Malinin's score was 200.03. When Sato's was revealed as 194.86, it clinched the gold for the U.S. in this event for a second consecutive Winter Olympics and sent a bench full of U.S. athletes, including Madison Chock, Evan Bates, Amber Glenn, Alysa Lu, Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea, hugging one another as they clinched the title.

Team USA repeated as gold medalists in figure skating team event after skier Breezy Johnson took first U.S. gold medal of Milan Cortina Games

MILAN (AP) — This could turn out to be Italy’s best Winter Olympics ever after a record-breaking day on home snow and ice. The host nation picked up five medals on Sunday, the most Italy has ever won in a single day at the Winter Olympics.

Day two of the Milan Cortina Games was off to an intense start, with Breezy Johnson clinching Team USA's first medal in women's alpine downhill skiing. Olympic legend Lindsey Vonn crashed within the first few seconds of her run in the same event. Vonn was air-lifted from the course.

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Cortina Winter Olympics, with legendary American skier Lindsey Vonn and British medal hope Mia Brookes in action.

Karl, 40, trailed South Korea's Kim Sang-kyum through much of the final, but raced downhill and capitalized on a late mistake to finish 0.19 seconds ahead to win gold. Bulgaria's Tervel Zamfirov won Bronze in the event.

• Top highlights: Swiss skier Franjo von Allmen won the men’s downhill event to take home Milan Cortina’s first gold medal. Italy’s Francesca Lollobrigida broke a women’s speed skating record in front of the home crowd on her 35th birthday.