What to KnowMedal favorite Ilia Malinin made a big individual Olympic debut in the men’s short program, putting him in first place heading into Friday’s free skate, which will help determine who makes the podium for the men’s figure skating competition.Team USA women’s hockey dominated one of the most highly anticipated matchups of the Milan Cortina Games, taking down the arch rival Canadians 5-0 and advancing to the quarterfinals.Ashley Farquharson made history for Team USA, winning bronze in the luge women’s singles event and becoming just the second American woman to ever medal in the sport.The mixed doubles curling duo of Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse won silver after losing to Sweden in the final. It marked the first gold medal game appearance for the U.S. in mixed doubles since the event made its Olympic debut in 2018.Alpine skiers Breezy Johnson and Mikaela Shiffrin couldn’t hold the lead for Team USA, finishing fourth in the women’s team combined event. But fellow Americans Paula Moltzan and Jackie Wiles are taking home the bronze.U.S. skier Alex Hall took silver in men’s slopestyle, while Ben Ogden also grabbed silver in cross-country skiing — America’s first medal in the event since 1976.
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