U.S. Wins First-Ever Silver Medal In Team Figure Skating

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Published on February 7 2022 5:51 am
Last Updated on February 7 2022 5:51 am

The U.S. won its first-ever silver medal in the team figure skating event, after taking bronze in 2018 and 2014. Helping win silver were Evan Bates and Madison Chock, who came in first in ice dancing. The Russian Olympic Committee won gold and Japan took bronze.

-- Kamila Valiyeva, Russia’s 15-year-old figure skating wonder, became the first woman to land a quad jump in the Olympics, doing it in the free skate during the team competition. She also landed a second quad, but fell on a third.

-- U.S. Figure Skating said Monday that Vincent Zhou tested positive for Covid-19 Sunday. He was having additional tests to confirm the result. Zhou, who skated the long program for the U.S. in the team competition Sunday, is scheduled to skate the short program in the men’s individual competition Tuesday. It’s now unclear if he’ll be able to compete.

-- Swiss skier Beat Feuz won gold in the men’s downhill, just 0.10 seconds ahead of France’s Johan Clarey. The 41-year-old Clarey became the oldest man to win an Olympic medal in Alpine skiing. Matthias Mayer of Austria won bronze. -- U.S. skier Mikaela Shiffrin, who was a favorite to win a medal in five events, was disqualified in her first, the giant slalom, when she lost control coming around a gate early in the race, slid and fell on her side. Shiffrin was the defending Olympic gold medalist.

-- Jaelin Kauf of the U.S. won silver in women’s moguls skiing, behind Australia’s Jakara Anthony. Russian Anastasiia Smirnova won bronze.

-- The U.S. women’s hockey team routed Switzerland 8-0. The defending Olympic gold medalists will now face archrival Canada in the Group A finale on Tuesday.

Medal Count: (As of 4:00 a.m. ET) - The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) is in first place with six medals, followed by Canada, Austria and Italy, all with four. In the gold medal count, Sweden leads with three, and the ROC and Norway each have two. The U.S. has three medals overall, all of them silver.