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It's the grand finale! | ||
| That's right, the last weekend of the Milano Cortina Olympics has arrived (*sniffs*), but there's still a whole lot of hardware to be awarded before the Games come to a close on Sunday. And while you scroll the latest headlines, send us your favorite Olympic moment from the last two weeks. We're all in this together, after all. | ||
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🥇🏒 Never in doubt Source: AP The GIST: It's not how you start, it's how you finish — and yesterday, Team USA women's hockey embraced the adage, posting a dramatic 2–1 overtime comeback to clinch their third-ever gold medal…all against their archrival Canada, no less. Here's how the historic dub went down. 💪 Captain
🥹 The end of an era: The story of this fierce hockey rivalry cannot be told without the aforementioned Knight and Canada's Marie-Philip Poulin. They've been the faces of women's hockey for the better part of two decades. Knight holds Team USA's Olympic scoring record; Poulin is the Olympics' all-time leading scorer. Together, they've transformed the game.
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🥇⛸️ This one was all about joy Source: Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images The GIST: For the first time in 24 years, an American woman has won individual Olympic figure skating gold: Former retiree Alysa Liu rose to the occasion yesterday, clinching the title with a breathtaking freeskate. Grab some tissues because this story's inspiring as heck. 👏 Liu tops the podium two years after un-retiring: A child figure skating prodigy, Liu said goodbye to the sport at 16 years old following her Olympic debut at the 2022 Beijing Games, where she finished sixth. Suffering from serious burnout, Liu gave up skating entirely, but two years later, she called her former coaches and plotted a return — this time, on her terms.
☝️💐 One more thing: We'd be remiss not to mention Liu's teammate, Amber Glenn. Ahead of Tuesday's short program, it was Glenn and her impressive triple axel — not Liu — who was favored to win gold, but a jumping error cost her a spot on the podium and landed her in 13th place heading into the medal round.
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| Snapshots of The Day |
| 🏒 On the heels of the women's golden moment, Team USA men's hockey returns to the ice today, facing Slovakia at 3:10 p.m. ET. If the boys win, they'll face the winner of today's Canada vs. Finland semi in the gold medal game Sunday at 8:10 a.m. ET. *knocks on wood* 🥉🏒 Switzerland rounded out the women's hockey podium, securing bronze after sharpshooting forward Alina Müller lit the lamp in overtime — her second career Olympic medal-clinching goal — to seal the 2–1 win over Sweden. So clutch. ⛷️ Ten-time Olympic gold medalist Johannes Høsflot Klæbo of Norway can complete the cross-country skiing sweep if he wins his sixth gold of the Milano Cortina Olympics in the 50km mass start tomorrow at 5 a.m. ET.
💨⛸️ American speed skater Jordan Stolz snagged his first silver medal of the Games yesterday, coming up short in the men's 1,500m. But he can still become the first men's speed skater since 1994 to win three golds at one Olympics if he wins tomorrow's mass start. 🥌 A spot in the women's curling gold medal game is on the line for Team USA, who'll face Switzerland in the semis today at 8:05 a.m. ET. Manifesting some déjà vu. ⛷️ American freestyle skiers Svea Irving and Kate Gray qualified for tomorrow's women's halfpipe final, joining top finisher Zoe Atkin of New Zealand and Eileen Gu of China in the 12-woman field. Steeze, loading. 🎿 The inaugural Skimo medals were awarded yesterday, with Switzerland's Marianne Fatton and Spain's Oriol Cardona Coll taking home women's and men's gold, respectively. It was an extra special moment for Cardona Coll, Spain's first Winter gold medalist since 1972. |
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🇺🇸 Dressing for revenge | ||
| Hilary Knight may have been the MVP of Team USA's gold medal game, but the MVP of the fans? That's Team USA defender Haley Winn's three older brothers, who have been throwing some legendary patriotic 'fits in support of their sister and her teammates, lighting up TikTok in the process. Which one is your favorite? | ||
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