#WinterOlympics /d6tTKBYAIZ- NBC Olympics February 17, 2022Īmericans Mariah Bell and Alysa Liu got their Olympic moments. Shcherbakova stared blankly away from the cameras while Trusova descended into tears.īecause Valieva finished off the podium, the women will receive medals, which would not have been the case had she medaled.Īfter the conclusion of the free skate competition, these are the top 9 skaters. Her teammates and training partners Anna Shcherbakova and Alexandra Trusova won gold and silver, but their triumphs were marred by Valieva's result. The 15-year-old sobbed after receiving her score.

Widely expected to win gold, she fell on two quads and stepped out of other jumps to finish off the podium. ROC - Shcherbakova, not Valieva - wins figure skating goldĪfter a week of intense scrutiny, pressure and criticism for her positive doping test, ROC's Kamila Valieva skated her worst performance of the season to finish fourth. Canada beat the United States in women's hockey, and after a promising start in the combined, Mikaela Shiffrin skied out in her final individual race. The win guaranteed the Brits their first medal of these Games.Įarlier in the Olympic action, if you're a fan of Team USA - or just a fan of watching the world's best - Wednesday night (Eastern time) was tough to watch. The Americans, skippered by John Shuster, were the reigning gold medalists. Liu (total score of 208.95) and Bell (total score of 202.30) both finished in the top 10, earning seventh and 10th place, respectively.Įlsewhere Thursday morning, Great Britain defeated the USA in the men's curling semifinal.

Americans Mariah Bell, Alysa Liu and Karen Chen were also in the field. Russian skater Kamila Valieva, who tested positive for banned heart drug trimetazidine in December but was cleared to skate Monday by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, finished off the podium - despite earning the top score in the short program - after a mistake-laden free skate. The controversial women's figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics came to a close Thursday.

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