It was a big day at the Milan Cortina Olympics for Team USA. One day after proposing to her girlfriend speedskater Brttany Bowe, Women’s hockey team captain Hillary Knight scores the winning goal in overtime for the gold medal against Canada.
The goal also earned Knight her 15th career goal to set a new record and top the leaderboard.
In figure skating, Alysa Liu came into the free skate in third place; but by the end of the competition the medal matched her costume – GOLD! Liu becomes the first female to win a gold medal in figure skating in over 20 years. She is the eighth female to win a gold medal in figure skating.
The USA now has nine gold medals and takes over second place with a total of 27 medals behind Norway with 34 and has set a new record or their own with 16 gold medals – the most of any one country in the Olympics.
Spain joins the medal parade when they took home the gold medal in the inaugural ski mountaineering competition.
Milan-Cortina Medal Count:
Norway – 34
USA – 27
Italy – 26
Japan – 24
Germany – 21
France – 19
Austria – 18
Netherlands – 16
Sweden – 15
Canada – 15
Switzerland – 14
China – 10
South Korea – 7
Australia – 6
Finland – 5
Czechia – 4
Slovenia – 4
Poland – 4
Great Britain – 3
New Zealand – 3
Spain – 2
Bulgaria – 2
Latvia – 2
Brazil – 1
Georgia – 1
Kazakhstan – 1
Belgium – 1