The record-breaking 11th gold medal was won in the freestyle skiing mixed team aerials final.
Team USA won a record-breaking 11th gold medal at the Milano Cortina Winter Games on Saturday. On Sunday, the Men’s Hockey team also secured the 12th gold medal by defeating Canada in overtime.
Kaila Kuhn, Connor Curran, and Chris Lillis won the freestyle skiing mixed team aerials title to win the 11th gold medal for the United States.
The 11th gold medal breaks the record previously set at the last Olympics held on U.S. soil in Salt Lake City in 2002, when Team USA took home ten golds.
“Our focus and our strategy has always been about breadth. We want to win in everything. We want to make every sport better. Some could argue there are countries that go a mile deep in certain sports and really dominate. Our goal has been to improve Winter sport across the board,” said Sarah Hirshland, the CEO of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee.
The U.S. has won a total of three gold medals in freestyle skiing and two in figure skating, dominating the Team USA gold medal wins for these games.
Alex Ferreira took home his first gold during this year’s games in the men’s free ski halfpipe. He took silver in Pyeongchang in 2018, and bronze four years ago in Beijing.
Alysa Liu, a 20-year-old figure skater, won gold for Team USA. She is the first to win gold for U.S. women since 2002.
In figure skating, Liu, Amber Glenn, and Ilia Malinin won a second straight gold.
In alpine skiing, Breezy Johnson won a gold medal after suffering a knee injury four years ago on the same mountain.
Elizabeth Lemley won gold as a U.S. mogul skier. Mikaela Shiffrin, the most winning skier of all time, took home the gold in alpine skiing.
Elana Meyers Taylor took home gold in bobsled at her sixth Olympics. At 41 years old, she is the oldest Winter Olympian to win gold.
Jordan Stoltz has won two gold medals in speedskating as the second man to capture the 500 and 1,000. He will be competing for a third title on Saturday night.
In an exciting game, the U.S. women’s and men’s hockey team took home the gold against Canada with a 2 to 1 score.
The mixed team aerials win brought Team USA’s total to 30 medals overall for this Olympics. Team USA has 11 gold medals, second to Norway with 18 golds.
