Winter Olympics: Women’s figure skating kicks off and seven medal events on a busy Day 11
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Can the American trio of Alysa Liu, Amber Glenn and Isabeau Levito take one step towards getting Team USA its first women’s figure skating gold in 24 years? Follow CNN for live updates.
• Team USA women’s hockey dominates: The American women’s hockey team crushed Sweden 5-0 to triumphantly march into the gold medal game. Team USA will play rival Canada after they beat Switzerland 2-1 in the other semifinal. • Women’s figure skating begins: Can the American trio of Alysa Liu, Amber Glenn and Isabeau Levito take one step towards getting Team USA its first women’s gold in 24 years? We’ll find out beginning at 12:45 p.m. ET. • Medals aplenty: We’ve got seven golds up for grabs today across a multitude of sports, including snowboarding, Nordic combined, freestyle skiing and bobsled. CNN Sports has all of the greatest feats of achievement – and funny anecdotes – from the Games, sign up for our “Milano Memo” newsletter. Are you wondering if Olympians get paid for their medal-winning exploits? While Olympic medals are highly sought-after accolades, receiving one doesn’t come with any financial bonuses directly from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the organizers of the Games.













