Olympics Highlights: The U.S. Finished Fifth in the Final Medal Count

The Winter Olympics are finally over, so you can get back to watching re-runs of “Everybody Loves Raymond” now.  Let’s see how we did this year . . .

We finished in 5th place overall with 25 medals, and 4th place in gold medals with eight.  So, not too bad considering we tend to do better at the Summer Olympics.

The WOMEN crushed it for us, winning 52% of the medals for Team USA this year.  The men were responsible for 32% of our medals . . . and mixed-gender events accounted for 16%.

Several Americans won multiple medals in Beijing.  Snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis snagged two golds . . . cross-country skier Jessica Diggins won silver and bronze . . . bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor won silver and bronze . . . and three figure skaters snagged multiple medals:  Nathan Chen with a gold and a silver . . . Zach Donohue with a silver and a bronze . . . and Madison Hubbell with a silver and a bronze.

Here are the final medal standings from the 2022 Winter Olympics . . .

1.  Norway:  37 . . . 16 gold, 8 silver, 13 bronze.

2.  Russia:  32 . . . 6 gold, 12 silver, 14 bronze.

3.  Germany:  27 . . . 12 gold, 10 silver, 5 bronze.

4.  Canada:  26 . . . 4 gold, 8 silver, 14 bronze.

5.  USA:  25 . . . 8 gold, 10 silver, 7 bronze.