Brian Mann
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A growing number of countries are boycotting the opening ceremony.
This was Schifrin's last shot in these Olympic Games, and she was back at her very best, carving two clean, aggressive runs under a porcelain blue sky, claiming gold by a decisive margin.
Schifrin spoke at length about the sadness she felt not being able to share this moment with her father, who died in 2020.
She said she took a moment after her victory to be silent with him.
Schiffer now has three Olympic gold medals, the most of any U.S.
She had already won more World Cup races than any other alpine skier in the world.
Brian Mann, NPR News, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
Fell off and fell on my face, but I knew I'd find a way.
This team silver builds on a history-making run for Ben Ogden of Vermont.
He also captured silver in an earlier cross-country race.
These Olympics, Gus Schumacher contributing to this win, really a sign of new U.S.
strength capturing silver here.
And they really challenged at times the Norwegian team led by just this incredibly legendary skier, Johannes Klebo, so grabbing silver, a remarkable feat.
Ilana Myers-Taylor and Kaylee Humphries have been teammates for years, talking publicly about the challenges of being elite athletes who are also parents moving into middle age.
On the winding ice track, they put their deep experience on the line in the monobop race, where each athlete pushes and drives a solo bobsled.
Myers-Taylor came from behind to edge out a German sledder by four one-hundredths of a second, capturing gold.
Myers-Taylor has the most medals of any black athletes in the Winter Games.
with gold, three silver, and a bronze.