America's women broke an ice hockey gold medal drought stretching back 20 years today as a Russian curler admitted doping and was stripped of bronze at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic. 

In ice hockey, USA edged fierce rivals Canada 3-2 on penalties. America's hockey win snapped a 24-game Olympic winning streak for Canada, the four-time defending champions. 

Russia's Alexander Krushelnitsky was stripped of his mixed doubles curling bronze medal after testing positive for meldonium, an endurance booster.

American skier Mikaela Shiffrin was denied gold in the women's combined, while veteran team-mate Lindsey Vonn disappointingly bombed out of the same event — her final Olympic race.

There was a shock in the men's slalom as the favourites Marcel Hirscher and Henrik Kristoffersen both imploded, allowing Sweden's Andre Myhrer to become the event's  champion.  

In the men's ski halfpipe, American defending champion David Wise kept his nerve despite crashing out of his first two runs to seal a gripping victory on the final attempt.