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This Was Team USA's Worst Winter Olympics in 20 Years
Here’s to doing better in 2022.
There were some high points for Team USA at the 2018 Winter Games. In what might end up being her last Olympics, downhill skier Lindsey Vonn became the oldest female alpine-skiing medalist in history, and the United States ended its “cross-country drought” when two female skiers won gold on Sunday—the first time the U.S. medaled in cross country since 1976.
Still, any way you slice it, it’s been a disappointing 2018 Winter Olympics for the U.S. America sent 242 Olympians to Pyeongchang but will take home just 23 medals, ending up in fourth place overall. Compare this to Norway, which has an Olympic delegation less than half the size of ours, with 109 team members, and won 39 medals.