Teams USA wins silver in team figure skating as Russia takes gold
Kamila Valieva became the first woman to land a quad in the Olympics — two of them, in fact — and her historic free skate put a stamp on the Russians' dominant run to the gold medal in the team event at theThe 15-year-old Valieva opened with a huge quad salchow and followed with the difficult triple axel before landing another quad, this time a toe loop in combination with a triple toe loop.
Madison Chock of the United States and Evan Bates of the United States in action om February 7, 2022 at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijingafter his free skate Sunday as part of regular screenings. His positive test is certain to stress the rest of the American team, including Nathan Chen, whose quest for individual gold begins with Tuesday's short program. The two have been part of the same practice group since arriving in Beijing.
That left no pressure on Valieva to unload the first quad — and then the second — by a woman in Olympic competition. Sinitsina and Katsalapov's performance to a Rachmaninov piano concerto was timeless and elegant, but they lost a point for an overly long lift sequence to score 128.17 and give Chock and Bates the opening they needed.
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