Team USA's Adam Rippon competed in the men's figure skating short program at the Pyeonchang Olympics. But it was a disappointing night for Mikaela Shiffrin, who came in fourth in the slalom. Shiffrin took gold one day earlier in the giant slalom.
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NBC's primetime coverage Thursday included men's ice hockey, men's figure skating, men's speedskating, the skeleton, men's and women's Alpine skiing, team relay luge, and curling.
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Switzerland's Dario Cologna has become the first cross-country skier to win three Olympic gold medals in the same event by capturing the 15-kilometer freestyle.
"Super Dario" as he's known, also won this race in Vancouver in 2010 and Sochi in 2014.
His three-peat gives Switzerland its first gold medal of the Pyeongchang Olympics.
1:45 a.m. U.S. men's hockey team gets key win
Ryan Donato scored two power-play goals and Troy Terry dominated with his speed as college players led the United States to an important 2-1 victory over Slovakia on Friday at the Olympics.
The win was crucial considering only the top four of 12 teams avoid the qualification round Monday. With the regulation win, the U.S. vaults to the top of Group B with four points. Slovakia was second with three, followed by Slovenia and Russia.
The U.S. faces Russia in each team's final preliminary-round game Saturday night.
1:20 a.m. American star disappoints again in snowboardcross
Italy's Michela Moioli has won the gold medal in Olympic women's snowboardcross. She overtook American Lindsey Jacobellis about halfway down the course, then beat the rest of the field to the finish line.
Jacobellis finished fourth, continuing her hard-luck career at the Olympics. The world's most decorated rider, Jacobellis has failed to return to the podium since settling for silver after an ill-advised jump in 2006 while she was clear in the lead.
12:15 a.m.: Record-setting performance in men's figure skating
Men competed early Friday in the short program, with Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu breaking the record with his 111.68 points.
Two-time U.S. champion Nathan Chen, a pre-games favorite, was anything but spot-on. He missed on all his jumps, plummeting to 17th place with a tentative and passionless showing.
Fellow American Adam Rippon finished seventh without attempting a quad in what was otherwise a jumping contest for the men.
11:45 p.m.: Frida Hansdotter of Sweden takes gold in slalom
Sweden's Frida Handsotter took gold in the slalom, with Switzerland's Wendy Holdener taking silver and Austria's Katharina Gallhuber coming taking broze. American Mikaela Shiffrin, who took gold in the event last year and won gold on Thursday in the giant slalom, came in fourth.
Shiffrin threw up before a race again, only this time it might not have been typical pre-competition butterflies, CBS Sports reports. The 22-year-old ski phenom has spoken openly about her unwanted penchant for pre-race puking in the past, but in speaking with NBC after her first run in the slalom Friday morning in Pyeonchang, Shiffrin allowed for the possibility that she could be sick.
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