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The United States waited until deep into the evening to get on the board again, but once they did they racked up a quick pair of medals to extend their lead in the medal count to equal the largest lead anyone's had the entire games. Canada also scored a pair, both of which they were assured of before they even woke up this morning. Russia, Norway, and Germany each found the podium once. Shut out today were the Dutch, but we suddenly have an interloper to take into account. France racked up four medals today to pull within one of the Germans, giving us a valid excuse to finally turn out top six into a top seven:
| COUNTRY | G | S | B | TOTAL |
| United States | 8 | 6 | 11 | 25 |
| Russia | 7 | 9 | 7 | 23 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 7 | 9 | 22 |
| Norway | 10 | 4 | 7 | 21 |
| Canada | 7 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| Germany | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| France | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 |
Results:
Alpine Skiing:
No events today.
Biathlon:
No events today.
Bobsled:
No events today.
Cross-Country:
No events today.
Curling:
| WOMEN'S CURLING | |
| GOLD | Canada |
| SILVER | Sweden |
| BRONZE | Great Britain |
| 4th | Switzerland |
Great Britain beat the Swiss 6-5 in the bronze medal game, supplying Eve Muirhead and Anna Sloan with a medal after a rough start to round-robin. With a 4-3 lead and the hammer going into the ninth end, Canada housed a pair and Sweden conceded the gold.
Figure Skating:
| LADIES' (free skate) | |||
| GOLD | Adelina Sotnikova | Russia | 224.59 |
| SILVER | Yuna Kim | Korea | 219.11 |
| BRONZE | Carolina Kostner | Italy | 216.73 |
For the first time since the 20-year war-aided gap between 1932 and 1952, the USA goes two straight Olympics without a ladies' singles figure skating medal. Gracie Gold finished a distant 4th, Ashley Wagner 7th, and Polina Edmunds 9th. Carolina Kostner is a new Italian hero; her bronze is the first-ever medal for Italy in ladies' singles.
Freestyle Skiing:
| MEN'S SKI CROSS | ||
| GOLD | Jean Frederic Chapuis | France |
| SILVER | Arnaud Boloventa | France |
| BRONZE | Jonathan Midol | France |
France announces its presence in a big way, sweeping the podium and closing to within one medal of the top six. The only American in the event, John Teller, crashed during the 1/8 final and did not finish.
| LADIES' SKI HALFPIPE | |||
| GOLD | Maddie Bowman | USA | 89.00 |
| SILVER | Marie Martinod | France | 85.40 |
| BRONZE | Ayana Onazuka | Japan | 83.20 |
All four USA entrants made the final; Brita Sigourney finished 6th, Annalisa Drew 9th, and Angeli VanLaanen 11th.
Ice Hockey:
| WOMEN'S HOCKEY | |||
| GOLD | Canada | ||
| SILVER | USA | ||
| BRONZE | Switzerland | ||
| 4th | Sweden | ||
Switzerland erupted for four third-period goals, becoming the first women's hockey team to wipe out a two-goal third-period deficit in a medal game. It's the first hockey medal for the Swiss since the men won the bronze in 1948; they also won the bronze in 1928, and those two medals had something in common: they were won in Switzerland. So this is the first Swiss hockey medal won on foreign soil, as well.
Jessie Vetter was an impenetrable wall for 56 minutes, and Team USA's defense managed to kill off a 5-on-3 penalty without even allowing a shot on goal. Meghan Duggan and Alex Carpenter scored for the Americans, and they held a 2-0 lead with three-and-a-half to go. And then Canada charged back. Brianne Jenner scored. Canada pulled Shannon Szabados for an extra attacker. A wild clear by the US almost went in the empty net, but bounced off the goal post. And then with 55 seconds left, Marie-Philip Poulin dinked the puck into a hole that barely seemed to exist. Tie game. Overtime.
Team USA got a power play six minutes in when Catherine Ward was called for cross-checking, and then everything went bad. Five seconds later, Jocelyn LaMoureax was called for slashing on a terribly dubious call; arguably, the "slash" was a stick motion anticipating a shot rebound. A little over a minute later, Hilary Knight was called for cross-checking; it probably could have been a penalty shot, but the penalty itself was bad enough. Just 39 seconds later, with Canada having a two-skater advantage, Poulin scored again and it was all over. Canada had won the gold... again.
| LEADING SCORERS | ||||
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | G | A | PTS |
| Michelle Karvinen | Finland | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Pernilla Winberg | Sweden | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Amanda Kessel | USA | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Hilary Knight | USA | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Kendall Coyne | USA | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Brianna Decker | USA | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Yekaterina Smolentseva | Russia | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Karvinen led all goal-scorers with 5, followed by Winberg and Team USA's Alex Carpenter with four. Team USA's Jocelyn LaMoureux had no goals, but led the tournament with five assists; eight players had four each.
Luge:
All events completed.
Nordic Combined:
| TEAM LARGE HILL/4x5km | |||
| GOLD | Magnus Hovdal Moan Haavard Klemetsen Magnus Krog Joergen Graabak |
Norway | 47:13.5 |
| SILVER | Eric Frenzel Bjoern Kirchesen Johannes Rydzek Fabian Riessle |
Germany | 47:13.8X |
| BRONZE | Lukas Klapfer Christoph Bieler Bernhard Gruber Mario Stecher |
Austria | 47:16.9 |
Team USA (Todd Lodwick, Taylor Fletcher, Brian Fletcher, Bill DeMong) finished sixth.
Short Track:
No events today.
Skeleton:
All events completed.
Ski Jumping:
All events completed.
Snowboard:
No events today.
Speed Skating:
No events today.
Looking ahead:
Here's today's schedule. ALL events are available live via streaming at NBCOlympics.com, so long as you're a customer of a participating cable, satellite or FIOS provider. All times Central. Medal events listed in BOLD.
DELAYED BROADCAST INFO: The following tags apply to the listed time windows on your local NBC station:
| NBC Daytime | 2:00pm-4:00pm |
| NBC Primetime | 7pm-10:00pm (replayed 1:00am-4:00am) |
| NBC Latenight | midnight-1:00am |
Be aware that NBC proper IS NOT SHOWING ANY LIVE COVERAGE OF THESE OLYMPICS other than the hockey gold medal games.
Alpine Skiing:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
| WOMEN'S SLALOM (run 1) | 6:45pm | none | NBC Primetime | Mikaela Shiffrin - Julia Ford Megan McJames - Resi Stiegler |
| WOMEN'S SLALOM (run 2) | 10:15am | none | NBC Primetime | Mikaela Shiffrin - Julia Ford Megan McJames - Resi Stiegler |
Biathlon:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
| WOMEN'S 4x5k RELAY | 8:30am | NBCSN | NBC Daytime | Susan Dunklee - Hannah Dreissigacker Sara Studebaker - Annelies Cook |
Bobsled:
No events today.
Cross-Country:
No events today.
Curling:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | Matches |
| MEN'S BRONZE MEDAL GAME | 2:30pm | NBCSN* | none | China-Sweden |
| * - Window shared with Ladies' Ski Cross. | ||||
| MEN'S GOLD MEDAL GAME | 7:30am | none | 4:00pm, CNBC | Canada-Great Britain |
Figure Skating:
All events completed.
Freestyle Skiing:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
| LADIES' SKI CROSS (qualification) | 1:45am | 2:00am, NBCSN* | none | none |
| LADIES' SKI CROSS (1/8) | 3:30am | NBCSN* | 8:30am, NBCSN | none |
| LADIES' SKI CROSS (quarterfinals) | 4:05am | NBCSN* | 8:30am, NBCSN | none |
| LADIES' SKI CROSS (semifinals) | 4:25am | NBCSN* | NBC Daytime | none |
| LADIES' SKI CROSS (final) | 4:41am | NBCSN* | NBC Daytime | none |
| * Window shared with Men's Curling bronze medal game. | ||||
Ice Hockey:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | Match |
| MEN'S SEMIFINAL | 6:00am | NBCSN | 2:00pm, NBCSN | Sweden-Finland |
| MEN'S SEMIFINAL | 11:00am | 10:30pm, NBCSN† | 4:00pm, NBCSN | USA-Canada |
| † Window shared with Ladies' Team Pursuit Speed Skating; presumably during intermission. | ||||
Luge:
All events completed.
Nordic Combined:
All events completed.
Short Track:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
| MEN'S 500m (quarterfinals) | 10:30am | none | NBC Primetime | J.R. Celski |
| LADIES' 1000m (quarterfinals) | 10:44am | none | NBC Primetime | Jessica Smith - Emily Scott |
| MEN'S 500m (semifinals) | 11:13am | none | NBC Primetime | TBD |
| LADIES' 1000m (semifinals) | 11:21am | none | NBC Primetime | TBD |
| MEN'S 500m (finals) | 11:43am | none | NBC Primetime | TBD |
| LADIES' 1000m (finals) | 11:53am | none | NBC Primetime | TBD |
| MEN'S 5000m RELAY (final) | 12:18am | none | NBC Primetime | Eduardo Alvarez - J.R. Celski Chris Creveling - Jordan Malone |
Skeleton:
All events completed.
Ski Jumping:
All events completed.
Snowboard:
No events today.
Speed Skating:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
| MEN'S TEAM PURSUIT (quarterfinals) | 7:30am | none | NBC Primetime | Shani Davis - Jonathan Kuck Brian Hansen - Joey Mantia |
| LADIES' TEAM PURSUIT (quarterfinals) | 8:23am | none | 10:30am, NBCSN† NBC Latenight |
Brittany Bowe - Heather Richardson Kelly Gunther - Jilleanne Rookard |
| MEN'S TEAM PURSUIT (semifinals) | 9:13am | none | NBC Primetime | TBD |
| † Window shared with USA-Canada hockey; presumably during intermission. | ||||