Whats up from Milan and Cortina, the keep Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, the Norwegian depraved-country skier, received his ninth gold medal, giving him essentially the most in Iciness Olympics history.
Plus, Italian Alpine skier Federica Brignone received one more gold less than a year after a violent wreck, and the Dutch duo of Femke Kok and Jutta Leerdam dethroned American Erin Jackson in the speedskating 500-meter closing.
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Dwell from Milan Cortina
American speedskater Erin Jackson, the reigning gold medalist in the 500 meters, had a likelihood to defend her title at the present time. She had a real delivery, but Femke Kok, this year’s authorized, from the Netherlands, sped previous her and done with a blazing time of 36.49 seconds, an Olympic file.
In a while, Jackson skated over to Kok, smiling and patting her motivate in congratulations. Jackson resulted in fifth space, 0.05 seconds far off from bronze. The Netherlands’ Jutta Leerdam claimed silver after previously winning the 1,000-meter closing at these Video games.
Meanwhile, American Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin did no longer medal at the present time in the giant slalom. On Wednesday, she’ll compete in the slalom, her closing likelihood to steer clear of going medalless at a second straight Olympic Video games.
The U.S. males’s curling crew upset Sweden at the present time 8-5, and the U.S. males’s hockey crew dominated Germany 5-1. With that victory, the Americans received their crew and clinched a bye into the quarterfinals; Canada and Slovakia received the utterly different two groups.
The figure skating pairs competition additionally began at the present time with the short program. The German pair of Nikita Volodin and Minerva Fabienne Hase posted a score of 80.01 and are in first space. The 2 American pairs are in seventh and 9th space, with the free skate scheduled for the following day.
Athlete Highlight
Italy’s Federica Brignone shouldn’t be right here at the Iciness Olympics. She tore her ACL and suffered extra than one fractures in a wreck closing April, and very best simply returned to competition on Jan. 20. But less than a month later, she’s no longer very best taking part but dominating.
Brignone, who wears a distinctive helmet that encompasses a tiger, secured her second gold medal of these Video games at the present time when she received the women’s giant slalom. Her mixed time over two runs (2:13.50) changed into almost a fat second better than American tale Mikaela Shiffrin, who took 11th space.
Brignone acknowledged the accidents were so negative she “got right here very shut to no longer being ready to be an athlete anymore” and would possibly maybe maybe barely drag.
“Actually, I changed into simply delighted to be at the Olympics. For me, it changed into an success, be pleased something particular, and that’s why I luxuriate in I received, on fable of I changed into simply delighted already and grateful to be right here,” Brignone suggested NBC News correspondent Molly Hunter after the competition.
Now, she’s received gold in the giant slalom and tidy-G. This day, as she raced at some stage in the develop line, she heard the Italian crowd cry in the background. That’s how she realized she’d received.
“The crew simply, I felt them loads, and then I grew to change into round and I saw No. 1,” she acknowledged.
A historical efficiency
There’s a brand recent king of the Iciness Olympics. Scoot-country snowboarding megastar Johannes Høsflot Klæbo claimed his ninth profession gold medal at the present time, breaking a tie with three utterly different retired Norwegian athletes for essentially the most ever.
Klæbo anchored the 4×7.5-kilometer relay crew that took first space. It changed into his fourth gold of the Milan Cortina Video games.
“I’ve simply tried to luxuriate in the moments at the present time,” he acknowledged. “Being ready to catch that and rob the ninth one with the crew is particular, and it couldn’t be a better components to catch that.”
The loopy thing? He’s no longer done but. Klæbo is anticipated to compete in two extra races. If he wins every, he would be half of American swimmer Michael Phelps as the most effective utterly different Olympian to discover bigger than 10 gold medals.
“It changed into a minute bit more uncomplicated to put collectively myself for these Olympics than the closing Olympics and the field championships closing year,” Klæbo acknowledged. “Having fun on the model is additionally main, and I luxuriate in it presentations in the implications.”
Portray of the Day
When to take a look at
The U.S. women’s hockey crew performs Sweden in the semifinals for a reveal in the gold-medal game. Pairs figure skating will hand out medals, and a trio of American women are in competition for the podium in monobob.
All occasions are in Jap, and an asterisk signifies a medal tournament:
Monday, Feb. 16
- 3:05 a.m.: Curling, women’s round-robin (Sweden vs. Switzerland, China vs. Canada, Denmark vs. Expansive Britain)
- 4 a.m.: Alpine snowboarding, males’s slalom flee 1
- 4 a.m.: Bobsled, two-man heat 1
- 5 a.m.: Short-observe speedskating, women’s 1,000-meter quarterfinals
- 5:17 a.m.: Short-observe speedskating, males’s 500-meter heats
- 5:57 a.m.: Bobsled, two-man heat 2
- 6:06 a.m.: Short-observe speedskating, males’s 5,000-meter relay semifinals
- 6:47 a.m.: Short-observe speedskating, women’s 1,000-meter finals*
- 7:30 a.m.: Alpine snowboarding, males’s slalom flee 2*
- 8:05 a.m: Curling, males’s round-robin (Expansive Britain vs. Norway, Czechia vs. Canada, Sweden vs. Germany, Italy vs. China)
- 10:40 a.m.: Females’s hockey, semifinals, USA vs. Sweden
- 12 p.m.: Ski leaping, males’s tidy crew trial round
- 1 p.m.: Bobsled, women’s monobob heat 3
- 1:05 p.m.: Curling, women’s round-robin (USA vs. Italy, Korea vs. China, Switzerland vs. Expansive Britain, Japan vs. Canada)
- 1:30 p.m.: Freestyle snowboarding, women’s freeski huge air finals*
- 1:43 p.m.: Ski leaping, males’s tidy crew, second round
- 2 p.m.: Identify skating, pairs skating, free skate*
- 2:20 p.m.: Ski leaping, males’s tidy crew closing round*
- 3:06 p.m.: Bobsled, women’s monobob heat 4*
- 3:10 p.m.: Females’s hockey, semifinals, Canada vs. Switzerland
That’s it for now! We’ll be motivate the following day.
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