— The U.S. two-person bobsled team of Shauna Rohbock and Valerie Fleming took silver behind Germany. The other U.S. sled, with Jean Prahm and Vonetta Flowers aboard, finished in sixth place.
— The U.S. men’s hockey team finished the opening round 1-3-1 and advances to the quarterfinals despite losing to Russia, 5-4.
MEDAL TRACKER
Medals won through Tuesday:
Nation G-S-B: Tot.
Germany 9-7-5: 21
U.S. 7-7-4: 18
Norway 2-8-8: 18
Austria 8-5-3: 16
Russia 7-3-5: 15
Canada 3-6-5: 14
Italy 4-0-5: 9
Switzerland 2-2-4: 8
South Korea 3-3-1: 7
France 3-1-3: 7
Sweden 2-2-3: 7
China 1-2-4: 7
(Two nations are tied at 6, two are tied at 3,
two are tied at 2, and five have 1 medal apiece.)
WEDNESDAY ON TV
USA
7 a.m.–1 p.m.: Women’s curling semifinal; men’s hockey quarterfinal–Switzerland vs. Sweden (live)
2–5 p.m.: Men’s hockey quarterfinal–Finland vs. U.S. (live)
CNBC
4–7 p.m.: Curling men’s semifinal–Canada vs. U.S.
MSNBC
9 a.m.–noon: Men’s hockey quarterfinal–Russia vs. Canada (live)
1:30–4 p.m.: Men’s hockey quarterfinal–
Slovakia vs. Czech Republic (live)
NBC
3–4 p.m.: Men’s snowboarding parallel giant slalom; cross country men’s sprint.
7–10:30 p.m.: Women’s slalom final; freestyle skiing women’s aerials; speed skating women’s 1,500M; men’s snowboarding parallel giant slalom; short-track women’s 3,000M relay, women’s 1,000M and men’s 500M.
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