Utah Olympians shared in almost half of Team USA's medals

By the numbers: In individual events, that accounts for two of Team USA's eight gold medals, five of eight silvers and three of seven bronzes.

• In team events, Utah athletes contributed to three of four golds, one of four silvers and one of two bronzes.

Here are highlights from the final few days of the games:

⛷️ An all-Utah mixed freeski aerials team soared to a gold medal even without Quinn Dehlinger — one of skiing's top aerialists, who is nursing a knee injury.

• Connor Curran subbed in, joining his fellow Park City skiers Chris Lillis and Kaila Kuhn to win by more than 28 points — the final round's biggest margin.
• Lillis not only defended his 2022 Olympic gold in mixed aerials, he also headed off right-wing mockery after MAGA — including his own U.S. senator, Republican Mike Lee — lashed out at him for saying Americans should respect human rights.

🏒 Hilary Knight made history as the most decorated American hockey player in Olympic history, captaining Team USA to a nail-biting gold against Canada and securing her fifth Olympic medal.

• It's not the only bling she and speed skater Brittany Bowe are bringing back to their SLC home. Knight proposed to Bowe the night before the final — a feat more nerve-wracking, she said, than leading her team against the country that invented their sport.

• Meanwhile, the Utah Mammoth's Clayton Keller joined the men's team's overtime victory over Canada in Sunday's gold medal game.

🦅 Former Westminster Griffin Alex Ferreira took to the skies and landed with gold in Friday's men's freeski halfpipe.

⛸ SLC's closely watched short-track speed skater Corinne Stoddard redeemed her 2022 broken-nose wipeout, chasing down a bronze medal in the 1500m Friday.

• The next day, SLC's Mia Manganello also won bronze — America's first-ever medal in speed skating's mass start event.