Lindsey Jacobellis finally earned Olympic redemption, winning the women's snowboard cross gold medal 16 years after an infamous fall on the penultimate jump cost her the Turin 2006 title ©Getty Images

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Jacobellis' gold medal was the United States' first of Beijing 2022 ©Getty Images
Jacobellis' gold medal was the United States' first of Beijing 2022 ©Getty Images


There was American disappointment in the women's slalom, however, as Mikaela Shiffrin missed a gate, making Slovakian Petra Vlhová's route to the gold medal more straightforward ©Getty Images
There was American disappointment in the women's slalom, however, as Mikaela Shiffrin missed a gate, making Slovakian Petra Vlhová's route to the gold medal more straightforward ©Getty Images


South Korea earned a first gold medal of the Games thanks to Hwang Dae-heon, left, in the men's 1,500m short track speed skating race ©Getty Images
South Korea earned a first gold medal of the Games thanks to Hwang Dae-heon, left, in the men's 1,500m short track speed skating race ©Getty Images
German Vinzenz Geiger won the normal hill Nordic combined gold ©Getty Images
German Vinzenz Geiger won the normal hill Nordic combined gold ©Getty Images



Germany's fourth and fifth luge medals came in the men's doubles ©Getty Images
Germany's fourth and fifth luge medals came in the men's doubles ©Getty Images


Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt earned the gold by 0.099 seconds ©Getty Images
Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt earned the gold by 0.099 seconds ©Getty Images
Germany lead the medals table on five golds, but Norway are just one behind because Birk Ruud won the first-ever men's Olympic freeski big air title ©Getty Images
Germany lead the medals table on five golds, but Norway are just one behind because Birk Ruud won the first-ever men's Olympic freeski big air title ©Getty Images
The men's ice hockey tournament, minus National Hockey League players, got underway ©Getty Images
The men's ice hockey tournament, minus National Hockey League players, got underway ©Getty Images


Amid the various medal ceremonies there has still not been one for the team figure skating event, due to an anti-doping issue concerning 15-year-old Russian Olympic Committee star Kamila Valieva ©Getty Images
Amid the various medal ceremonies there has still not been one for the team figure skating event, due to an anti-doping issue concerning 15-year-old Russian Olympic Committee star Kamila Valieva ©Getty Images