Alex Ferreira wins 10th gold medal for Team USA, matching most ever in Winter Olympics : NPR
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Key Points:
- Alex Ferreira, a 31-year-old free skier from Aspen, Colorado, won the gold medal in the freeski halfpipe event at the Milan Cortina Winter Games, completing his Olympic medal set with gold after previously earning silver and bronze.
- Ferreira's victory marked the tenth gold medal for Team USA at these Games, tying the nation's all-time Winter Olympics gold medal record set in 2002 at Salt Lake City.
- The U.S. gold medal streak includes achievements by athletes such as alpine skier Breezy Johnson, Mikaela Shiffrin, bobsledder Elana Meyers-Taylor, figure skater Alysia Liu, and speedskater Jordan Stolz, who is the only American with two individual golds at
