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The indomitable Olympic spirit is alive and well in PyeongChang!
Competing in the free skating portion of the Figure Skating Team Event, Olympian Mirai Nagasu provided viewers with an unforgettable moment (and made a bit of history) as she became the first American woman to land a triple axel in Olympic competition. Made famous by Tonya Harding at the 1991 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, the high-risk/high-reward maneuver is one of the most difficult moves in figure skating.
In case you missed the moment because you were practicing your own triple axel (i.e., falling asleep on the couch covered in chips while binge-watching SVU episodes, not to worry: the moment, as you might imagine, was captured all over the internet, including in the tweet below. Welcome to history, Mirai!
What else is happening at the 2018 Winter Olympics? Here are a few of the other big stories you may have missed!
- Canada Wins Team Figure Skating Gold
Patrick Chan placed first in the men’s free skate, and the ice dancing duo of Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue were victorious in the free dance to give our neighbors to the north a victory. [New York Times]
- Eric Radford Becomes First Openly Gay Man To Win Gold At Winter Olympics
Along with partner Meagan Duhamel, the Canadian won the gold in team figure skating. [NewNowNext]
- Mikael Kingsbury Dominates Men’s Moguls to Win Gold
The final saw three medal favorites (South Korean Jae Woo Choi, Japan’s Sho Endo, and Ikuma Horishima) not finish their run. [NBC Olympics]
- California Native Jamie Anderson Repeats As Olympic Champion, Wins Gold For Team USA In Women’s Slopestyle
Marred by high winds and awful conditions that cut down on the number of runs each woman could make, Jamie Anderson took home the gold! [Deadspin]
You can catch up with all the 2018 Olympics news of the day by following along with NBC’s coverage of the winter games. If you’re looking to follow along with today’s events (like for instance curling, snowboarding, or luge), Decider has all the Olympic live stream information you need for today as well as the rest of the 2018 Winter Olympics.
