Germany leads Winter Olympics with four golds

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Five gold medals were up for grabs on the third day of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Monday.

So far, Canada has won their first gold medal for Team Figure Skating in this competition.

Meanwhile, the 27-year-old Jamie Anderson defended her women’s slopestyle title, with Laurie Blouin of Canada earning silver and Finland's Enni Rukajarvi grabbing bronze.

Maren Lundby of Norway was biting cold to win the women's ski jumping competition. Germany's Katharina Althaus, who took silver and Japanese Sara Takanashi grabbed bronze.

Maren Lundby celebrates her gold medal for the women's individual ski jumping event.

Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury won the men’s moguls four years after finishing as runner-up in Sochi. Matt Graham of Australia took the silver and Japan’s Daichi Hara the bronze.

Ireen Wust of the Netherlands grabbed her fifth gold in speed skating, clocking in one minute and 54.35 seconds to win the women's 1500m. Miho Takagi from Japan finished second, while the bronze was going to Wust's compatriot Marrit Leenstra.

The unified Korean women's hockey team was crushed by Sweden 8-0 night in the preliminaries of group B. With two straight losses, the prospect for the unified Korean team, the first of its kind in Olympic history, making the playoffs is very slim. Switzerland tops group B, with Sweden second and the United Korea team third.

After three full days of competition, Germany still stands at top with four golds. The Dutch are in second with three golds and seven medals total. Norway leaped into third, thanks to gold in the women's ski jumping competition.

(CGTN)