• American figure skaters are up: “Quad God” Ilia Maninin performed his trademark backflip at the men’s singles short program today. Earlier, Maxim Naumov, who triumphed over tragedy, gave a moving performance earlier in the event.
• 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.
• 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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