Eddy Alvarez will become only the third American to earn medals at both the Summer and Winter Olympics after the United States beat defending champion South Korea 7-2 on Thursday night to earn a berth in this weekend’s gold-medal game against host Japan.
Katie Nageotte won an unexpected gold for the United States in the pole vault at the Olympics ahead of world champion Anzhelika Sidorova of the ROC team.
The IOC says it stripped Belarus coaches Artur Shimak and Yury Maisevich of their Olympic credentials after they were involved in trying to send sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya back to Belarus.