Germany, Norway lead medals tally in Winter Games

Germany, Norway lead medals tally in Winter Games

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Till Sunday, Germany had grabbed 3 gold and 1 bronze medals and Norway won maximum medals; 1 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze

Germany is leading the medal tally with 3 gold and 1 bronze. They grabbed two gold medals thanks to women's biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier and Andreas Wellinger pair of gold medals thanks to women's biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier and Andreas Wellinger.

But Norway and Netherlands bagged maximum medals and stands at number 1 and 2 respectively when it comes rank by total medals.

The Dutch vaulted up the medal leaderboard by sweeping the podium in the women's 3,000-meter speedskating competition while nabbing a silver in the men's short-track contest.

The United States is officially on the board thanks to 17-year-old Redmond Gerard's gold-medal finish in the men's slopestyle final at Phoenix Snow Park.

All eyes are on Russian athletes as they had faced doping criticism ahead of 23rd Winter Games, they were even banned but the clean athletes were permitted to take part in the winter games.

The Olympic Athletes from Russia have won just one bronze medal but they are considered as one of the most challenging squads. Still, there is a long way to go let's see how Russia would come along after the doping scandal.

Medal Tally till February 11. (Others)

The most controversial squad, Democratic People Republik of Korea (North Korea) has not even opened their account and South Korea has bagged just one bronze medal.

One of the key events, women ice hockey, where unified Korean team has participated faced a tragic defeat in the first match by Switzerland team.