USA has 2 medals, but Norway is dominating the count

It’s early on, but Norway is well ahead in the medal count at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

The United States picked up their first gold medal when 17-year-old Red Gerard won the Men’s Slopestyle event on Saturday. Their only other medal is a silver, won in luge. They are pretty far behind in the medal count, but it’s still very early on.

Norway, always considered a force in the Winter Olympics, lead the total medal count with eight. That includes one gold, four silver, and three bronze medals. The Netherlands are in second, with five total medals, including two gold. Germany have the most gold medals, with three, and also have a bronze.

American figure skaters figured to be competing for gold, but in the team event, they’ve had some struggles. They are still within range, with three events to go on Sunday evening. But they are currently third in the team event standings. In the non-team events later on, America is expected to do well.

The Czech Republic have two medals, like the United States, but they have a silver and a bronze, possessing no gold. Canada is just above the United States with three silvers and a bronze, for a total of four medals.

On Sunday, Perrine Laffont of France took home the gold in the women’s moguls final in freestyle skiing. Arnd Peiffer won the biathlon men’s 10km sprint for Germany. Sven Kramer won the men’s 5000m in speed skating for the Netherlands. David Gleirscher won gold in the men’s singles luge for Austria. Finally, Simen Hegstad Krueger won the men’s 30km skiathlon for Norway.

Upcoming medals for Sunday and Monday

On Sunday evening, the figure skating team event will hand out medals when the men’s and women’s free skate and the ice dancing free program happen, with an expected end time of around 11 p.m. ET. That all gets started on NBC at 8 p.m. ET.

The women’s slopestyle final will also take place on Sunday evening, also in primetime on NBC. The qualifying was cancelled due to strong winds. The same can be said for the women’s alpine skiing giant slalom, which is scheduled to give out a medal with the second runs beginning at 11:45 p.m., though with the first heats also postponed due to heavy winds, it’s unclear at the time of writing if this will take place.

Early in the morning on Monday, at least in the United States, medals will awarded in the women’s 10km pursuit and men’s 12.5km pursuit in the sport of biathlon. The men’s moguls final in freestyle skiing, women’s 1500m in speed skating, women’s individual normal hill final in ski jumping, and the women’s halfpipe final in snowboarding will all have medals on Monday as well.