Good day from Milan and Cortina, the place Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, the Norwegian cross-country skier, received his ninth gold medal, giving him essentially the most in Winter Olympics historical past.
Plus, Italian Alpine skier Federica Brignone received one other gold lower than a 12 months after a violent crash, and the Dutch duo of Femke Kok and Jutta Leerdam dethroned American Erin Jackson within the speedskating 500-meter last.
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Stay from Milan Cortina
American speedskater Erin Jackson, the reigning gold medalist within the 500 meters, had an opportunity to defend her title right this moment. She had a powerful begin, however Femke Kok, this 12 months’s favourite, from the Netherlands, sped previous her and completed with a blazing time of 36.49 seconds, an Olympic report.
Afterward, Jackson skated over to Kok, smiling and patting her again in congratulations. Jackson resulted in fifth place, 0.05 seconds away from bronze. The Netherlands’ Jutta Leerdam claimed silver after beforehand successful the 1,000-meter last at these Video games.
In the meantime, American Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin did not medal right this moment within the big slalom. On Wednesday, she’ll compete within the slalom, her final likelihood to keep away from going medalless at a second straight Olympic Video games.
The U.S. males’s curling crew upset Sweden right this moment 8-5, and the U.S. males’s hockey crew dominated Germany 5-1. With that victory, the People received their group and clinched a bye into the quarterfinals; Canada and Slovakia received the opposite two teams.
The determine skating pairs competitors additionally began right this moment with the quick program. The German pair of Nikita Volodin and Minerva Fabienne Hase posted a rating of 80.01 and are in first place. The 2 American pairs are in seventh and ninth place, with the free skate scheduled for tomorrow.
Athlete Highlight
Italy’s Federica Brignone shouldn’t be right here on the Winter Olympics. She tore her ACL and suffered a number of fractures in a crash final April, and solely simply returned to competitors on Jan. 20. However lower than a month later, she’s not solely taking part however dominating.
Brignone, who wears a particular helmet that includes a tiger, secured her second gold medal of those Video games right this moment when she received the ladies’s big slalom. Her mixed time over two runs (2:13.50) was almost a full second higher than American legend Mikaela Shiffrin, who took eleventh place.
Brignone mentioned the accidents have been so dangerous she “got here very near not having the ability to be an athlete anymore” and will barely stroll.
“Really, I used to be simply glad to be on the Olympics. For me, it was an achievement, like one thing particular, and that’s why I believe I received, as a result of I used to be simply glad already and grateful to be right here,” Brignone instructed NBC Information correspondent Molly Hunter after the competitors.
Now, she’s received gold within the big slalom and super-G. At the moment, as she raced throughout the end line, she heard the Italian crowd roar within the background. That’s how she realized she’d received.
“The group simply, I felt them loads, after which I rotated and I noticed No. 1,” she mentioned.
A historic efficiency
There’s a brand new king of the Winter Olympics. Cross-country snowboarding star Johannes Høsflot Klæbo claimed his ninth profession gold medal right this moment, breaking a tie with three different retired Norwegian athletes for essentially the most ever.
Klæbo anchored the 4×7.5-kilometer relay crew that took first place. It was his fourth gold of the Milan Cortina Video games.
“I’ve simply tried to benefit from the moments right this moment,” he mentioned. “With the ability to do this and take the ninth one with the crew is particular, and it couldn’t be a greater approach to try this.”
The loopy factor? He’s not finished but. Klæbo is predicted to compete in two extra races. If he wins each, he would be a part of American swimmer Michael Phelps as the one different Olympian to win greater than 10 gold medals.
“It was slightly bit simpler to organize myself for these Olympics than the final Olympics and the world championships final 12 months,” Klæbo mentioned. “Having enjoyable on the way in which can also be essential, and I believe it reveals within the outcomes.”
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When to look at
The U.S. ladies’s hockey crew performs Sweden within the semifinals for a spot within the gold-medal sport. Pairs determine skating will hand out medals, and a trio of American ladies are in competition for the rostrum in monobob.
All instances are in Japanese, and an asterisk signifies a medal occasion:
Monday, Feb. 16
- 3:05 a.m.: Curling, ladies’s round-robin (Sweden vs. Switzerland, China vs. Canada, Denmark vs. Nice Britain)
- 4 a.m.: Alpine snowboarding, males’s slalom run 1
- 4 a.m.: Bobsled, two-man warmth 1
- 5 a.m.: Quick-track speedskating, ladies’s 1,000-meter quarterfinals
- 5:17 a.m.: Quick-track speedskating, males’s 500-meter heats
- 5:57 a.m.: Bobsled, two-man warmth 2
- 6:06 a.m.: Quick-track speedskating, males’s 5,000-meter relay semifinals
- 6:47 a.m.: Quick-track speedskating, ladies’s 1,000-meter finals*
- 7:30 a.m.: Alpine snowboarding, males’s slalom run 2*
- 8:05 a.m: Curling, males’s round-robin (Nice Britain vs. Norway, Czechia vs. Canada, Sweden vs. Germany, Italy vs. China)
- 10:40 a.m.: Girls’s hockey, semifinals, USA vs. Sweden
- 12 p.m.: Ski leaping, males’s tremendous crew trial spherical
- 1 p.m.: Bobsled, ladies’s monobob warmth 3
- 1:05 p.m.: Curling, ladies’s round-robin (USA vs. Italy, Korea vs. China, Switzerland vs. Nice Britain, Japan vs. Canada)
- 1:30 p.m.: Freestyle snowboarding, ladies’s freeski large air finals*
- 1:43 p.m.: Ski leaping, males’s tremendous crew, second spherical
- 2 p.m.: Determine skating, pairs skating, free skate*
- 2:20 p.m.: Ski leaping, males’s tremendous crew last spherical*
- 3:06 p.m.: Bobsled, ladies’s monobob warmth 4*
- 3:10 p.m.: Girls’s hockey, semifinals, Canada vs. Switzerland
That’s it for now! We’ll be again tomorrow.
