Winter Olympics 2022 - Team USA women face Finland for shot at hockey gold, Americans go 1-2 in monobob and more from Beijing
The gold medal in women's ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics seems destined to go through the U.S.-Canada rivalry. On Sunday, Canada did its part, defeating Switzerland in one semifinal game.
As it has done throughout the Olympic tournament, Canada swamped its opponent, defeating the Swiss 10-3. By the 10:40 mark of the first period, the Canadians had staked a five-goal lead and never looked back.
On Monday morning, it's the Americans' turn. The U.S. faces Finland for another shot at Canada, which handed the Americans their only loss of the Olympics. The U.S. previously defeated Finland 5-2 in the preliminary round.
We'll have updates from Team USA's hockey semifinal.
Other top action from the Olympics:
The U.S. women went 1-2 in the first ever Olympic women's monobob event, with Kaillie Humphries winning gold and Elana Meyers Taylor securing the silver medal. Canada's Christine de Bruin won the bronze medal.
Humphries dominated the event, leading by 1.54 seconds by the end. Meyers Taylor, who had been in fourth after her first two runs, made up time in the third and fourth runs to finish ahead of de Bruin at 4:20:81. An emotional Meyers Taylor, who took an entire season off to give birth to her son, Nico, screamed, «We did it!» as she got to the finish line.
A historic run!