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					<![CDATA[Watch Natural Selection Tour on Caffeine.tv]]>
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				    <![CDATA[[ Watch Natural Selection on Caffeine.tv ] Watch the YETI Natural Selection Revelstoke Replay on NaturalSelectionTour.com. Follow Natural Selection on Caffeine or sign up on NaturalSelectionTour.com to find out who won.]]>
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					<![CDATA[2022 Winter Olympics: Diggins wins silver ahead of Closing Ceremony]]>
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				    <![CDATA[That's a wrap on the 2022 Winter Olympics! Here are some of the top moments from Day 16 and the Closing Ceremony.]]>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2022 14:03:54 -0400</pubDate>
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				    <![CDATA[That's a wrap on the 2022 Winter Olympics. The U.S. went out with a bang this week, as the U.S. women's hockey team took home silver on Day 13, both American figure skating pairs advanced in the short program on Day 14 and American Elana Meyers Taylor continued her historic run in these Games with another medal in the two-woman bobsled on Day 15. On Day 16, cross-country skier Jessie Diggins brought home silver for the U.S. in the women’s 30-km mass start event, while Mikaela Shiffrin made history by becoming just the second woman to compete in six Alpine skiing events at a Winter Olympics (Petra Vlhova, 2018) with her participation in the mixed team parallel event. Norway finished on top in these Games, leading all countries with 37 total medals, followed by the Russian Olympic Committee with 32 — pending an investigation into ROC figure skater Kamila Valieva. The U.S. finished fifth with 24 medals — eight gold, nine silver and seven bronze — behind Germany's 27 and Canada's 26. In terms of gold medals, the U.S. finished tied for fourth with Sweden and the Netherlands, behind Norway (16), Germany (12) and China (nine). Here are some of the top moments and highlights from the Closing Ceremony and Day 16: Closing Ceremony Over the past 16 days, the Beijing Games celebrated the beauty of winter sports and the athletes striving for excellence. These men and women were honored with a spectacular Closing Ceremony on Sunday. American bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor — who became the most decorated Black athlete in Winter Olympics history on Saturday after winning the bronze medal in the two-woman bobsled — served as the U.S.'s designated flag bearer. Just like that, the 2022 Winter Games were officially declared closed. Jessie Diggins and Rosie Brennan, cross-country skiing Diggins and Brennan, along with Sophie Laukli and Novie McCabe, represented the U.S. in the women’s 30-km mass start event on Sunday morning Beijing time (10 p.m. ET Saturday) ahead of the Closing Ceremony. As things got underway at the Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre, Brennan led all Americans after the first checkpoint (1.3-km mark) in sixth place. At the next checkpoint, the 2.9-km mark, Diggins jumped 14 spots from 17th to third, while Brennan dropped one spot to seventh. From the third checkpoint forward, both women stayed in the top six. In the end, Diggins finished in second place before cross-country skiing star Therese Johaug of Norway, who took home gold, finishing 1:43.3 clear of Diggins. This is Diggins' second medal of these Games after her monumental bronze-medal finish in the individual sprint free final scored the United States’ first women’s individual cross-country sprint medal. Team USA, Alpine skiing Wind gusts up to 25 miles per hour returned to the Yanqing Alpine Skiing Center on Saturday, forcing the postponement of the mixed team parallel slalom competition. It was the second Alpine skiing event of these Winter Olympics to be postponed due to unsafe wind conditions after the men's downhill was also pushed, but thankfully, the event was cleared to take place after the weather lightened up in Beijing. In the first round of competition, the 1/8 Finals, the U.S. topped Slovakia 3-1 thanks to strong runs from Shiffrin, River Radmus and Paula Moltzan. The U.S. came out on top once again in the ensuing round, the 1/4 Finals, topping Italy 3-1. Radmus, Moltzan and Tommy Ford won their races, while Shiffrin was just short — 0.02 seconds behind Italy's Marta Bassino. The American squad went head-to-head with Germany in the 1/2 Finals, where it fell 3-1. The U.S. came up short when facing Norway for the bronze medal. Team USA, bobsled Two American teams were neck-and-neck after the first two rounds of the 4-man bobsled event. Hunter Church stood in 13th, 1.61 seconds from first; while Frank Del Duca was 0.21 seconds behind in 15th. On Sunday morning in Beijing (8:30 p.m. ET Saturday), Church and Del Duca finished 11th and 15th, respectively, in the third heat. The 20 best sleds make it to the fourth and final heat, where Church finished 10th overall and Del Duca finished tied for 13th.]]>
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					<![CDATA[2022 Winter Olympics: Elana Meyers Taylor makes history on Day 15]]>
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				    <![CDATA[Elana Meyers Taylor earned another medal, and did so in historic fashion. Here are the highlights from Day 15 in Beijing.]]>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2022 15:28:45 -0400</pubDate>
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				    <![CDATA[A host of U.S. competitors brought home medals at the 2022 Winter Games on Saturday. The U.S. has been on a roll this week, as Alexander Hall and Nicholas Goepper came up with a dominant 1-2 finish in the men's slopestyle final on Day 12, the U.S. women's hockey team took home silver on Day 13 and both American figure skating pairs advanced in the short program on Day 14. On Day 15, Elana Meyers Taylor continued her historic run during these games with another medal in two-woman bobsled, while Americans David Wise and Alex Ferreira collected silver and bronze in men's freestyle skiing. As of Saturday afternoon ET, Norway leads all countries with 35 medals, followed by the Russian Olympic Committee with 31. The U.S. is currently tied for fourth in total medals with 24 — eight gold, nine silver and seven bronze. Here are some of the biggest moments and highlights from Day 15: Elana Meyers Taylor and Sylvia Hoffman, bobsled Elana Meyers Taylor has already shown she's an electric bobsledder, as evidenced by her silver medal win in the Olympics' first-ever monobob event. On Saturday, Meyers Taylor flashed her speed in the two-woman event, finishing with a final time of 4:05:48 as she and teammate Sylvia Hoffman blitzed down the track during their four runs. They sat just seconds behind first place at 2:02:79 following their first two heats, and capped the day with a 1:01:13 (their fastest of the day), and 1:01:56, respectively. For Meyers Taylor, she makes history with her fifth medal as the most decorated Black athlete in any single Winter Olympics. "That is overwhelming," Meyers Taylor said regarding the record. "It's so crazy to hear that stat and know that I'm part of a legacy that's bigger than me." She'll get one more chance to revel in the glory as the U.S.'s designated flag bearer for the closing ceremonies. David Wise and Alex Ferreira, freestyle skiing The U.S. was well-represented in men's freestyle skiing, as two skiers – Davis Wise and Alex Ferreira – finished in the men's halfpipe event's top three Saturday. Wise collected a silver medal for his efforts in the final, while Ferreira made off with the bronze. Conditions were not ideal at Genting Snow Park, as wind swept through the competition site all day and temperatures dropped to -12 degrees. Still, Wise and Ferreira accomplished what they set out to do despite the obstacles. Both of their best scores came on their first runs. Wise was one of just two skiers to eclipse the 90 mark, netting a 90.75 on his first attempt, while Ferreira was close behind at 86.75. Both men are no strangers to Olympic prestige. Wise won gold at Pyeongchang in 2018, while Ferreira scored the silver medal. Ironically, this year's winner, New Zealand's Nico Porteous, won bronze in '18. Team USA, figure skating Timothy DeLuc made figure skating history as the first publicly out nonbinary athlete to compete at the Winter Olympics. DeLuc and partner Ashley Cain-Gribble put together clean runs in both of their two heats, registering a 74.13 short program tally, and 123.92 in the free skate. Their 198.05 total netted them an eighth-place finish, but the pair exited the ice with elation following their unforgettable performance. "It's been six years of work to get here," Cain-Gribble exclaimed afterward. "We weren't going to let any moment get away from us." "We were so joyous," DeLuc said. "From the moment we took the ice, I looked around and was like ‘oh my gosh, I was that small kid 20 years ago watching this, and here I am.’ It was such a joyous moment." Meanwhile, Americans Brandon Frazier and Alexa Knierim put together a total score of 212.68 (74.23 in the short program, and 138.45 in the free skate) to finish in sixth place. Team USA, speed skating The men's mass event culminated with a riveting finish in the final. American Joey Mantia kept pace at the front of the pack throughout and unleashed an empathic burst on the final turn to put himself in medal contention. It was impossible to tell if he'd done so in real time, but after looking back at video replays, officials found that Mantia crossed the finish line just behind Korea's Seung Hoon Lee, losing out on bronze by .002 seconds (two thousandths of a second). Mantia's coaches argued that he'd been pulled back just before the line, but Mantia didn't expect to see a change on the scoreboard, especially given the newness of the event. He finished at 7:47.206 in the near eight-minute marathon, while Lee had a time of 7:47.204. "I’m pretty biased on the situation, obviously," Mantia said post-race. "I want that medal, and I feel like I was maybe cheated a little bit. I don’t think he did it on purpose. It’s racing. It still happened." On the women's side, Mia Kilburg also finished in fourth place in the women's 16-lap mass start. While her race was far less hectic than Mantia's, the cyclist-turned-speedskater narrowly missed out on the podium after collecting 10 sprint points during her run. The Netherlands' Irene Schouten won gold with 60 points.]]>
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					<![CDATA[2022 Winter Olympics: Eileen Gu, Timothy LeDuc make history on Day 14]]>
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				    <![CDATA[It was another monumental day at the Winter Games on Friday. Here are some of the biggest moments and highlights from Day 14.]]>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2022 15:22:49 -0400</pubDate>
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				    <![CDATA[History was made once again at the 2022 Winter Games on Friday. This week has been a strong one for Team USA, as both Megan Nick and the U.S. men's speed skating squad earned two bronze medals on Day 11, Alexander Hall and Nicholas Goepper came up with a dominant 1-2 finish in the men's slopestyle final on Day 12, and the U.S. women's hockey team took home silver on Day 13. On Day 14, San Francisco native Eileen Gu, 18, became the first freestyle skier — man or woman — to win three medals at the same Olympic Games after taking home gold for China in the women's halfpipe final. Elsewhere, Timothy LeDuc made history in the figure skating pairs' event, becoming the first non-binary athlete to compete at a Winter Olympics. As of Friday afternoon ET, Norway leads all countries with 34 medals, followed by the Russian Olympic Committee with 27, Canada with 24 and Germany with 22. The U.S. is currently fifth with 21 total medals — eight gold, eight silver and five bronze. Here are some of the biggest moments and highlights from Day 14: Eileen Gu, freestyle skiing Chinese-American skier Gu took home gold in the women's halfpipe final, bringing her medal count to three in these Games. She previously won gold in big air and silver in slopestyle. Meanwhile, American skier Hanna Faulhaber finished sixth overall in her first Olympic appearance. Team USA, figure skating Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier and Ashley Cain-Gribble and LeDuc made up the two American pairs who competed in the short program qualifier, finishing sixth and seventh, respectively. Related: Cloud of suspicion over skating, Martin Rogers writes Knierim and Frazier came out with a score of 74.23, while Cain-Gribble and LeDuc finished just behind (74.13). Team USA, bobsled Decorated bobsledders Kallie Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor represented the U.S. in the first two heats of the two-woman event. Meyers Taylor finished third in the first and second heats, while Humphries finished fourth in the first heat and fifth in the second. Heats 3 and 4 are scheduled for tomorrow. What's more, Meyers Taylor was selected to represent the U.S. in the upcoming Closing Ceremony.]]>
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					<![CDATA[2022 Winter Olympics: Valieva lands 4th, U.S. women's hockey earns silver on Day 13]]>
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				    <![CDATA[Kamila Valieva finished 4th, while the U.S. women's hockey team settled for silver despite a rally vs. Canada on a wild Day 13.]]>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2022 12:46:25 -0400</pubDate>
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				    <![CDATA[It was an eventful Day 13 of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, filled with ups and downs, and thrills and spills. In women's hockey, the U.S. came up short despite a late rally against rival Canada in the gold medal game, falling 3-2 to settle for silver. Meanwhile, many eyes were following the saga of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, who had been allowed to compete despite a positive drug test. Valieva, a strong favorite to win the event, struggled through her free skate and finished fourth. Related: Cloud of suspicion over skating, Martin Rogers writes And in another stunning development, U.S. skiing star Mikaela Shiffrin suffered a DNF for the third time of these Games when she skied out during the slalom leg of the Alpine Combined. As of Thursday afternoon E.T., Norway leads all countries with 29 medals, followed by the Russian Olympic Committee with 26 and Germany with 22. The U.S., which won two medals on the day, is currently fourth with 21 — eight gold, eight silver and five bronze. These are the memorable highlights from Day 13: Kamila Valieva, Women's Figure Skating Anna Shcherbakova won a stunning gold medal in women’s figure skating at the Beijing Games on Thursday night, while teammate Valieva tumbled all the way out of the top three after a mistake-filled end to her controversial Olympics. Shcherbakova performed a near-flawless free skate to leap over the 15-year-old Valieva, the leader after the short program, who threw up her arms in resignation and disgust after her program. Russian teammate Alexandra Trusova won silver with her quad-packed program while Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto held onto the bronze medal. Valieva was left sobbing in the kiss-and-cry area after her scores were read. Valieva was competing despite failing a pre-Olympics doping test. The 15-year-old was atop the leaderboard after Tuesday’s short program, but falls and stumbles shunted her out of contention Thursday night. The stumble means Valieva’s Russian teammate Anna Shcherbakova took first. Russian Alexandra Trusova placed second and Japanese figure skater Kaori Sakamoto claimed third. The trio will get medals. The IOC had said they wouldn’t hold a medal ceremony if Valieva placed in the top three. Team USA, Women's Ice Hockey Canada defeated the United States 3-2 in the fierce rivals' latest showdown to win the gold medal in women’s hockey. Marie-Philip Poulin scored twice and assisted on Sarah Nurse’s goal to add another chapter to her legacy as "Captain Clutch" for Canada. Goalie Ann-Renee Desbiens made 38 saves and was at her best when under siege. Canada won Olympic gold for the fifth time in seven chances since women’s hockey was introduced at the 1998 Nagano Games. The defending champion U.S. settled for silver for a fourth time. The Americans got a goal from star winger Hilary Knight and another with 13.5 seconds left from Amanda Kessel. But they could not get past Desbiens again to force overtime. It was Canada’s fourth gold medal of the Beijing Games. For the Americans, Abby Roque became the first indigenous woman to win a medal with the U.S. women’s hockey team. The 24-year-old forward grew up in Sault Ste. Marie, on the border of the U.S. and Canada, and is a member of the Wahnapitae First Nations tribe on her father’s side. She has even convinced her Canadian-born father, Jim Roque, to switch allegiances in rooting for the Americans. Roque played and coached at Lake Superior State, and currently works as a scout for the NHL Toronto Maple Leafs. She said she hopes to promote more opportunities for indigenous young women to play hockey. "Especially for us women in sport, if you can see it, you can be it," she said. "When you look at hockey, you want to see female hockey players, and if you’re an indigenous kid you want to be able to see other indigenous players playing on the biggest stage." Mikaela Shiffrin, Alpine Combined Mikaela Shiffrin skied out in the Alpine combined and once again was unable to finish a race at the Beijing Olympics. She will leave the 2022 Games without an individual medal after participating in all five women’s events. Not only did she go 0-for-5, but the 26-year-old American did not even manage to complete three of those races. Shiffrin was fifth-fastest in the downhill portion of the two-run combined on Thursday morning but went out without making it to the bottom in the slalom leg in the afternoon. She took home a silver in the combined four years ago. She came to China as one of the biggest stars in winter sports and already the owner of two Olympic gold medals — from the slalom in 2014 and the giant slalom in 2018. Defending champion Michelle Gisin of Switzerland clinched a second straight Olympic gold medal in the event. Gisin beat teammate Wendy Holdener by more than a second in the two-run race to help Switzerland make it a record five gold medals in Alpine skiing at a single Olympics. Miho Takagi, Speed Skating Miho Takagi of Japan won her fourth speed skating medal of the Beijing Games and the first individual gold of her career with an Olympic-record victory in the women’s 1,000 meters. The silver went to Jutta Leerdam of the Netherlands, while Brittany Bowe of the U.S. won bronze, the first individual medal of her career. Takagi added to silver medals in the 500 meters, 1,500 meters and team pursuit at the Beijing Games. She won three medals in Pyeongchang four years ago, taking gold in the team pursuit, silver in the 1,500 and bronze in the 1,000. The Associated Press contributed to this story.]]>
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					<![CDATA[Olympic figure skating continues under cloud of suspicion]]>
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				    <![CDATA[Even if she wins, Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva can't escape the tarnish of her failed drug test, Martin Rogers writes.]]>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2022 18:49:28 -0400</pubDate>
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				    <![CDATA[By Martin RogersFOX Sports Columnist Welcome to figure skating, where the saddest gold medal of these Winter Olympics will be competed for in the early hours of Thursday but won’t actually be presented to the champion* — not yet, at least. Where the most talked about athlete of the Games is expected to deliver the most detailed and accomplished technical performance in the history of her sport, but the commentators, if form holds, will utter barely a word about it. Where everyone who tunes in to the women’s long program will be doing so to see one athlete, Kamila Valieva, but where the overwhelming majority of them will be hoping she loses, which in itself is monumentally unlikely due to the complicated judging system. Where Valieva, a Russian 15-year-old, will compete not for Russia but for the Russian Olympic Committee, a clumsy workaround that purports to punish that country for its prior, state-sponsored doping transgressions. But doesn’t, really. And where that same teenager finds herself at the center of a new doping scandal that turns the stomach, where all kinds of elaborate excuses are being put forward to try to make us not believe what now seems horribly likely: that someone gave a kid geriatric heart medications to help her train better, or longer, or something. Thursday’s display will be a performance in which even if Valieva wins, she doesn’t. Ever since the results of her positive doping test were revealed over the weekend, this has been a news story that plays out internationally as more evidence of Russia’s maniacal pursuit of success and total disregard for the rules. It plays out in Russia as Western jealousy and overreaction, all aimed to deny a young athlete a triumph she deserves. Figure skating is no stranger to outrageous storylines. It's a strange sport that has a massive global reach few others can match — but only once every four years at Olympic time. When the extraordinary Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan furor exploded three decades ago, it produced one of the highest-rated broadcasts in American television history. You can work out why. We’re human, and controversy is like catnip. Valieva actually tested positive before the Olympics, from a sample given at the Russian national championships. Yet for some mystifying reason, the result came to light only in the wake of the Olympic team competition last week. The medals for that event — Russia won gold easily, with the United States a distant second — still have not been given out. The reason is obvious. If, after an investigation is complete, Valieva and her team are disqualified, the Americans will be upgraded to gold, Japan to silver and Canada to bronze. The International Olympic Committee wants to avoid the visual of a drug cheat wearing a gold medal that is later removed. Photos live forever. That’s why there will be no ceremony after the women’s event and why a 25th skater was added to the program when the free skate typically permits only 24. Yet if Valieva failed a test, and the IOC is already bracing itself for her disqualification, why is she competing at all? That’s the question confounding those who follow the sport closely, and it should puzzle the rest of us, too. "It was a remarkable few hours at these Olympic Games," Christine Brennan wrote in USA TODAY. "What a devastatingly awful message this is to the Russians: Keep doping, especially your minor athletes. You’ll get away with it on a technicality every time. The Olympic Games lost today. Clean sport lost. Cheating won. Russia’s state-sponsored doping system won. The bad guys won." When Valieva competed in the short program Tuesday, NBC’s commentary team of Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir stayed mostly silent and gave only brief technical notes. At the end, Weir showed exactly what he thought of Valieva being allowed to perform. "All I feel like I can say is that was the short program of Kamila Valieva at the Olympics," Weir said. "She had a positive test," Lipinski added. "We should not have seen this skate." Despite stumbling on her opening jump, Valieva placed first in the short program, with a score of 82.16. She is a huge favorite going into the free skate. The nature of figure skating judging rewards the routines with the highest level of difficulty. Add in a quad jump that only a few skaters can do, and it's nearly impossible to be caught. The quad is an incredibly difficult move, and Valieva is one of the first female athletes to be able to do it with regularity. All the athletes to pull one off in competition have been in their teens. Valieva’s coach, Eteri Tutberidze, has a specific method. The athletes she takes on are pushed to the limit at a young age, brought rapidly to the top with a series of high-impact, body-contorting, showpiece moves, then replaced with a new crop as the next Olympic cycle begins There is a desperately heart-aching element to all. Valieva is 15. It is a heck of a stretch to think that if she doped to improve her performance, she was the mastermind behind it. "She’s pretty much the product of the adults around her," Alexia Paganini, competing for Switzerland, told reporters. Valieva is a brilliant athlete and the product of a system, capable of skating at a level no one before her has ever managed. But at what cost? Who knows what long-term effects heart meds have when given to a 15-year-old who doesn’t need them? Valieva became one of the most famous athletes in the world this past week, but not in a way anyone would have chosen. She’s embroiled in a controversy that has overshadowed the rest of the Olympics. She’ll have to take to the ice under a cloud of suspicion and a whirlwind of conjecture, performing for a medal she might never see. Aiming for a victory that, no matter what happens now, will come with an asterisk. Martin Rogers is a columnist for FOX Sports and the author of the FOX Sports Insider Newsletter. You can subscribe to the newsletter here.]]>
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					<![CDATA[2022 Winter Olympics: U.S. men's hockey team stunned in quarters]]>
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				    <![CDATA[The U.S. men's hockey team is out of the Olympics after a stunning loss in the quarters. Here are the top moments from Day 12.]]>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2022 12:10:42 -0400</pubDate>
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				    <![CDATA[It was a triumphant day for some United States athletes at the 2022 Winter Games on Wednesday, but not so much for the U.S. men's hockey team. The top-seeded Americans were ousted in the quarterfinals in stunning fashion, blowing a late lead in regulation before falling to Slovakia in a shootout for a final score of 3-2. The U.S. has not won a medal in men's hockey since taking silver at the 2010 Games in Vancouver. But it wasn't all gloom and doom for the U.S. athletes, who also produced some bright spots on Wednesday's Day 12 (Tuesday night U.S. time). Of particular note was the dominant 1-2 finish for Alexander Hall and Nicholas Goepper in the men's freeski slopestyle event. As of Wednesday afternoon ET, Norway leads all countries with 28 medals, followed by the Russian Olympic Committee (24) and Germany (20). The U.S. is fourth in total medals with 19: eight gold, seven silver and four bronze. Here are some of the biggest moments and highlights from Day 12: Team Slovakia, ice hockey The U.S. faced Slovakia in the quarterfinals — a win would give the top-seeded Americans a shot at a medal, a loss would send them packing. As the final seconds of regulation ticked down, it looked like the U.S. was heading to the semifinals. But the Slovakians pulled their goaltender for an extra attacker to play 6-on-5, and with 43.7 seconds left, team captain and former NHL player Marek Hrivik tied it 2-2. That sent the contest to a 10-minute overtime, and despite some chances for both teams, including this one from the U.S.'s Matt Knies, the score remained tied. In the shootout, the Americans were shut out by Slovakian goalie Patrik Rybar, and they were eliminated when former Boston Bruin Peter Cehlarik scored with Slovakia's fourth shot. The U.S. had gotten accustomed to playing tight games in the tournament, beating Canada by two goals and Germany by one. But blown coverage in front allowed Hrivik to knock a loose puck past goalie Strauss Mann, who was impressive until that point. Coming up empty on four power plays, including three in the third period, came back to bite the Americans. Matty Beniers hit the post on one of the best scoring chances the U.S. had in the third, but the team could not crack Rybar, who was playing a second consecutive day in net for Slovakia. The U.S. is still guaranteed some hockey hardware, however, as the women's team faces Canada on Thursday in the gold medal game (Wednesday night U.S. time). Team USA, snowboarding Alexander Hall made sure his first Olympic medal was the best there is to offer, a gold one, with his showing in the men's freeski slopestyle final. Hall led a 1-2 American finish with a trick on his first run in which he stopped his rotation midair and went the other direction. That resulted in a score of 90.01, which held up for first place. Hall's teammate, Nick Goepper, turned in a creative run on his second pass to earn silver. Jesper Tjader of Sweden took home bronze. The Americans have earned six of nine Olympic medals since the event made its debut in 2014. Goepper has three of them, including silver from the 2018 Pyeongchang Games and bronze from the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Mikael Shiffrin, Alpine skiing Mikaela Shiffrin was the fastest in a downhill training session ahead of Thursday’s Alpine combined race at the Beijing Olympics. The American skier finished 0.93 seconds ahead of Wendy Holdener of Switzerland and 0.94 ahead of Ester Ledecka, who is attempting to win a second event at a second straight Olympics after successfully defending her gold in snowboarding’s parallel giant slalom. Shiffrin was second in the combined at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics and won the event at the world championships last year. Defending Olympic champion Michelle Gisin was a second slower than Shiffrin. The 26-year-old Shiffrin is still seeking her first medal at the Beijing Games. The two-time Olympic champion didn’t finish the giant slalom or the slalom, was ninth in the super-G and was 18th in Tuesday’s downhill. Only 14 skiers trained Wednesday, with 12 of those on the start list opting out. Team USA, cross-country skiing Victoria Carl and Katharina Henning of Germany won gold in the women’s team sprint. Their time was 22 minutes, 9.85 seconds, outpacing Swedish skiers Jonna Sundling and Maja Dhalqvist by just .17 seconds. Natalia Nepryaeva of Russia crossed the line .71 seconds behind Sundling. She and Yulia Stupak won the bronze medal. Finland finished fourth, and the U.S. women, the reigning team sprint Olympic champions, were fifth. The Associated Press contributed to this story.]]>
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					<![CDATA[2022 Winter Olympics: Megan Nick earns bronze on Day 11]]>
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				    <![CDATA[The Winter Olympics are in full swing as the U.S. collected more medals on Day 11. Here are the top moments!]]>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2022 17:30:07 -0400</pubDate>
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				    <![CDATA[The smiles and hugs were abundant on Day 11 of the Winter Olympics in Beijing. A number of Americans had a shot at taking home gold, and though none were able to attain top billing, several U.S. competitors collected their share of the hardware, while others set themselves up with substantial shots in the qualifying rounds. In the women's aerial, Megan Nick earned a slot on the podium, taking home the bronze medal with a 93.76 score on her final jump. The U.S. men's speed skating squad joined the parade with a bronze of their own in the team pursuit, after a topsy-turvy journey prior to the games. They finished their final heat with a time of 3:38:80. As of Tuesday afternoon E.T., Norway leads all countries with 26 medals, followed by the Russian Olympic Committee with 20. The U.S. is currently tied for fourth in total medals with 17 — seven gold, six silver and four bronze. These are the memorable highlights from Day 11: Megan Nick, freestyle skiing After qualifying for the final round of women's aerial competition as of one six jumpers with a chance to win gold, Nick added to her country's medal count with an impressive 93.76 in her final run. Nick and fellow American Ashley Caldwell both entered the last round with tangible chances to win it all, but Caldwell stumbled on the landing during her jump. The unfortunate pitfall from one of the event-favorites cleared the way for the 25-year-old Nick to slide into the winner's circle, and she did so smoothy despite a rush of nerves heading into the jump. "I thought I was going to throw up, but I was able to calm my nerves enough to land some jumps, thank goodness," Nick exclaimed afterwards. "I knew it was going to be challenging because the field is so good. Everyone's jumping at such a high level that I knew I had to put down a good jump. I'm just relieved that I was able to do that." Team USA, speed skating The men's team pursuit foursome of Joey Mantia, Ethan Cepuran, Casey Dawson and Emery Lehman was incredibly close to not coming together at all. In fact, it took over 45 COVID tests for one member to even receive clearance for the opportunity of his life. Dawson, a 21-year-old phenom from Park City, Utah, battled a nagging case of the virus in the weeks heading up to the games, and was forced to miss the 1,500-meter race with his squad. He finally received four consecutive negative tests mid-February, which cleared the way for a flight to Atlanta, GA, then to Paris, and finally Beijing. And despite an onset of even more misfortune – Dawson was forced to borrow blades from Latvian skater Haralds Silovs due to a luggage mishap – he arrived just in the nick of time for the team pursuit. And he exited with some additional jewelry to accompany him on his flight home. "I feel like the weight's been lifted in a sense," the 36-year-old Mantia, who captained the team, told the New York Times. "I'm an Olympic medalist." These are likely the last games of Mantia's prolific career, one that's spanned over a decade long. Team USA, freestyle skiing Three Americans: Chris Lillis, Justin Schoenefeld and Eric Loughran qualified for the men's aerials finals after successful jumps – and majestic tricks during them – netted them slots in the next round. Lillis and Schoenefeld already captured gold in the team aerials, and both showed they were hungry for more in the individual event. The former unleashed a back double full-full-full, while the latter performed a back full-double full-full, good for sixth and 11th place, respectively. Loughran was the best of the bunch, captivating the judges with a forceful back full-double full-full. The flashy spectacle received a 121.24, and established him as the fourth-seed heading into the finals. Team USA, curling Team Shuster had a wondrous showing on Day 10, but their fortunes ran out Tuesday, as they fell in a blowout loss to Italy, 10-4. Italy had just one win under its belt heading into the matchup, but wiped away all remnants of its losing stretch with a pair of furious closing ends. Team USA led 6-4 heading into the eighth, but an erratic throw from Shuster gave the Italians a four-point advantage, which was more than enough to close out with a win. Team Shuster is now 4-4 in round-robin competition, good for fourth place. The top four teams will advance to the elimination stages. The U.S. team has one final match against Denmark (1-6) to try to move up in the standings. Alysa Liu, Mariah Bell and Karen Chen, figure skating All three of the aforementioned women are currently in position to advance to the women's free skate, set to kick off Thursday. Bell, who was one of the first skaters to take the ice for her recital, sat in third place after three groups, with a score of 65.38 heading into the final two groups. Liu led the American skaters, finishing just under 70 with a 69.50. She's currently eighth in the overall standings, while Chen is 13th with a 64.11. Kamila Valieva of Russia sits in first at 82.16. The top 24 skaters will compete in the free skate Thursday. Related: Cloud of suspicion over skating, Martin Rogers writes]]>
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					<![CDATA[2022 Winter Olympics: Kallie Humphries earns gold for U.S. on Day 10]]>
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				    <![CDATA[The U.S. made history in bobsled, and the women's hockey team reached the gold-medal game on Day 10 at the Winter Games.]]>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2022 14:39:58 -0400</pubDate>
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				    <![CDATA[It was another record-setting day at the 2022 Winter Games on Monday. In fact, the entire weekend was epic for Team USA, as Lindsey Jacobellis and Nick Baumgartner earned gold for the U.S. in the Olympics' inaugural mixed team snowboard cross event on Day 8, and American Erin Jackson became the first Black woman to medal in an individual speed skating event in Olympics history on Day 9. Even more history was made on Day 10, as decorated bobsledder Kallie Humphries took home gold for the U.S. in the inaugural monobob event. Her win was the biggest victory margin in bobsledding at an Olympics in 42 years. Elsewhere, the U.S. women's hockey team advanced to the gold-medal game against Canada, and Team USA's Madison Hubbell and Zach Donohue earned the bronze medal in ice dance. As of Monday afternoon ET, Norway leads all countries with 21 medals, followed by the Russian Olympic Committee with 18. The U.S. is currently third in total medals with 16 — seven gold, six silver and three bronze. Here are some of the biggest moments and highlights from Day 10: Team USA, bobsled Humphries won gold in the Olympic debut of women's monobob, notching a final run of 1:05.30 and an overall time of 4:19.27. Team USA's Elana Meyers Taylor took home the silver medal right behind Humphries with a time of 4:20.81. Team USA, women's hockey The U.S. faced Finland in the women's hockey tournament semifinals Monday in Beijing, where it secured itself a bid in the championship finale with a 4-1 win in the semis. Team stateswoman Hilary Knight assisted on the game's first goal, setting up Cayla Barnes early in the second with a doozy of a pass that allowed her to fit the puck into an open window. Knight followed up the play by cementing her place further in Olympics history, climbing up to the second spot in Team USA's all-time goals list, with the 25th of her career. Hayley Scamurra added a third goal for the winning squad, while Abby Roque made history of her own with an empty-net goal as time expired. The U.S. meets a familiar foe in the gold-medal game: Canada. The U.S. and Canada have faced each other in six of the seven Olympic women's hockey finals, with Canada winning gold four times. The U.S. won it in 2018. Team USA, figure skating Americans Hubbell and Donohue closed out their Olympic career on the podium with a bronze medal in ice dance (rhythm dance and free dance combined) with a total score of 218.02. Team USA's Madison Chock and Evan Bates just missed the podium with a fourth-place finish (214.77), while Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-luc Baker took 11th (189.74) in their Olympic debut. Team USA, freestyle skiing It was a big day for Team USA on Monday at the dazzling Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou. First, Americans Maggie Voisin and Marin Hamill qualified to advance to the upcoming women's slopestyle final. And in the women's aerials final, American Ashley Caldwell recorded the event's best score of 105.6, which topped her previous score of 103.92 in jump 1, which led those heats as well. Caldwell, along with fellow American Megan Nick (best score of 95.17) are currently a part of the top six that will advance to Final 2. Hailey Langland, snowboarding Hailey Langland, 21, was the lone American to make it through the women's big air qualifier on Monday morning in Beijing (8:30 p.m. ET Sunday) and advance to the 12-person final. Later Monday, Americans Gerard "Red" Redmond, Sean FitzSimons, Chris Corning and Dusty Hendricksen took part in the men's big air qualifier, where Redmond slid into third place with the best score of 158.75. Team USA, curling The U.S. snapped its two-game losing streak on Monday at the Beijing Games by defeating Korea, 8-6 in women's round-robin play. With the win, the U.S. improved to 4-2 and took sole possession of third place. Next up: Switzerland.]]>
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					<![CDATA[2022 Winter Olympics: Erin Jackson becomes first black woman to medal in speed skating]]>
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				<link>https://www.foxsports.com/stories/olympics/2022-winter-olympics-day-9-erin-jackson-us-mens-hockey-curling-monobob</link>
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				    <![CDATA[Erin Jackson made Olympics history in women's speed skating. Here are the must-see moments from Day 9 of the Winter Games.]]>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2022 17:14:09 -0400</pubDate>
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				    <![CDATA[History was made at the 2022 Winter Games on Sunday with the arrival of a new Olympic event, and a one-of-a-kind gold medal in women's speed skating. The U.S. has been on a roll this week with Nathan Chen's record-breaking performance on Day 4, Lindsey Jacobellis securing the country's first gold medal on Day 5, Chloe Kim's jaw-dropping showing on Day 6 and Shaun White's final ride as an Olympic athlete on Day 7. Following another golden day for Team USA on Day 8, women competitors from all over the country made history when monobob made its Olympics debut on Sunday morning in Beijing (8:30 p.m. ET Saturday). The women-only competition is one of four bobsled events at this year's Games, in addition to the two-person events (men and women) and the four-man event. And in the women's 500m, Erin Jackson became the first black woman to medal in an individual speed skating event in Olympics history. Even better about her story: She almost missed competing in the big event after slipping during trials, but a teammate's grace afforded her the ultimate opportunity. As of Sunday afternoon ET, Norway leads all countries with 21 medals, followed by the Russian Olympic Committee with 17. The U.S. is currently tied for fourth in total medals with 12 — six gold, five silver and one bronze. Here are some of the biggest moments and highlights from Day 9: Erin Jackson, speed skating As mentioned, Jackson was extremely close to watching the games from home after a misstep in the qualifying competitions, but teammate Brittany Bowe, who had already qualified for the 1,000m and 1,500m events, gave up her slot in the 500m to make room for the world No. 1. It paid off handsomely. Jackson glided past the competition during the 500m finals, speeding to a 37.04 time Sunday, just ahead of Japan and the ROC. "I cried immediately, it was just a big release of emotion," Jackson told reporters following the victory. "A lot of shock, a lot of relief and a lot of happiness. I haven't fully processed everything quite yet, but it just feels amazing." Jackson made sure to find her teammate immediately afterward. "[Bowe] hugged me, said she is really proud of me, and I just said a lot of thank-yous," Jackson said in a wave of emotions. She's also the first woman to U.S. woman to win gold in a speed skating event since Bonnie Blair did so in 1994. Team USA, men's hockey The U.S. men's hockey team breezed through group play unscathed, capping its undefeated stretch with a 3-2 victory over Germany on Sunday. Germany got out to a fast start, scoring within the game's first two minutes, but Steve Kampfer knocked in a power-play goal to draw even in the first period. Matthew Knies converted on a nice assist from Nicolas Abruzesse in the second, and Nathan Smith added an insurance goal in the third. "We’ve really become a team in a short period of time," coach David Quinn said following the match. "You can feel it in the locker room, you can feel it around the village. These guys genuinely like each other and care for each other. I got to give a ton of credit to our older players. They really embraced the responsibility. It’s a really good mix and a great group to be around." The top-seeded Americans now avoid qualifying stages and await their opponent in the knockout rounds. Team USA, monobob Veteran bobsledders Elana Meyers Taylor and Canadian-American Kallie Humphries represented the U.S. in the inaugural event. It was the first time Humphries has represented Team USA on the Olympic stage since getting her American citizenship in December 2021. The three-time Olympic medalists are both expected to contend for gold. Meyers Taylor kicked off the competition, getting off to a hot start in her opening heat. She finished fourth with a time of 2:10.42 heading into Monday's heats. Humphries also dazzled in her heat and leads the field by more than a second with a first-place time of 2:09.10 ahead of Monday's third heat. Team USA, men's and women's curling After dropping a hotly contested match to Norway, Team Schuster bounced back to collect an 8-6 victory over host country China in men's curling. The squad took over in the fourth end after ending the third tied at two. John Schuster closed the door on China's comeback with a stupendous throw in the final end. The top four teams will make the final, which means the U.S. – currently sixth, will likely have to win each of its remaining three round-robin games to qualify. On the women's side, Team Peterson entered its match against event-leader Sweden at 3-1, but couldn't improve on that record after a 10-4 romp by the Swedish team. The U.S. led 3-2 after the fourth end, but Sweden scored five unanswered points in the eighth and ninth ends to pull away comfortably. The U.S. now sits in a three-way tie with Great Britain and Sweden for the third spot, at 3-2. The women play South Korea Sunday night on Feb. 13. Team USA, freestyle skiing Americans Maggie Voisin, Caroline Claire, Marin Hamill and Darian Stevens are representing Team USA in the women's freeski slopestyle qualifier on Sunday morning Beijing time. However, the event was postponed due to heavy snowfall at the event site. Runs will take place 24 hours following their intended start time, which was 6 a.m. ET.]]>
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					<![CDATA[2022 Winter Olympics Day 8: Jacobellis, Baumgartner win gold]]>
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				<link>https://www.foxsports.com/stories/olympics/2022-winter-olympics-day-8-makes-lindsey-jacobellis-nick-baumgartner-u-s-mens-hockey-canada</link>
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				    <![CDATA[The U.S. added more gold to its medal count on Saturday. Here are the highlights from Day 8 at the Winter Games.]]>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2022 15:12:54 -0400</pubDate>
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				    <![CDATA[Team USA made Olympic history at the 2022 Winter Games on Saturday. After a subdued start in the Games, the U.S. picked things up this week with Nathan Chen's world record-breaking performance on Day 4, Lindsey Jacobellis securing the country's first gold medal on Day 5, Chloe Kim's jaw-dropping showing on Day 6 and Shaun White's final ride as an Olympic athlete on Day 7. On Saturday, fresh off capturing an elusive gold in the women's individual event, Jacobellis and teammate Nick Baumgartner earned gold for the U.S. in the Olympics' inaugural mixed team snowboard cross event. Elsewhere, the U.S. defeated Canada in the men's hockey tournament preliminary round, securing Team USA's first Olympic win against the Canadians in 12 years. As of Saturday afternoon E.T., Norway leads all countries with 17 medals, followed by Germany and Austria with 14. The U.S. is currently tied for fourth in total medals with 11 — five gold, five silver and one bronze. Here are some of the biggest moments and highlights from Day 8: Team USA, snowboardcross The U.S. fielded two teams in the Olympic debut of mixed team snowboard cross. Five-time Olympian Jacobellis teamed up with two-time world medalist Baumgartner to form U.S. team No. 1, while four-time Olympian Faye Gulini and 23-year-old Jake Vedder made up the second U.S. team. In the end, it was the dynamic duo of Jacobellis and Baumgartner that got the job done for Team USA. Jacobellis, at 36, was already the oldest American woman to win Olympic gold when she won it three days ago. In his fourth Winter Olympics, 40-year-old Baumgartner claimed his first Olympic gold medal. With the win, he is the oldest snowboarder to ever win an Olympic medal and the first to medal in his 40s. Team USA, hockey The U.S. men's hockey team took on Canada in the prelims on Saturday afternoon in Beijing (11:10 p.m. ET Friday). Things were neck and neck all game long, but in the end, the Americans came out victorious, 4-2. Team Canada struck first on the ice, but Team USA fired back with a goal of its own to knot things up early. The U.S. held a 2-1 lead after the first period and opened the second-period scoring with a third goal. Canada scored a shorthanded goal to cut the Americans' lead to 3-2 headed into the third period, but Team USA didn't waste any time extending its lead, and things ended there, 4-2. This was the first Olympic matchup between the North American rivals since Canada beat the United States in the semifinals of the 2014 Sochi Games. The U.S. now improves to 2-0 with the victory, while Canada drops to 1-1. Team USA will conclude preliminary round play against Germany on Sunday at 8:10 a.m. ET. Jordan Stolz, speed skating Austin Kleba and Jordan Stolz both made their Olympic debut on Saturday afternoon in Beijing (3:50 a.m. ET) while representing Team USA in the men's 500-meter final. Stolz set a furious pace in pair 5, becoming the first skater in the 500m finals with a time below 35 seconds to take the lead, but his mark was outmatched by China's Gao Tingyu in pair 7, who set a new Olympic record at 34.32. The 17-year-old Stolz had a spectacular season leading up to the Olympics, winning the 500-meter and 1000-meter events at U.S. Trials and setting world junior records in both disciplines. Hockey-player-turned-speed-skater Kleba won silver at the Youth Olympics Games in 2016 before taking the ice in these Winter Games. Team USA, figure skating Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker entered Saturday's competition with the event lead in figure skating's rhythm dance department. The pair set the high mark with a score of 74.58, which was tops among the program's first three groups. That number was blown away though, by France's Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, who stamped a new world record with a stellar 90.83 early Saturday morning. Two U.S. pairs entered the top four Saturday as well – Madison Hubbell and Zach Donohue with an 87.13, and Madison Chock and Evan Bates, at 84.14. Each U.S. team will easily slide into the medal event in the free dance, which takes the top 20 out of 23 competing pairs.]]>
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					<![CDATA[2022 Winter Olympics: Shaun White misses medal in farewell ride]]>
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				    <![CDATA[Shaun White took his final Olympic ride and USA hockey dominated in Day 7. Here are Friday's highlights at the Beijing Games.]]>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2022 15:15:21 -0400</pubDate>
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				    <![CDATA[It was an emotional day for Team USA at the 2022 Winter Olympics on Friday. After a quiet start in the Games, the U.S. picked things up this week with Nathan Chen's world record-breaking performance on Day 4, Lindsey Jacobellis securing the country's first gold medal on Day 5, and Chloe Kim's jaw-dropping showing on Day 6. And on Friday, American snowboarder Shaun White took his final ride as an Olympic athlete. White finished fourth in the men's halfpipe final on Friday morning in Beijing (8:30 p.m. ET Thursday), capping a 20-year career that spanned five Olympics. After his final run, an emotional White spoke to the media where he thanked his family, his fans and the love of his life: snowboarding. As of Friday afternoon ET, Norway and Austria lead all countries with 14 medals, followed by the Russian Olympic Committee and Canada with 12 each. The U.S. currently sits fifth in total medals, alongside Italy, with 10 — four gold, five silver and one bronze. Here are some of the biggest moments and highlights from Day 7: Shaun White, snowboarding Team USA's White narrowly missed out on the podium in the men's halfpipe with a fourth-place finish. White's second run included a front-side double cork 1440 and his signature double McTwist 1260, which was good enough for the highest finish by an American rider in the contest. The 35-year-old five-time Olympian had two solid runs before crashing out early in his third run, as he attempted the double cork 1440 combination that won him gold in Pyeongchang in 2018. As he rode to the bottom of the pipe, he took off his helmet and held it high. "It's been a journey, I'm just so happy, and thank you all from the bottom of my heart," White later said through tears. "Snowboarding, thank you. It's been the love of my life … The future for me is so exciting, there's so much I want to do in my life. So much to do, so much to live for, this is just the beginning for me." White ends his snowboarding career as a three-time Olympic gold medalist (Torino in 2006, Vancouver in 2010 and Pyeongchang in 2018). He's also a 13-time Winter X Games champion and a six-time World Cup event winner. It was Ayumu Hirano of Japan — the silver medalist in 2014 and 2018 — who took home the gold medal with two monster runs that included a triple cork, the first time the trick has ever been done at the Olympics. Meanwhile, Japan's Kaishu Hirano set a world record with the air he got on his first trick of this halfpipe run. Team USA, hockey Since Olympic women's ice hockey competition started in 1998, Team USA has advanced to the semifinals every single time. And they've done it again. After rolling through its first three contests of Group A round-robin play — Finland, the Russian Olympic Committee and Switzerland — the U.S. defeated the Czech Republic 4-1 in the knockout round of the women's hockey tournament. With the win, Team USA advances to the semifinals to take on the winner of the upcoming Finland-Japan quarterfinal. Despite the final score, the U.S. struggled finding the net against the Czechs, as goalie Klara Peslarova turned them aside time and again. In fact, the Czechs actually took a 1-0 lead in the second period on their first shot of the game. The U.S., which out-shot the Czechs 59-6, eventually got the offense going, however, scoring four unanswered goals to put the game away. Team USA, curling Team Shuster, the defending Olympic gold champions, defeated Great Britain in men's round-robin play. The US women's curling team also came out victorious on Day 7, beating China 8-4 in round-robin play. Team USA is tied atop the women's curling leader board and remains undefeated in round-robin play. With the win, the Americans improved to 3-0 overall, good for an undefeated tie with Switzerland in the overall standings. The American squad features sisters Tabitha and Tara Peterson, Nina Roth and Becca Hamilton. Mikaela Shiffrin, Alpine skiing After a tumultuous start to these Games, Shiffrin struggled once again. This time in the women's super-G — Alpine skiing’s second-fastest discipline — final on Friday morning in Beijing (10 p.m. ET Thursday). The 26-year-old two-time Olympic gold medalist finished in ninth place with a time of 1:14.30. Team USA, skeleton Five-time Olympian Katie Uhlaender and college track star Kelly Curtis both completed heats 1 and 2 in women's skeleton, finishing eighth and 18th, respectively. In doing so, Curtis made history as the first Black Olympian, man or woman, to represent the U.S. in the sport. Heat 3 will take place on Day 8 (Feb. 12) at 7:20 a.m. ET, followed by heat 4 at 8:55 a.m. ET. Team USA, short track American speed skaters Corinne Stoddard and Maame Biney placed third and fifth, respectively, in Final B of the women's 1000-meter race. Final A followed, where Team USA's Kristen Santos narrowly missed out on the podium after placing fourth with a time of 1:42.745. Elsewhere, Team USA's Ryan Pivirotto snagged a spot in the upcoming men's 500-meter quarterfinals. The top-two finishers along with the top four fastest third-place times in each of Friday's eight heats qualified for Sunday's quarterfinal. That included the 26-year-old Michigan native, who took third in Heat 6 with a time of 41.018. Team USA, ski jumping Americans Decker Dean, Casey Larson and Kevin Bickner are headed to the men's large hill final after solid performances in Friday's qualifying round.]]>
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					<![CDATA[2022 Winter Olympics: Nathan Chen, Chloe Kim strike gold]]>
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				    <![CDATA[Nathan Chen won gold in figure skating, while Chloe Kim secured her second straight gold medal in snowboard halfpipe on Day 6.]]>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2022 13:54:17 -0400</pubDate>
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				    <![CDATA[The 2022 Winter Olympics are starting to become fruitful for the United States. After a rough start to the Games, the U.S. finally broke through with its first gold medal on Day 5, thanks to Lindsey Jacobellis' heroics in snowboardcross. On Day 6, the United States turned Jacobellis' big moment into a gold medal streak of sorts, thanks to the brilliance of figure skater Nathan Chen and snowboarder Chloe Kim. As of Thursday afternoon ET, Austria leads all countries with 13 medals, followed by Norway and Canada with 12 each. The U.S. currently sits fifth in medals with 10, just behind the Russian Olympic Committee's 11. Here are some of the top moments and highlights from Day 6: Nathan Chen, men's figure skating Chen put on a precisely pristine performance to vault himself to the top of the podium, wowing judges with an impressive routine to Elton John's "Rocket Man." The 22-year-old, who has already won six national titles and three world championships, had yet to secure the biggest worldwide accolade — Olympic gold. That changed this week. Chen landed all five of his quadruple jumps with ease in Thursday's free skate, while he netted himself a short-program record 113.97 score Tuesday. His total tally of 332.60 was 22 points better than the next competitor. Chloe Kim, women's snowboard halfpipe Kim entered the 2022 Winter Olympics chasing history, trying to become the first woman to ever win multiple gold medals in the snowboarding halfpipe. Mission accomplished. After a dazzling first run on Day 5 which netted her a score of 87.75, she outdid herself in her final run on Day 6, scoring a 94.00 to effectively leave the competition in the dust. Kim was already one of the biggest stars participating in the 2022 Winter Olympics, and now she's added a second gold medal to her ever-growing list of accolades. Team USA, freestyle ski team mixed aerials The first-ever champion of the team mixed aerials is the United States, as Justin Schoenefeld's back-double-full-full-full routine delivered the U.S. a decisive score of 114.48, sliding them past favorite China to the top of the podium. The team's total score from the event was 338.34. A newly-implemented event in 2022, the team mixed aerials consist of three skiers for each squad, which must contain at least one man and one woman. Each skier performs their own specially-designed jump, which judges evaluated based on three categories: air, form and landing. The U.S.'s Christopher Lillis had the best jump of the event, receiving a score of 135 after a breathtaking routine in which he performed five full twists and three full flips midair. Team USA, men's hockey Shutout alert! Sean Farrell, 20, led the way for the U.S. men's hockey team as it routed China, 8-0, in its first action of the Games. The Harvard University forward posted a game-high five points in the outing, scoring three goals for a coveted hat trick, and adding two assists. Farrell was a fourth-round pick of the Montreal Candiens in 2020. The U.S. also got goals from Ben Meyers, Brian O'Neill, Matty Bernier, Noah Cates and Brendan Brisson. Drew Commesso, who was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks, made 29 saves in goal. The U.S. will next meet longtime rival Canada as round-robin group play continues on Saturday.]]>
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					<![CDATA[2022 Winter Olympics: Jacobellis secures USA's first gold]]>
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				    <![CDATA[It was an up and down showing for the U.S on Day 5. Here are the top moments from the Beijing Games.]]>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2022 13:43:29 -0400</pubDate>
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				    <![CDATA[The 2022 Winter Olympics plowed full steam ahead on Wednesday. After slow starts on Day 0 and Day 1, the United States began to make some moves on Day 2 and Day 3 with three medals, and continued to add to the medal count on Day 4 to bring their total to five. On Day 5, one of the biggest happenings for the U.S. was the fall of Mikaela Shiffrin, who was eliminated from the slalom after missing a gate. That came just two days after she got a DNF in the giant slalom. It was a shocking turn of events for an athlete many consider the greatest slalom skier in the world, and as FOX Sports columnist Martin Rogers wrote, an example of how the Olympics magnify the unpredictable nature of sports. But it wasn't all bad news for the U.S., as Chloe Kim dominated in the halfpipe, advancing to the final in the top spot, and Lindsey Jacobellis secured the country's first gold medal in the snowboardcross. As of Wednesday afternoon ET, the Russian Olympic Committee led the way with 11 total medals, followed by Austria and Norway with 10 medals. The United States currently has seven medals to its name, including one gold. Here are some of the top moments and highlights from Day 5: Lindsey Jacobellis, snowboardcross After a failed showboating attempt cost her a gold medal in the 2006 games, Jacobellis has ascended to the mountaintop, securing the U.S's first gold medal as the winner of the snowboardcross event. At 36, she became the oldest snowboarder to medal at the Olympics and the oldest American snowboarding medalist. It's her second Olympic medal after her silver in Torino. "This feels incredible because this level that all the women are riding at is a lot higher than it was 16 years ago," Jacobellis stated post-race. "So I felt like a winner just that I made it into finals because that's been a challenge every time. All these ladies had the potential to win, and today it just worked out for me that my starts were good, my gliding was great and everything worked for me today." Shaun White, men's halfpipe White faced an abrupt end to his snowboarding career after stumbling in his first qualifying run. But like the true champion he is, White came up huge in a critical spot, putting together a colossal performance in his second go, which was highlighted by a double 180 and a 540. "It would have been nice to just cruise in and have a great, easy first run. But I had to fight for it," White said after the run. "I had to work for it. That’s been this entire season, me just grinding it out, working for it." White is joined in the final by American teammates Taylor Gold and Chase Josey, who finished seventh and 12th, respectively. Mikaela Shiffrin, women's slalom After winning gold in the slalom in the 2018 Olympics, Shiffrin entered the 2022 games as one of the gold medal favorites. But there will be a fresh new champion this year after Shiffrin missed a gate and was eliminated. This came just two days after she did the same thing and was eliminated from the giant slalom. Upon being eliminated, Shiffrin sat on the track despondent for several minutes before finally making her way down the mountain. "I feel really bad," she later said. "There is a lot more going on than just my little situation, but I feel really bad … for doing that." Chloe Kim, women's halfpipe Kim entered the 2022 Winter Olympics as the top dog in the women's halfpipe after taking home the gold in 2018, and she did not disappoint in her first qualifying run. Kim was far and away the most dominant snowboarder in the field on Wednesday, scoring an 87.75 in her first run, in which she admits she had some nerves come over her. "I was really nervous my first run because we're at the Olympics, but I was really happy I put one down," Kim said. "I just wanted to really mess around on my second round and try something I've never really done before." Kim's chase to become the first woman to win multiple gold medals in the halfpipe is still alive. Team Shuster, Men's curling It took an extra period for the 2018 gold medalists to escape the first round, but John Shuster &amp; Co. came up with a well-placed final shot inside the red forefoot circle to parry away the ROC 6-5 in the first round of the men's competition. Still to come: Hockey — Men's, Women's Prelims Luge — Doubles runs 1 &amp; 2 Nordic Combined — Men's Individual Normal Hill, Men's 10km (NH) Short Track — Men's 1500m, women's 1000m heats, women's 3000m relay semifinals]]>
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					<![CDATA[Mikaela Shiffrin's stumbles magnified by the Olympics lens]]>
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				    <![CDATA[Mikaela Shiffrin's stumble just shows how the unpredictable nature of sports is magnified at the Olympics, Martin Rogers writes.]]>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2022 02:45:06 -0400</pubDate>
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				    <![CDATA[By Martin RogersFOX Sports Columnist Mikaela Shiffrin sat there in the snow, wondering, just like everyone else, what the heck had just happened. There weren’t any tears — not yet — because she was too stunned for that. And she sat there some more, by the mountainside, reflecting on how five seconds — just five seconds — were enough to turn what we’d been conditioned to believe was a certain medal into all these waves of disappointment. Skiers carried on down the course, one after another, none of them with the pedigree and history of Shiffrin in her favored event of the slalom. For many of them, the remarkable exit of the American opened up the possibility of an upset where none had previously seemed feasible. Between them, Shiffrin and Slovakia’s Petra Vlhova have won 39 of the past 42 World Cup slalom races. Vlhova recovered from a poor first run that left her in eighth and stormed back to win gold with a blistering second leg. After Shiffrin's shock, do we really need any more reminders that anything can happen in sports? The games and events we love never fail to throw up confounding outcomes and somehow upend even the most nailed-on of certainties. The way Shiffrin’s time at Beijing 2022 has panned out so far was something no one saw coming. Not since the 2011 season, when she was just 16 years old, has Alpine skiing's biggest superstar recorded the sport’s dreaded DNF — did not finish — in consecutive events. On Sunday night (U.S. time), she lasted just 11 seconds in the giant slalom before an error ended her run. Tuesday’s effort was supposed to be about redemption. It quickly proved not to be. In many sports, this kind of thing can’t happen. In Sunday’s Super Bowl, either Matthew Stafford or Joe Burrow could throw a pick-six on each of their first three drives, and still, the game wouldn’t be over. Tiger Woods in his pomp could make a triple-bogey on the opening hole of a Major and still come back and win the whole darn thing. But in skiing, there is no forgiveness. Slalom awards the gold to the skier with the lowest aggregate time on two runs separated by a few hours. But if you miss a gate and don’t complete your trek down the hill, you don’t get that second go-around. Minutes passed, and still, Shiffrin stayed there, looking every now and then at the third gate, the one that cut short her run on a course set up by her coach. Such things are done on a lottery basis, and it was thought the shorter distance between gates would favor her. "Makes me second-guess the last 15 years," she told reporters later, as the tears finally came. "Everything I thought I knew about my own skiing and slalom and racing mentality. Just processing a lot, for sure." For the technically minded, here is what happened. She came out aggressively and fast, looking to build speed and avoid stagnating on a flat top of the course. However, the tactic backfired. Her skis straightened too much, too quickly, pointing down the mountain instead of across to the next targeted gate. That approach meant she got too low, too soon. Trying to regain control, her skis skidded from beneath her and pulled her even further off course. And then, it was over, with a yell of frustration and a collective "what the … ?" from those watching. Let’s say this one more time, and believe me, I’m doing this as much for my own benefit as anything else because I’m guilty of it, too: There are no sure things in sports. Just because someone is the face of an Olympic campaign, like Simone Biles was and like Shiffrin is, remember that there is always a field full of competitors trying to stop them. And in sports with a fiendish level of difficulty, there is always the chance that something will happen — unforeseen events and, even from the very best, improbable mistakes. "Unfortunately, that’s ski racing," Olympic legend Lindsey Vonn said on NBC. Just because sponsors decide to put someone in a flurry of commercials and a broadcast network opts to spend more time on an athlete than any of their peers doesn’t give them extra points or a head-start or any kind of advantage at all. Shiffrin’s edge was simply that she has proven herself capable of performing at a historically high level. The odds were in her favor. But fate chose to time its biggest mischief for the grandest stage of all, which is sometimes how it goes. Shiffrin is immensely likable and personable and a fine ambassador for her sport. She lost her father, Jeff, two years ago and chose to honor his memory by sharing some of the thousands of photographs he took while following the skiing scene throughout her career. She has been an athlete of metronomic consistency — until now. But she’s a human, too. She's not immune to nerves, and she's certainly not buffered against the dark throes of feeling that she let herself down. She takes it hard when things don’t work out. She’ll take this one harder than ever. Hopefully, she’ll find some perspective quickly and be able to shrug off the pain, but don’t count on it because that’s not normally how sporting greats operate. Eventually, after 26 minutes Tuesday, Shiffrin rose to her feet and made her way down the mountain to face a flurry of questions and to try to get ready for her three remaining events. "I feel really bad," she added. "There is a lot more going on than just my little situation, but I feel really bad for … for doing that." In one of her disciplines to come — the combined, on the night of Feb. 16 — she will again be the favorite. She’s good enough to win it. She might do so. On pre-Beijing form, she could be forgiven for thinking it’s hers to lose. But if these Winter Olympics have taught us anything, it’s that it’s rarely as simple as that. Martin Rogers is a columnist for FOX Sports and the author of the FOX Sports Insider Newsletter. You can subscribe to the newsletter here.]]>
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					<![CDATA[2022 Winter Olympics: Nathan Chen sets world record on Day 4]]>
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				    <![CDATA[Team USA's Nathan Chen was a force to be reckoned with on the ice. Here are the highlights from Day 4 of the Winter Olympics.]]>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2022 13:24:48 -0400</pubDate>
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				    <![CDATA[It was an action-packed showing on Tuesday as the 2022 Winter Olympics neared the end of its first week of competition. Team USA got off to a promising start on Day 0 but had a subdued showing on Day 1. But the U.S. got back on track during Day 2 and Day 3, earning three medals — all silver — heading into Tuesday. It was a huge day for Team USA figure skating, as Nathan Chen skated his way to a new men's world record. Ten medal events took place on Day 4, which is tied for the most in a single day in Winter Olympics history. As of Tuesday afternoon ET, the Russian Olympic Committee led the way with 10 total medals, followed by Norway with eight medals. The United States currently has five medals to its name. Here are some of the top moments and highlights from Day 4: Nathan Chen, figure skating All hail the "Quad King." After leading Team USA to a silver medal in the team event, Chen set a new world record in the men's short program with a score of 113.97, two points ahead of Yuzuru Hanyu's former WR score of 111.82 set in 2020. Chen's two-minute, 40-second skate to opera "La Bohème" had seven virtually flawless elements, including a quadruple lutz — the hardest jump in figure skating. It was redemption for Chen, who finished 17th in the short program four years ago at the 2018 Games. American Jason Brown also dazzled in the men's short program, earning a new personal best at an international competition with a score of 97.24 points — good for sixth overall. Team USA's Vincent Zhou, the nation's No. 2 male figure skater behind Chen, was noticeably absent from the individual event after testing positive for COVID-19 on Sunday. Elsewhere, Mexico's flag bearer, Donovan Carrillo, also shined on the ice. He is the first figure skater from Mexico to participate at the Olympics in 30 years. The 22-year-old qualified by placing 20th at the 2021 World Championships — the best result for a Mexican male skater in the history of the event. Ryan Cochran-Siegle, Alpine skiing Forty-seven racers, including four Americans — Ryan Cochran-Siegle, Travis Ganong, Bryce Bennett and River Radamus — took to "The Rock" at Beijing National Ski Center on Tuesday morning (10 p.m. ET Monday) for a chance to take home a medal in the men’s super-G (giant slalom) event. And that's exactly what 29-yard-old Cochran-Siegle did, bringing home silver for the U.S. after finishing just 0.04 seconds behind defending champion Matthias Mayer of Austria. His win comes almost 50 years to the day his mother, Barbara Cochran, won gold in the slalom at the 1972 Sapporo Games. Eileen Gu, freestyle skiing The 18-year-old Chinese-American freestyle skier, alternatively known as Gu Ailing, took home the Olympic gold medal in the women's freeski big air final after nailing both at Shougang Industrial Park. After posting a dazzling 93.75 on Run 1, Gu nailed a double cork 1620 to move into the No. 1 spot. Although she represented the U.S. for most of her life, Gu made the decision in 2019 to represent China, which now boasts three goal medals in these Games — five overall — with her win. The California native is also poised to win gold in the upcoming slopestyle and half-pipe events. Meanwhile, France's Tess Ledeux won silver, while Switzerland's Mathilde Gremaud took home bronze. Tuesday's big air final featured the 12 athletes. The lone American to compete was 25-year-old Darian Stevens, who finished 11th overall after taking eighth place in the qualifier with a score of 152.00. Team USA, hockey The U.S. and Canada dominated the competition through three games in the preliminary round of the women’s hockey tournament. Heading into Tuesday's match, Canada had blown its opponents out of the water by a combined score of 29-3, while the U.S. had outscored its opponents by a margin of 18-2. It was a rematch of the 2018 gold medal game, as the two powerhouse squads took to the ice Tuesday afternoon in Beijing (11:10 p.m. ET Monday) to determine which team would be the top seed heading into the elimination round. Both went into the contest undefeated, but it was the Canadians who came out unscathed. Jessie Diggins, cross-country skiing Team USA's Jessie Diggings, who won in the team-sprint freestyle event with Kikkan Randall at the 2018 Olympics, took home a bronze medal in the women's individual sprint final. It was the first-ever sprint medal in cross-country skiing for Team USA at the Olympic Games. Another American, Rosie Brennan, just missed earning a medal with a fourth place finish. Sweden's Jonna Sundling won the event, taking home gold with a time of 3:09.68. Maja Dahlqvist, also from Sweden, earned a silver medal.]]>
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					<![CDATA[2022 Winter Olympics: USA figure skaters shine on Day 3]]>
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				    <![CDATA[Figure skating and Alpine skiing highlighted Monday's events. Here are the highlights from Day 3 at the Beijing Games.]]>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2022 13:47:22 -0400</pubDate>
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				    <![CDATA[The 2022 Winter Olympics were in full swing on Monday. The U.S. got off to a strong start on Day 0, before a quiet showing on Day 1. Then, Team USA turned up the heat during Day 2 on Sunday, snagging its first two medals — both silver — of these Winter Games. As of Monday morning ET, the Russian Olympic Committee led the way with seven total medals, followed by Canada's six and the Netherlands and Italy being tied with five medals. The United States currently has three medals to its name. On Monday, some of the most popular Winter Olympic sports were on display, with figure skating, alpine skiing, freestyle skiing and curling coming to the forefront of competition. Here are some of the biggest moments from Day 3: Mikaela Shiffrin, Alpine skiing It came as a shock to many when the 26-year-old defending Olympic champion wiped out just a few seconds into her first run on the giant slalom. It means Shiffrin didn't line up for the second run later on Monday, where the podium places were decided, but the Alpine superstar has plenty of medal chances left. Coming around a left-turn gate, she lost her ski’s edge and fell on her side. She was trying to become the first U.S. Alpine ski racer to win three Olympic golds but didn't get a chance to defend her title after the stunning disqualification. She is still set to ski in four more individual Alpine events: downhill, super G, slalom and Alpine combined. Her next event is the slalom on Day 5 (Wednesday). The other Americans who competed were Nina O'Brien — another DNF — Paul Moltzan and AJ Hurt. Team USA, figure skating Co-captains Madison Chock and Evan Bates put on a dazzling performance on the ice, winning the free dance with 129.07 points. The couple — on and off the ice — set a new personal best at an international competition, taking a full 10 points for Team USA. Team USA's Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier scored 128.97 in the pair's free skate on Day 3 after placing third in their short program during Day 2's team event. The U.S. ranks third going into the final two programs. Ultimately, the U.S. took home a silver medal, with Karen Chen rounding out the American competitors in the women's free skate. Team USA, curling The U.S. wasn't playing for a medal after being eliminated from contention on Day 2, but curling fans had one last chance to cheer on Americans Vicky Persinger and Chris Plys in their final mixed doubles match against Great Britain on Monday morning (8:05 p.m. ET Sunday). But Team USA wasn't able to pull out the win. Plys now has a couple of days to shift gears ahead of the men's tournament. Team USA, freestyle skiing Americans Caroline Clair, Marin Hamill, Maggie Voisin and Darian Stevens competed in the women's big air qualifier on Monday morning Beijing time (8:30 p.m. ET Sunday) at the picturesque Shougang Industrial Park. Red Gerard, snowboarding After finishing fifth to qualify for Monday's 12-rider men's slopestyle final (11 p.m. ET Sunday), 21-year-old Redmond "Red" Gerard was on a mission to earn back-to-back gold medals after winning at the 2018 Games. He took to the course at the immaculate Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou, but he unfortunately finished in fourth place, failing to medal in the final run of the competition. Canadian snowboarder Max Parrot took home the gold in the men's slopstyle final.]]>
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					<![CDATA[2022 Winter Olympics: Team USA snags two medals on Day 2]]>
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				    <![CDATA[Team USA is on the board with its first two medals of the Winter Games. Here are some highlights from Day 2 at the Olympics.]]>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2022 14:44:41 -0400</pubDate>
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				    <![CDATA[Team USA is on the board with its first medals of the 2022 Winter Olympics! After getting off to a hot start on Day 0, the Americans failed to snag any hardware during the first medal events on Day 1. But Team USA turned things around in a big way on Sunday, coming away with its first two medals — both silver — of these Winter Games. Here are more of the top moments and highlights from Day 2: Team USA, snowboarding The first Olympic medal for the U.S. went to 24-year-old Julia Marino, who won silver in the women's slopestyle final. Marino took the lead with a dazzling performance on her second run, which put her in first place ahead of the third and final round. In the end, New Zealand's Zoi Sadowski Synnott took home gold — her country's first gold medal in a Winter Olympics — with a final score of 92.88. Fellow American and two-time Olympic gold medalist Jamie Anderson — the reigning gold medalist in the event — finished ninth overall after qualifying fifth on Day 1. Three members of Team USA made it through to the men's slopestyle final, including defending Olympic gold medalist Redmond "Red" Gerard, Sean FitzSimons and Chris Corning. FitzSimons placed third, while Gerard checked in at fifth and Corning finished in the 11th spot to qualify for the 12-rider final on Monday at 12 p.m. Beijing time (11 p.m. ET Sunday). But it was 17-year-old Su Yiming, the first-and-only Chinese snowboarder to ever win a World Cup big air title, who posted the best score of the qualifier with this spectacular run. Jaelin Kauf, freestyle skiing Americans Kauf, Olivia Giaccio, Hannah Soar and Kai Owens competed for spots on the podium in the women's moguls finals on Monday night in Beijing (6:30 a.m. ET Sunday). After nailing the first round of the final, all four women clinched a spot in the final 12 with their impressive runs. Kauf and Giaccio went on to snag two spots in the top six, checking in at second and sixth place, respectively. But it was 25-year-old Kauf who picked up the second medal of these Winter Games for Team USA, bringing home silver in the event. It is the first moguls medal for the U.S. since 2014 and Kauf's first. In the men's event, American Nick Page finished fifth among the six competitors in the men's moguls with a score of 78.90. The 19-year-old made it through two moguls finals rounds, placing 10th out of 20 competitors in the first round and then sixth out of 12 competitors in the second round, to qualify for the medal event. Team USA, figure skating The U.S. fell to second place in the team figure skating event when American Karen Chen took a hard fall. The 22-year-old Cornell student skated a clean first part of her short program but slammed into the ice on a planned triple loop jump toward the end of her routine. She finished fifth with a score of 65.20. Kamila Valiyeva of the Russian Olympic Committee proved why she is the gold-medal favorite. The 15-year-old dominated with a score of 90.18, while Japan's Wakaba Higuchi finished second with a score of 74.73. Valiyeva also made history by becoming just the fourth woman to land a triple axel in Olympic history, joining Midori Ito (1992), Mao Asada (2010 and 2014) and Mirai Nagasu (2018). Vincent Zhou took the ice to represent the U.S. in the men's free skate, the second part of Day 2's team event. The 21-year-old finished third with a score of 171.44 to keep the U.S in second place overall with 42 total team points behind ROC (45 points) and just ahead of Japan (39 points). Kristen Santos, speedskating In her first Olympic race, Team USA's Santos won her heat in the women's short track 500-meter race to advance to Monday’s quarterfinal. Santos finished in 43.579 seconds to edge ROC's Elena Seregina by 0.026 seconds. Fellow American Maame Biney also advanced to the quarterfinals after finishing third in her heat with a time of 42.919 seconds. Defending gold medalist Arianna Fontana of Italy also advanced by winning her heat. Team USA, hockey After a dominant performance against ROC on Day 1, Team USA followed that up by shutting out Switzerland, 8-0, in the third preliminary round on Sunday. The American women are now undefeated (3-0) in the prelims. The U.S. didn't waste any time, taking an early 3-0 in the first period. Then, Amanda Kessel got in on the action to make it 5-0 heading into the second period, followed by the knockout shot from Jesse Compher to seal the deal for Team USA and continue its perfect streak. Next up: Canada. Scott Patterson, cross-country skiing The 30-year-old skater finished 11th in the men's event at the decorated National Cross-Country Skiing Center in Zhangjiakou, earning Team USA its best finish by in an Olympic cross-country distance race since 1976. Team USA, luge Americans Chris Mazdzer, Tucker West and Jonny Gustafson advanced to the men's singles final where they finished eight, 13th and 19th, respectively, for Team USA. Nils van der Poel, speed skating Team USA skaters Emery Lehman and Ethan Cepuran finished 16th and 17th, respectively, in the men's 5000-meter race, as Sweden's Nils van der Poel set a new Olympic record with a time of 6:08.84 to win gold. He is the first Swedish athlete to win gold in the event since Tomas Gustafson in 1988.]]>
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					<![CDATA[2022 Winter Olympics: U.S. women's hockey rules ice on Day 1]]>
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				    <![CDATA[U.S. women's hockey ruled the ice, while the first medals were handed out at the Winter Olympics. See the top moments from Day 1.]]>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2022 15:08:49 -0400</pubDate>
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				    <![CDATA[The 2022 Winter Olympics are in full swing after the first wave of medal events took place on Saturday. The Opening Ceremony commenced Friday from the Beijing National Stadium, followed by a spectacular showing from Team USA on Day 0. Six medals were up for grabs in Saturday's official Day 1, with the first gold going to Norwegian cross skier Therese Johaug, who won the 15-kilometer skiathlon. Norway won two gold medals on the day, which is hardly surprising, being the most decorated nation in the history of the Winter Games. Slovenia, Italy, Canada and the Russian Olympic Committee also each have two medals, while host nation China took its first gold of the Games. The U.S. has been shut out so far, but there were some developments that could set up a haul of hardware down the line, not the least of which was another dominant showing from the U.S. women's hockey team, which defeated the Russian Olympic Committee 5-0. Here are some of the top moments and highlights from Day 1: Team USA, women's hockey The U.S. opened the Winter Games by upsetting Finland, 5-2, on Day 0, but the defending Olympic gold medalists took a huge hit when star forward and assistant captain Brianna Decker suffered a serious leg injury just moments into the match. The loss didn't slow down the Americans against the ROC, as they breezed to a 5-0 victory in a feisty matchup on Saturday morning (ET). Five different U.S. players scored, with Savannah Harmon breaking the ice midway through the first period off of a gorgeous no-look dish from Hillary Knight. With Decker out, other players stepped up, with Grace Zumwinkle and Jesse Compher both notching their first Olympic goals. It was a truly dominant performance, with the U.S. outshooting the Russians 62-12. If not for the efforts of ROC goaltender Maria Sorokina, the score might have been much more lopsided. Jamie Anderson, snowboarding Anderson is arguably the world's most successful female snowboarder of all time, as the 31-year-old California native is a seven-time X Games gold medalist and two-time defending Olympic champion in slopestyle. She won the sport's debut at the 2014 Sochi Games and followed that up with gold in Pyeongchang in 2018. On Saturday, she breezed through qualifying at the picturesque Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou, ultimately qualifying fifth among 12 finalists. They'll battle for gold on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Beijing time (8:30 p.m. ET Saturday night). Here is Anderson's qualifying run. Therese Johaug, cross country skiing The skiathlon is a cross country ski event that combines both classical and freestyle skiing techniques. After a mass start, skiers competed in the first half of the racing using the classical technique, then switched skis to race using the freestyle technique to the finish line. The women raced back-to-back 7.5-kilometer legs. Johaug fought wind and frigid temperatures to win by skiing away from a chase group of four. Russian athlete Natalia Nepryaeva, the current overall World Cup leader, pulled away from the group on the last climb to take the silver. Teresa Stadlober of Austria followed just behind for the bronze medal. Team USA, curling After starting the mixed doubles Olympic curling tournament 1-2, the United States scored a much-needed victory over Sweden, 8-7, on Friday to push its record to 2-2. The round-robin portion of the tournament continued Saturday as the U.S. returned to the ice. The U.S. duo of Vicky Persinger and Chris Plys had an up-and-down day, first edging China 7-6, before falling to Canada 7-2. That leaves them 3-3 in round-robin play and fifth overall in the standings with their final three matches against the Czech Republic, Switzerland, and Great Britain. Team China, short track speed skating Host nation China won its first gold of the Beijing Games, emerging victorious in the mixed team relay at short track speed skating, the event’s Olympic debut. Wu Dajing edged Italy’s Pietro Sighel by .016 seconds — or half a skate blade — to claim gold on Saturday night. Hungary earned bronze. The United States appeared to advance to the final after finishing second in its semifinal heat. However, it was penalized following a lengthy review for blocking an infield skater. Third-place China moved on to the final instead and took advantage of the opportunity. Walter Wallberg, moguls Walter Wallberg of Sweden dethroned the so-called King of Moguls to take home the gold in the freestyle skiing men’s moguls. The Swede looked almost in shock when his score of 83.23 flashed on the scoreboard, edging that of defending Olympic champion Mikael Kingsbury of Canada. Wallberg picked up points for his speed over the smooth and technical skiing style of Kingsbury, who ended up with silver. Wallberg’s surprise victory interrupts the men’s moguls dominance of Team Canada, which had won the event in the last three Winter Games. This was the 21-year-old’s first major win. Nineteen-year-old American Nick Page, competing in his first Olympics, finished fifth with this impressive run. Irene Schouten, speed skating The first speed skating discipline of the Winter Olympics was the women's 3000-meter race, and it was dominated by Dutch skater Irene Schouten, who broke a 20-year-old Olympic record. Skating in the last of 10 pairs, Schouten turned in a blazing final lap to post a winning time of 3 minutes, 56.93 seconds. That broke the previous Olympic mark of 3:57.70, set by Germany’s Claudia Pechstein at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games. Italy’s Francesca Lollobrigida held on for the silver in 3:58.06. The bronze went to Canada’s Isabelle Weidemann in 3:58.64. American Mia Kilburg, a 32-year-old Florida native who won the event at the U.S. Trials, finished 19th. Ursa Bogataj, ski jumping Slovenia’s Ursa Bogataj took Olympic gold in women’s individual normal hill ski jumping, floating 100 meters (328 feet) with 121 points on the final jump. Katharina Althaus of Germany earned silver for the second straight Olympics and Bogataj’s fellow Slovenian Nika Kriznar took bronze. Japan’s Sara Takanashi had entered as one of the favorites, but finished fourth. This was the third time women had jumped for gold in the Winter Olympics. American Anna Hoffmann did not qualify for the final. Team Norway, biathlon The first biathlon event at the Winter Olympics kicked off with the mixed 4x6km relay, just one of nine mixed biathlon events included in the Games. Norway won gold, beating France and the Russian team in the first biathlon event of the Beijing Olympics. The U.S. mixed relay team of Susan Dunklee, Clare Egan, Sean Doherty and Paul Schommer finished seventh. The U.S. has never won a medal in biathlon, a sport that combines cross country skiing and shooting. It is the only Winter Olympic sport in which the Americans have been shut out.]]>
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					<![CDATA[Thompson-Herah runs 10.54, Richardson finishes ninth at Prefontaine]]>
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				    <![CDATA[Sha'Carri Richardson didn't have a glorious return at the Prefontaine Classic, while Elaine Thompson-Herah dominated – again.]]>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2021 18:21:46 -0400</pubDate>
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				    <![CDATA[It wasn't the return that anyone expected. United States track star Sha'Carri Richardson made her return to competition on Saturday at Nike's Prefontaine Classic, where she would match up with Olympic gold medalist Elaine Thompson-Herah. However, it was more of a mismatch than anything. Thompson-Herah blew Richardson – and the rest of the field – away, running a 10.54, the second-fastest 100-meter time in women's track history, trailing only Florence Griffith Joyner's 10.49 run at the 1988 U.S. Olympic trials. Richardson, somewhat shockingly, finished last with a time of 11.14. Saturday's result comes just weeks after Thompson-Herah broke Joyner's 100-meter Olympic record of 10.62 by posting a 10.61 en route to winning gold in Tokyo. Still, there was some thought that if Richardson had raced in Tokyo – she was suspended due to a marijuana violation – maybe she could have challenged Thompson-Herah, considering Richardson's 10.72 in April of this year is the sixth-fastest 100m time in women's history. And Richardson had the powerful backing that made Saturday's race all the more intriguing. First, Kanye West showed his support. Then, Nike added its own. Any speculation as to who is the fastest woman on Earth ended on Saturday, at least until the two take the track again. As always, Twitter had something to say. Here's social media's reaction to Saturday's surprising result, including that of Emmanuel Acho from "Speak For Yourself": As for Richardson, she spoke on the track after the race and warned doubters about counting her out because of Saturday's underwhelming performance. The silver lining in all of this? Richardson turned 21 in March. Time is on her side, even if Twitter is not.]]>
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					<![CDATA[Did Kevin Durant's sensational run to Olympic gold solidify him as world's best player?]]>
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				    <![CDATA[Kevin Durant made a statement in Tokyo. Was it enough to place him atop the hoops hierarchy? The debate raged on Monday.]]>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2021 15:49:43 -0400</pubDate>
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				    <![CDATA[It's a golden time in Kevin Durant's life right now. Not only did K.D. lead Team USA's men's basketball team to a gold medal at the Summer Olympics, but he also just locked down a monster payday to remain with the Brooklyn Nets on a four-year extension worth a reported $198 million. Durant's payday with Brooklyn wasn't necessarily tied to his Olympic performance, but it certainly didn't hurt that he dominated on the international stage. He scored 101 total points ⁠— good for fourth-most in the tournament ⁠— across five games played, connecting on 53% of his attempts from the field and 42.4% from distance. He also hauled in an average of 4.6 rebounds and dished 4.0 assists per game. In the gold-medal matchup against France, Durant led all scorers with 29 points in 35.3 minutes played in a hard-fought, 87-82 victory for Team USA. His 29 points are tied for fourth-most in a gold-medal game, meaning he now holds or shares three of the top four scoring performances in a men's Olympic final. It's a third consecutive gold for Durant, tying Carmelo Anthony's record total, and a fourth straight for USA men's hoops. For more up-to-date news on all things Nets, click here to register for alerts on the FOX Sports app! Considering the temperature around the team in the lead-up to the Olympics, battling for the gold brought quite the narrative change. Coming into the Games, the U.S. split a quartet of exhibition contests, losing to Nigeria and Australia before bouncing back with wins against Argentina and Spain. The action in Tokyo opened with a thud for the Americans, who fell 83-76 in their opener of group play against France. That was their only blemish of the tournament, however, and they avenged that loss when it mattered most — with gold on the line. After winning gold, Durant went live on Instagram to call out the naysayers before heading to his news conference. "They had some power rankings out. They had us fourth, behind Slovenia," Durant said. Added Draymond Green: "Like this not our game." Then Durant continued, "C'mon man. Talking about they catching up to us. Like, are you serious? This skill is unmatched, you dig? Shoutout to everybody that won this gold, everybody that chipped in and helped out." (Warning: The video below contains NSFW language) The rants carried over into the news conference, as Green called the doubters to the carpet. "You turn on American sports talk TV, and you got guys like Kendrick Perkins, you know, doubting us," Green said, via the Los Angeles Times. "Somebody needs to teach these people some loyalty. How about you cheer for your country? But then when guys don't play, 'Oh, you need to go represent the country.' And then you lose, hit a little bump in the road. And everybody's, 'Oh, everybody's caught America.' You are an American, too. Act like it." Yes, it's safe to say Team USA heard the noise and responded to it. And now that the players have had their say, the media has responded, too, including ESPN's Kendrick Perkins, who was directly mentioned. The discourse carried over to Monday, when Chris Broussard of "First Things First" defended himself and some of his colleagues. "K.D. said, ‘The world is saying, "Oh, they're catching up to us."' Who said that?" he said. "Your own coach, Gregg Popovich, he sat in every press conference after every loss and said, ‘They've caught up. It's not surprising anymore when we lose.' … So I do think winning the gold wipes away the ugly, ugly memory of losing to Nigeria." In addition, Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe of "Undisputed" delved into whether Durant's summer exploits have elevated him to the pinnacle of the NBA pecking order. Bayless sure believed so, saying on Monday's show that Durant is "unstoppable." "After that [opening] France game, I saw backlash all over Twitter, and I believe it all came from mostly LeBron [James] apologists and LeBron lovers," Bayless said. "… I told you … it's laughable to have any suspicions about this team because I kept telling you they are still prohibitive favorites because they have the best player on the planet. "I've never seen anything like Kevin Durant. He's better than LeBron James, especially at this age and stage of LeBron's career." Sharpe didn't see eye-to-eye with Bayless, but he wasn't going to pick up the mantle for James. Instead, Sharpe pointed toward the reigning NBA champion and Finals MVP, Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo. "Whoever has won the NBA title — that's the best player. You did it when Kevin Durant beat LeBron James. You did it when Kawhi [Leonard] won the title. … The Olympics proved nothing. The Olympics, what it did prove, is that I hope Kevin Durant comes back for Paris in 2024, or we're not getting no gold medal." It seems K.D. still has some heads to turn, but he has done all he can this summer. Perhaps a title with the Nets, with whom he'll be playing for the foreseeable future, would do the trick? For more up-to-date news on all things NBA, click here to register for alerts on the FOX Sports app!]]>
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					<![CDATA[USA passes China in gold medal count on final day of Tokyo Olympics]]>
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				    <![CDATA[The U.S. took the gold medal lead on the final day of the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Here are the highlights from Day 16.]]>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2021 13:49:32 -0400</pubDate>
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				    <![CDATA[The Summer Olympics has seen its two weeks of competition come to an end. Team USA will conclude the Tokyo Games with the most overall medals and the most gold medals as of the final day. The U.S. finishes the Games with 113 medals (39 gold, 41 silver and 33 bronze), followed by China with 88 total medals (38 gold, 32 silver and 18 bronze) and ROC with 71 total medals (20 gold, 28 silver and 23 bronze). For an up-to-date tracker of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics medal count, click here to see how every country is doing! Here are some of the top moments and highlights from Day 16: Team USA, women's basketball The Team USA women confirmed the United States' title as the best basketball nation in the world, winning its seventh straight gold medal on Sunday, a day after the men won their third straight. Team USA knocked off China 90-75 in the gold medal game, led by Brittney Griner's 30 points, an Olympic gold medal game scoring record. In addition, Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi made history with the victory. Check out the full recap here! Team USA, women's volleyball It was a golden sweep for Karch Kiraly and the U.S. women's volleyball team. Team USA dominated Brazil in three sets (25-21, 25-20, 25-14) to win its first-ever gold medal in women's volleyball. The U.S. women had come close to tasting gold in recent Games, winning silver in both Beijing (2008) and London (2012). In 2016, they took home the bronze medal in Rio. Team USA, men's 4x400 meter relay Unlike basketball, in this instance, the men followed the women's lead. A day after Allyson Felix, Sydney McLaughlin, Dalilah Muhammad and Athing Mu dominated the women's 4x400 meter relay final, the men did the same, led by Michael Cherry, Michael Norman, Bryce Deadmon and Rai Benjamin. Their final time was 2:55.70. Shockingly, it was the first gold medal of the Games for the U.S. men in a track and field event. Still, it was a dominant one. Jennifer Valente, women's omnium points race American cyclist Jennifer Valente won the first cycling gold for the United States in 20 years with her win in the women's omnium. The omnium is a cycling event made up of four separate races: the scratch, the tempo, the elimination and the points race. Valente's 124 total points were enough to give the USA its first cycling medal since the 2000 Olympic Games. For more up-to-date news on all things Summer Olympics, click here to register for alerts on the FOX Sports app!]]>
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					<![CDATA[U.S. women's basketball team wins seventh straight gold medal]]>
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				<link>https://www.foxsports.com/stories/olympics/united-states-womens-basketball-team-wins-seventh-straight-gold-medal</link>
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				    <![CDATA[Led by the ageless Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi, the U.S. women's basketball team won its seventh straight gold medal.]]>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2021 00:21:19 -0400</pubDate>
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				    <![CDATA[One of the greatest dynasties in Olympic history continued its reign of dominance. The United States women's basketball team secured a seventh consecutive gold medal, beating Japan 90-75 in the final at the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo. The Americans, who have now won 55 consecutive Olympic games, were led by veteran guards Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi, both of who became the first players to win a fifth gold. Team USA rode its front court tandem of Brittney Griner and A'ja Wilson in the final, with the two combining for 49 points. Japan, which had never medaled before in women's basketball, will take home silver. Here are the top moments from the gold-medal game. The United States started off fast, jumping out to a quick 16-5 lead. The 14 points came from all five starters, with the United States showing off its depth and cohesion. Griner and Taurasi were right in the center of the action. Japan used its long-range shooting to withstand that early U.S. charge and get back in the game. At the end of the first quarter, the United States led 23-14. In the second quarter, Wilson continued to score at the rim for the United States, imposing her will in the paint. Wilson ended the first half with 10 points, with Griner dominating to the tune of 18 first-half points on 9-for-10 shooting. The dynamic front-court duo for the United States scored more than half of the team's 50 points, and guided the Americans to an 11-point halftime lead. Japan hit six of 15 3-pointers in the first half to keep Team USA from pulling away. While Wilson and Griner were the headliners, Team USA got timely contributions from Bird, the oldest women's basketball player to medal at age 41, in the third quarter to extend its lead to 19 points. And it's safe to say Bird's family members were big fans of her play in the final. Griner continued to dominate into the fourth quarter, with her size and inside dominance proving to be the difference. Griner finished 14-for-18 from the field and finished with 30 points, the most prolific output in the history of the women's gold-medal game. Team USA, which shot 53.6 percent from the field and had a 44-38 edge on the glass, opened up leads as large as 25 points in the fourth quarter and was able to cruise to the victory. For more up-to-date news on all things Summer Olympics, click here to register for alerts on the FOX Sports app!]]>
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					<![CDATA[Allyson Felix breaks Carl Lewis' record, USA women win water polo gold on Day 15]]>
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				<link>https://www.foxsports.com/stories/olympics/tokyo-summer-games-highlights-top-moments-day-15-saturday-august-7-team-usa-us-medal-count</link>
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				    <![CDATA[Allyson Felix is officially the track GOAT, and USA women's water polo is golden once again. Here are Day 15's highlights.]]>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2021 12:45:17 -0400</pubDate>
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				    <![CDATA[As the Summer Olympics wind down to its final day, Team USA is blowing away the field when it comes to total medals, and has nearly tracked down China in total gold medals. The U.S. has 108 medals as of Saturday morning ET/Sunday morning Tokyo time and including 36 gold, 39 silver and 33 bronze, in the lead ahead of China, which has 87 total (38 gold, 31 silver, 18 bronze). In third is the Russian Olympic Committee, also known as ROC (69, 20-26-23), in terms of total medals. For an up-to-date tracker of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics medal count, click here to see how every country is doing! Here are some of the top moments and highlights from Day 15: Team USA, basketball It wasn't easy, but the U.S. men's basketball team defeated France, 87-82, in the gold medal game behind another stellar performance from Kevin Durant. The Brooklyn Nets' superstar led the U.S. with 29 points and six rebounds, while Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum added 19 points and seven rebounds off the bench. With the win, Team USA secured its fourth consecutive gold medal after finishing on top in 2008, 2012 and 2016. The U.S. started off a bit cold, shooting 2-of-9 to start the first quarter, but the Americans went on a 16-6 run to take a 22-18 lead at the end of the frame. In the second, Team USA turned things around with big buckets from Durant, Tatum and Bam Adebayo of the Miami Heat to keep the French within arms reach, 44-39. To start the second half, Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard kicked off a run of seven unanswered points from Team USA that left France trailing by eight heading into the final frame. It all came down to the final 10.2 seconds when France's Nando De Colo hit two clutch free-throws to make it a one-score game at 85-82. Durant was fouled by Rudy Gobert (who fouled out on the play), and he went on to make both of his free throws, putting the U.S. up by five with 8.8 seconds to play. France came out of the timeout with a chance to make it close, but Nicolas Batum's air-ball 3-point attempt was secured by Jrue Holiday, and the game ended there, 87-82. For more up-to-date news on all things Summer Olympics, click here to register for alerts on the FOX Sports app! Allyson Felix, women's 4x400m relay Not only was it gold for Allyson Felix, it was history. Felix – alongside Sydney McLaughlin, Dalilah Muhammad and Athing Mu – took home the gold medal in the 4x400 meter relay, giving Felix her 11th Olympic medal all-time. The win broke a tie between Felix and Carl Lewis (10) for most medals by an American track and field athlete. And before the relay, the legendary Lewis was already congratulating Felix on her amazing career, which reaches back to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Molly Seidel, women's marathon In just the third marathon she has ever run, the U.S.'s Seidel stayed with the lead pack and held on for a bronze medal on a muggy morning in Sapporo, Japan. The 27-year-old finished third with a time of 2:27:46, trailing only a pair of Kenyans – winner Peres Jepchirchir and silver medalist Brigid Kosgei. Seidel is only the third American woman to medal in the marathon. The others are Joan Benoit, who won the race in 1984, and Deena Kastor, who took bronze in 2004. "Just getting here was already a dream come true," Seidel said. "And to be able to come out today against a field like this and be able to come away with a medal, with a bronze for the U.S. – I'm in shock. I'm in disbelief right now." Seidel previously ran the 5k and 10k before deciding to try the marathon. She qualified for the U.S. trials with a strong half-marathon time in 2019, then finished second at the trials in her first attempt at the distance. Her only other marathon was the London Marathon in October, in which she finished sixth. Team USA, women's water polo Make it three straight for the USA women's water polo squad. Team USA dominated Spain in the gold-medal match, winning 14-5 behind a monstrous performance from star goalie Ashleigh Johnson, who recorded 11 out of Spain's 15 shots on the day (73%). The U.S. women finished the tournament 6-1, their lone loss coming to Hungary (10-9), and over the last three Olympic Games, Team USA is 17-1-1. Team USA, baseball Hot off an explosive 7-2 victory over South Korea on Day 13, the U.S. faced off in a rematch with the host nation at Yokohama Stadium in Saturday's gold medal game, but wasn't able to emerge with the top hardware, falling 2-0 to Japan. The two teams met earlier this week, with Japan securing a 7-6 walk-off win in 10 innings. Team USA was trying for their second-ever Olympic gold in baseball. They beat Cuba in 2000 thanks to former Brewers pitcher Ben Sheets, who tossed a four-hit shutout in the gold medal game, while Japan won the baseball silver medal in 1996. Nelly Korda, golf The 23-year-old Korda entered the final round of women's individual stroke play at Kasumigaseki Country Club with a solo lead over all 60 golfers at -15. After a somewhat rocky Round 3 on Friday and brief suspension of play in the final round due to a severe storm, the reigning Women's PGA Championship winner won gold with a final score of -17, followed by the host country's Mone Inami and New Zealand's Lydia Ko in third (both -16). Korda began the day with a three-shot lead at 15 under. After settling for a double bogey on the par-3 7th, Korda rebounded with three consecutive birdies, followed by making par on holes 14 through 17. Japan's Inami birdied the 17th to tie the lead with Korda, but on the final hole, Inami bogeyed and Korda finished with par to claim gold. This is Korda's fourth win of 2021 alongside the LPGA Tour's Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio, the Meijer LPGA Classic and the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, and it's an Olympic sweep for the U.S., as Xander Schauffele won for the men on Day 9. For more up-to-date news on all things LPGA Tour, click here to register for alerts on the FOX Sports app!]]>
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					<![CDATA[Gritty defense and Kevin Durant carry U.S. to Olympic basketball gold]]>
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				<link>https://www.foxsports.com/stories/olympics/united-states-france-kevin-durant-tokyo-olympics-basketball-gold-medal-nba</link>
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				    <![CDATA[The U.S. men's basketball team needed gritty defense and a whole lot of Kevin Durant to edge France for an Olympic gold medal.]]>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2021 03:12:17 -0400</pubDate>
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				    <![CDATA[It used to be that the United States men’s basketball team could just overwhelm opponents with waves of talent. Sure, they might have lost a game in an international competition once in awhile, but that was usually chalked up to bad luck, or bad chemistry, or maybe even indifference.Things are different now, and it showed in the gold medal game against France on Friday night (Saturday, Tokyo time). The Americans couldn’t overwhelm the French with talent. They had to scratch and claw and fight. They had to play gritty defense and force turnovers. They had to make clutch shots. And they had to ride the best player on the court – Kevin Durant – who scored 29 points in an 87-82 victory. For more up-to-date news on all things Summer Olympics, click here to register for alerts on the FOX Sports app! Of course, the U.S. still has an edge in athleticism, though it’s not as great as it used to be. The skill gap has also narrowed. And you can forget about a size advantage. In this game, as in several matchups in these Olympics, that edge belonged to the French, who outrebounded the U.S. 41-34 and consistently created mismatches inside for 7-2 Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, a three-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year.If Gobert was a better free-throw shooter, this game might have turned out differently – the big man was 6-for-13 (46%) from the line, his teammates were 12-for-16 (75%) – but the strategy was nonetheless effective for France, keeping them in the game and making it hard for the U.S. to create momentum.In the end, however, the U.S. had enough to pull it off. They played excellent defense despite their size disadvantage. They harrassed shooters and forced bad shots, holding the French to 32.3% shooting from 3-point range. They pestered NBA regulars Evan Fournier and Nicolas Batum into a combined 7-for-20 from the field and 3-for-13 from 3. They swarmed the passing lanes, nabbing eight steals – Jrue Holiday had three – and creating a stunning 18 turnovers. And they swatted shots, compiling five blocks [three from Bam Adebayo], while France had none. But most of all, they fed their superstar Durant. When the U.S. started the game cold, they fed Durant, and he responded with 12 of their first 18 points. While starting guards Devin Booker and Damian Lillard were shooting a combined 0-for-7 in the first half, Durant was dropping 21 points on 7-for-14 shooting. And when Lillard and Holiday bricked three of four free-throw attempts in the final 30 seconds as France pulled within 85-82, U.S. coach Gregg Popovich drew up an in-bounds play for Durant, who calmly made both shots from the charity stripe to ice the game. The world might be catching up, but there is still only one Durant, perhaps the world's greatest player and certainly the greatest U.S. men's basketball Olympian of all time. Only Carmelo Anthony can match the three gold medals that Durant now possesses, and not even Melo can match Durant's scoring prowess in Olympic competitions. Watching the reactions of the French after the game, you could tell that the defeat was a hard one to take. They thought they had the strategy and the talent to win. And rightly so. They had already rallied from a late deficit to beat the U.S. in their first game in Tokyo, and they thought they could do it again. Watching the U.S. players celebrate after the game, you could tell they were aware of this, too. They knew the competition was good. They knew that the playing field has leveled and the talent gap narrowed. The fact that they couldn't roll over hapless foes like the good ol' days didn't matter to them one bit. "We just fought through everything … I'm glad we finished the job," Durant said. "France is a good team. They don't quit. They play hard every minute they're on the floor. They're a big team so it presented a nice challenge for us. But we wanted them again." The Americans might not have blown the doors off their foes like the NBA All-Star teams of the past might have done. But that’s OK. It’s not so much that the U.S. has taken a step back. It’s that the world has stepped up. That makes for better basketball. And maybe that makes the gold medal victory over France more satisfying, not less so. For more up-to-date news on all things NBA, click here to register for alerts on the FOX Sports app!]]>
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					<![CDATA[Tokyo Olympics: Top moments from U.S. vs. France gold medal basketball game]]>
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				<link>https://www.foxsports.com/stories/olympics/tokyo-games-gold-medal-mens-basketball-top-moments-highlights-us-team-usa-france-kevin-durant-devin-booker</link>
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				    <![CDATA[The U.S. men's basketball team secured its fourth consecutive gold medal after defeating France, 87-82. See the highlights.]]>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2021 01:15:11 -0400</pubDate>
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				    <![CDATA[It's a four-peat for Team USA. The U.S. men's basketball team, hot off its blowout semifinal victory on Day 13, redeemed itself against France in the gold medal game of the Tokyo Olympics, defeating the French 87-82 in thrilling fashion. With this win, Team USA secured its fourth consecutive gold medal after finishing on top in 2008, ‘12 and ‘16. It is the 16th gold medal for the American men (the now-defunct Soviet Union has the second-most with two), and brings the U.S.'s medal count at the Tokyo Games to 100. France, which took home silver for the third time, was led by winger Evan Fournier, who has agreed to a big new contract with the New York Knicks, NBA Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz and Nets forward Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot, but they didn't quite have enough against the U.S.'s NBA superstars. Kevin Durant led the U.S. with 29 points, while Jayson Tatum added 19 off the bench. For more up-to-date news on all things Summer Olympics, click here to register for alerts on the FOX Sports app! Here are the top moments from the game: Both teams went back and forth in the first quarter, but the U.S. started off a bit cold, shooting 2-of-9 to start. Midway through the first, the Americans found themselves trailing by six, but they turned things around with big buckets from  Brooklyn Nets' superstar Durant to keep the French within arms reach. Before the first came to a close, the U.S. went on a 16-6 run to take a 22-18 lead. Durant led all scorers with 12 points in the frame, followed by Jrue Holiday (four points) for Team USA. He also made history as the first U.S. men's player to score 100 points in three different Olympics. Team USA came out strong in the second quarter as reigning NBA Finals champions Khris Middleton sunk a picture-perfect 3 from the corner to get things going for the Americans. Boston Celtics forward Tatum provided more of a scoring boost for the U.S. early on in the second to extend Team USA's lead. With 3:35 left before the half, the U.S. took control of the court and a 12-point lead. Durant continued his dominance, adding nine points in the second. At the end of the first half, the Nets superstar led all scorers with 21 points, followed by France's Gobert (13 points). Tatum was Durant's co-star of the second quarter, racking up eight points for the U.S after putting up just three in the first quarter.  After 20 minutes, the U.S. led France, 44-39, heading into the third quarter. Bam Adebayo of the Miami Heat kicked off the second half for the U.S., attacking the paint early to set the tone. His efforts were followed by more of the same from Portland Trail Blazers sharpshooter Damian Lillard, who drilled a 3-pointer with ease right out of the gate after only putting up one point in the first half. Team USA quickly put up seven unanswered points with 6:25 left to play in the third. One more thing that went unanswered was Durant's show-stopping performance. He added six points in the third, bringing his total to 27 points on the night heading into the fourth. The Americans continued to build momentum as the minutes ticked down, finishing the third frame with an 8-point lead over France, 71-63. At the top of the fourth quarter, France's Frank Ntilikina drilled a huge 3, but the U.S. came followed that up with two straight buckets, capped with a Holiday steal and score to extend Team USA's lead to 77-70 with 5:12 left to play. And with less than two minutes left, Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker finally got in on the action, going 2-for-2 at the free-throw line for his only points of the game. France's Nando De Colo hit two clutch free-throws to make it a one-score game at 85-82 with 10.2 seconds left. Durant was fouled by Gobert (who fouled out on the play), and he went on to make both of his free throws, putting the U.S. up by five with 8.8 seconds to play. France came out of the timeout with a chance to make it close, but Nic Batum's air-ball 3-point attempt was secured by Holiday, and the game ended there, 87-82. Durant finished with 29 points and six rebounds in 35 minutes, while Tatum – who came off the bench for Team USA – wasn’t far behind with 19 points and seven rebounds. Here's how the sports world reacted to Team USA's win. For more up-to-date news on all things NBA, click here to register for alerts on the FOX Sports app!]]>
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					<![CDATA[Allyson Felix adds to legacy, USA claims women's beach volleyball gold on Day 14]]>
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				    <![CDATA[April Ross and Alix Klineman win gold in beach volleyball, while Allyson Felix adds to her legacy on Day 14 of the Olympics.]]>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2021 15:19:03 -0400</pubDate>
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				    <![CDATA[Team USA is making the most of every moment in Tokyo as the final days of the Summer Olympics tick down. The U.S. had totaled 98 medals by mid-day Friday/Saturday morning Tokyo time (31 gold, 36 silver, 31 bronze), in the lead ahead of China (79 overall, 36 gold, 26 silver, 17 bronze). In third is the Russian Olympic Committee, also known as ROC (62), in terms of total medals. The Americans trail only China in gold medals, and the host nation of Japan boasts the third-most gold medals, with 24. For an up-to-date tracker of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics medal count, click here to see how every country is doing! Here are some of the top moments and highlights from Day 14: For more up-to-date news on all things Summer Olympics, click here to register for alerts on the FOX Sports app! Team USA, women's beach volleyball April Ross became the first beach volleyball player to win an Olympic medal with three different partners when she combined with fellow Californian Alix Klineman to defeat Australia's Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy to win gold. Ross had previously won a silver medal with Jen Kessy in 2012 and a bronze medal with Kerri Walsh Jennings in 2016. In addition to becoming the first Olympian to medal with three different partners, the 39-year-old Ross also became the oldest woman to win an Olympic beach volleyball medal. Playing in tough conditions in which the sand temperature reached 129 degrees, Ross and Klineman cruised to a relatively easy 21-15, 21-16 victory. The duo dominated this tournament, only losing one set through the entire Olympics, none in the knockout rounds. Team USA, Women's Volleyball The U.S. advanced to the gold medal match with a dominant performance against Serbia, gaining some measure of revenge against the team that beat them in the semifinals in 2016. The Americans won the first set 25-19, cruised in the second 25-15, then finished the match with a 25-23 win in the third for a 3-0 sweep. Defeating Serbia was no easy task, especially going against star Tijana Boskovic. But Team USA was great in the service game, with Annie Drews recording three of the American's six aces. The win propelled the U.S. into the gold medal match for the fourth time in Olympic history. The U.S. has been one of the top teams in the world for much of the past two decades but has been unable to gain the ultimate prize, losing to Brazil in the gold medal match in both 2008 and ’12. The U.S. also lost the gold medal game to China in 1984. Team USA, Women's Basketball The American women also advanced to the gold medal game in basketball with a commanding 79-59 victory over Serbia. The U.S. ran out to a 25-12 lead in the first quarter. Serbia fought back to make it close in the second, but an 11-2 run to finish the quarter put the Americans up 41-23 at halftime. Diana Taurasi helped spark the run with a dazzling no-look pass. Serbia never quit, led by the gritty play of point guard Yvonne Anderson, who had 15 points. But Brittney Griner (15 points, 12 rebounds), Chelsea Gray (14 points) and Breanna Stewart (12 points, 10 rebounds) proved to be too much to overcome. It was the 54th consecutive Olympic victory for the Americans – a streak which dates back to the 1992 Barcelona Games – who will be playing for a seventh straight gold medal. Track and Field Results The United States had three finalists in the men's 5000m final, with Paul Chelimo, Grant Fisher and Woody Kincaid all participating, which gave the team a good chance to medal. And ultimately, Chelimo did just that, winning bronze with a time of 12:59:05. This is Chelimo's second Olympic medal, adding to the silver he won in the same event in 2016. While the women's 400m didn't produce a gold medalist from the United States, legendary sprinter Allyson Felix continued to add to her legacy, winning a bronze medal in the event. The bronze brought her Olympic medal total to 10 for her career, making her the most decorated woman in Olympic track and field history. And even after a career of dominance, Felix still found a way to reach new heights in 2021. The United States continued to rack up medals in the track and field events, with the women's relay team winning silver in the 4x100 relay, finishing second behind Jamaica. The two countries swapped places after the 2016 Olympics saw the United States women win gold in the 4x100 relay and Jamaica winning silver. Golf Nelly Korda, the 23-year-old reigning Women's PGA Championship winner, entered Round 3 of women's individual stroke play with a lead over all 60 golfers at -13. Korda didn't play her best round on Friday, but she remains atop the Olympic women's golf leaderboard and will carry a three-shot lead into the final round of the women’s stroke play tournament Saturday at Kasumigaseki Country Club. Behind Korda was India's Aditi Ashok, who was a -12. For more up-to-date news on all things LPGA Tour, click here to register for alerts on the FOX Sports app!]]>
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					<![CDATA[After years of frustration, Gregg Popovich takes another shot at golden moment]]>
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				<link>https://www.foxsports.com/stories/olympics/gregg-popovich-team-usa-basketball-olympics-gold-medal-game-yaron-weitzman</link>
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				    <![CDATA[Gregg Popovich has a rocky past with USA basketball, but an Olympic gold would fix all that, Yaron Weitzman writes.]]>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2021 10:21:55 -0400</pubDate>
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				    <![CDATA[By Yaron WeitzmanFOX Sports NBA Writer Gregg Popovich’s first interaction with USA basketball came in 1972. He was the captain of the Armed Forces’ team at the time, two years removed from the United States Air Force Academy, where, as a senior, he’d led the basketball squad in scoring. He was a physical guard who could score and defend, and his performances had caught the attention of the Olympic selection committee, which had invited him to try out. Popovich, by all accounts, played well. But the committee was composed of coaches interested in voting their own players onto the team. Popovich had no booster. He was one of the final cuts. "It was a kick in the gut," R.C. Buford, Popovich’s longtime friend and colleague with the San Antonio Spurs, told ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan in March 2020. "He's never forgotten it."' Over the next half-century, Popovich would become one of the most revered and accomplished coaches in the history of sports. He’d lead the Spurs to five NBA titles, the first and last 15 years apart. He’s just 26 wins away from passing Don Nelson for most ever by an NBA head coach. More than all that, though, Popovich has become an exemplar of excellence, a person people throughout the world point to when looking for models of sustained success. But he never did get the opportunity to represent the United States as a player, and the few chances he’s had as a coach have all ended in disappointment. It’s one of the great incongruities of modern sports: The NBA’s greatest coach, an Air Force graduate who served in the military and who, in 2019, described playing for Team USA as "the highest level you can be" and "beyond playing for an NBA team," can’t seem to win the game that matters to him most. In 2002, Popovich served as an assistant to the George Karl-led group that finished an embarrassing sixth in the World Championships. Two years after that, he served as an assistant to Larry Brown for the group that broke Team USA’s post-Dream Team gold medal streak and instead took home bronze. That performance led to a rebooting of the United States’ international basketball program and also contributed to Popovich being passed over for the "Redeem Team" head coaching job in favor of Duke legend Mike Krzyzewski. Popovich replaced Krzyzewski after the 2016 Olympic Games. According to veteran NBA reporter Marc Stein, in one of his first addresses to his team, prior to the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Popovich talked about the 2004 failure and how it had stung him more than any loss he’d endured throughout his storied NBA career, a list that includes Ray Allen’s title-snatching 3-pointer from the corner during the 2013 Finals. The speech was likely inspiring, but it didn’t produce results. Team USA finished seventh, its worst showing ever in international competition. When Team USA faces off against France in the gold-medal game tonight at 10:30 p.m. ET, Popovich will get another chance to win at the highest level while officially representing his country. At 72 years old, it’s likely to be his last chance. You never want to engage in too much armchair psychology with Popovich, but I think it’s fair to say that over the past month we’ve seen this history weigh on him. His reactions following Team USA’s exhibition losses — first to Nigeria, a country the United States had beaten by 83 points only nine years earlier, and then to Australia — were out of character. His terse exchange with a reporter who contrasted the losses with previous Team USA blowout wins went viral. But more telling — and strange — was the way he deflected blame. Team USA then fell to France in its Olympics opener, its first Olympics loss since 2004. The defeat dropped Popovich’s Team USA record to an ugly 6-3. After the game, according to The Athletic, players could be heard, "grumbling on their way back to the locker room about ‘running the San Antonio offense.’" Over the past couple of weeks the group has gelled. Popovich has tweaked the rotation, handing more minutes to defensive ace Jrue Holiday, who joined the group late thanks to the Milwaukee Bucks’ championship run. Meanwhile, Popovich has handed the keys to the offense to Kevin Durant, who recently became Team USA’s all-time leading scorer. The changes, combined with improved chemistry, have led to four straight wins. Will those changes be enough to knock off a French team that’s already beaten the Americans? France’s roster is full of NBA players, including All-Star and three-time Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert, Evan Fournier — the smooth-scoring wing who just signed a nearly $80-million contract with the New York Knicks — and Nic Batum. The United States should win. It also wouldn’t come as a shock if Team USA doesn't. But these Olympics are taking place across the globe, in the middle of the night, in the middle of a pandemic, with a variant of the coronavirus burning through thousands of people a day. Many people in this country aren’t paying much attention to the Olympics. They won’t notice if the American basketball team comes home with a silver medal instead of a gold. Popovich will, though. Nobody has more riding on this game than him. A victory would provide the one accomplishment his career still lacks. And a failure to capture gold might be something that haunts him for the rest of his life. Yaron Weitzman is an NBA writer for FOX Sports and the author of Tanking to the Top: The Philadelphia 76ers and the Most Audacious Process in the History of Professional Sports. Follow him on Twitter @YaronWeitzman.]]>
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					<![CDATA[Team USA makes history with three inaugural Olympic medals on Day 13]]>
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				    <![CDATA[The U.S. continues to lead all countries in total medals after Day 13 of the Tokyo Olympics. Here's the latest from Team USA.]]>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2021 13:12:40 -0400</pubDate>
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				    <![CDATA[As the final few days of the Summer Olympics draw near, Team USA continues to heat up in Tokyo. The U.S. had 79 medals heading into Thursday night ET/Friday morning Tokyo time and finished with 91 (29 gold, 35 silver, 27 bronze), in the lead ahead of China (74, 34-24-16). In third is the Russian Olympic Committee, also known as ROC (58, 16-22-20), in terms of total medals. The Americans trail only China (34) in gold medals, and the host nation of Japan boasts the third-most gold medals, with 22. For an up-to-date tracker of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics medal count, click here to see how every country is doing! A trio of Americans made history in three new events at the Games, with Nevin Harrison grabbing gold in the canoe on the Sea Forest Waterway, Nathaniel Coleman earning silver in climbing at Aomi Urban Sports Park and Cory Juneau taking bronze in men's skateboarding at the Ariake Sports Park. There was also plenty of action for the Americans in the track and field competitions, as well as a big day on the mats for Team USA's wrestling squad. Plus, the men's basketball and baseball teams battled in their respective semifinals to earn a shot at winning gold. Check out all of that and much in the highlights from Day 13: For more up-to-date news on all things Summer Olympics, click here to register for alerts on the FOX Sports app! Team USA, Basketball The U.S. men's basketball team took on Australia in a semifinal at Saitama Super Arena, where they defeated the Aussies in a blowout 97-78 win. Both teams went back and forth in the first quarter, but the Australians, who previously defeated Team USA 91-83 in an exhibition game on July 12, took over in the second frame to take a 15-point lead. But with 5:23 left before the half, the U.S. went on a 16-4 run to keep the Australians within arm's reach, closing the gap to 45-42 at the break. Kevin Durant led all scorers with 15 points in the first half, followed by Devin Booker (7 points) and Jrue Holiday and Damian Lillard (5 points) for Team USA. The Americans came back in a big way in the third, going on a 7-0 run to take their first lead of the game and exploding for a 19-point lead as the minutes ticked down. Durant continued to lead all scorers with 23 points, followed by Booker, who had 18 points headed into the fourth. The U.S., on an extended 48-14 run, led Australia 74-55 entering the final frame. Despite their best efforts, the Australians were no match for the U.S., who ran away with the win. Team USA will play for a fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal against France at 10:30 p.m. ET Friday/11:30 a.m. local time Saturday in Tokyo. Nevin Harrison, Canoe Sprint The 19-year-old (!) Seattle native won the inaugural gold in the women's canoe single 200m with a time of 45.932, beating Canada's silver medalist Laurence Vincent-Lapointe (46.786) and Ukraine's Liudmyla Luzan (47.034), who took bronze. At 14 years old, Harrison was diagnosed with hip dysplasia that forced her to give it up her dream of running track. Despite doctors telling her athletics weren’t feasible with her condition, Harrison turned to a new sport that didn’t require running: canoeing. Three years later, she became a world champion at 17, and now, the incoming San Diego State University freshman is an Olympic gold medalist. Track and Field results Ryan Crouser, who won gold at the 2016 Rio Games, defended his title in the men's shot put as he threw 23.30m to smash his own Olympic record. The current indoor and outdoor world record holder is the only man in this field to ever throw the 16-pound ball over 23 meters. Joe Kovacs made it a 1-2 for Team USA for the second consecutive Games, as he claimed silver in the event. His throw of 22.65m would have broken Crouser's previous Olympic record of 22.52m set in Rio. "Last round, I just swung for the fences," Kovacs, via Team USA. "What I threw today would have been the Olympic record. Ryan threw farther. That just tells you where the sport’s going. We just keep pushing each other." After the event, Crouser held up a note for the cameras that read: "Grandpa, We did it. 2020 Olympic Champion!" The 31-year-old displayed the note as a tribute to his late grandfather, Larry Crouser, who died at age 86 prior to the Games. Elsewhere on the infield, American Katie Nageotte launched 4.90m to overcome a very shaky start and win the women's pole vault final. After missing on her first two attempts to start the competition, Nageotte was down to her final lifeline on the opening height of 4.5m. Fortunately, the 30-year-old cleared the bar on her third go, eventually processing to the gold-medal-winning height of 4.90m. "I was nervous," Nageotte said when asked about the early hiccups, via USA Today. "I know my family got up very early to watch me. And I would've felt very bad if I made them get up at six in the morning to watch me no-height." As it turns out, her family tuned in to watch her win gold, instead. The top of the podium eluded Team USA on the oval track at the Olympic Stadium on Day 13, however. Grant Holloway – who passed up a possible career in the NFL to pursue his Olympic dreams and is the reigning world champion in the men's 110m hurdles – took home the silver medal in the event with a time of 13.09 seconds, just 0.05 seconds behind Jamaica's gold medalist, Hansle Parchment. Also, Team USA's men's 4x100m relay team failed to advance out of their heat, ending their hopes of a medal in that event later in the week. David Taylor III, Wrestling Taylor extended his astounding streak of 51 international matches without a loss to 52 with a 4-3 win against top-seeded Iranian wrestler Hassan Yazdani in the men's freestyle 86kg final. The 30-year-old fell to a 2-0 hole early against Yazdani, the reigning Olympic champion, before scoring a takedown to make it 2-2 after the break. Yazdani earned another point, but Taylor, known as "Magic Man," secured a second takedown with seconds remaining to claim the win. Elsewhere at Makuhari Messe Hall, American Helen Maroulis dominated her opponent for an 11-0 win to secure bronze in women's freestyle 57kg event, as did Team USA's Thomas Gilman for a 9-1 win in his men's freestyle 57kg bronze-medal match. Cory Juneau, Skateboarding The 22-year-old San Diego native took home bronze in the inaugural men's park final with a score of 84.13. This is the second skateboarding medal for Team USA, as American Jagger Eaton took bronze in men's street on Day 2, and the second inaugural medal for the U.S. on Day 13. Team USA, women's soccer It wasn't the medal they were favored to win, but the United States women’s national team is nevertheless taking home hardware following a thrilling 4-3 win against Australia in the bronze-medal match. The USWNT got out to a hot start, taking in a 3-1 lead before halftime thanks to two goals from Megan Rapinoe and one from Carli Lloyd. Sam Kerr scored in the first half to give the Matildas hope, but Lloyd added her second of the game at the 51-minute mark to make the score 4-1. The Aussies kept pushing, however, and Caitlin Foord slotted home in the 54th minute to cut the deficit. Emily Gielnik scored in the 90th to make for a tight finish, but the USWNT saw out the four minutes of added time without issue to take home bronze. For where the USWNT goes from here, check out FOX Sports Soccer Writer Doug McIntyre's piece on the future of the team. Team USA, baseball Gasping for air after losing to Japan on Monday, Team USA's baseball team won back-to-back games to lock down a spot in the gold-medal game, setting up a rematch with the host nation at Yokohama Stadium. The U.S. toppled South Korea 7-2 in the semis to book the revenge game, scoring a whopping five runs in the sixth inning to break the game open and take a 7-1 lead. South Korea earned one back in the top of the seventh, but the American bullpen shut to door on any designs of a comeback after that. Starter Joe Ryan pitched 4.1 innings of one-run ball, before giving way to Ryder Ryan, Scott McGough, Anthony Gose and Anthony Carter, who combined to give up one unearned run on three hits and a walk. Designated hitter Tyler Austin had two RBIs, as did centerfielder Jack Lopez as Team USA staved off being sent to the bronze-medal game and will now take on Japan for the right to win gold on Saturday. Nelly Korda, Golf The 23-year-old LPGA Tour star and reigning Women's PGA Championship winner entered Round 2 of women's Individual Stroke Play, which took place Wednesday night ET/Thursday Tokyo, tied for second with India's Aditi Ashok at -5, one stroke behind Sweden's Madelene Sagström. As Round 2 got underway at Kasumigaseki Country Club, Korda pulled away from her competitors, taking a solo lead over all 60 golfers at -13 headed into Round 3 (6:30 p.m. ET Thursday). Ashok remains tied for second alongside Denmark's Nanna Koerstz Madsen and Emily Kristine Pedersen at -9, while Sagström fell to fifth at -8. For more up-to-date news on all things LPGA Tour, click here to register for alerts on the FOX Sports app!]]>
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					<![CDATA[What's next for USWNT after disappointing showing at Olympics?]]>
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				<link>https://www.foxsports.com/stories/soccer/uswnt-bronze-medal-tokyo-olympics-whats-next-doug-mcintyre</link>
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				    <![CDATA[The USWNT regrouped to win the bronze, but a team rebuild is needed to recapture world dominance, Doug McIntyre writes.]]>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2021 09:55:32 -0400</pubDate>
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