Winter Olympics: USA wins four medals and what else you missed
Lindsey Vonn is an Olympic medalist again.
The American skiing star captured the bronze medal in the women's downhill, her first Olympic medal since the 2010 Games. It was also a history-making medal as Vonn, 33, became the oldest woman to win a medal in Alpine skiing.
Afterwards, Vonn let the emotion show and described what she feels before her runs.
While Vonn's father said his daughter "needed to risk more" — and indicated he'd like to see Vonn extend her career — Vonn said she was "extremely proud" with the result in what she thinks will be her last Games.
"I’m standing on the podium and, to me, I feel like I won a gold medal," Vonn said.
For Vonn, after everything she's battled through the last eight years, a third Olympic medal is a perfect way to quiet the internet trolls.
Cross country glory – finally
Kikkan Randall and Jessie Diggins made history in a thrilling race, winning an Olympic gold medal in women's team pursuit, the first medal ever at the Games for American women in cross country skiing.
Randall and Diggins join Bill Koch as the only American skiers to win Olympic medals in the sport. Koch’s silver came 42 years ago at the Innsbruck Games.
American women grab bobsled medal
The team of Elana Meyers Taylor and Lauren Gibbs captured a silver medal in women's bobsled, marking the fifth time in as many Winter Games the USA has medaled in the event.
Speedskating drought ends
The United States finally ended its eight-year medal drought in long-track speedskating, as the women’s team pursuit squad fought its way to an unexpected bronze. Team USA failed to medal in Sochi.
U.S. men's hockey team eliminated
The United States men's hockey team is going home after falling 3-2 to the Czech Republic in a shootout.
U.S. goalie Ryan Zapolski stopped four of five shootout attempts, but the Americans scored no goals in the skills contest.
This is the second straight Games that the U.S. failed to medal in — though this year marked the first Winter Olympics without NHL players since 1998.
Rough night for U.S. figure skaters
Wednesday marked the worst performance by U.S. women in the history of the Olympic short program, which began in 1976.
The three Americans — Mirai Nagasu, Karen Chen and Bradie Tennell — finished ninth, 10th and 11th, respectively, all having experienced some sort of big mistake.
The previous worst U.S. women’s Olympic short program performance was in 2010, when the Americans, including Nagasu, finished fifth and sixth.
Other medals you missed
Freestyle skiing: Brady Leman of Canada won gold in men's ski cross, following by Marc Bischofberger of Switzerland in silver and Sergey Ridzik, an Olympic Athlete from Russia, in bronze.
Ice hockey: Finland defeated the Olympic Athletes from Russia 3-2 to win the bronze medal in the women's hockey tournament.
Women's cross country team sprint: Jessie Diggins and Kikkan Randall won gold for the United States, America's first ever women's cross country medal. Sweden took silver and bronze went to Norway.
Men's cross country team sprint: Norway won gold, followed by the Olympic Athletes from Russia and France.
Women's speedskating team pursuit: The gold medal went to Japan, beating out the Netherlands in the final. The United States won bronze, snapping the country's speedskating medal drought dating back to the 2010 Olympics.
Men's speedskating team pursuit: Norway won gold, topping South Korea in the final. Bronze went to the Netherlands.
Women's bobsled: Germany's Manama Jamanka and Lisa Buckwitz won gold, Americans Elana Meyers Taylor and Lauren Gibbs took silver and bronze went to Canada's Kaillie Humphries and Phyllcia George.
Stories you missed
- On the ice, the struggle was real for the Americans in more than one way. The women's figure skaters got off to a slow start and the men's hockey team was eliminated in the quarterfinals.
- The halfpipe in Pyeongchang is about 50 to 100 feet longer than a typical halfpipe. and it's drawn rave reviews from skiers and snowboarders.
- Mirai Nagasu might not get a medal, but she'll leave Pyeongchang having tried something no one else was capable of or brave enough to try.
- One woman could be the key to the U.S. sweeping the men's halfpipe skiing final.
- Enough is enough: It's time for figure skating to join the 21st century.
- Back from his U.S. media tour, Red Gerard is going for gold again.
- Was hosting the Winter Olympics worth the trouble for South Korea?
- The tricks will be big and intense in the men's snowboard big air final.