Heraskevych, though, was disqualified from the race before it started.

Standing at the top of the winding Cortina sliding track with Olympic gold in his sights, Matt Weston knew what he had to do.

Yuto does indeed take the gold medal.

The U.S. women’s curling team was surprised to learn that their defeat of Canada on Friday marked an Olympic first. “If that’s true,” caveated Minneapolis native Taylor Anderson-Heide said after the 9-8 nailbiter,

MILAN — Canada’s men’s hockey team looks to continue its early dominance, while the men’s and women’s curling teams try to build on their winning starts on Day 7 of the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Poulin, Brianne Jenner, Claire Thompson, Sarah Fillier and Blayre Turnbull scored for Canada in its first Olympic game against Germany.