Jacobellis left out in gold once again
Italy’s Michela Moioli won the gold medal in Olympic women’s snowboardcross, overtaking American Lindsey Jacobellis about halfway down the course today in PyeongChang, South Korea, then beating the rest of the field to the finish line.
Jacobellis placed fourth, continuing her hard-luck career at the Olympics. The sport’s most decorated rider, Jacobellis has failed to return to the podium since settling for silver after an ill-advised jump in 2006 while she was clear in the lead.
‘‘I mean, I could be upset about it, but where is that going to get me?” Jacobellis said.
Julia Pereira de Sousa Mablieau of France took silver. Defending champion
Eva Samkova of the Czech Republic got bronze.
Yun goes on holiday
Happy new year, Yun Sungbin. On a national holiday in Korea — the start of a lunar new year — Yun became a national hero, winning gold in the men’s skeleton event at the PyeongChang Olympics.
His four-run time of 3 minutes, 20.55 seconds was 1.63 seconds ahead of Nikita Tregubov of Russia. It was the biggest victory margin in Olympic skeleton, topping 1948.
German pair rises
Germany’s Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot jumped from fourth place to Olympic gold in pairs figure skating after a record-setting free skate.
Savchenko and Massot scored 159.31 points in their program, which gave them 235.90 points overall. It is Germany’s first pairs gold since 1952.
China’s Sui Wenjing and Han Cong were the leaders coming into the day but slipped to silver. Canada’s Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford earned bronze . . . .
Vincent Zhou became the first figure skater to land a quad lutz in Olympic competition when the 17-yearold American hit the fourrotation jump leading into a triple toeloop to open his short program.
U.S. women clipped
Canada clinched the top spot in pool play by beating the United States, 2-1, in what could be a preview of the gold medal women’s hockey game. Meghan Agosta and Sara Nurse scored for Canada and Genevieve Lacasse made 44 saves. Kendall Coyne scored for the Americans . ...
Matthias Mayer of Austria won the Olympic men’s super-G, breaking Norway’s 16-year grip on the title . . . .
Pierre Vaultier of France defended his title in men’s snowboardcross. Vaultier barely qualified for the final after crashing during the semifinals but recovered to win his second Olympic gold medal . . . .
Markus Schairer of Austria is heading home for treatment after breaking his neck in a frightening crash in the quarterfinals . ...
Norway’s Ragnhild Haga won her first gold medal in the women’s 10-kilometer freestyle, topping the field by more than 20 seconds. USA’s Jessica Diggins finished in fifth place and now has three top-six finishes at the Olympic Games . ...
Ted-Jan Bloemen of Canada won the 10,000 meters in record time of 12:39.77 . ...
Norway’s Johannes Thingnes Boe won his first gold of the Winter Games in the 20-kilometer race after the world’s top biathlete, Frenchman Martin Fourcade, surprisingly missed on his final two shots . ...
Germany won the luge team relay, which was a history-making victory for Natalie Geisenberger. Geisenberger has won five Olympic medals, the same as German legend Georg Hackl. Only Italy’s Armin Zoeggeler has more with six.