Olympics information, reside updates: U.S. takes first in blended aerials, now has its most gold medals in a single Winter Games; Jordan Stolz, girls’s curling on faucet

Jordan Stolz’s outstanding Olympics got here to an finish Saturday, and for the primary time in these Games, he didn’t attain the rostrum.

The 21-year-old barely missed out, ending fourth in long-track’s most chaotic occasion, the mass begin.

Jorrit Bergsma of the Netherlands took gold and Viktor Hald Thorup of Denmark grabbed silver. In a distant third, Italy’s Andrea Giovannini edged Stolz by 9 hundredths of a second.

Still, Stolz is coming away from the Olympics with three medals: golds within the 500 and 1,000 meters and a silver within the 1,500.

To study extra about his efficiency within the mass begin, go here.

Down 8-7, the Americans wanted a steal within the tenth finish. They could not conjure a final little bit of Olympic magic to make it occur.

Peterson’s last throw didn’t squeak previous Canada’s guard, and the Canadians rejoiced to the tune of their 10-7 victory.

The U.S. has the one girls’s curling group to compete in each Olympics and never win a medal. But the Americans’ effort was valiant in these Games.

Read extra in regards to the bronze-medal sport here.

Team USA isn’t going away evenly. It simply made probably the most of hammer.

U.S. skip Tabitha Peterson’s last throw of the ninth finish secured two factors for the Americans. It tapped a Canadian stone out of the 4 foot and nestled subsequent to a different American rock.

Now the U.S. trails simply 8-7.

For the second time in three ends, Canada scored three.

U.S. skip Tabitha Peterson dropped in a pleasant hit-and-roll, however her shooter was quickly faraway from the home.

And Peterson’s last rock took out just one Canadian stone, inviting Team Canada one other alternative for 3.

Canada skip Rachel Homan seized it.

Wow.

What a response from Team USA, which gave up three within the sixth finish and scored two itself within the seventh.

After Canada’s Rachel Homan threw an important freeze, U.S. skip Tabitha Peterson break up a pair of stones with a draw that finally tapped off a Canadian rock and rested within the button, giving the Americans a a number of to tie the sport 5-5.

The sixth finish has been type to Team USA all through these Games. That wasn’t the case on Saturday, although.

A expensive shot by means of the home by Tara Peterson and a near-miss by her sister, Tabitha, afterward did the U.S. in, permitting the Canadians to attain three and take a 5-3 lead.

The U.S. is at the moment within the driver’s seat in a back-and-forth bronze-medal sport in opposition to Canada.

A fifth finish that noticed Cory Thiesse knock Canadian stones out of the home culminates in essential draw to the button from Tabitha Peterson.

Team USA has recorded a single within the first, third and fifth finish.

The U.S. denied Canada a a number of within the fourth finish, due to a well-placed freeze thrown by American skip Tabitha Peterson.

Peterson bounced again after her earlier throw, a draw, was heavy and slid out of the home.

Her last throw completed with a nostril faucet on Canada’s stone on the button. That shrunk the scoring zone, finally limiting the Canadians to only one level in the long run.

It’s 2-2, and the U.S. now has the hammer.

Canada used the hammer to its benefit within the second finish, tying the sport 1-1.

But within the third finish, Team USA answered again.

American skip Tabitha Peterson threw her last stone of the tip round Canada’s center-line guards, tucking it proper in entrance of a pair of Canadian stones within the button.

That gave the U.S. a much-needed level and a 2-1 lead.

The Americans are out in entrance after the primary finish, due to a well-placed throw from skip Tabitha Peterson.

It’s 1-0 Team USA.

Peterson is joined by her sister Tara in addition to Cory Thiesse and Taylor Anderson-Heide.

Thiesse received a silver in blended doubles earlier these Games.

After making the Olympic playoffs for the first time since 2002, the U.S. girls’s curling group fell short in semifinal action against Switzerland on Friday. Switzerland avenged its loss to the Americans within the round-robin finale, largely due to Alina Pätz, who was virtually good and fueled a 7-4 victory that was nearer than the rating suggests. Switzerland will face Sweden within the gold-medal sport on Sunday. But, first, on Saturday, the U.S. will sq. off in opposition to Canada with the bronze medal on the road.

The Americans have by no means medaled in girls’s curling, which was was added to the Olympics in 1998. In Salt Lake City 24 years in the past, they misplaced to Canada in a bronze-medal sport. The U.S. is hoping to flip the script this time round. In round-robin play, the American girls notched their first-ever Olympic win over a Canadian group that beforehand had their quantity.

Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo has grow to be a family title throughout this yr’s Olympics. The 29-year-old Norwegian has received six gold medals — probably the most by any athlete at a single Winter Games all-time — and he’s achieved so in a rigorous occasion that requires unimaginable endurance.

Klaebo’s climbs on the ultimate lap of his races have been a factor of magnificence.

Read extra about his feat here.

With 4 twists, Chris Lillis helped Team USA win its second consecutive gold medal in blended aerials.

Read extra about it here.

Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo has gone 6-for-6 on this yr’s Games, which means he’s received a gold medal in all six of his cross-country snowboarding occasions.

His six golds are probably the most ever recorded by an athlete at a single Winter Games.

Norway swept the boys’s 50km mass begin, and Klaebo as soon as once more crossed the end line first.

He now has 11 profession gold medals, the second most all-time in Olympic historical past. In that regard, Klaebo trails solely U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps, probably the most embellished Olympian of all-time.

The Americans received a second consecutive gold medal in blended aerials on Saturday.

In the method, Team USA gained its eleventh gold, its most in a single Winter Games.

Read extra in regards to the occasion that helped the U.S. make Olympic historical past. Check it out here.

The Americans entered the day with out a medal in aerials in these Games.

Although they have been the defending gold medalists in Olympic blended aerials, there was no assure they’d run it again.

But after Chris Lillis’ last run, the U.S. made that occur. Lillis, who was a part of that profitable squad in Beijing, has one other gold, and this time he’s sharing the enjoyment with Connor Curran and and Kaila Kuhn

The U.S. is golden once more.

The Milan Cortina Olympics have been flying by sooner than Jordan Stolz. The American speedskating icon shall be on show as soon as extra Saturday.

He’s one in all a handful of Americans who’ve a shot at incomes some {hardware} to kick off the weekend.

We outlined the top five things to watch on Saturday at the Winter Games.

The Americans’ 10 gold medals are tied for his or her most in a single Winter Games. They have an opportunity of breaking that report on Saturday.

Buckle up!

The United States turned in its most spectacular win to this point Friday, taking down Slovakia 6-2 in the semifinal to advance to the gold-medal sport.

The U.S. obtained two targets from Jack Hughes, with 4 different gamers chipping in scores of their very own. While Slovakia tried to rally late, the deficit proved to be too giant for them to actually make it a sport within the third interval.

As a outcome, Team USA will play within the gold-medal sport for the primary time since 2010. They’ll tackle Canada in a rematch of that 2010 last, which Canada received.

Corinne Stoddard turns into the primary American to medal briefly monitor pace skating since 2010.

Stoddard received bronze after getting handed by Korea’s Kim Gil-li and Choi Min-jeong within the last laps. Gil-li received gold and Min-jeong received silver.