AP PHOTOS: Valieva, Shiffrin stumble on Day 13 of Olympics

Feb 17, 2022, 5:41 AM | Updated: 8:02 pm

Canada's Marie-Philip Poulin (29) celebrates with her gold medal after the women's gold medal hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

(AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Canada's Jamie Lee Rattray (47) waits for the start of the women's gold medal hockey game against the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

A skater warms up ahead of the women's free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Bronze medal finishers Japan pose after a venue ceremony after the cross-country skiing competition of the team Gundersen large hill/4x5km at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Kong Fanying of China passes a gate at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

China's Li Fanghui competes during the women's halfpipe qualification at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

The flags of Canada, the United States, and Finland are presented during the medal ceremony after Canada defeated the United States in the women's gold medal hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Tereza Nova of the Czech Republic struggles to maintain control during the women's combined downhill at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Italy's Lucrezia Fantelli reacts as she is carried away by officials after an injury during the women's cross finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Norway's Espen Bjoernstad leads a group during the cross-country skiing competition of the team Gundersen large hill/4x5km at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

New Zealand's Ben Harrington crashes into the edge of the course during the men's halfpipe qualification at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Canadian athletes hold their bouquets between their legs to wear their face masks during the medal ceremony for the men's 5000-meters relay short track speedskating at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Germany's Daniela Maier, right, crosses the finish line a head of Switzerland's Fanny Smith and Canada's Brittany Phelan, left, during the women's cross semifinal at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Melanie Hasler and Nadja Pasternack of Switzerland speed along the track during a 2-woman bobsled training at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States, reacts after falling in the women's combine slalom at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

A worker disinfects the ice rink after the women's gold medal hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Officials stand on the course as a gust of wind blows powder across the slopes of the course for the women's combined downhill at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Finland's Jon Sallinen collides with a cameraman during the men's halfpipe qualification at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

BEIJING (AP) — Whether it’s on the ice, in the air or on the slopes at the Winter Olympics, Associated Press photographers are there to capture every moment, from the thrilling to the heartbreaking to the whimsical.

Check out the best of the action from day 13 of the Olympics.

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