Olympics Highlights: The U.S. Finally Won a Gold Medal!
The United States finally won its first GOLD medal at the Winter Olympics early this morning. 36-year-old Lindsey Jacobellis won it in snowboard cross. It’s her fifth Olympics and FIRST gold. She also won a silver way back in 2006. She’s the first American to win gold this year. We went the first five days without one.
We also added a few more medals yesterday: Cross-country skier Jessie Diggins took bronze in the women’s sprint, which was a big deal. It’s the first individual medal we’ve ever won in women’s cross-country skiing. Freestyle skier Colby Stevenson also picked up a silver medal in men’s big air.
And Mikaela Shiffrin lost out on her best chance at a medal when she missed a gate in the women’s slalom. She crashed out in the giant slalom a few days ago too.
Last we checked, the U.S. was sitting on seven medals, including a gold, five silvers and a bronze. So we’re climbing the standings in total medals. Here’s the latest leaderboard we saw. (Wednesday, February 9th at 3:30 A.M. ET)
1. Russia: 10 . . . 2 gold, 3 silver, 5 bronze.
2. Norway: 9 . . . 4 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze.
3. Austria: 8 . . . 2 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze.
4. Sweden: 7 . . . 4 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze.
5. The Netherlands: 7 . . . 3 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze.
(You can check the up-to-the-minute medal count at NBCOlympics.com.)
