Morning of February 14 Winter Olympics gold medal standings: Norway leads with 8 golds, France rises to fourth, Japan has 3 golds, China drops again

On February 14 Beijing time, the seventh day of the Milan Winter Olympics ended with 7 gold medals distributed, triggering significant changes in the medal table. Norway secured 1 gold that day to solidify its lead at 8 golds. France won 1 gold to reach 4 and jumped to fourth place. Japan’s 1 gold brought them to 3 golds and tenth place. Australia’s 1 gold raised their count to 2 and tenth place. The Czech Republic grabbed 1 gold to move to 11th place. Great Britain earned its first gold, rising sharply to 15th, and Kazakhstan also won its first gold, climbing to 16th. China continued to fall, now sitting in 18th place!

Norway has demonstrated formidable gold-winning strength in this event, relentlessly collecting medals and dominating the top spot from the start. On the seventh day, they added another gold from Klæbo in the men’s 10km freestyle cross-country skiing. This gold marked Klæbo’s hat-trick of golds at a single Winter Olympics and his eighth personal Olympic gold, tying the all-time record, establishing him as a legendary figure. With this, Norway’s 8 golds reinforce their lead, 2 golds ahead of host Italy. Additionally, Norway has reclaimed first place in the overall medal count with 18 medals, surpassing Italy, maintaining their double leadership!

On the seventh competition day, France won the men’s 10km sprint biathlon gold, bringing their total to 4 golds in this event. This victory propelled them directly from eighth to fourth place, a remarkable leap, tying with the USA at 4 golds and potentially challenging for third place!

Japan secured another gold on the seventh day in men’s snowboard halfpipe, marking their third gold in this event. Notably, all three Japanese golds have come from the same discipline—snowboarding—where Japan has shown strong dominance and group strength, with multiple athletes qualifying for the finals!

Australia, after breaking their gold medal drought with their first gold on the previous day, continued their winning streak by claiming another gold on the seventh day in women’s snowboard snowboard cross. Their total gold count reached 2, and their ranking rose again to 12th place, showing significant progress!

The Czech Republic finally won another gold on the seventh day, capturing the men’s 10,000m speed skating gold—a long-distance endurance event—securing their second gold of the games and ending a long wait. Their ranking improved to 11th place!

On the seventh day, Kazakhstan won its first gold of the games in men’s singles figure skating, defeating two Japanese competitors in the final with a commanding performance and skyrocketing to 16th place. Also breaking their gold drought on this day was Great Britain, which won the men’s skeleton gold by narrowly edging out two German athletes, leaping to 15th place in a thrilling victory!

Written by / Sports Novel