The U.S. picked up a couple of bronzes that weren’t necessarily expected today, particularly the medal in the women’s short-track relay. But, just as importantly in the race for the podium, Germany failed to medal in some places where they’d been widely expected to — most notably women’s bobsled, where some forecasters had Germany earning two medals and they were in fact shut out. The U.S. now projects to win the overall medal count 34-30. Canada, whose projected total of 26 medals is lower than the 28 that the U.S. already has, is probably out of the running in the overall medals table, but remains the reasonably strong favorite to emerge with the most golds.
