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| Today brings one of the most-anticipated events of these Olympics: the women's hockey gold medal game, featuring Team Canada vs. Team USA at 1:10 p.m. ET. Pass the time until puck drop with a little preview, plus the rest of the best from Milano Cortina.
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🏅🏒 In the market for new hardware Source: Getty Images The GIST: It's all hockey, all the time with the Team USA women's gold medal game against Canada set for today at 1:10 p.m. ET while the boys recover from yesterday's taxing quarter-final (QF) dub. Channel your inner Herb Brooks — great moments are born from great opportunity, after all. 💪 Team USA enters the women's final as heavy favorites: Dominant doesn't even do it justice — the red, white, and blue have demolished the competition since arriving in Milan, allowing just one goal across six games. That notably includes a 5–0 group-stage win over their forever foe Canadians. In
😅 American men skate into semis with narrow 2–1 overtime QF win: It's always a great day to beat Sweden at the Olympics, but yesterday's game was a nailbiter. The Swedes evened the score at 1–1 with just 91 seconds to go, sending the game to sudden death 3-on-3 overtime. That's where defenseman Quinn Hughes banished those Victorian ghosts and nailed the game-winner.
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| 🏒 Team USA's quarter-final win wasn't the only men's hockey game that required extra time: Both Canada and Finland needed overtime to book semifinal tickets, beating Czechia and Switzerland, respectively, while Slovakia dismantled Germany 6–2 in regulation. 🥇⛷️ American skiing icon Mikaela Shiffrin closed her Milano Cortina Games with slalom gold yesterday, defeating her closest competitor by 1.5 seconds — the largest margin of victory in an Olympic Alpine skiing event since 1998. Crown her. ⛸️ Japan could sweep the women's individual figure skating podium today, with three athletes in the top four after Tuesday's short program. But if anyone can end the American women's 20-year Olympic medal drought, it's Alysa Liu, the reigning world champ who is currently in third.
💨⛸️ American speed skating star Jordan Stolz will compete for his third gold of the Games today, starring in the 10:30 a.m. ET men's 1,500m race — an event he won the World Cup less than one month ago. Pop that corn. 🥌 The American women's curling squad is still seeking their first semis berth since 2002 after losing to defending gold medalists Great Britain yesterday. The red, white, and blue must win their final round robin game against Switzerland today at 8:05 a.m. ET in order to advance — no pressure.
🥉🏂 Team USA snowboarder Jake Canter stunned the competition by taking bronze in the slopestyle competition yesterday, an incredible feat especially considering the 22-year-old nearly died in a trampoline training accident 10 years ago. 🎿🏔️ Ski mountaineering will make its Olympic debut today, with the women's final slated for 7:55 a.m. ET and the men's following shortly after at 8:15 a.m. ET.
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🐺 A photo finish Source: Forbes The latest breakout star from the Games? Nazgul, the dog that stormed the cross-country skiing course as the women's team sprint qualifying race wrapped yesterday. He crossed the line (with his own photo finish from Omega, the official Olympic timekeeper) and celebrated with the athletes in the post-race area with plenty of pets to go around. The goodest boy. |
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