Erin Jackson, the top speedskater who almost didn't qualify for the Olympics, is joining the gold medal athletes Nathan Chen and snowboarder Chloe Kim who are leading the Olympics medal count for Team USA at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
Snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis is taking home two golds in women's snowboardcross and mixed snowboardcross, making history as the oldest U.S. woman to win gold . (Her partner, Nick Baumgartner, is the oldest snowboard medalist ever, at 40.)
With 21 medals, the United States in fourth place in the Beijing Olympics medal count, with Norway and ROC leading early events.
At the end of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Team USA had 113 total medals. China had 88, and ROC — the Russian Olympic Committee — had 71. At the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Norway had the most medals with 39, Germany second with 31, Canada third with 29, and Team USA fourth with 23.
Here's every medal winner so far for Team USA at the Winter Olympics:
Team USA gold medal winners
- Lindsey Jacobellis, snowboarding, women’s snowboardcross
- Chloe Kim, snowboarding, women's halfpipe
- Nathan Chen, figure skating, men's singles
- Team USA, freestyle skiing, mixed team aerials
- Nick Baumgartner and Lindsey Jacobellis, snowboarding, mixed team snowboardcross
- Kaillie Humphries, bobsled, women's monobob
- Erin Jackson, speedskating, women's 500m
- Alex Hall, freestyle skiing, men's slopestyle
Team USA silver medal winners
- Julia Marino, snowboarding, women's slopestyle
- Jaelin Kauf, freestyle skiing, women's moguls
- Colby Stevenson, freestyle skiing, men's big air
- Ryan Cochran-Siegle, freestyle skiing, men's super-G
- Team USA figure skating team
- Elena Meyers Taylor, bobsled, women's monobob
- Nick Goepper, freestyle skiing, men's slopestyle
- Team USA, hockey, women's hockey
Team USA bronze medal winners
- Jessie Diggins, cross-country skiing, women's individual sprint
- Megan Nick, freestyle skiing, women's aerials
- Madison Hubbell and Zach Donohue, figure skating, ice dance
- Megan Nick, freestyle skiing, women's slopestyle
- Team USA, speedskating, men's team pursuit
- Brittany Bowe, speedskating, women's 1,000 meter
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