BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) — Norway’s Sander Eitrem delivered a record-breaking triumph on the pace skating oval on Sunday, because the Milan-Cortina Winter Games produced drama throughout a number of venues on the second competitors day.
Breezy Johnson, competing in her second Olympics, turned the second American lady to win an Olympic downhill gold.
Germany’s Max Langenhan dominated the boys’s singles luge, profitable gold with a four-run whole of three minutes, 31.191 seconds.
Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo surged clear late to win the boys’s 10km+10km skiathlon in 46:11, capturing his sixth Olympic gold medal.
At the Milano Ice Skating Arena, the United States captured gold within the determine skating staff occasion with 69 factors, edging Japan by a single level. Italy earned bronze with 60 factors.
France opened the biathlon program by profitable gold within the blended 4x6km relay. Anchor Julia Simon shot clear, hitting all 10 targets, as France completed in 1:04:15.5. Italy earned silver on house snow, with Germany taking bronze.