White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders will join Ivanka Trump at the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea this weekend, administration officials said during a background briefing Wednesday.
Details: Trump, who was asked by the president to lead the U.S. delegation, will have dinner with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday. She will not make a speech on her father's behalf. Officials said the purpose of the trip is to cheer on American athletes and reaffirm the U.S.-South Korea alliance.
Two Americans, Kikkan Randall and Jessica Diggins, just won gold in team cross-country skiing at the Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. They are now the first American cross-country skiers to win a gold medal in the sport.
Medal count: The U.S. has taken home 6 gold medals, 4 silver, and 6 bronze, landing it in fifth place behind Norway who leads the medal count, Germany, Canada, and the Netherlands, according to Pyeongchang's medal tracker.
