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Brad Jacobs’ Canada teammates called him “a killer” after their 5-4 semifinal win over Norway.
On Saturday, he took out Great Britain 9-6 in a tense and strategic battle to win his second Olympic gold medal and a fourth men’s curling title for Canada, but first since 2014.
“Early on in that game, we had to really weather the storm,” Jacobs said. “We were a little bit off, and they were outplaying us. But I had a really strong feeling that if we could get that game into the later stages, things would turn our way. And sure enough, they did.”
For Great Britain and star skipper Bruce Mouat, it was a second consecutive Olympic silver. Mouat’s team lost to Sweden 5-4 at the Beijing Games. Great Britain’s only gold in the event came at the first Winter Olympics in 1924.
Mouat vowed to try again. “I love this game, I love my teammates. I’m not done yet.”
Elsewhere, Finland put the disappointment of Friday’s narrow loss to Canada in the rearview mirror and blitzed Slovakia 6-1 to claim the bronze medal in men’s hockey. It was Finland’s fifth medal in six NHL Olympics — its fourth bronze to go with a silver in 2006. Oh, and Finland won the gold in the 2022 Beijing tournament, in which active NHL players did not participate.
Remember, the USA-Canada men’s gold medal game Sunday is an early wakeup call for many. The puck drops at 8:10 a.m. ET.
For a complete rundown of the day’s major moments, scroll through our live updates blog here and catch up on the medal count here.
Norway’s Klæbo wins sixth gold, most in single Winter Olympics
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo powered his way to victory in the men’s 50-kilometer cross-country race Saturday, claiming his sixth gold medal to complete the most dominant individual performance in Winter Olympics history.
The 29-year-old Norwegian’s six gold medals in these Games are the most ever won in a single Olympics. Klæbo’s victory Saturday broke a tie with U.S. speedskater Eric Heiden.
Klæbo won every race he entered, mirroring his achievement at last year’s World Championships in his home city of Trondheim and cementing himself as the greatest cross-country skier in history.
“It’s hard to find the words,” Klæbo said. “It’s unbelievable. After the world champs last year, we knew that it was possible, but to be able to do it, it’s hard to find the right words, and (there were) so many emotions when I’m crossing the finish line.”
An 11-time Olympic champion, Klæbo holds more golds than any other winter athlete, and is second only to swimmer Michael Phelps (23) within the Olympic movement.
The Athletic’s Jabob Whitehead offered a look at Klæbo’s pursuit of the most dominant Winter Olympics ever.
Norway’s Johannes Høsflot Klæbo celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win gold in the men’s cross-country 50km mass start final. (Javier Sorian / AFP via Getty Images)
Jordan Stolz caps stellar Olympics with fourth-place finish
American speedskater Jordan Stolz provided what might be the understatement of the Games after he finished off the podium in the mass start event Saturday.
“I would say it’s pretty successful,” Stolz said of his second Winter Games, which included Olympic records in the 1,000-meter and 500-meter races. “There’s things that could have gone better, but two golds and a silver, I’m pretty happy with that.”
Unlike other competitors who arrived in Milan with a can’t-miss label, the 21-year-old speedskater from rural Wisconsin delivered.
Though three medals might have fallen short of Stolz’s expectations, they were more than any American has won at these Games, and the most for an American speedskater since the great Eric Heiden won five gold medals in five races at the 1980 Olympics at Lake Placid.
Before the Olympics, Stolz wasn’t much known in the United States beyond Wisconsin and the general speedskating community. He will be returning home as one of the Milan Cortina Games’ biggest stars.
American Jordan Stolz competes in the men’s speedskating mass start Saturday. (Dean Mouhtaropoulos / Getty Images)
Two-woman bobsled bronze is sixth medal for Kaillie Humphries
Kaillie Humphries and Jasmine Jones won bronze in the 2-woman bobsled competition Saturday, giving Humphries, 40, her second medal of these Games.
Humphries is competing in her fifth Olympics, though this is the first Games in which she’s won multiple medals. She won the bronze in the monobob event Monday.
“Every time I went out, I got a medal this Games,” she said. “That’s awesome!”
Germany’s Laura Nolte, who led the monobob competition going into the second, third and fourth runs before making a mistake that opened the door for American Elana Meyers Taylor to claim the gold, finally got her first-place podium finish. Nolte and her brakewoman, Deborah Levi, won Saturday in 3 minutes, 48.46 seconds, and her teammates Lisa Buckwitz and Neele Schuten took silver in 3:48.99. Humphries and Jones were third at 3:49.21.
Humphries now has the same number of medals as teammate Meyers Taylor, tied for the most in Olympic women’s bobsled. (She won two medals, both golds, in 2-woman in 2010 and 2014, when she competed for Team Canada.)
Bronze medalists Kaillie Humphries and Jasmine Jones celebrate on the podium at the Cortina Sliding Centre. (Ezra Shaw / Getty Images)
U.S. trio defends mixed team aerials gold
Four years after topping the podium in the inaugural team aerials competition in Beijing, Team USA defended its title as the trio of Kaila Kuhn, Connor Curran and Christopher Lillis beat out Switzerland and China to win the gold medal.
Lillis, the sole remaining member of the victorious 2022 team and now a double Olympic champion, delivered again. His back double full-full-full on the third and final jump crowned a dominant performance (325.35).
Victory in the team event was a bit of a redemption for Kuhn, who finished fifth in the women’s event. “I let myself be upset for a couple of hours, but I knew I had to switch gears,” Kuhn said. “I wasn’t going to let that beat me down for too long. I just let that motivate me for my jumps today.”
Switzerland (296.91) took silver, and China won bronze (279.68).
Christopher Lillis of the United States soars at the mixed team aerials final at the Livigno Aerials & Moguls Park. (Dylan Martinez / Reuters via Imagn Images)