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Here is a wrap up of the last few American athletes that earned medals, plus a total medal count.
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| 2014 Olympic Games |
Although
the women’s hockey team was disappointed after their loss to the Canadian team
in the gold medal match, they did still earn themselves a silver medal.
After
barely advancing into finals, the men’s short track 5000 meter relay team
earned a silver medal, the only U.S. short track medal of the games.
By
earning gold in ladies’ slalom, 18-year-old Mikaela Shiffrin is now the
youngest Olympic slalom gold medalist in history.
Maddie
Bowman earned gold in the premier of the women’s halfpipe skiing event in the Winter
Olympics.
The
four-man bobsled team consisting of Steve Holcomb, Steven Langton, Curt
Tomasevicz, and Chris Fogt earned a bronze medal one of the final events of the
Games. With this medal, Holcomb has broken yet another 62-year drought set in
1952 by winning medals in both the two-man and four-man bobsled competitions
and is the first American bobsled driver to win three Olympic medals.
In
the final medal count, the United States earned 9 gold, 7 silver, and 12 bronze
medals for the second highest total of 28 medals. Russia had the highest total with
33 medals and the most gold with 13 medals.
The
Sochi Winter Olympics have come to a successful end, but right around the
corner are the Paralympics. They will air March 7-14 on NBC and will be featuring
700 Paralympic athletes.
