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• Sweden beats USA in a nail-biter: Team USA’s Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse will take home silver in mixed doubles curling. Thiesse made history as the first American woman to earn an Olympic medal in curling.
• American figure skaters are up: “Quad God” Ilia Maninin will perform shortly at the men’s singles short program. Maxim Naumov, who triumphed over tragedy, gave a moving performance earlier in the event.
• Defying IOC: Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych told CNN he will wear his helmet featuring images of athletes killed during the war in Ukraine despite IOC guidelines banning the headgear.
• Mikaela Shiffrin misses medal: The superstar placed fourth with teammate Breezy Johnson in alpine skiing women’s team combined.
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Daniel Grassl tops figure skating leaderboard in front of home fans
That was a popular score.
Daniel Grassl of Italy just received 93.46 points for his routine and that sees him sit top of the leaderboard, leapfrogging South Korean skater Cha Jun-hwan.
The hundreds of Italians in this arena went crazy, many waving their nation’s flag.
Power play goal gives USA a 3-0 lead
During the intermission, Team USA’s Caroline Harvey told NBC, “They’re our rivals for a reason.”
It didn’t take very long into the second period for some of that fire to be displayed on the ice. Canada’s Sarah Fillier received a two-minute penalty for interference after skating into the path of Abbey Murphy and knocking her over.
Down 2-0, it proved to be a bad penalty to take.
On the ensuing power play, Kirsten Simms scored for the US, with Murphy picking up her second assist of the game.
Referees initially reviewed the play to determine if the puck had crossed the goal line and after that was confirmed, Team Canada challenged the play, citing goalie interference.
The challenge was unsuccessful and Team USA takes a commanding 3-0 lead, while outshooting Canada 15-5.
This doesn’t feel like a rivalry game so far.
"Unchained Melody" rings around Milano Ice Skating Arena
It may not have got the biggest score, but Latvia’s Deniss Vasiljevs proved popular with the crowd for his song choice.
He slid around the ice to a version of Roy Orbison’s “Unchained Melody” and you could see fans and journalists alike singing along under their breath.
Among a couple of soft toys thrown to the ice was a red rose. It’s all got a bit romantic up in here.
USA takes 2-0 lead into the first intermission
Abby Murphy used her speed to beat the Canadian defender down the ice and sneak a pass back to Hannah Bilka, who buried the second goal of the game to give Team USA a commanding lead.
What an opening period for Caroline Harvey, who now has a goal and an assist in this game.
The first period winds down with Team Canada clearly struggling in the absence of their captain.
“They give us their best game always and they come out relentless. So having a game plan and an attack to counter that – it’s hard – but they are our rivals for a reason and we love playing them,” Harvey told NBC during the first intermission.
Canada will want a rebuttal in the second period.
Slovenian siblings win ski jumping mixed team gold
Slovenia were wire-to-wire winners in the ski jumping mixed team event in Predazzo, defending their gold medal in the event from Beijing 2022.
Slovenia’s four-person team includes the brother-and-sister duo of Domen and Nika Prevc, who are each competing in their first Olympic Games. Nika won silver in the women’s normal hill individual ski jumping event on Saturday.
Anze Lanisek and Nika Vodan round out the Slovenian squad.
The quartet are the first gold medal winners of these Games for the mountainous European nation.
The Norwegian team took the silver medal in the event with Japan claiming the bronze.
Team USA's Andrew Torgashev momentarily top in men's figure skating
Andrew Torgashev got a huge round of applause from the hundreds of US fans inside the arena after finishing his stunning routine.
He clearly liked it too, and looked even happier after taking top spot on the leaderboard with a score of 88.94.
However, it didn’t last long. South Korean skater Cha Jun-hwan followed up with an even bigger score of 92.72.
We’re at the halfway point of this short program event and we still have Ilia Malinin to perform towards the end.
Small troop of children on figure skating teddy patrol
For those who don’t know, throwing soft toys onto the ice after a skater performs is a sign of appreciation in figure skating.
After most of the routines here tonight, at least one or two teddies have been thrown from the stands onto the rink.
To keep competition going, there is a small gaggle of children on a bleacher near the ice, tasked with racing on and picking up the toys as quickly as possible.
It’s a smooth operation and one that the kids are quite clearly loving.
Team USA jumps out to early lead as archrival Canada is without its captain
Canadian captain Marie-Philip Poulin is not playing in the first matchup between archrivals Team Canada and Team USA after exiting Monday’s win over the Czech Republic with a lower-body injury.
Known as “Captain Clutch” for her gold medal-winning goals in three different Olympics (she’s played in five), Poulin is widely considered the best women’s hockey player on the planet.
And in her absence, the US jumped out to an early lead.
A defensive breakdown by Canada gave Caroline Harvey a clear path to the net just about five minutes into the first period.
Although still in the preliminary round, every game between the USA and Canada is highly anticipated and hotly contested in hockey. They’re the only two countries to have ever won Olympic or world championship gold. Officially, this game is likely just for seeding but most people assume it’s also a preview of the eventual gold-medal game later this month.
Emotions running high at men's figure skating
The brilliant performance from Maxim Naumov really set the tone for tonight’s action here at the Ice Skating Arena in Milan.
The skaters are leaving it all on the ice, releasing their raw emotion on the biggest stage of them all.
The current leader is Canada’s Stephen Gogolev, with Ukraine’s Kyrylo Marsak in second.
Marsak dedicated his routine to his father, who is currently fighting on the frontline in Ukraine, and let out a massive roar after nailing his performance.
There has been some light to the shade, though. We’ve also had a dancing minion from Spain who currently sits seventh out of the 10 skaters who have so far performed.
US hockey star Caroline Harvey on “crazy” rivalry with Canada ahead of matchup
The ongoing sporting rivalry between Canada and the US has been witnessed all over this year’s Winter Olympics, but no event sees fiercer competition between the two nations than in hockey.
US star Caroline Harvey knows that more than anyone, having played and lost against Canada in the gold medal game back in Beijing 2022.
Back then, Harvey was the youngest in the team but has since grown in confidence and will look to be a serious factor when the two countries collide.
“It’s the most competitive game I think I’ve ever been in,” she told CNN Sports before heading to Milan.
“For the whole 60 minutes, back and forth, there’s no let-up. It’s either you’re defending or you’re on the pursuit, and it’s non-stop the whole game. We always go to overtime shootouts with them, and it is always the final buzzer. It’s crazy.”
The US will play Canada at 2:10 p.m. ET, with both teams predicted to meet again in the knockouts.
This American made history in Milan early on
Laila Edwards made history early on in Milan after becoming the first Black woman to feature in the US hockey team at a Winter Games.
Edwards made history when she took the ice at the Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena last Thursday, where she helped Team USA beat the Czech Republic 5-1 in its first preliminary round match.
“It means a lot. I take a lot of pride in it,” she told reporters after stepping off the ice in Milan.
“I’m just going to embrace it because representation matters, no matter how uncomfortable it can be. It’s for the next generation.
“I could not do interviews and not talk about it, but then the story doesn’t get out there. Maybe a little girl doesn’t see me, who looks like her. That’s what’s really important.”
Edwards and Team USA take to the ice against rival Canada at 2:10 p.m. ET.
Read more about Edwards’ life and career here, including how the Kelce brothers have helped her family.
US team celebrates bittersweet silver
With Swedish fans and US faithful exchanging chants, Cory Thiesse set up for the final throw of the mixed doubles curling gold-medal game. To near silence, the precision artist let the stone go, encouraging her partner Korey Dropkin to sweep hard.
Dropkin did but it wasn’t enough. The Swedes, needing only to knock one stone out of the way, did exactly that, securing the gold medal, 6-5.
Dropkin and Thiesse, clearly disappointed, hugged for a long time as the Swedes pumped their brooms in celebration. As workers prepped the sheets for the medal ceremony, Dropkin waved to the fans while the Swedes paraded their flag around the Cortina Curling Center.
The atmosphere was hold-your-breath tight throughout, the crowd only exhaling when the music pumped in between rounds.
Even though it wasn’t gold, this is Team USA’s first mixed doubles Olympic medal and Thiesse will go down in history. She is the first American woman to earn an Olympic medal in curling.
Sweden wins mixed doubles curling gold over Team USA
Sweden has pulled off the comeback in the 8th end! After a number of shots that are close together, Sweden manages to land two on the house to score twice and win 6-5 for gold.
It was a nail-biting ending here in Cortina d’Ampezzo, and you almost feel bad that Team USA has only come away with a silver given all that both teams have poured into this curling mixed doubles gold medal match.
US power play pays off to take 5-4 lead in penultimate end
Team USA used their power play in the seventh end, and the duo put themselves in a strong position on their penultimate throw of the round.
And despite Isabella Wranaa’s shot placing Sweden in a strong position just left of the button, Cory Thiesse responds with a fantastic take-out shot that scores two for the US.
The duo wheel away in celebration as they take a 5-4 lead heading into the 8th and possibly final end.
Sweden bests Team USA in sixth end of curling to regain lead
There is very little to split these two duos in this gold-medal match, and it’s not only showing in the score but also in how close together each team’s shots are.
That theme is kept up in the sixth when Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin nail a virtually perfect shot. But Sweden, which used their power play on this end, does the US one better on a draw shot that lands them a one-score lead.
Its now 4-3 Sweden as we head to the final two ends.
Maxim Naumov produces one of the defining moments of the Games
Anyone who has lost a loved one can maybe appreciate just how hard that must have been for Maxim Naumov – to not only keep his composure but to produce a season-best performance on the biggest stage of them all.
Emotions were running high before he had even started, with the words “Mom, Dad, this is for you” appearing on the big screens inside the arena.
You could hear a pin drop as he glided around the ice, seemingly in a bubble of his own.
When he dropped to his knees at the end of the routine, you could see a little bit of emotion come out before he composed himself and let out a beautiful smile which lit up the room.
I’m not sure exactly what Naumov said when he looked to the sky in the center of the rink with the crowd going crazy around him, but it felt like an incredibly touching and personal moment to witness.
His coaches were also living and breathing every moment of that routine from the side of the rink and they both gave him a massive hug as he took his seat to receive his score.
He then held up a childhood photo that showed both his parents holding his hand near an ice rink. There was barely a dry eye in the house at that moment, but Naumov maintained his smile and was seemingly happy with his score.
It was clear to anyone watching that moment was about more than just points.
Dropkin trying to keep mood light in tense gold-medal match
It’s definitely getting tense here at the Cortina Curling Center, but American Korey Dropkin is doing his best to lighten the mood. He danced to the tunes in between the fourth and fifth end and encouraged the crowd to up the volume on its U-S-A chants.
We’ve also already had two, “I love you, Korey!” screeches. Without question, the US side is a bit more boisterous — fans and curlers both — than the Swedes.
Ukrainian skeleton slider will defy IOC ban and wear commemorative helmet
Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych told CNN’s Amanda Davies he will defy the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and wear his helmet featuring images of athletes killed during the war in Ukraine.
The IOC earlier expressed understanding for Heraskevych’s situation but said that the helmet “contravenes” the governing body’s guidelines on political statements, offering to allow him to wear a black armband in commemoration instead.
In response, Heraskevych said at a news conference that he would wear the helmet regardless of the guidelines.
“Yes,” the slider said in reply to a question asking if he would defy the IOC’s decision. “If the IOC betrays these athletes, I will not betray them.”
US tie score at 3-3 in curling mixed doubles fifth end
There was a lot of strategy talk between the team in this fifth end as the duos discussed angles and positioning across the ice.
For Sweden, it didn’t pay off as the US have been able to level things. It wasn’t the two they were looking for after Sweden’s early double, but they are getting on the board.
There’s clear tension in a crowd that watches on in almost silence as we approach the final three ends.
Sweden's accuracy retakes lead over US in curling final
Team USA was starting to get into their groove here after a take-out shot lined them up to win the fourth end, but an incredibly accurate shot from the Swedes just about knocks off the US stone.
Team Sweden takes a 3-2 lead. It feels as though every end is going to have drama all the way up until crunch time in Cortina d’Ampezzo
