Olympics Live: US skaters lose appeal to get silver medals

Gloves hang from a cabinet where COVID-19 tests are done outside an hotel at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier, right, of the United States, react after competing in the pairs free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Slovakia bench celebrates a goal by teammate Juraj Slafkovsky during the men's bronze medal hockey game against Sweden at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Sui Wenjing and Han Cong, of China, compete in the pairs free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Norway's Simen Hegstad Krueger warms up under a blanket after finishing the men's weather-shortened 50km mass start free cross-country skiing competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Laura Nolte and Deborah Levi, of Germany, slide during the women's bobsleigh heat 3 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Course workers remove the gates after the postponement of the mixed team parallel skiing event due to high winds at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

United States players console goalkeeper Strauss Mann after losing to Slovakia 3-2 in a shoot-out in a men's quarterfinal hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Athletes, including Guo Dan of China (2) Giorgia Birkeland of the United States (15), Karolina Bosiek of Poland (8), Nana Takagi of Japan (13) and Kim Bo-reum of South Korea (4), compete during the women's speedskating mass start semifinals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Irene Schouten of the Netherlands reacts after winning the gold medal ahead of silver medalist Ivanie Blondin of Canada, right, and Francesca Lollobrigida of Italy, behind, in the women's speedskating mass start finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Team Sweden celebrates their win during the men's curling final match between Britain and Sweden at the Beijing Winter Olympics Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Two Olympic Rings are reflected on a window of a building at the Medals Plaza at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022 in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Bart Swings of Belgium reacts after winning the gold medal in the men's speedskating mass start finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier, of the United States, compete in the pairs free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Joey Mantia of the United States (5), foreground, and Livio Wenger of Switzerland, behind him, compete during the men's speedskating mass start semifinals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Russian athlete Alexander Bolshunov reacts as he crosses the finish during the men's weather-shortened 50km mass start free cross-country skiing competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Team Sweden celebrates after winning the women's curling bronze medal match between Sweden and Switzerland at the Beijing Winter Olympics Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)