Olympic Update:
–Nathan Chen completed a gold medal performance in men’s figure skating with a near-flawless free skate. He iced the medal following a world record in the short program. Chen becomes the first U.S. men’s gold medalist in skating since Evan Lysacek in 2010.
–Chloe Kim won gold in the women’s snowboard halfpipe for the second straight Olympics.
Medal count as of this morning now has Austria and Norway leading with 12 medals. Germany and Norway lead with five gold medals. The United States has nine medalists with three gold, five silvers and a bronze.