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With Nagasu and Rippon Wowing Crowd, U.S. Figure Skating Team Wins Bronze

With a historic jump and a set of strong performances, the
Mirai Nagasu exults after her performance on Monday in the U.S. figure skating team's bronze medal win at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics at Gangneung Ice Arena.

U.S. figure skaters won the bronze medal in the team event on Monday, in an action-packed tournament that saw Mirai Nagasu land a historic jump – and in which Adam Rippon and other Americans showed they're in fine form at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

"This is literally a dream come true for all of us," Nagasu said, in comments transcribed by the Olympics news service. "I think I speak

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