Beijing 2022 Days 13-15

 Another catch up post after a busy few days offline sees Days 13-15 with a combined 18 medal events. 

Medals

Double joy for Switzerland in the Women's Alpine Combined as Michelle Gisin won GOLD ahead of Wendy Holdener who took SILVER while Federica Brignone (ITA) collected BRONZE. 

The Women's 12.5km Mass Start saw GOLD for Justine Braisaz-Bouchet (FRA) as she finished ahead of Norwegian duo Tiril Eckhoff who claimed SILVER while Marte Olsbu Roeiseland took BRONZE. 

GOLD for Johannes Thingnes Boe (NOR) in the Men's 15km Mass Start as he finished ahead of Martin Ponsiluoma (SWE) who scooped SILVER while Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen (NOR) claimed BRONZE.

 

The 2-Women event saw double joy for Germany as Laura Nolte/Deborah Levi won GOLD ahead of Mariama Jamanka/Alexandra Burghardt who took SILVER while Elana Meyers Taylor/Sylvia Hoffman (USA) claimed BRONZE.

GOLD for Sweden in the Men's competition as they edged a 5-4 win over GB who took SILVER while Canada won BRONZE as they secured an 8-5 win over USA.

The Women's Semis saw Japan advance with an 8-6 victory over Switzerland and GB stage a huge comeback from 4-0 down to win 12-11 in an extra end against Sweden. The battle for BRONZE saw Sweden successful as they clamed the 9-7 win over Switzerland.

Double joy for ROC in the Women's Single Skating as Anna Scherbakova won GOLD ahead of Alexandra Trusova who took SILVER while Kaori Sakamoto (JPN) claimed BRONZE. This meant the medals could be awarded due to the controversy threatening them avoided with Kamila Valieva (ROC) finishing in fourth.

Wenjing Sui/Cong Han (CHN) won GOLD in the Pair Skating- Free Skating as they out scored the ROC pairs of Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov who scooped SILVER & Anastasia Mishina/Aleksandr Galliamov taking BRONZE. 

The Women's Ski Cross saw Sandra Naeslund (SWE) win GOLD as she finished ahead of Marielle Thompson (CAN) who sealed SILVER while Daniela Mayer (GER) claimed BRONZE. 

GOLD for Eileen Ailing Gu (CHN) in the Women's Freeski Halfpipe as she outscored Canadian duo Cassie Sharpe who sealed SILVER and Rachael Karker who claimed BRONZE. 

In the Men's Ski Cross, there was double joy for Switzerland as Ryan Regez crossed for GOLD ahead of team-mate Alex Fiva who sealed SILVER while Sergey Ridzik (ROC) collected BRONZE.

GOLD for Nico Porteous (NZL) in the Men's Freeski Halfpipe as he outscored USA duo David Wise who took SILVER while Alex Ferreira collected BRONZE. 

The Women's final saw Canada win GOLD after a 3-2 win over USA who took SILVER while in the Men's competition, Slovakia eased to BRONZE with a 4-0 victory over Sweden. 

In the Team Gunderson Large Hill/4x5km, Norway stormed to GOLD ahead of Germany who sealed SILVER while Japan claimed BRONZE. 

The Women's 1000m saw an OLYMPIC RECORD time of 1:13.19 as Miho Takagi (JPN) won GOLD ahead of Jutta Leerdam (NED) who sealed SILVER while Brittany Bowe (USA) claimed BRONZE. 

In the Men's 1000m, Thomas Krol (NED) won GOLD ahead of Laurent Dubreuil (CAN) who took SILVER while Haavard Lorentzen (NOR) collected BRONZE. 

The Men's Mass Start saw Bart Swings (BEL) win GOLD ahead of Korean duo Won Jae Chung who sealed SILVER while Hoon Seung Lee claimed BRONZE.

GOLD for Irene Schouten (NED) in the Women's Mass Start as she finished ahead of Ivanie Blondin (CAN) who crossed for SILVER with Francesca Lollobrigida (ITA) taking BRONZE.