Winter Olympics recap: Shiffrin out of the medals again, Klaebo wins another gold

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Make that 7 consecutive races without a medal for Mikaela Shiffrin astatine the Winter Olympics.

The American skiing standout was fixed the perfect level to triumph the caller squad combined lawsuit aft spouse Breezy Johnson led the opening downhill limb connected Tuesday.

Shiffrin was the past racer retired successful the slalom — the 2nd limb of the lawsuit — and had the 15th fastest time, dropping the U.S. to 4th spot and extending her Olympic slump that stretches backmost to 2022 erstwhile she didn’t triumph a medal successful immoderate of her six races astatine the Beijing Games.

Ariane Raedler and Katharina Huber of Austria won gold, portion Paula Moltzan and Jacqueline Wiles took bronze up of their much high-profile U.S. teammates.

Olympic redemption volition person to wait, then, for Shiffrin, who is the astir palmy World Cup racer of each clip with a grounds 108 victories. She is acceptable to vie successful her halfway events of slalom and elephantine slalom aboriginal successful the Milan Cortina Games arsenic she looks to adhd to her 2 golds and a metallic from her archetypal 2 Olympics.

Johnson missed retired connected a 2nd medal, having won the downhill connected Sunday.

Klaebo nears golden medal record

Don't beryllium amazed if Johannes Høsflot Klæbo soon holds the all-time grounds for golden medals astatine the Winter Games.

The Norwegian cross-country prima powered to his 2nd consecutive Olympic golden — and seventh of his vocation — by winning the men’s sprint. He was a comfy 0.8 seconds up of Ben Ogden of the United States.

Klæbo moved to 1 golden down 3 compatriots: Marit Bjørgen, Bjørn Dæhlie and Ole Einar Bjørndalen, each of whom person retired with a record-tying eight. Bjørgen and Dæhlie besides were cross-country skiers. Bjørndalen won his golden medals successful biathlon, which combines cross-country skiing with shooting.

Klæbo tin articulation them by winning the 10-kilometer freestyle connected Friday. He already won the skiathlon connected Sunday for his sixth gold.

In the women's final, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden watched arsenic the state swept the medals. Linn Svahn edged defending champion Jonna Sundling and Maja Dahlqvist was third.

Emotions tally precocious for Norwegian medalists in

biathlon

It was an affectional time for Norway's medal winners astatine the biathlon.

After winning the men’s 20-kilometer idiosyncratic race, Johan-Olav Botn paid tribute to a Norway teammate who died successful the lead-up to the Olympics.

Botn pointed to the entity arsenic helium crossed the enactment successful grant of Sivert Guttorm Bakken, who was recovered dormant successful his edifice country successful Lavaze, Italy, successful December.

Sturla Holm Laegreid won the bronze medal and past gave rather the post-race interview, revealing — portion warring backmost tears — successful a unrecorded broadcast that helium had been unfaithful to his girlfriend.

The golds for Botn and Klæbo took Norway to six wide — 3 much than immoderate different federation truthful far.

Swedish siblings triumph curling's mixed doubles

Isabella and Rasmus Wranå, Sweden’s first-ever squad of siblings astatine the Winter Olympics, won golden successful mixed doubles curling by beating U.S. brace Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin.

A two-point play by Isabella disconnected the last stone of a choky lucifer sealed a 6-5 triumph for the Swedish duo, who utilized to beryllium rival players and present are Olympic champions together.

The Americans won a archetypal medal successful Olympic mixed doubles, and Thiesse became the archetypal American pistillate to seizure a medal successful curling.

Taubitz adds to German dominance successful luge

Gold successful women’s singles luge went to Germany — again.

Julia Taubitz became the 13th victor from Germany successful 17 editions, finishing astir a afloat 2nd up of Elina Bota of Latvia aft 4 runs implicit 2 days. Ashley Farquharson took bronze, the 3rd singles medal ever for USA Luge astatine the Olympics and matching the champion decorativeness by an American women’s slider.

An Olympic golden completes Taubitz’s resume. Now-retired German large Natalie Geisenberger won the past 3 golden medals.

Medal No. 12 for Fontana successful abbreviated way speedskating

Twenty years later, Italian abbreviated way speedskater Arianna Fontana is inactive winning medals astatine the Winter Olympics.

The latest was a golden successful the mixed squad relay. That took her to 3 golds and 12 medals wide successful an Olympic vocation that started successful 2006 — erstwhile she was 15 — astatine the Winter Games successful Turin.

Fontana was already the astir decorated abbreviated way speedskater of each clip and there’s chances for much medals successful the 500 and the 3,000 relay astatine the 2026 Olympics.

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