Day 14 saw a first gold for the Olympic Athletes from Russia as Alina Zagitova claimed gold in the Women's Single Figure Skating, the 15-year-old finished ahead of compatriot Evgenia Medvedeva who claimed silver while Kaetlyn Osmond (CAN) took bronze.
A superb afternoon of competition in the Women's Ski Cross saw Kelsey Serwa (CAN) claiming gold ahead of compatriot Brittany Phelan who collected silver and Fanny Smith (SUI) who earned bronze, GB's hopes of a medal ended in the quarter finals in the form of Emily Sarsfield.
A second gold of the game for Kjeld Nuis (NED) as he won the Men's 1000m Speed Skating final and in doing so became just the third man to complete the 1000m/1500m double. Silver went to Havard Lorentzen (NOR) with Kim Tae-Yun (KOR) taking bronze. Gold for Sweden in the Men's 4x7.5km Biathlon Relay as they held off Norway who took silver and Germany who claimed bronze. Switzerland secured bronze in the Men's Curling as they wrapped up a 7-5 win over Canada, the other two medals will be decided on day 15 as Sweden face the USA.
A superb afternoon of competition in the Women's Ski Cross saw Kelsey Serwa (CAN) claiming gold ahead of compatriot Brittany Phelan who collected silver and Fanny Smith (SUI) who earned bronze, GB's hopes of a medal ended in the quarter finals in the form of Emily Sarsfield.
A second gold of the game for Kjeld Nuis (NED) as he won the Men's 1000m Speed Skating final and in doing so became just the third man to complete the 1000m/1500m double. Silver went to Havard Lorentzen (NOR) with Kim Tae-Yun (KOR) taking bronze. Gold for Sweden in the Men's 4x7.5km Biathlon Relay as they held off Norway who took silver and Germany who claimed bronze. Switzerland secured bronze in the Men's Curling as they wrapped up a 7-5 win over Canada, the other two medals will be decided on day 15 as Sweden face the USA.
Day 15
Joy for GB as Billy Morgan claimed bronze in the Men's Snowboarding Big Air, his medal proved to be an historic one as it saw GB reach five medals in the Winter Olympics for the first time. The gold went to Sebastien Toutant (CAN) while Kyle Mack (USA) claimed silver. However, five medals for GB was where it ended after heartbreak for the Women's Curling team, skip Eve Muirhead had the final stone to win bronze but saw her effort miscue in the house giving a 5-3 win and the bronze to Japan.
A record 38th medal at a Winter Olympics for Norway as they claimed bronze in the inaugural Alpine Skiing Mixed Team event, Switzerland took gold while Austria collected silver. Ester Ledecka (CZE) created history as she became the first woman to take two titles in different sports at a single Winter Olympics as she added the Snowboarding Parallel Giant Slalom to here Super-G title won earlier in the games. Selina Jorg (GER) took silver behind the 22-year-old while Ramona Theresia Hofmeister (SUI) collected bronze.
In the Men's Event, Nevin Galmarini (SUI) claimed gold ahead of Lee Sangho (KOR) who claimed silver while Zan Kosir (SLO) took bronze. A first Winter Olympic title for Iivo Niskanen (FIN) as he won gold in the Men's 50km Cross Country Skiing Mass Start ahead of Alexander Bulshunov (OAR) who collected silver and his compatriot Andrey Larkov who took bronze.
After recording a shock win over Canada, USA won gold in the Men's Curling as they defeated Sweden 10-7 and with Switzerland claiming bronze the previous day, it meant Canada missed out on a medal in the competition for the first time. Gold for Nana Takagi (JPN) in the Women's Speed Skating Mass Start ahead of Kim Bo-reum (KOR) who took silver with Irene Schouten (NED) collecting bronze.
The men's equivalent saw the host nation take gold as Lee Seung-hoon took the title,Bart Swings (BEL) earning silver while Koen Verweij (NED) claimed bronze. Bronze for Canada in the Men's Ice Hockey as they wrapped up a 6-4 win over Czech Republic.
Day 16
Norway ensured they would top the final medal table as Marit Bjorgen won gold in the Women's Cross-Country Skiing 30km Mass Start Classic as she completed a clean sweep by winning a medal in every event she competed in, silver went to Krista Parmakoski (FIN) with Stina Nilsson (SWE) taking bronze.
Sweden eased to gold in the Women's Curling as they defeated South Korea 8-3 while Germany secured a 1-2 finish in the Four-man Bobsleigh with South Korea claiming the bronze, Germany claimed another silver as they suffered a 4-3 defeat to Olympic Athletes from Russia who took gold in the Men's Ice Hockey.
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