PyeongChang Day 4: China gains first medal

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China earned its first medal as seven events were concluded on the fourth day of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Tuesday.

China’s Liu Jiayu grabbed the silver medal in the women's snowboard halfpipe. The 25-year old Liu, who is competing in her third Olympics, finally won her first medal and the first-ever by a Chinese in snowboarding. American Chloe Kim captured the gold with an unbelievable 98.25 points. Her compatriot Arielle Gold claimed bronze.

Alexis Pinturault, Marcel Hirscher and Victor Muffat-Jeandet of France pose during the medal ceremony for the Men's Alpine Combined Slalom. /VCG Photo

Marcel Hirscher of Austria won the gold medal in the men's Alpine combined slalom. Alexis Pinturault of France took silver and compatriot Victor Muffat Jeandet bronze.

Stina Nilsson reacts on the podium during the victory ceremony in the women's cross-country individual sprint classic final. /VCG Photo

Stina Nilsson of Sweden grabbed the title in the women's cross-country sprint classic. Norway's Maiken Caspersen Falla finished second, while the Olympic Athlete from Russia Yulia Belorukova was third.

Italian Federico Pellegrino, Norwegian Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo and Olympic athlete from Russia Alexander Bolshunov. /VCG Photo

Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo of Norway took the gold medal in the men's cross-country sprint classic. At 21, he is the youngest gold-medal winner in the event. Italian Federico Pellegrino took the silver medal, and Alexander Bolshunov, representing the Olympic athletes of Russia, the bronze.

Pairs Jenny Perret and Martin Rio, Kaitlyn Lawes and John Morris, Anastasia Bryzgalova and Aleksandr Krushelnitckii pose with the Winter Olympic mascot "Soohorang". /VCG Photo

Canada's John Morris and Kaitlyn Lawes crowned the first Olympics mixed doubles curling champions after a 10-3 blowout win over world champions Switzerland. The Olympic Athletes from Russia beat Norway to grab the bronze medal.

Dajana Eitberger, Natalie Geisenberg and Alex Gough celebrate following the Luge Women's Singles. /VCG Photo)

German Natalie Geisenberger took the women's luge singles title. Her compatriot Dajana Eitberger finished second, while Canadian Alex Gough won bronze.

Arianna Fontana of Italy celebrating her gold in 500-meter short track speed skating. /VCG Photo

For the short track skiing women's 500m final, Italian Arianna Fontana finally claimed her first 500m gold in her fourth Winter Olympics. South Korea's Choi Min-jeong originally finished second but was disqualified and Yara Van Kerkhof of the Netherlands bumped up to silver. Kim Boutin of Canada took the bronze.

Meanwhile, both Chinese men and women were disqualified in short track skiing. In the men's 1,000 meters qualifying heat, China's Han Tianyu was disqualified. In another heat, China's Ren Ziwei lost his balance on a turn and brushed against a Latvian skater. Ren was able to overcome that and finish second, but the judges disqualified him for the foul.

China’s Qu Chunyu tumbles after getting tangled with Canada's Kim Boutin. /VCG Photo

In the women’s 500m semi-finals, Fan Kexin finished in third but the judges ruled she had committed an infringement. Fan's teammate Qu Chunyu tumbled after getting tangled with Canada's Kim Boutin, with the judge ruling that the Chinese was at fault.

Team China celebrate advancing to 5000m relay final. /‍VCG Photo

Later, Chinese Wu Dajing, Han Tianyu, Ren Ziwei and Xu Hongzhi advanced to the men’s 5,000m relay final with a time of 6:36.605.

After four full days of competition, Germany top the standings with five golds. The Dutch are second with four golds and ten total. Norway moved up to third with three gold, five silvers and three bronze medals. Canada is next in fourth, and United States fifth.