Kendall Gretsch competes in the women's 10-kilometer sitting biathlon at the Paralympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 on March 13, 2018 in PyeongChang, South Korea. .
U.S. military veterans and Paralympic Nordic skiing team members Dan Cnossen and Andy Soule snatched up a pair of medals, silver and bronze, respectively, in the men’s 12.5-kilometer sitting biathlon event on Tuesday and made history in the process.
It was Cnossen’s third medal of the Paralympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, adding to his gold in 7.5K biathlon and silver in 15K cross-country. It was the first medal of 2018 for three-time Olympian Soule, who won bronze in the 2.4K biathlon pursuit in Vancouver in 2010.
It is also the first time two U.S. men have ever finished on the podium in biathlon in either the Olympic or Paralympic Games.
Kendall Gretsch, who already has two gold medals to her name, finished in fourth for the women. Four-time Paralympian Oksana Masters, who took silver in the 6K in biathlon and bronze in the 12K cross-country, has been battling an elbow injury and did not finish on Tuesday.
The U.S. men continued to dominate in sled hockey action, taking down host nation South Korea, 8-0, to win Group B and schedule a semifinal contest against Italy on Thursday.
The curling team suffered close losses to China and Canada.
How To Watch
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| Time (ET) | Event | TV / Stream | ||
| 2:00 PM | NBCSN: Wheelchair Curling, Sled Hockey | NBCSN | ||
| 8:30 PM | Olympic Channel: Wheelchair Curling | Olympic Channel | ||
| 8:30 PM | Alpine Men's Slalom Run 1 | Stream via NBC Olympics | ||
| 8:35 PM | Wheelchair Curling Round Robin, SUI vs. USA | Stream via NBC Olympics | ||
| 9:00 PM | M/W Cross-country Sprint Qualification Rounds | Stream via NBC Olympics | ||
| 11:00 PM | M/W Cross-country Sprint Finals | Stream via NBC Olympics | ||
| 12:00 AM | NBCSN: Alpine, Cross-Country | NBCSN | ||
| 1:00 AM | Alpine Men's Slalom Run 2 | Stream via NBC Olympics | ||
| 1:35 AM | Wheelchair Curling Round Robin, GBR vs. USA | Stream via NBC Olympics | ||
| 3:00 AM | Sled Hockey Playoff 5th-8th Game 1 | Stream via NBC Olympics | ||
| 7:00 AM | Sled Hockey Playoff 5th-8th Game 2 | Stream via NBC Olympics | ||
Team USA’s Can’t-Miss Event
Nordic Skiing — Men’s and Women’s Cross-Country Sprint 10 a.m. Korea/9 p.m. ET Tuesday
Gretsch and Cnossen have already won gold and silver, respectively, in cross-country so far this Paralympics. They lead a large U.S. contingent into Wednesday’s medal events as they compete in the women’s and men’s 1.1-kilometer sitting sprint. The men’s field will be loaded for this one, with Soule, Aaron Pike, Jeremy Wagner and Sean Halsted all competing. Masters is also scheduled to compete in the event she won a world title in last year, although that was before she re-aggravated her elbow injury in Tuesday’s race.
Grace Miller and Ruslan Reiter will compete in the 1.5K standing classic sprint, while Jake Adicoff and Mia Zutter look to add to the U.S. medal totals in the visually impaired 1.5K classic.
More Team USA Action
• Alpine Skiing — Giant slalom (9:30 a.m. Korea/8:30 p.m. Tuesday ET)
The U.S. was shut out in the giant slalom in Sochi in 2014, but a huge contingent of athletes including Andrew Kurka and Danelle Umstead look to change that this year.
• Curling — USA versus Switzerland, Great Britain (9:35 a.m., 2:35 p.m. Korea/8:35 p.m. Tuesday, 1:35 a.m. Wednesday ET)
Team USA looks for their second win of the tournament.
Karen Price is a reporter from Pittsburgh who has covered Olympic sports for various publications. She is a freelance contributor to TeamUSA.org on behalf of Red Line Editorial, Inc.