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Roundup of Olympic gold medals from Saturday, Feb. 19

Feb 18, 2022, 12:08 PM | Updated: Feb 19, 2022, 5:13 pm

From left silver medal winner United States' David Wise, gold medal winner New Zealand's Nico Porte...

From left silver medal winner United States' David Wise, gold medal winner New Zealand's Nico Porteous and bronze medal winner United States's Alex Ferreira celebrate during the venue award ceremony for the men's halfpipe at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)


              Team Sweden celebrates their win in the men's curling final match between Britain and Sweden at the Beijing Winter Olympics Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
            
              Silver medal finisher Russian athlete Alexander Bolshunov reacts during a venue ceremony after the men's weather-shortened 50km mass start free cross-country skiing competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
            
              From left silver medal winner United States' David Wise, gold medal winner New Zealand's Nico Porteous and bronze medal winner United States's Alex Ferreira celebrate during the venue award ceremony for the men's halfpipe at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
            
              Bart Swings of Belgium reacts after winning the gold medal in the men's speedskating mass start finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
            
              Irene Schouten of the Netherlands reacts after winning the gold medal in the women's speedskating mass start finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

BEIJING (AP) — A roundup of gold medals from Saturday, Feb. 19, at the Beijing Games:

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BOBSLED

2-WOMAN

Laura Nolte and Mariama Jamanka added to Germany’s record haul of Olympic sliding medals, while Elana Meyers Taylor of the U.S. extended her medal record with a bronze.

Nolte drove to gold and Jamanka won the silver, pushing Germany to eight gold medals in nine sliding events in Beijing. That’s more than any nation has ever won in sliding at any Olympics.

Meyers Taylor, in possibly her last race, grabbed the bronze for the fifth medal of her Olympic career. That’s more than any Black athlete in Winter Olympic history. It’s also the most by any women’s bobsledder and two more than any other Olympic bobsledder, male or female, has won for the U.S.

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CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING

MEN’S 30KM MASS START

Alexander Bolshunov sprinted to his third Olympic gold medal, winning a 30-kilometer mass start cross-country ski race that was rescheduled and shortened because of strong wind and frigid temperatures.

The Russian was part of a five-man breakaway in the final kilometer. He pushed ahead on the final climb into the stadium, taking the title in 1 hour, 11 minutes, 32.7 seconds.

Russian teammate Ivan Yakimushkin crossed the line 5.5 seconds behind for silver, and Simen Hegstad Krueger of Norway took bronze, 7 seconds behind.

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CURLING

MEN’S

Four years after losing in the Pyeongchang final to American upstart John Shuster, Niklas Edin led Sweden to the gold medal on Saturday, beating Britain 5-4 in the first extra-end men’s final in Olympic history.

With the medal podium already set up, and Canada standing by to collect the bronze it won Friday by ending the Americans’ repeat hopes, Edin took advantage of the last-rock advantage in the first tiebreaker end and put his penultimate stone into the center of the target area.

When British skip Bruce Mouat failed to knock it out on a ricochet, the Swedes had clinched it. They paused — it’s not polite to celebrate an opponent’s miss — and then let out a yell.

Their alternate and coaching staff hurried down to the ice to join the celebration.

WOMEN’S

Sweden defeated Switzerland 9-7 to win the bronze medal.

It was the fifth straight Olympic medal for the Swedes. They won gold in 2018, 2010 and 2006 and silver in 2014. Switzerland has not medaled since finishing second at the Turin Games in 2006.

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FIGURE SKATING

PAIRS

China’s Sui Wenjing and Han Cong captured the gold that eluded them by a razor-thin margin four years ago, this time winning the pairs figure skating program by nearly as narrow an edge at the Beijing Games.

The two-time world champions, buoyed by the support of a carefully selected crowd of Chinese supporters, scored a world-record 239.88 points to edge Russia’s Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov by 63 hundredths of a point.

Sui and Han had to settle for silver in Pyeongchang by 43 hundredths of a point.

China got its ninth gold medal at these Games, nearly double its previous Winter Olympics best of five.

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FREESTYLE SKIING

MEN’S HALFPIPE

Nico Porteous of New Zealand overcame the swirling wind to win the Olympic ski halfpipe final on a day when many skiers couldn’t land their best tricks due to the strong gusts.

Porteous scored a 93 in his opening run on a bitterly cold and breezy morning in the last event at the Genting Snow Park. His score held up in tough conditions where skiers struggled to link big air and spins.

Two-time Olympic champion David Wise took home the silver with his first-run score of 90.75. The 31-year-old Wise was the only winner the men’s event had ever known. Alex Ferreira of the United States threw down a strong first run, twirling his right ski pole at the bottom in elation, to end up with the bronze.

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HOCKEY

MEN’S

Slovakia won its first Olympic hockey medal in the nation’s history, defeating Sweden 4-0 to win the bronze.

Juraj Slafovsky scored two goals for Slovakia. Slafkovsky at 17 is the youngest player in the tournament and leads all scorers with seven goals.

Slovakia is coached by Canada-born Craig Ramsay. Ramsay played 14 NHL seasons and was an assistant in the league for two decades.

SPEEDSKATING

MEN’S MASS START

Bart Swings of Belgium captured the gold medal in the final men’s speedskating event of the Beijing Olympics, the mass start.

Swings improved on the silver medal he won in the frenetic event at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. South Korea grabbed the other medals, with Chung Jae Won taking the silver and defending Olympic champion Lee Seung Hoon settling for bronze this time.

Three-time world champion Joey Mantia of the United States just missed out on a medal. He posted the same time as Lee, but the replay showed the tip of the South Korean’s skate crossed the line just ahead of Mantia’s blade.

WOMEN’S MASS START

Irene Schouten of the Netherlands won her third gold medal of the Beijing Olympics, outsprinting Canada’s Ivanie Blondin to win the women’s mass start.

In the final speedskating event of the Winter Games, Schouten established herself as the biggest star at the Ice Ribbon with a furious push to line to beat Blondin by 0.06 seconds.

Schouten let out a scream as she crossed the line, adding to her gold medals in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters. In a nifty bookend, she won the first and last speedskating events in Beijing.

Blondin settled for the silver, while the bronze went to Italy’s Francesca Lollobrigida.

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Roundup of Olympic gold medals from Saturday, Feb. 19