![]() ![]() Ted-Jan Bloemen (Canada) - 6:11.616 *Silver.Sven Kramer (Netherlands) - 6:09.76 *Gold *Olympic Record.Monique Lamoureux, Kendall Coyne and Dami Cameranesi scored for the United States after Finland's Velna Hovi opened the scoring in the first period.ġ0:46 - Women's Ice Hockey: Dami Cameranesi scores on Finland's empty net to increase the US's lead over Finland to 3-1.ġ0:02 - Speed skating (Oval): Sven Kramer has won the gold medal in the Men's 5000m after setting an Olympic record. Read the full storyġ0:48 - Women's Ice Hockey: The United States beats Finland 3-1 in their first game of the preliminary round. Dominik Windisch (Italy): 23:46.5 *Bronzeġ3:00 - Women's Ice Hockey: Canada and the Olympic Athletes from Russia face off in their preliminary round game.ġ2:15 - Biathlon: The Men's 10-kilometer sprint is underway! Each athlete will start staggered and the man with the best time will wind the gold.ġ1:00 - South Korea is investigating the cyber breach that occurred at Friday's opening ceremony.Michal Krcmar (Czech Republic): 23:43.2 *Silver.Crhis Mazdzer had the fastest third run with a time of 47.534 seconds.ġ3:21 - Biathlon: Germany's Arnd Peiffer has secured the victory in the 10-kilometer sprint! Canada registered 15 shots in the first period, OAR only five.ġ3:23 - Luge: Felix Loch leads the field in the men's individual luge going into the final run (begins 14:00 CET). The Olympic Athletes from Russia still only have five shots in the game.ġ3:43 - Women's Ice Hockey: Canada and the Olympic Athletes from Russia are scoreless at the first intermission. Meghan Augusta picks up the puck off of a turnover in the neutral zone and Melanie Daoust, who one-times her finish for the goal.ġ4:03 - Canada doubles their lead over the Olympic Athletes from Russia with a power play goal from Haley Irwin.ġ3:59 - Women's Ice Hockey: Canada takes the 1-0 lead as Rebecca Johnson one-times a shot in front of goal. That result powers them to the top of Group A, a superior goal difference putting them ahead of the US.ġ4:55 - Luge: David Gleirscher takes the gold medal in men's individual luge, preventing Germany's Felix Loch, a two-time gold medalist, from completing his Olympic hat trick.ġ4:33 - Luge: Huge mistake from Felix Loch! He is now off the podium after leading in total time for the first three rounds.ġ4:30 - Women's Ice Hockey: Behind three second-period goals - from Rebecca Johnson, Haley Irwin and Melanie Daoust - Canada takes a 3-0 lead over the Olympic Athletes from Russia.ġ4:25 - Freestyle Skiing: France's Perrine Laffont has won gold in Ladies' Moguls, with Justine Dufour-Lapointe of Canada winning the silver and Yulia Galysheva of Kazakhstan the bronze.ġ4:22 - Women's Ice Hockey: Canada strike again in the second period to take a 3-0 lead over the Olympic Athletes from Russia. Thanks for your company.ġ5:09 - Women's Ice Hockey: Canada added to that 3-0 second-period lead to beat the Olympic Athletes from Russia 5-0. One of the biggest stories of the early morning was seventeen-year-old Red Gerard winning the slopestyle snowboarding event, becoming the first Winter Olympic medallist born this millennium.īe sure to join us tomorrow, when medals will be decided for eight events including biathlon, figure skating and freestyle skiing. Perrine Laffont won France's first gold medal of the Games, beating defending champion Justine Dufour-Lapointe to win the freestyle women's moguls. ![]() ![]() "I think my secret is that I'm really enjoying the sport and I really love what I'm doing," Kramer said modestly afterwards. Kramer came from behind to beat favorite Ted-Jan Bloemen from Canada and set an Olympic record in the process. Sven Kramer didn't just win his third consecutive Olympic gold in the men's 5,000 meter speed skating event, he did so in record time. "I don't know how this could happen," Peiffer said afterwards. It was Germany's second biathlon gold in as many days after Laura Dahlmeier took home gold in the women's sprint. Peiffer won a relay silver in 2014, but went one better in Pyeongchang. Arnd Peiffer beat France's Martin Fourcade to win the men's biathlon 10km sprint. Austria's David Gleirscher took gold, and Germany did get a medal - Johannes Ludwig took home bronze.Īll of this came after the day had started brilliantly for Germany. In his final run, Loch threw away a huge lead as a tiny error in judgement cost him big. The day ended with heartbreak for Germany as luge star Felix Loch (pictured above) missed out on a medal of any color in his pursuit of a record-equalling third straight men's singles gold. Day 2 of the Winter Olympics delivered an Olympic record, a major upset in the luge and an earthquake, as the drama of the Games continued.Īfter a 4.7 magnitude quake hit eastern South Korea - the epicentre was around 260 kilometers from the Games - and the heavy winds that saw the women's slopestyle qualification postponed died down, the sporting drama got underway. ![]()
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