This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Gonzaga chapter.
As the Olympics come to a close, let’s recap what medals Team USA is taking home! Team USA took home 23 medals. 9 Gold, 8 Silver, and 6 Bronze. Keep reading to see the events where Team USA made it to the podium.
- Men’s Slope Style Snowboarding (GOLD, Red Gerard)
- Men’s Singles Luge (SILVER, Chris Mazdzer) (This was the first ever US medal in the luge!)
- Women’s Slopestyle Snowboarding (GOLD, Jamie Anderson)
- Figure Skating Team (BRONZE, Team USA Figure Skating)
- Men’s Big Air Snowboarding (SILVER, Kyle Mack)
- Women’s Halfpipe Snowboarding (GOLD, Chloe Kim)
- Women’s Halfpipe Snowboarding (BRONZE, Arielle Gold)
- Men’s Halfpipe Snowboarding (GOLD, Shaun White)
- Women’s Girat Slalom Alpine Skiing (GOLD, Mikaela Shiffrin)
- Women’s Alpine Skiing Combined (SILVER, Mikaela Shiffrin)
- Men’s 1,000-Meter Short-Track Speed Skating (SILVER, John-Henry Krueger)
- Men’s Slopestyle Freeskiing (SILVER, Nick Goepper)
- Women’s Hockey (GOLD, Team USA)
- Ice Dancing (BRONZE, Alex and Maia Shibutani)
- Women’s Freeskiing Halfpipe (BRONZE, Brita Sigourney)
- Women’s Downhill Alpine Skiing (BRONZE, Lindsey Vonn)
- Women’s Cross-Country Team Sprint Free (GOLD, Jessie Diggins, Kikkan Randall)
- Women’s Bobsled (SILVER, Lauren Gibbs, Elana Meyers Taylor)
- Women’s Team Pursuit Speed Skating (BRONZE, Heather Bergsma, Brittany Bowe, Mia Manganello, Carlijn Schoutens)
- Women’s Big Air Snowboarding (SILVER, Jamie Anderson)
- Men’s Freeskiing Halfpipe (GOLD, David Wise)
- Men’s Freeskiing Halfpipe (SILVER, Alex Ferreira)
- Men’s Curling Tournament (GOLD, George Tyler, Matt Hamilton, John Landsteiner, John Shuster, Joe Polo)
It’s sad that the Olympics have come to a close, but it was an amazing program this year! Team USA spent countless hours preparing for this competition and did an amazing job! Each individual and team put their best foot forward, and it will be amazing to see what they have for us in 2022. Go Team USA!