China chasing first medal in PyeongChang

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After the second full day of competition at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, Germany are at the top of the medal standings with three gold medals.

Sven Kramer of the Netherlands gestures on the podium after winning a gold medal. /VCG Photo

The Dutch are in second with two golds and five medals overall. Winter Games powerhouse Norway is up to third with eight medals in total. And the USA is in fourth with one gold and one silver. Four countries are tied for the fifth place right now, including the host nation South Korea, and Sweden. China is still looking for its first medal in PyeongChang.

Dutch speed skater Sven Kramer raced into the record books on Sunday by winning his third consecutive Olympic gold medal in the men's 5,000 meters. Kramer, the first man to win three golds in the same speed skating event at the Winter Games, set an Olympic record of six minutes and 9.76 seconds, finishing ahead of Canada's Ted-Jan Bloemen with Norway's Sverre Lunde Pedersen claiming bronze.

Arnd Peiffer, Michal Krcmar and Dominik Winisch celebrate after crossing the finish line to win gold, silver and bronze medals in the men's 10km biathlon sprint /VCG Photo

Meanwhile, Arnd Peiffer won the men's biathlon 10 kilometer sprint title to help Germany lead on the medals table with three golds. Michal Krcmar of the Czech Republic took silver, and Italy's Dominik Windisch got bronze.

France's Perrine Laffont celebrates after the women's moguls’ final event during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games /VCG Photo

Frenchwoman Perrine Laffont took the gold medal in freestyle skiing women's moguls. She became the second French Winter Olympic medalist in the women's moguls. Canada's Justine Dufour-Lapointe bagged the silver medal, and the third place went to Yulia Galysheva of Kazakhstan.

David Gleirscher of Austria slides in run 3 during the luge men's singles on day two at PyeongChang /VCG Photo

Austria's David Gleirscher claimed a surprise Olympic luge gold after reigning double champion Felix Loch stumbled dramatically with his third successive title in sight. Gleirscher claimed the title with an aggregate time of three minutes 10.702 seconds, ahead of runners-up American Chris Mazdzer, and Johannes Ludwig of Germany – who won the bronze.

Meanwhile, China’s duo lost to Norway 7-9 in the mixed doubles curling round-robin tiebreaker, failing to reach the semi-finals and finishing in fifth place.