Tuesday 13 February 2018

Pyeongchang 2018 Day Three

Day three at the games saw GB's wait for their first medal continue as Aimee Fuller finished 17th in the Women's Slopestyle final which was dubbed as 'too dangerous'by a number of competitors. Defending champion Jamie Anderson (USA) retained her title, silver went to Laurie Blouin (CAN) while Enni Rukajarvi (FIN) collected bronze.

Canada claimed gold in rapid time in the Team Figure Skating as the claimed the title with an discipline to spare ahead of Olympic Athletes from Russia who claimed silver with bronze going to the United States of America. Germany's Laura Dahlmeier became a double Olympic champion as she won the Women's 10km Pursuit,  the first woman to win the sprint-pursuit double. Silver went to Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK) while Anais Bescond (FRA) took bronze.

Another success for Canada as Mikael Kingsbury won gold in the Men's Moguls, Matt Graham (AUS) claiming silver and Japan's Daichi Hara collecting bronze. After missing out on a medal in day two's sprint, Martin Fourcade (FRA) successfully defended his title in the Men's Biathlon 12.5km Pursuit, Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE) taking silver and Benedikt Doll (GER) claiming bronze.

An historic moment in Women's Speed Skating as Ireen Wust (NED) became the most successful athlete in Olympic speed skating as she won gold in the 1500m, Japan's Miho Takagi taking silver while Marrit Leenstra claimed bronze.

Completing the medal events for the day was the Women's Normal Hill Individual Ski Jumping as Maren Lundby (NOR) won gold ahead of Katharina Althaus (GER) who took silver and Sara Takanashi (JPN) who claimed bronze.



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