The closing ceremony Sunday morning wrapped up a controversial 2022 Winter Olympics.
Between the coronavirus restrictions in Beijing, boycotts due to China’s human rights abuses and outrage regarding the doping scandal with Russia’s top figure skater, the world’s best athletes still went head to head for the prized gold medals.Â
Norway led the way in both overall medal count and gold medals, earning 16 golds, eight silvers and 13 bronze medals for 37 total — five more than second-place Russia.Â
The United States finished fifth in overall medal count (25) and tied for fourth in gold medals (8).
The eight U.S. gold medalists: Lindsey Jacobellis (women’s snowboard cross), Nathan Chen (men’s figure skating), Chloe Kim (women’s snowboarding halfpipe), Ashley Caldwell, Christopher Lillis and Justin Schoenefeld (mixed team aerials skiing), Nick Baumgartner and Lindsey Jacobellis (mixed team snowboard cross), Erin Jackson (women’s 500-meter speedskating), Kallie Humphries (women’s monobob bobsled) and Alex Hall (men’s slopestyle skiing).Â
Germany finished third in medal count with 27, while Canada was fourth with 26. Host China placed 11th with 15 medals.Â
Here is the overall medal count from the 2022 Winter Olympics:Â
1. Norway: 37Â
2. Russian Olympic Committee: 32
3. Germany: 27
4. Canada: 26
5. United States: 25
T-6. Sweden: 18
T-6. Austria: 18
T-6. Japan: 18
T-9. Netherlands: 17
T-9. Italy: 17
11. China: 15
T-12: Switzerland: 12
T-12: France: 12
14. South Korea: 9
15. Finland 8
16. Slovenia: 7
17. Australia: 4
T-18. New Zealand: 3
T-18. Hungary: 3
T-20. Great Britain: 2
T-20. Belgium: 2
T-20. Czech Republic: 2
T-20. Slovakia: 2
T-20. Belarus: 2
T-25. Spain: 1
T-25. Ukraine: 1
T-25. Estonia: 1
T-25. Latvia: 1
T-25. Poland: 1Â
• Jacob Calvin Meyer can be reached at jmeyer@washingtontimes.com.
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