The Eye-Popping Speeds Of Winter Olympics Sports
Follow all the action from the Winter Olympics where eight gold medals were up for grabs on day 12.
There was to be no such joy for Dave Ryding, though, who had been one of Britain’s main medal hopes. The slalom skier briefly occupied top spot but was eventually knocked off the podium entirely as France’s Clement Noel clinched gold. Elsewhere, Team GB’s hopes of reaching the women’s curling playoffs were dealt an almighty blow after a surprise 8-4 defeat against China in the round-robin. Bruce Mouat put in another assured performance for the men’s side, though, as they held off a fightback against the ROC to make it six wins out of seven. Andrew Young and James Clugnet fell short in the semi-final of the men’s team sprint. UK Sport, however, moved to defend Team GB’s medal-less Games so far.
Meanwhile, Team USA took home gold and silver in freestyle skiing but suffered a surprise upset in the ice hockey as they were knocked out by Slovakia. There was more gold for Norway too as Johannes Hosflot Klaebo secured his fifth Olympic gold medal while home fans had cause to celebrate after Qi Guangpu’s spectacular final jump in the men’s aerials.
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