March 29, 2024

Once again, US will meet Canada for women’s hockey gold

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — The United States will play for a gold medal in women’s hockey for the third straight Olympics.

Four-time defending champion Canada will be waiting for them.

The Americans had a 5-0 victory over Finland in the semifinals, a score that Canada matched against the Russians later Monday to set up the gold medal showdown between the two premier women’s hockey powers.

In the two-man bobsled, the Canadians had to share a gold medal with Germany in a rare dead heat.

The two other golds awarded on Day 10 at the Pyeongchang Games went to Norway, which won the men’s large hill team ski jumping and 500-meter speedskating race to lift its tally to 11 golds.

Earlier, Canada’s Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir broke their own record in the ice dancing short program with 83.67 points.

The French pair of Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron overcame a wardrobe malfunction to place second. Americans Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue are in third, two-hundredths of a point ahead of their compatriots, Maia and Alex Shibutani.

In women’s hockey, the United States will be trying to win its first gold medal since 1998. Canada has won the last four gold medals.

Dani Cameranesi scored two goals and added an assist to push the Americans to their big win over Finland. The 22-year-old Cameranesi is playing in her first Olympics.

Curling Controversy

A doping charge against curling bronze medalist Alexander Krushelnitsky could keep Russia from being reinstated before the end of the Winter Olympics.
IOC spokesman Mark Adams confirmed the positive test and said it could have "consequences" in evaluating the behavior of the Russian team.
Russian athletes are participating as "Olympic Athletes from Russia."

The IOC suspended the Russian Olympic Committee last year in connection with a massive doping scheme at the 2014 Sochi Olympics but allowed 168 athletes to compete under neutral uniforms and without the national flag.