The Figure Skating Team Event — A New Standard

The team figure skating event — still a relatively new Olympic discipline — reached new heights at Milano Cortina. With Alysa Liu and Ilia Malinin both competing for Team USA across multiple segments, and Japan fielding Yuzuru Hanyu's student Kao Miura in the men's singles, the competition produced the highest team event scores in Olympic history. The U.S. gold was a foregone conclusion within 24 hours; the drama came from Japan's extraordinary silver medal performance.