
U.S. team brings home 13 gold medals, 36 overall, from Paralympic Games.
The U.S. led the way with 36 medals, including 13 golds, in the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, March 9-18.
Former servicemembers on Team USA had a hand in three of those gold medals. The U.S. sled hockey team closed out the games with a third straight gold medal, defeating Canada 2-1 in the championship game. The American hockey team includes six former servicemembers in Ralph DeQuebec (Marines; Denver.); Travis Dodson (Marines; Deming, N.M.); Jen Lee (Army; San Francisco); Luke McDermott (Marines; Westerlo, N.Y., and a member of American Legion Post 291 in Greenville, N.Y.); Josh Misiewicz (Marines; La Grange, Ill.); and Rico Roman (Army; Portland, Ore.). Dodson and Misiewicz each scored three goals during the games, tied for fourth on the team. McDermott added two goals and Roman scored once as Team USA won its five games by a combined 40-2 score.
Also winning gold were Dan Cnossen (Navy; Topeka, Kan.) in the men’s 7.5K sitting biathlon and Andy Soule (Kerrville, Tex.) in the men’s 1.1K sitting cross country.
Cnossen added four silver medals (12.5K sitting biathlon, 15K sitting biathlon, 7.5K sitting cross country and 15K sitting cross country) and a bronze (1.1K sprint cross country) while Soule added a bronze in the 12.5K sitting biathlon.
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