Team USA at Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games: Medals and Results

Cross-country skier Jessie Diggins made history for Team USA on the final day of Beijing 2022 with silver in the 30km mass start event.

Diggins, who won USA's first cross-country gold in the team sprint with Kikkan Randall at PyeongChang 2018, became the first American athlete to win two medals in the sport at the same Games having already taken individual sprint bronze.

Rosie Brennan was sixth with Sophia Laukli 15th and Novie McCabe 18th.

Mikaela Shiffrin almost ended up with a medal in the delayed alpine skiing mixed team event but USA lost out in the semi-finals 3-1 to Germany.

Then in the small final for bronze against Norway, Shiffrin was beaten by Thea Louise Stjernesund which left the Americans 2-1 down.

River Radamus needed to win his heat and go under 23.60 to secure victory for his team, but could only cross the line first in 24.04 leaving USA in fourth place.

In the four-man bobsleigh, Hunter Church finished 10th with Frank Delduca tied for 13th.

Below is a summary of all of United States' 25 medal moments in Beijing.

Diggins doubles Beijing medal count with mass start silver

Jessie Diggins completed a full set of Olympic medals in the 30km mass start on the final day of the Games.

The 30-year-old American gave valiant chase as Therese Johaug surged clear after 10km, and fought hard to stay clear of the pack with the Norwegian not for catching as she claimed her third individual gold in Beijing.

It was a lonely last 20km for Diggins as she finished over a minute and half behind the gold medallist, collapsing as she crossed the line 50 seconds clear of Finland's Kerttu Niskanen.

Diggins was ultra-consistent at these Games, finishing in the top eight in every race, and she was delighted to make the podium again.

She told Olympics.com afterwards, "Every last drop of energy went into that race for sure, and the last two laps my legs were cramping so I just kept trying to drink as much feeds as I could.

"We had amazing cheering out there and I was like, 'I just can't give up'. I put everything I have into the snow today and finished with nothing left."

As has become tradition, the medals for the women's 30km mass start were awarded during the Closing Ceremony with Diggins jumping for joy inside the Bird's Nest.

Wise just fails in freeski halfpipe hat-trick bid as Ferreira takes bronze

David Wise made a strong start to add to his golds from Sochi 2014 and PyeongChang 2018 as he put down a fine first run to score 90.75.

Teammate Alex Ferreira, who won silver at PyeongChang also got off on the right foot, scoring 86.75 to go into second place.

But then came New Zealand's PyeongChang bronze medallist Nico Porteous who took over at the top with a 93.00.

With windy conditions making life difficult for the skiers, the top three stayed like that with the same faces in different positions on the podium from four years ago in Korea.

Wise said, "It was a pretty wild day out there with the wind, but that's part of our competition - you can't always schedule it on the perfect day. I'm just super proud to be out here still hanging in there with these guys."

“It feels unreal. We're a bunch of workhorses, I guess," said Ferreira about sharing the podium with Wise again. "The hardest workers get up on the podium and Dave's a great friend of mine."

Another medal for Elana Meyers Taylor

If this was her last Olympic race, Elana Meyers Taylor went out on a high.

The 37-year-old and brakewoman Sylvia Hoffman took bronze in the two-woman bob behind Germany's Laura Nolte.

After missing out on flagbearing duties at the Opening Ceremony due to a positive Covid test, and struggling to even be fit for the monobob where she took silver behind Kaillie Humphries, this was another superb performance from Meyers Taylor.

In five Olympic bobsleigh races at four Games, Meyers Taylor has won five Olympic medals.

She told Olympics.com, "I'm at a loss for words, the feeling is incredible. For the two of us to come out here and win a medal... we've barely raced together at all this season so to put in the work and come away with a medal, I'm really speechless and over the moon."

Bowe secures first individual Olympic medal

At her third Games, Brittany Bowe finally won an individual Olympic speed skating medal.

World 1000m record holder Bowe finished third in the event in Beijing, behind Japan's Takagi Miho, as she added to her team pursuit bronze from PyeongChang 2018.

She said, "This is my third Olympics and the first time I've been able to come home with an individual medal. I was going for gold today but if I take a step back and a deep breath for a moment, I'm honoured and blessed to take home a medal.

"I left it all out there. Unfortunately I didn't bring home the gold, but I can rest easy tonight knowing that I left everything out there on the ice."

The 33-year-old joined fellow Ocala, Florida inline skating colleagues Erin Jackson and Joey Mantia in the making the podium at these Games.

Silver for women's hockey team

Canada claimed gold and bragging rights with a 3-2 victory in the Olympic women's hockey final.

Sarah Nurse and two goals from Marie-Philip Poulin put Canada into the lead before Hilary Knight hit back midway through the second period.

Amanda Kessel scored with 13 seconds to go but it was too little too late for the defending champions who had to settle for silver this time.

Knight said afterwards, "It's definitely tough. Losing isn't fun. But at the end of the day you're representing your country at a world stage and we came back with some sort of medal.

"I don't think we played up to our potential. I really like our team and we love each other and are willing to go through a wall for each other. At the end of the day, I am proud of our effort."

USA suffered a major setback in their Beijing opener when star forward Brianna Decker suffered a broken leg.

Captain Kendall Coyne Schofield said, "There's no quit in this team. We showed this tonight. We just ran out of time.

"Look at the adversity we've faced. You lose your best player. It never broke us. We stayed through it. We had a lot of grit and it showed what this team is made of."

Hall and Goepper go 1-2 in freeski slopestyle

USA had three live medal hopes in the final of the men's freestyle skiing slopestyle, but Big Air silver medallist Colby Stevenson was below his best on the day and finished in seventh.

But Alex Hall produced a superb first run high on innovation and creativity which would not be topped during the rest of the competition.

Hall told Olympics.com afterwards, "It definitely was the best slopestyle run I’ve ever done, mainly because it embodied everything I love about skiing and how I approach it and I didn’t fade away from that to try and maybe get bigger scores

"I’m really glad that the creativity was able to shine through and that got rewarded. A lot of those tricks were really, really hard for me -- especially that last jump."

Nick Goepper, who managed to watch his beloved Cincinnati Bengals' Super Bowl defeat when qualification was postponed because of the weather, repeated his silver from PyeongChang 2018 with a fine second run for 86.48.

This was a third medal at consecutive Games for Goepper who won bronze at Sochi 2014.

The 27-year-old, who has previously revealed his mental health struggles, said, "I feel awesome. Life is good. I'm super grateful for everything that's happened in the last couple of years. To get another medal out of another Olympics -- it's just a cool thing."

Bronze in speed skating men's team pursuit, but so close to gold

Joey Mantia followed his fellow Ocala, Florida native Erin Jackson in winning his first Olympic medal, but it could easily have been gold for Team USA.

The 36-year-old sat out the semi-final against ROC to rest with Ethan Cepuran stepping up to perform admirably alongside Casey Dawson and Emery Lehman.

In the best encounter of the day, ROC needed an Olympic record to win by just 0.43 and reach the final.

With Mantia back in the line-up, USA then comfortably defeated the Netherlands for bronze with ROC - clearly feeling the effects of their semi-final exertions - no match for gold medallists Norway.

The 36-year-old was relieved to break his Olympic duck on his third Games appearance saying, "I feel like now I can just breathe. The Olympics is such an amplifier. When you are on, it amplifies that and when you are not quite on, it amplifies that."

Megan Nick claims freestyle aerials bronze

Megan Nick completed Team USA's four-medal haul in a dramatic conclusion to the individual women's aerials event.

She and mixed team gold medallist Ashley Caldwell were both among the six finalists.

Nick chose one of less technically difficult jumps - a back full-double full - but executed it almost perfectly to go into second place before Sochi 2014 silver medallist Xu Mengtao took a narrow lead from Hanna Huskova of Belarus.

Caldwell was last to go after topping the first run and went for a high tariff jump, but could not stick her landing and had to settle for fourth.

Despite her disappointment, she was quick to congratulate Nick and then her perennial rival Xu who had the Olympic gold she so craved on home snow.

Ice dance bronze for Hubbell/Donohue

Having helped USA to second place in the team event, Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue produced the third best free dance of the day to take bronze.

The duo lay third after Saturday's rhythm dance, three points ahead of teammates Madison Chock and Evan Bates.

Four years ago, they held a narrow third place after the rhythm dance ahead of fellow Americans Maia and Alex Shibutani - aka the Shib Sibs - but lost that advantage in the free dance and finished fourth.

This time, they did hold on - beating Chock and Bates' free dance by just a quarter of a point - to make the podium and clinch the USA's third figure skating medal in Beijing.

Monobob delight for USA duo

Kaillie Humphries dominated the inaugural Olympic women's monobob competition from start to finish to her third bobsleigh gold and her first since switching from Canada.

Behind her was her perennial rival Elana Meyers Taylor who, having overcome Covid to make it to the start line, rose from fourth after day one to take silver.

The pair have been prime campaigners for a second bobsleigh category for women which they wanted to be a four-woman bob.

But they have relished the challenge of the monobob with Meyers Taylor, at 37, the oldest woman to win an Olympic bobsleigh medal.

Humphries, one year her junior, underlined her reputation as one of the greatest bobsleigh pilots in history, and few would bet against her winning another gold in the two-woman bob which starts on Friday.

Erin Jackson makes speed skating history in 500m

Erin Jackson became the first Black woman to win an Olympic speed skating medal, claiming Team USA's sixth gold in Beijing in the 500m on Sunday.

Jackson, the world number one in the event, had failed to make the top two in the U.S. Trials.

Teammate Brittany Bowe stepped aside for her friend although she ended up in the race too when other nations returned their quota spots.

Japan's Takagi Miho led with a time of 37.12 but Jackson, skating in the penultimate pair, was inside that by 0.08 to secure a historic triumph.

Jackson hailed Bowe afterwards saying that "having her as a teammate and mentor has been amazing".

On her victory, she said, "It’s like a dream come true. I wouldn’t have predicted this even a year ago. I still feel kind of new in the sport and I’m just really grateful it turned out this way.

"I don’t remember a whole lot about the race. I just know I crossed the line and was happy."

U.S. wins inaugural mixed team snowboard cross competition

Two days after victory in the first Olympic mixed team aerials event, USA snaffled the snowboard cross version courtesy of golden oldies Lindsey Jacobellis and Nick Baumgartner.

With a combined age of 76, the pair showed their younger rivals the way home with Jacobellis passing Italy's PyeongChang 2018 gold medallist Michela Moioli to take the win.

The double gold medallist said, "It's even more exciting that I get to share this with Nick, because we've been on this team the longest, we're the most seasoned, and we've definitely had to work very hard and take care of our bodies.

"It's a little bit rough for the older ones out there, but we showed everyone that we've still got it and we were a great team today."

For Baumgartner, who was devastated after failing to make the individual final, it was a first medal in four Games. He said, "We’re embracing oldies for goldies! I don’t need a jacket right now as I have an inner fire burning."

U.S. wins inaugural mixed team aerials event

Team USA captured gold in the inaugural mixed team aerials event on Thursday (10 February), upsetting pre-event favourites China.

The American trio of Ashley Caldwell, Christopher Lillis and Justin Schoenefeld screamed with delight on winning the Olympic title with a combined score of 338.34 ahead of China's trio on 324.22 following a mistake by Jia Zongyang.

"I’m incredibly proud and honoured and [it’s] surreal and to do it on my fourth Games," said Caldwell, "I’ve been on the hunt for this for a long time and to do it with two of my best friends is incredible."

Schoenefeld's jump at the end proved decisive and he was delighted to win with his girlfriend Caldwell, and Lillis who he lived with when he was on the development team.

He enthused, "It's seriously the greatest feeling. I just won the biggest competition in the world, especially with two of my best friends."

Chen becomes seventh American man to win men's figure skating gold

Three-time world figure skating champion Nathan Chen won his first Olympic gold medal Thursday (10 February), adding to two team medals (bronze, 2018; silver, 2022).

He is the first American to take the men's singles gold medal since Evan Lysacek in 2010 and the seventh U.S. man all-time.

His 332.60 total held off Japan's Kagiyama Yuma (310.05) and Uno Shoma (293.00). Two-time champion Hanyu Yuzuru finished just off the podium in fourth.

"I mean it's a whirlwind right now - everything is happening so fast," a breathless Chen told U.S. broadcaster NBC. "That program is really fun to skate. At the end, I really just had a blast out there. When I finished the last jump, I thought I was pretty close [to the win]."

"You can't imagine how it feels," he said of his Olympic-winning moment. "This means the world to me. I have the family connection [to Beijing, where his mother was born]. It's amazing to have this opportunity to do it here."

Kim retains Olympic title in women's halfpipe

Chloe Kim was all smiles after winning her second Olympic gold medal, with victory in the snowboard women's halfpipe at Beijing 2022.

"It feels so unreal," she said after the final in the Zhangjiakou mountains on Thursday (10 February) where her top score was 94.00.

The American became the first female snowboarder to successfully defend her title. She beat Queralt Castellet of Spain (silver, 90.25) and Japan's Tomita Sena (bronze, 88.25) – and only needed one run to do it.

"I worked so hard for four years to get back here and do this again," she added. "I'm just so proud of myself and I'm so grateful for everyone that supported me, even when I decided to take time off to go to school. I mean, it's just meant the world."

Jacobellis ends U.S., personal Olympic gold drought

Veteran snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis, competing in her fifth Olympic Games, finally claimed the title she wanted.

Her victory on Day 5 of the Games ended a long wait for her and gave Team USA its first gold at Beijing 2022.

The 36-year-old famously threw away gold in the inaugural snowboard cross event at Turin 2006 when she fell attempting a 'method grab' on the penultimate jump.

But 16 years later, she led from start to finish in the final to clinch a long-awaited Olympic title ahead of France’s Chloe Trespeuch and Meryeta Odine of Canada.

Jacobellis also became the oldest snowboarder to win an Olympic medal as she completed her set of global crowns.

She told Olympics.com, "It was never about redemption. My thought going into this was, 'It’s either going to happen or it’s not' and 'It could be my day, or it could be another one of the ladies’ days.' It just so happened that all the stars lined up for me for it to be my day."

Stevenson wins Big Air silver

Freestyle skier Colby Stevenson won USA's fifth silver medal in Beijing in the first men's Olympic Big Air competition, finishing just behind Norway's Birk Ruud.

Stevenson almost died in a car crash in 2016 and missed PyeongChang 2018 with a torn shoulder muscle, and his first Olympic medal is reward for years of hard work and resilience.

He told Olympics.com, "If I can survive that, I can survive any kind of crash I'm going to take out here; that's kind of how I think about it. I'm just going to give it my all and keep pushing. This is what I love to do and nothing's going to stop me from doing it.

"Big Air's not typically an event I do well in so my expectations weren't super high for landing on the podium. But I knew I was throwing down some new tricks and I had a good chance at doing well."

Cochran-Siegle keeps up the family tradition with Super G silver

Ryan Cochran-Siegle claimed his first Olympic medal in the men's Super G.

He was desperately close to gold with just 0.04s separating him from winner Matthias Mayer as the Austrian retained his title for his third Olympic triumph.

Fifty years previously, his mother Barbara Cochran won slalom gold at Sapporo 1972 with Ryan the sixth member of the Cochran family to compete at the Winter Olympics.

But he insists he's inspired by far more than just continuing his family’s legacy saying: “The motivation in the sport that I find has so much more to do beyond, you know, titles or medals.

"It's just about the type of people that my family are: you know good, humble New England Vermonters. I mean, they're incredibly kind and generous, and I think that's the type of person I want to be."

Diggins takes bronze in cross-country sprint

Jessie Diggins helped bring cross-country skiing a new audience in the United States at PyeongChang 2018 when she and Kikkan Randall won the team sprint, the nation's first gold in the sport.

And she doubled her Olympic medal tally with bronze in the individual event in Beijing.

Jonna Sundling was not for catching at the front with Maja Dahlqvist edging out Diggins for silver to make it a Sweden 1-2.

Diggins pipped Rosie Brennan for the last spot on the podium with the pair likely to be in the medal hunt in the team sprint next Wednesday (16 February).

"I'm just so grateful,” Diggins told Olympics.com after. “That's my first thought, because it's taken so much from an amazing team. So this really belongs to all of them. And I'm just really happy to be here."

Chock and Bates win free dance to guide Team USA to silver

Madison Chock and Evan Bates ensured a silver medal for Team USA when they won the free dance on the final day with a personal best of 129.07 at the Capital Indoor Stadium.

Three-time world champion Nathan Chen won the men’s short program on day one and Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue won the rhythm dance to elevate the team to the top of the leaderboard.

They were second at the end of day two following Zhou and Karen Chen's efforts in the men's free skate and women's short program respectively.

They entered the third and final day with a three-point lead over Japan in second, an advantage they maintained to claim Team USA's third silver so far in Beijing.

Kauf rips fastest run to finish second in the standings

Jaelin Kauf claimed Team USA's second silver of Beijing in the women's freestyle skiing moguls on Sunday (6 Feb).

She put down the fastest run of the night as she flew down the course in 26.37 seconds to head the standings with 80.28 points with only competitor remaining.

Kauf was eclipsed by Jakara Anthony who secured gold with the last run at the Secret Garden Olympic Moguls Course.

Marino gets the ball rolling for Team USA

Julia Marino took silver at her second Olympic Winter Games in the snowboard slopestyle at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou.

Marino scored 87.68 on her second run which was enough to propel the 24-year-old into first place until Zoi Sadowski-Synnott overtook her to claim New Zealand's first Winter Olympic gold.

She was the only American athlete on the podium with reigning two-time Olympic champion Jamie Anderson down in ninth.