MILAN (AP) — Two days after leaving the ice in tears because her Dutch relay team failed to medal, Xandra Velzeboer won the women's 500 meters gold medal in short track speedskating at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Thursday night — and also broke her own world record in the semifinals.

Two-time gold medalist Chloe Kim said she treasures her silver medal in halfpipe snowboarding even though she fell short of making history with a third gold in three consecutive Olympics.

17-year old South Korean snowboarder Choi Gaon recovers from a "huge hit" in her first run to deny favourite Chloe Kim of Team USA a third straight women's halfpipe gold medal.

Seventeen-year-old Choi Gaon took gold with a sparkling 90.25 on her final run, stunning the two-time defending champion, who mentored Gaon leading up to the Games.