Team USA's 2018 Winter Olympic Medal Count
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Team USA's 2018 Winter Olympic Medal Count

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Team USA's 2018 Winter Olympic Medal Count
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USA USA USA! The Winter Olympics is live and the competition is tough! Team USA currently has 23 medals and is in 4th place overall (as of 2/26). Norway takes the lead with 39 medals, Germany takes 2nd with 31 medals, and Canada has 29 medals at 3rd place.

Team USA's women’s hockey team taking gold against Canada. This was the first gold in 20 years for the women’s hockey team. Team USA beat Canada 3-2 in an overtime shootout. It is said to be the greatest game in USA women’s hockey team history.

America favorite Lindsey Vonn could not bring home gold in the women’s alpine skiing. But, Team USA’s Mikaela Shiffrin did take the silver in this race. According to ESPN Stats and Info, Shiffrin is one of the only Americans to win at least three Olympic medals in alpine skiing competitions, along with Vonn, Bode Miller and Julia Mancuso. Lindsey Vonn did take the bronze in women’s downhill skiing.

Shiffrin is also the first American women since 1952 to capture one gold medal, which was in the giant slalom, and one silver medal.

Team USA women’s bobsled duo, Elana Meyers Taylor and Lauren Gibbs took silver with Germany taking gold by 0.07 seconds.

The USA Snowboarding team has been a force to be reckoned with! USA has taken a total of 6 medals in snowboarding, 4 gold with one silver and one bronze. On the women’s halfpipe, American Arielle Gold took the bronze. Chloe Kim won gold with back-to-back 1080s. Jamie Anderson also received a gold medal for women’s slopestyle, and 17-year-old Red Gerard got the gold for men’s slopestyle. And of course Shaun White wins gold on the halfpipe, making his medal the 100th gold medal for Team USA.

U.S. women’s speed skating won a bronze medal, making this the first medal for Team USA in speed skating in 16 years. Heather Bergsma and Brittany Bowe were the ladies to make it happen.

Americans Jessica Diggins and Kikkan Randall got the gold for women’s cross-country skiing, which makes this the first gold medal for women’s cross-country skiing.

Duo Maia and Alex Shibutani received a bronze medal in ice dance figure skating and Team USA also got the bronze in the figure skating team event.

These are just some of the big moments in PyeongChang so far at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games! Keep watching on NBC for more events and victories!

GO TEAM USA!

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