The 2018 Winter Olympics took place in PyeongChang, South Korea from Feb. 9-25. Team USA won the fourth-most medals in PyeongChang with 23 and won nine gold medals. Check out the links below for more detailed coverage of Team USA’s victories at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Snowboarding: Winning medals and making history USA defeats Canada…
In a world of quadruple lutz jumps and toe loops, the U.S. figure skating team skated away with two bronze medals while Pittsburgh took home silver in speed skating. Nathan Chen, 18, landed the first-ever quad flip at an Olympics, as well as becoming the first skater to land five clean quads in a free…
The men’s USA curling team brought home Team USA’s first-ever curling gold medal with a score of 10-7 after competing against Sweden. Led by Phill Drobnick, the line up consisted of John Shuster, Typer George, Mat Hamilton, John Landsteiner and Joe Polo. Elana Meyers Taylor and Lauren Gibbs took silver for women’s bobsledding, finishing with…
Skiing across the board was a large success for American athletes, winning eight of Team USA’s 23 overall medals and three of the nine gold medals. Team USA even brought home a gold medal in cross-country skiing for the first time ever in the Ladies’ Sprint Free event. American cross-country skiers Kikkan Randall, 35, and…
For the first time in 20 years, the U.S. women’s hockey team won Olympic gold in PyeongChang. The gold medal match-up was a rematch of the previous two Olympic games with Team USA facing off against Team Canada. Team USA looked to finally defeat Canada after Canada’s victories in the 2014 and 2010 Olympics. After…
The U.S. Olympic snowboard team became all too familiar with the medals podium in PyeongChang. With those medals, snowboarders also made some history at this year’s winter olympics. Red Gerard, 17, snatched the first gold medal (and first overall medal) for Team USA in men’s slopestyle with a score of 87.16. In his final run,…