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CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Czech skier Ester Ledecka won the first women’s World Cup downhill after the Olympics on Saturday as all three medalists from Beijing finished well behind. Ledecka hat an attacking run down the Mont Lachaux course in perfect sunny conditions to beat Ragnhild Mowinckel by 0.21 seconds. It was the Norwegian racer's eighth career podium but first in downhill. Cornelia Hütter of Austria came 0.42 behind in third.

Feb. 24 1960 — Bill Cleary’s four goals lead the United States to a 9-1 victory over West Germany in the hockey championship round of the Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, Calif. 1967 — Wilt Chamberlain of Philadelphia shoots 18-for-18 from the field against the Baltimore Bullets, an NBA record for field goals in a game without a miss.

Shaun White found closure as history was made, Chloe Kim repeated in pipe and Lindsey Jacobellis finally found gold in snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

The U.S. finished with 25 medals overall, the fifth-most by any country. Here’s a day-by-day look back at what happened in Beijing.

Mikaela Shiffrin was perfectly poised in her bid for an elusive individual Olympic medal at the Beijing Games after posting the fifth fastest downhill time in the women's alpine combined on Thursday.