PyeongChang Day 11: China gets controversial penalty, Fourcade claims third gold

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South Korea defended the title with 4 minutes 7.361 seconds in last night’s women's short track 3,000m relay. Italy took silver and Group B’s winner, the Netherlands, earned bronze. Teams China and Canada were both penalized.

The penalty came as a mixed feeling of confusion, shock and sadness.

Li Yan, head coach of China's short track speed skating team, said they have appealed to the ISU technique committee to seek a fair explanation.

Germany’s athletes sweep the medals in Nordic combined’s final. /VCG Photo

In other results, Johannes Rydzek and his countrymen Fabian Riessle and Eric Frenzel swept the medals in the Nordic combined’s final.

L-R, Marie Dorin Habert, Anais Bescond, Simon Desthieux and Martin Fourcade (France), winners of the gold medals in the biathlon mixed relay. /VCG Photo

In the biathlon, France claim gold in the mixed relay. Martin Fourcade anchored the squad of Marie Dorin Habert, Anais Bescond, Simon Desthieux to the title. The victory for Fourcade saw him become the first athlete to win three golds in PyeongChang, and becoming his country's most successful Winter Olympian with five golds in total. Norway took silver. The bronze belonged to Italy.

After eleven full-day competitions, both Norway and Germany tied with 11 golds, but the Scandinavians take top spot at the medals standings because of more silver and bronze medals. Canada is third, after picking up a pair of titles on Tuesday. The Netherlands is right behind, followed by France and the US. China stayed at nineteen with seven medals overall.