Team USA started off strong with its 11th gold medal at Milan Cortina, breaking its record for the most gold medals in a single Winter Games.
Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo won his sixth gold medal at became the only athlete who has won six medals of any color at a single Winter Games. The U.S. missed out on podiums in women’s curling and men’s speed skating mass start, but American Mia Manganello won bronze in women’s speed skating mass start.
Kaillie Armbruster Humphries and Jasmine Jones won bronze for Team USA in two-woman bobsled.
The day ended with the figure skating exhibition gala, where Team USA’s figure skaters performed for the last time along with their competitors around the world.
See photos from the day’s events:
Team USA wins gold in mixed team freestyle skiing aerials. This marks Team USA’s 11th gold medal at Milan Cortina.
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Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo wins gold in men’s cross-country skiing 50km. Klaebo’s won his sixth gold medal in Milan Cortina and is the only athlete who has won six medals of any color at a single Winter Games.
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France captures gold in ski mountaineering mixed relay. The United States finished fourth.
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Dustin Satloff/Getty Images
Canada defeats U.S. in the women’s curling bronze medal match.
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Mattia Ozbot/Getty Images
Jordan Stolz comes up short in men’s speed skating mass start. Netherlands’ Jorrit Bergsma got the gold.
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Sarah Stier/Getty Images
Mia Manganello gets bronze in women’s speed skating mass start.
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Piero Cruciatti/AFP via Getty Images
Finland defeats Slovakia 6-1 to win the men’s hockey bronze medal.
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Kaillie Armbruster Humphries and Jasmine Jones of Team USA win bronze in two-woman bobsled. This marks Humphries’ sixth Olympic medal.
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Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
The figure skating exhibition gala showcases performances from Team USA’s Ellie Kam, Danny O’Shea, Madison Chock, Evan Bates, Alysa Liu, Ilia Malinin and Amber Glenn along with other figure skating champions.
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Jamie Squire/Getty Images Amber Glenn of Team United States performs in the Women Single Skating routine during a Figure Skating Exhibition Gala.
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Qian Jun/Getty Images (Left to Right) Ellie Kam, Danny O’Shea, Madison Chock, Evan Bates, Alysa Liu, Ilia Malinin and Amber Glenn of Team United States perform in the Team Event routine during the Figure Skating Exhibition Gala.
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Qian Jun/Getty Images Madison Chock and Evan Bates of Team United States perform in the Ice Dance routine during a Figure Skating Exhibition Gala.
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Maja Hitij/Getty Images Niina Petrokina of Team Estonia and Ilia Malinin of Team United States perform in the Women Single Skating routine during a Figure Skating Exhibition Gala.
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Gabriel Bouys/Getty Images USA’s Ilia Malinin performs a backflip at the figure skating exhibition gala.
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Qian Jun/Getty Images Alysa Liu of Team United States performs in the Women Single Skating routine during a Figure Skating Exhibition Gala.
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Qian Jun/Getty Images Mikhail Shaidorov of Team Kazakhstan greets Jackie Chan after his Men Single Skating routine during a Figure Skating Exhibition Gala.
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Maja Hitij/Getty Images Athletes perform during the Figure Skating Exhibition Gala.
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Maja Hitij/Getty Images Kaori Sakamoto of Team Japan poses for a selfie with athletes during a Figure Skating Exhibition Gala.
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