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Feb 10, 2022 - Sports

In photos: Golden triumphs for Team USA in Day 6 highlights

Rebecca Falconer
Chloe Kim of the US reacts with the United States flag after winning gold in the Women's Snowboard Halfpipe Final at the Winter Olympic Games on February 10th, 2022 in Zhangjiakou, China. (

Team USA's Chloe Kim after winning gold medal in the women's snowboard halfpipe final at Genting Snow Park during the Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China, on Feb. 10. Photo: Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images

Figure skater Nathan Chen and snowboarder Chloe Kim added to the U.S. gold medal haul at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Thursday.

The big picture: Kim becoming the first woman to successfully defend her Olympic title and Chen's winning free skating routine to the "Rocketman" soundtrack were among the standout performances on Day 6 of the 2022 Olympics.

USA's Nathan Chen competes in the men's single skating free skating of the figure skating event during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games
American Nathan Chen in his men's single free skating winning performance in Beijing on Feb. 10. Photo: Anne-Christine Poujooulat/AFP via Getty Images
Merlin Surget of Team France competes during the Men's Snowboard Cross Semifinals on Day 6 of the Winter Olympics at Genting Snow Park on February 10, 2022 in Zhangjiakou, China.
Merlin Surget of Team France competes in the men's snowboard cross semifinals at Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou, China, on Feb. 10. Photo: Maja Hitij/Getty Images
Austria's Alessandro Haemmerle (front L) crosses the finish line ahead of Canada's Eliot Grondin (R) to win the snowboard men's cross big final at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games
Austria's Alessandro Haemmerle (front left) crosses the finish line ahead of Canada's Eliot Grondin (right) to win the Olympic snowboard men's cross big final in Zhangjiakou, China, on Feb. 10. Photo: Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images
Rebecca Hamilton of the US curls the stone during the women's round robin session 1 game of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games curling competition
Rebecca Hamilton of the U.S. curls the stone during the women's round robin session 1 game of the Winter Olympics curling competition against the Russian Olympic Committee in Beijing on Feb. 10. Photo: Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP via Getty Images
Norway's Aleksander Aamodt Kilde competes in the men's alpine combined slalom event during the Winter Olympic Games at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre in Yanqing on February 10
Norwegian Olympian Aleksander Aamodt Kilde competes in the men's alpine combined slalom event in Yanqing, China, on Feb. 10. Photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images
US Olympian Jessie Diggins competes in the women's 10km classical event at the National Cross-Country Skiing Center Feb. 10.
U.S. Olympian Jessie Diggins competes in the women's 10km classical event at the National Cross-Country Skiing Center on Feb. 10. Photo: Sergei Bobylev/TASS via Getty Images
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