INTERVIEW – STEVE KASTENBAUM – Correspondent in Pyeongchang, South Korea – recapped the Olympics
- Shaun White wins USA’s 100th all-time Winter Olympic gold medal (NBC) — Shaun White has reclaimed his Olympic halfpipe title and won the United States’ 100th all-time gold medal at the Winter Olympics. And he did it in dramatic fashion, landing back-to-back 1440s as part of a final run that knocked Japan’s Ayumu Hirano out of the top spot. With the win, White is now the first snowboarder to ever become a three-time Olympic champion. Twelve years after winning his first gold medal at the 2006 Torino Games, he is also the first American man to win the same individual event at three different Winter Olympics. Much has been made of White’s quest for a third gold medal ever since a disappointing result at the last Olympics, where he finished fourth and lost his Olympic title to Switzerland’s Iouri Podladtchikov. Podladtchikov was unable to compete in PyeongChang due to a recent injury, but there were two other riders considered to be White’s biggest challengers at these Olympics: Japan’s Ayumu Hirano and Australia’s Scotty James.
- Winter Olympics 2018: Medals Table, Results and Schedule (New York Times) –
- More Dutch Gold: Jorien ter Mors won the women’s 1,000-meter speedskating race, making the Dutch team five-for-five in the sport so far at these Games. Brittany Bowe of the United States was fourth. Ter Mors had won two gold medals in Sochi, the 1,500-meter long track race and the short-track relay.
