In an emotional race on Tuesday, Feb. 8, Ryan Cochran-Siegle became the fourth U.S. man to win an Olympic medal in super G in Team USA's history, taking home the silver.

Cochran-Siegle finished just four-hundredths behind gold medalist Mattias Mayer in a nail-biting run that looked nearly flawless to the naked eye. Wearing bib 14, Cochran-Siegle just hoped the time would hold. He sat 0.38 seconds before third-place finisher, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, who would go on to be the day's bronze medalist.

It wasn't until the 30th racer headed down the course that the moment really began to sink in. Just 364 days before, Cochran-Siegle walked out of his hospital bed for the first time after neck surgery, an injury sustained in a crash during the Kitzbuehel downhill. Forty-nine years and 354 days earlier, his mother, Barbara Ann Cochran, won slalom gold in the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. Now here he was in Beijing, on the brink of holding a medal of his own.

"It's surreal; it'd be hard to write a better story," chuckled Cochran-Siegle in a post-race interview. "It's full circle."

Happy, relieved, and a little bit proud, Cochran-Siegle said that he was just trying to appreciate the moment, a childhood dream come to fruition on a beautiful bluebird day at the Yanqing Alpine National Ski Center. After an emotional interview with NBC, where Cochran-Siegle fought back tears as he attempted to wrap his head around the possibility of his first Olympic medal, he hopped on the phone to FaceTime with his mom and his older sister Cate. They stayed up to watch the race back at home in Vermont. 

"I knew that he was capable of doing it," Barbara Ann shared through tears. "...You just never know on a particular day whether or not that’s going to happen, so I’m so so proud."

"Part of me recognized I was skiing well, and I had to trust that and fight all the way for the finish," said Cochran-Siegle. "You dream of these moments, you see it in your mind and at times you have to put it away and just focus on the skiing which is what I was doing today. But to come down and see that I was in second, and that we were a ways ahead...I mean it was wild."

Cochran-Siegle's medal is the first alpine medal of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing 2022. 

His teammates, Travis Ganong, River Radamus, and Bryce Bennett, finished 12th, 15th, and 17th, rounding out the day with four Americans in the super G top 20, matching Team Germany for the most men from any one nation to break into the top 20. Radamus, who skied in his Olympic debut on Tuesday, fought hard for a top 15 slot from the back fo the pack wearing bib 33.

Up next on the men's alpine docket is the men's giant slalom on Saturday, Feb. 12. The women take on the slalom on Wednesday, Feb. 9, airing on Tuesday evening Eastern time.

Check out NBC Olympic's exclusive interview with Cochran-Siegle, and a replay of his silver medal run on YouTube.

RESULTS 
Men's super G 

It was a historic night at the Kuyangshu Nordic Center, Zhangjiakou, China, as Jessie Diggins won the bronze medal in the freestyle sprint, and led seven Americans into the top 25, including Rosie Brennan in fourth.

“I am so grateful and thankful for our team,” said Diggins, who won the first U.S. women’s individual Olympic medal. “We had amazing skis, and we have had so much support … and then we had seven people make the heats - that’s amazing!”

Ben Ogden took an interesting route to post the best-ever U.S. men’s sprint result in 12th, JC Schoonmaker was 15th, Julia Kern 18th, Kevin Bolger 17th, and Luke Jager 25th. Sweden’s Jonna Sundling took the gold, which countrywomen Maja Dahlqvist won the silver. Norway’s Johannes Klaebo took the gold on the men's side, with Italy’s Federico Pellegrino winning the silver and the Russian Olympic Committee’s Alexander Terentev taking the bronze.

Team USA advanced three women and four men into the heats Tuesday night. Brennan set the fastest afternoon qualifying time for the Americans, opening the evening heats in remarkable fashion by coming back from a missed pole plant at the start of the first heat that resulted in a slight fall to finish second. 

“I certainly made that interesting,” Brennan said after finishing her quarterfinal heat, adding that it was one of the hardest races she had ever done. 

Diggins easily won the fourth quarterfinal heat, while Kern finished fourth in the fifth heat.

In the opening men’s quarterfinal heat, which proved one of the fastest, Ogden finished fourth but sat as the second lucky loser based on time through the fourth heat when China’s Qiang Wang knocked him out. However, Wang was disqualified following the fifth and final quarterfinal heat due to obstruction, so Ogden, who had already removed his bib and timing chips, scrambled to get back to the start to prepare for the semifinals. 

Racing in the first semifinals, Ogden skied the best race of his life so far. Despite finishing sixth, he was in the mix throughout the race, finishing just 1.24 seconds back from race winner Klaebo.

In the women’s semifinals, Diggins finished second to advance to the finals, while Brennan was fourth but advanced to the finals as one of two Lucky Losers - a historic first for the U.S. women with two in the finals. Sundling opened a slight advantage at the halfway point in the finals and held it to the finish. Meanwhile, Diggins rallied from fourth position coming into the final 300 meters, and Brennan rallied from fifth.

When Diggins crossed the line, she had no idea she had won the bronze medal. “I didn’t believe it,” she said. “I had to look up a few times on the (score)board, and I was scared to celebrate early in case it wasn’t true.” She finally realized she had won another Olympic medal when she looked over and saw her teammates and Team USA staff celebrating. 

Up next, the women compete in the 10k classic on Thursday, and the men race the 15k classic Friday.

RESULTS
Women’s Freestyle Sprint
Men’s Freestyle Sprint

Nina O’Brien was on track to capture one of the best finishes of her career in the Winter Olympic Games giant slalom on Monday, Feb. 7. She came into the second run wearing bib 21, sitting in sixth behind Norway's Ragnhild Mowinckel. On the hunt for a medal in her Olympic debut, O’Brien pushed throughout the entirety of the course.

A fast run took an unfortunate turn of events at the final gate when O’Brien caught an edge and spiraled into an aggressive crash best described as a chaotic jumble of limbs and skis. She was immediately attended to by on-course medical staff. After further evaluation, it was announced O'Brien sustained a compound fracture of her left tibia and fibula just short of the finish. She was transported to the hospital in Yanqing where an initial stabilization procedure was successfully performed by local doctors, and she received excellent care. She will return to the US for further evaluation and care.

O'Brien would like to express her gratitude to all of the people who assisted her so quickly in the finish area at the race, and especially to the doctors and nurses at the hospital who have taken such great care of her. 

Darian Stevens of Missoula, Montana made it a point to go down in history this Winter Olympic Games as one of the 12 women who competed in the first big air final in Olympic history. Stevens finished 11th overall, but not for lack of trying.

Monday's competition at the Big Air Shougang jump in Beijing was the first final she has qualified for in big air so far this season. After throwing a switch 1080 in her opening run, and falling a bit flat on her second run, Stevens took a look into the broadcast camera and said "gotta go big in big air, right?"

She knew she had one last shot to show the world what she's made of, and she did just that.

In an attempt to keep up with the progression of tricks demonstrated by the rest of the field, Stevens made the risky decision to go for a double cork 1440 in her third run, a trick she had tried for the first time in practice the same day. She didn't land it, but she did ski away with a huge smile on her face.

"I don't compete in big air a lot, but I do think it's really fun," said Stevens. "It's an event where you bring out the best tricks you can do and lay it all out on the line, and that's what I did today."

"It's kind of crazy, to try a double for the first time in Olympic final practice, but it felt like the right time, so I just gave her a rip today," she added. "I went a little bigger than I thought, and over-rotated a tad bit, but it was not too bad. I'm happy to just come out and show the world a trick they didn't know I could do."

Keeping up with the progression of tricks was the biggest challenge of the day. Each athlete was pushing their limit, and thus pushing the sport. NBC commentator Tom Wallisch called the event one of the most progressive freeski events he had ever watched.

Eileen Gu, a San Francisco native competing for China, threw a double cork 1620 – a trick she had never attempted in competition – to make her bid for gold. Silver medalist Tess Leduex of France and bronze medalist Mathilde Gremaud of Switzerland pushed her to the limit, as each woman stomped a double cork 1440 at some point throughout the competition.

After an emotional finish Tuesday's big air final, the women move on to compete in freeski slopestyle qualifiers on Saturday, Feb. 12.

RESULTS
Women's freeski big air finals
 

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Monday, Feb. 7, 2022
12:30 a.m. Freestyle Skiing – Men's Big Air Qualifying, Big Air Shougang, Beijing, CHN, USA Network, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
8:00 p.m. Primetime Freestyle Skiing Women's Big Air, Alpine Skiing Men's Super G, NBC Broadcast
9:00 p.m. Freestyle Skiing – Women's Big Air Final, Big Air Shougang, Beijing, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock

Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022
2:00 a.m. West Coast Encore – Women’s Big Air Final, Men’s super G & more, NBC Broadcast
8:00 p.m. Primetime Broadcast – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe, Alpine Women’s Slalom, Freestyle Men’s Big Air, NBC Broadcast
10:00 p.m. Freestyle – Men’s Big Air Final, Big Air Shougang, Beijing, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock

Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022
2:00 a.m. Primetime – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe Qualifying, Alpine Skiing Women’s Slalom, Freestyle Men’s Big Air (re-air), NBC Broadcast
5:00 a.m. Primetime – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe Qualifying, Alpine Skiing Women’s Slalom, Freestyle Men’s Big Air (re-air), NBC Broadcast
6:30 a.m. 2022 Winter Olympics Medal Ceremonies Day 5, NBC Broadcast

Defending Olympic gold medalist Red Gerard finished fourth in the Olympic Winter Games slopestyle finals on Monday, Feb. 7. 

Gerard put down his best run right out of the gate in the best-of-three-run finals at Genting Snow Park. His run featured technical and stylish combinations through the three-part rail section, 50-50 to backside 360 50-50, into the drop-off rail with a frontside 180 on to switch backside 540 out, finishing with a backside noseslide 450 out. Gerard sent it through the jumps, landing a switch backside 1620 Indy, into a frontside double cork 1080 Weddle, finishing with a backside 1620 method—a huge run earning a modest score of 83.25. 

“Definitely would have liked to be on the podium—didn’t fully agree with the judging, but that’s okay, that’s the way it goes,” said Gerard. “I was really happy I was able to put down a run I’ve always wanted to do and this course was incredible, it treated us awesome.” While this marks the first time the U.S. Team has missed the top spot on the Olympic slopestyle podium since the event premiered in 2014, Gerard is already looking ahead to WInter Olympics Milano Cortina 2026—his prediction, “It’ll be a sweep there.” 

Chris Corning followed in sixth place with a score of 65.11, putting his best run down on his final attempt, but not improving over his fourth place finish in PyeongChang 2018. First time Olympian Sean FitzSimons finished in twelfth, unable to put down a run despite qualifying in third coming into these finals and settling for a score of 29.61.

Canada’s Max Parrot earned gold with a score of 90.96, followed by China’s Su Yuming with a score of 88.70 for silver, and Canada’s Mark McMorris with an 88.53 to earn his third Olympic bronze medal.

The U.S. slopestyle team will be back at it in Big Air with qualifiers scheduled for Feb. 14th.

RESULTS
Men's slopestyle final

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Monday, Feb. 7, 2022
6:00 p.m. Primetime Snowboard Big Air Finals, NBC Broadcast
9:40 p.m. Snowboarding – M/W Parallel Giant Slalom Qualifying, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock

Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022
12:00 p.m. Snowboarding – Men’s and Women’s Parallel Giant Slalom Finals, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN,  USA Network
8:00 p.m. Primetime Broadcast – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe, Alpine Women’s Slalom, Freestyle Mewn’s Big Air, NBC Broadcast
8:30 p.m. Snowboarding – Women’s Halfpipe Qualifying, Secret Garden, CHN, USA Network, Streaming Peacock, NBCOlympics.com
10:00 p.m. Snowboarding – Women’s Snowboard Cross Qualifiers, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN,  USA Network, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
11:30 p.m. Snowboarding – Men’s Halfpipe Qualifying, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock, NBC Broadcast

Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022
1:30 a.m. Snowboarding – Women’s Snowboard Cross Finals, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN,  USA Network, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
2:00 a.m. Primetime – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe Qualifying, Alpine Skiing Women’s Slalom, Freestyle Men’s Big Air (re-air), NBC Broadcast
5:00 a.m. Primetime – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe Qualifying, Alpine Skiing Women’s Slalom, Freestyle Men’s Big Air (re-air), NBC Broadcast
2:00 p.m. Daytime – Alpine Skiing Women’s Slalom, Nordic Combined Men’s Normal Hill & 10km, Snowboarding Women’s Snowboardcross Final, NBC Broadcast
8:00 p.m. Primetime – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe, NBC Broadcast
10:15 p.m. Snowboarding – Mens’ Snowboard Cross Qualifying, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
10:50 p.m. Snowboarding – Mens’ Snowboard Cross Qualifying, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN,  USA Network

Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022
1:00 a.m. Snowboarding – Mens’ Snowboard Cross Finals, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN,  USA Network, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
2:00 a.m. West Coast Encore – Snowboarding Men’s Halfpipe Final, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN, NBC Broadcast
6:30 a.m. 2022 Winter Olympics Medal Ceremonies Day 6, Streaming Peacock, NBCOlympics.com
8:00 p.m. Primetime – Alpine Skiing Women’s Super G (Live), Snowboarding Men’s Halfpipe Final (Live), Freestyle Mixed Team Aerials Final, NBC Broadcast
8:30 p.m. Snowboarding – Men’s Halfpipe Final, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock

Friday, Feb. 11, 2022
1:00 p.m. West Coast Encore – Alpine Skiing Super G (re-air), Freestyle Skiing Aerials Final, Snowboarding Men’s Halfpipe Final, NBC Broadcast
4:05 a.m. Primetime – Alpine Skiing Super G (re-air), Freestyle Skiing Aerials Final, Snowboarding Men’s Halfpipe Final, NBC Broadcast
6:00 a.m. 2022 Winter Olympics Medal Ceremonies Day 7, Streaming Peacock, NBCOlympics.com
8:00 p.m. Primetime – Alpine Skiing Women’s Downhill (Live) & Snowboarding Mixed Team Snowboardcross (Live), NBC Broadcast
9:00 p.m. Snowboarding – Mixed Team Snowboard Cross, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN, Streaming Peacock, NBCOlympics.com

USA's Darian Stevens has qualified as the sole American for women's freeski big air final to be held Tuesday, Feb. 8 at the Big Air Shougang jump in Beijing, China. She finished eighth in the top 12 qualifiers.

The 25-year-old opened with a switch 1080 with a safety grab in her first run, scoring a 84.75, to help secure her appearance in the final at her second Winter Olympic Games. After struggling with some speed issues on her second jump, the pressure was on for Stevens to pull out a decent score on her third jump to make it to the final. Stevens rose to the occasion, and scored 152 overall.

"There was a lot of pressure riding on that third jump, but I'm really happy to land it," said Stevens. "When I dropped in, I had a good feeling about it, and I knew it was going to be alright. Sometimes you just get a different vibe, and I knew that I had that one and that I was gonna be good."

Canada's Meghan Oldham and France's Tess Ledeux lead the field of twelve athletes that will move onto Tuesday's final. Park City's 20-year-old Marin Hamill came up just short of qualification in her Olympic debut, finishing in 14th overall just ahead of her teammate Maggie Voisin in 15th.

"I had a blast with my first Olympics," reflected Hamill. "I got to land all three runs and I couldn't ask for anything more. You ski your best when you're having fun and that's all I'm here to do."

Caroline Claire took a spill in her second run, and chose to pull out of the third as consequence of the crash. In December, Claire broke her shoulder throwing the same trick, and has been battling to overcome the mental blocks holding her back from stomping the landing. She is sore but walked away from Monday's competition okay.

The women's contingency of freeski big air skiers jump right back into the final competition on Tuesday, Feb. 7 at the Big Air Shougang jump, which will air in the evening on Monday, Feb. 6 in Eastern time zones.

RESULTS
Women's freeski big air qualification
 

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Monday, Feb. 7, 2022
12:30 a.m. Freestyle Skiing – Men's Big Air Qualifying, Big Air Shougang, Beijing, CHN, USA Network, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
8:00 p.m. Primetime Freestyle Skiing Women's Big Air, Alpine Skiing Men's Super G, NBC Broadcast
9:00 p.m. Freestyle Skiing – Women's Big Air Final, Big Air Shougang, Beijing, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock

Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022
2:00 a.m. West Coast Encore – Women’s Big Air Final, Men’s super G & more, NBC Broadcast
8:00 p.m. Primetime Broadcast – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe, Alpine Women’s Slalom, Freestyle Men’s Big Air, NBC Broadcast
10:00 p.m. Freestyle – Men’s Big Air Final, Big Air Shougang, Beijing, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock

Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022
2:00 a.m. Primetime – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe Qualifying, Alpine Skiing Women’s Slalom, Freestyle Men’s Big Air (re-air), NBC Broadcast
5:00 a.m. Primetime – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe Qualifying, Alpine Skiing Women’s Slalom, Freestyle Men’s Big Air (re-air), NBC Broadcast
6:30 a.m. 2022 Winter Olympics Medal Ceremonies Day 5, NBC Broadcast

Freeski Big Air competitions kicked off its qualification round on Monday, Feb. 7, for both men and women, seeing three U.S. men qualify for their final round on Wednesday. Feb. 9. Alex Hall, Colby Stevenson, and Mac Forehand will represent Team USA. 

In the big air qualification round, athletes have three runs to show what they've got. The best two of three scores are then counted toward their overall points. From there, the field is narrowed to the top 12 athletes who will move on to the final round for a chance to medal. 

Alex Hall threw down a massive 1980 with his signature Buick grab on his second run and a switch 1800 in his third run to take second overall in the qualifiers, seven points behind Norway's Birk Ruud.

"Birk is one of the best skiers in the world, especially in big air," commented U.S. teammate Mac Forehand, who also qualified for finals with an eighth-place finish. "I think he's got two really good tricks that are scoring really high, and everyone saw today how much higher he was above everybody else in the qualifying, so it's going to take a lot (to take him down)."

Hall knows that competition in the men's field is steep, but that's part of what makes the sport so fun for him and the rest of the boys. After each stomped trick, the start house was full of cheering men stoked to see their fellow competitors giving their all, pushing themselves and the sport to the limit.

"Our sport progresses so much, and it's been progressing a ton the past couple years, and when you get a venue this good and a jump this good, and everyone feeding each other, this is just what happens naturally," explained Hall. "We all push each other to do our best, and as long as we're all skiing our best, we're all hyped on that. You can't ask for much more."

Colby Stevenson, who missed the Olympics in 2018 due to a shoulder injury, showed up strong in his Olympic debut scoring 174.25 to finish fifth. 

"Wednesday it could be anyone's day," said Stevenson. "We're going to go out there and throw down the biggest tricks we've ever done and just have a good time."

Fellow American Nick Geopper did not qualify for finals after giving what he could, saying he went for "a big swing" but went a "little bit too big" in Monday's qualifiers.

RESULTS
Men's freeski big air qualification
 

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Monday, Feb. 7, 2022
12:30 a.m. Freestyle Skiing – Men's Big Air Qualifying, Big Air Shougang, Beijing, CHN, USA Network, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
8:00 p.m. Primetime Freestyle Skiing Women's Big Air, Alpine Skiing Men's Super G, NBC Broadcast
9:00 p.m. Freestyle Skiing – Women's Big Air Final, Big Air Shougang, Beijing, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock

Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022
2:00 a.m. West Coast Encore – Women’s Big Air Final, Men’s super G & more, NBC Broadcast
8:00 p.m. Primetime Broadcast – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe, Alpine Women’s Slalom, Freestyle Men’s Big Air, NBC Broadcast
10:00 p.m. Freestyle – Men’s Big Air Final, Big Air Shougang, Beijing, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock

Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022
2:00 a.m. Primetime – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe Qualifying, Alpine Skiing Women’s Slalom, Freestyle Men’s Big Air (re-air), NBC Broadcast
5:00 a.m. Primetime – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe Qualifying, Alpine Skiing Women’s Slalom, Freestyle Men’s Big Air (re-air), NBC Broadcast
6:30 a.m. 2022 Winter Olympics Medal Ceremonies Day 5, NBC Broadcast

In her Olympic debut, Paula Moltzan posted the top finish for the U.S. women in Monday's giant slalom, tying with Norway's Maria Therese Tviberg in 12th. Moltzan, known for her prowess in the slalom, had minimal expectations for herself coming into Sunday's giant slalom. She just hoped to ski well. A quick bauble and an acrobatic save kept her in the fold and earned her the top finish for Team USA.

"I'm happy to be a little bit flexible," she laughed. 

Mikaela Shiffrin, who walked into the day's race carrying the weight of gold-medal expectations on her shoulders, did not finish her first run, skiing out around the fifth gate. 

The mistake was uncharacteristic of Shiffrin. When asked if she ever skis out in giant slalom, her response was "rarely." She knows questions will be asked, questions like "what went wrong." The meticulous skier spends so much time in training learning how to limit her risk of crashing that doing so in the Olympics is a shock to many. But Shiffrin knows she was pushing the first four turns. She knows where her mentality was at. Despite what she called a 'huge disappointment,' Shiffrin is already on to the next one. 

"We point blame at a lot of places in the season, but I think the easiest thing to say is that I skied a couple good turns and I skied one turn a bit wrong, and I paid the hardest consequence for that. Now we have to move forward because there’s a lot still to come the next week."

The defending giant slalom Olympic gold medalist was not the only top skier who struggled right out of the gate. Italy's Marta Bassino of Italy made a similar mistake on the same gate and skied out of the course. New Zealand's Alice Robinson also lost her cool on the top section of the first run. 

In the finish tent, Shiffrin stepped aside to take a moment to herself before facing the questions she knew were coming. In the same moment, Robinson sat crying and was being consoled by her physio. Shiffrin took notice and shared some words of wisdom. 

"Stop crying," she said. "You can’t afford to lose that emotional energy right now. You got more shots. Figure out what you can figure out, and then you just have to let the rest go."

"It's just hard," responded Alice.

"Oh yeah, I know - that fourth and a half gate is a real b*tch."

Nina O'Brien made it through that fourth gate in both runs. Coming into her second, O'Brien was sitting sixth overall, on the edge of what could be a career-best result for her in the giant slalom. She pushed the limits and hauled through each turn, bobbling, then recovering, and continuing to carry speed despite her mistakes. Then, at the last gate, O'Brien caught an edge and crashed unexpectedly in a chaotic tangle of limbs and skis. She remained alert and responsive as medical staff rushed into the finish to tend to her, only concerned about holding up the race and how fast she was skiing. O'Brien has been transported with Team USA's medical staff for further evaluation. At the moment, there are no updates as to the extent of her injuries. 

"I mean, we're at the Olympics," Moltzan commented when asked why she thinks so many athletes struggled on Sunday. "I think everyone is just trying to get their best skiing out there, and people are pushing to the limit, and when that happens, there's a breaking point."

The race went on to see Sweden's Sara Hector at the top of the podium, winning her first-ever Olympic gold. Italy's Federica Brignone took silver and Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami bronze. Fellow American AJ Hurt did not finish her first run.

RESULTS
Women's giant slalom

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Monday, Feb. 7, 2022
8:00 p.m. Primetime Freestyle Skiing Women's Big Air, Alpine Skiing Men's Super G, NBC Broadcast
10:00 p.m. Alpine Skiing – Men's Super G, National Alpine Skiing Center, Yanqing District, Beijing, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock

Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022
2:00 a.m. West Coast Encore – Women’s Big Air Final, Men’s super G & more, NBC Broadcast
8:00 p.m. Primetime Broadcast – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe, Alpine Women’s Slalom, Freestyle Mewn’s Big Air, NBC Broadcast
9:15 p.m. Alpine Skiing – Women’s Slalom Run 1, National Alpine Skiing Center, Yanqing District, Beijing, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock

Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022
12:45 a.m. Alpine – Alpine Skiing – Women’s Slalom Run 2, National Alpine Skiing Center, Yanqing District, Beijing, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
2:00 a.m. Primetime – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe Qualifying, Alpine Skiing Women’s Slalom, Freestyle Men’s Big Air (re-air), NBC Broadcast
5:00 a.m. Primetime – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe Qualifying, Alpine Skiing Women’s Slalom, Freestyle Men’s Big Air (re-air), NBC Broadcast
2:00 p.m. Daytime – Alpine Skiing Women’s Slalom, Nordic Combined Men’s Normal Hill & 10km, Snowboarding Women’s Snowboardcross Final, NBC Broadcast
9:30 p.m. Alpine Skiing – Men’s Combined Downhill, National Alpine Skiing Center, Yanqing District, Beijing, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock

Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022
1:05 a.m. Primetime Plus – Alpine Skiing – Men’s Alpine Combined Slalom, NBC Broadcast
1:15 a.m. Alpine Skiing, Men’s Combined Slalom, National Alpine Skiing Center, Yanqing District, Beijing, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
8:00 p.m. Primetime – Alpine Skiing Women’s Super G (Live), Snowboarding Men’s Halfpipe Final (Live), Freestyle Mixed Team Aerials Final, NBC Broadcast
10:00 p.m. Alpine Skiing – Women’s Super G, National Alpine Skiing Center, Yanqing District, Beijing, CHN, Streaming Peacock, NBCOlympics.com

After experiencing race delays due to wind on Sunday, the U.S. men walked away from Monday’s downhill at the Yanginq National Alpine Ski Center with three top 20 finishes. Ryan Cochran-Siegle led the way in 14th, followed by Bryce Bennett in 19th and Travis Ganong in 20th.

The course, known as “The Rock,” is one of the shorter downhills in Olympic history, with a highly reactive and aggressive surface that skied fast, loading skiers up and providing for some thrilling turns, near-miss crashes, and big saves from the men’s downhill field.

A brief course hold provided some intel from the first man down (Austria’s Vincent Kriechmayr), and Bryce Bennett, who was third out of the gate, saw an opportunity to push the limit of his line and took it. Since winning his first World Cup in Val Gardena, Italy, this season, Bennett has often said he is no longer interested in top 10 finishes. It’s a podium or nothing, and at the Olympics, Bennett was going for gold.

Bennett hit top speeds at 85.1 mph but took an overly aggressive on his line, causing the ski to “load up weird” on a crucial turn and for Bennett to be thrown off his line. Any heat Bennett was packing on track for a top spot was lost. Despite the mistake, he said he wouldn’t change a thing.

“It was on the limit the entire time,” Bennett reported to NBC, semi-speechless after an exhilarating run. “In this sport… it’s difficult for all the pieces to align, especially on an Olympic day. And to be honest, I think I had most of them in line, but... I don’t have words for what happened; it just happened.” 

Top U.S. finisher Cochran-Siegle took a slightly different approach to the course, skiing down in bib 16. A bit more conservative on his line, Cochran-Siegle finished strong but did not see the results he wanted.

“You know, I was trying to be relaxed and just go with the flow, and I think maybe it was a touch too passive up top,” reflected Cochran-Siegle. “It was definitely a little bumpier than the training run and I think I just needed to adapt better than I did, I didn’t really carry momentum through that section. You gotta be dialed every single turn here and really carry your speed through. I’d call it okay skiing, nothing special.”

Ganong shared similar sentiments. 

"I'm pretty conservative with the way I ski. Sometimes it works out and I'm really really fastest. Today, it was the Olympic downhill, I knew that I had to take some risks. And it's an easy track, so if you ski conservative and try and ski perfect it's not going to be a medal-worthy run. With that in mind, I pushed harder than I normally pushed, and I tried, and that's all you can do. The first two splits were really really competitive and then I had a couple of mistakes which took me out of it."

Switzerland's Beat Fuez took the gold, beating out silver medalist, Johan Clarey by one-tenth of a second. Clarey's medalist made him the oldest man to medal at a Winter Olympic Games, at the age of 41. Two-time Olympic downhill gold medalist, Mattias Mayer, took bronze.

On Tuesday, the men's focus shifts to the super-G, their next opportunity to medal at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022.

RESULTS
Men's downhill

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Monday, Feb. 7, 2022
8:00 p.m. Primetime Freestyle Skiing Women's Big Air, Alpine Skiing Men's Super G, NBC Broadcast
10:00 p.m. Alpine Skiing – Men's Super G, National Alpine Skiing Center, Yanqing District, Beijing, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock

Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022
2:00 a.m. West Coast Encore – Women’s Big Air Final, Men’s super G & more, NBC Broadcast
8:00 p.m. Primetime Broadcast – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe, Alpine Women’s Slalom, Freestyle Mewn’s Big Air, NBC Broadcast
9:15 p.m. Alpine Skiing – Women’s Slalom Run 1, National Alpine Skiing Center, Yanqing District, Beijing, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock

Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022
12:45 a.m. Alpine – Alpine Skiing – Women’s Slalom Run 2, National Alpine Skiing Center, Yanqing District, Beijing, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
2:00 a.m. Primetime – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe Qualifying, Alpine Skiing Women’s Slalom, Freestyle Men’s Big Air (re-air), NBC Broadcast
5:00 a.m. Primetime – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe Qualifying, Alpine Skiing Women’s Slalom, Freestyle Men’s Big Air (re-air), NBC Broadcast
2:00 p.m. Daytime – Alpine Skiing Women’s Slalom, Nordic Combined Men’s Normal Hill & 10km, Snowboarding Women’s Snowboardcross Final, NBC Broadcast
9:30 p.m. Alpine Skiing – Men’s Combined Downhill, National Alpine Skiing Center, Yanqing District, Beijing, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock

Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022
1:05 a.m. Primetime Plus – Alpine Skiing – Men’s Alpine Combined Slalom, NBC Broadcast
1:15 a.m. Alpine Skiing, Men’s Combined Slalom, National Alpine Skiing Center, Yanqing District, Beijing, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
8:00 p.m. Primetime – Alpine Skiing Women’s Super G (Live), Snowboarding Men’s Halfpipe Final (Live), Freestyle Mixed Team Aerials Final, NBC Broadcast
10:00 p.m. Alpine Skiing – Women’s Super G, National Alpine Skiing Center, Yanqing District, Beijing, CHN, Streaming Peacock, NBCOlympics.com

Sunday night under the lights at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou, China, Jaelin Kauf persevered through three final rounds to take home a silver medal for Team USA, the first mogul's medal for an American since 2014. 

Kauf started as one of 20 athletes in the first final, alongside the rest of her teammates nominated to Team USA, Hannah Soar, Olivia Giaccio, and Kai Owens. From there, all four women finished in the top 12 athletes to advance to the second final. In the second final, Soar and Owens dropped off, while Kauf and Giaccio went on to compete in the super-final to fight with four other women for an Olympic medal. 

"The medal round was something I got emotional about last Olympics, and I got emotional at the bottom [today] when I qualified for that final round," said Kauf. "I knew what was at stake. But as I was getting closer to being in the [start] gate, I just told myself what I've told myself every other run – 'This is your day, go out there, have fun, leave it all out there and attack,' and that's exactly what I did."

Kauf charged, pushing hard through the moguls after throwing a big backflip with a mute grab on the first air, accentuating the speed that she is known for on the World Cup Tour. Kauf finished her run in 26.37 seconds (the fastest time of the day) after going big on the second air, earning her a score of 80.28 and guaranteeing her the silver medal.

Kauf's road to the podium has been grueling. In the 2018 Games, Kauf had been favored for a medal as the World Cup leader but did not make the super final. Pushing through a difficult season to make the super final, put down a strong run, and grab a medal for her country was a moment of redemption.

"It's been a fight to get here," said Kauf. The past four years, this season, and all of those run out there today, and it just feels so good to just make it happen. Every run I was fighting every turn to give it everything that I had."

Overall, the American women had a fantastic showing at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022. Team USA had the most representation in the top 10, with Giaccio finishing 6th, Soar finishing 7th, and Owens finishing 10th in each of their Olympic debuts.

Soar and Giaccio had qualified in the first round of qualifications, while Owens punched her ticket in the second qualification round. The 17-year-old had crashed in training earlier in the week and had been under medical evaluation until being cleared to compete in the second qualifier.

"The first day of recovery, I couldn't even move my arm," said Owens. "I was in a sling because of my rotator cuff. Then I couldn't see out of my eye. It was crazy. I had to pass some brain injury safeguards to make sure I was okay. I had no symptoms, so I was really lucky there. And Celeste, my PT, helped me drain some of the swelling out of my eye. [My recovery] was a big project, it was tough, but I made it. And I'm so proud and grateful. I'm so lucky I had recovery staff here to help me."

The women's mogul final Sunday marks the completion of competition for the U.S. Freestyle mogul athletes. On Thursday, Feb. 10, aerials kick off with the mixed team event.

RESULTS
Women's moguls final