spouse, won the women’s aerials three days ago. Talk about a power couple.
In other news:
Unexpected IOC – Board of Peace overlap: International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry said the organization will look into IOC member and FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s presence at President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace meeting this week.
Stars at figure skating gala: Team USA stars Alysa Liu and Ilia Malinin will headline today’s Olympic Figure Skating Gala, among other prominent skaters.
Hunter Hess doubles down: The Team USA freestyle skiier doubled down on comments he made about representing the US at the Winter Olympics which drew the ire of Trump. Hess placed 10th in today’s men’s halfpipe finals.
CNN’s Kyle Feldscher and Thomas Schlachter contributed to this report.
