Peterson’s Aerials Silver Gives U.S. Its 32nd Medal

Posted by Ralph Routon

Just when many began to wonder if the United States might blow its overall medals lead at the 2010 Winter Olympics, four medals came along Thursday to pad that margin.

Jeret Peterson

The latest came on Cypress Mountain, where Jeret Peterson took a silver in the prime-time men’s aerials finals, narrowly losing to gold-medalist Alexei Grishin of Belarus.

America just missed out on a second aerials medal, as Ryan St. Onge of Winter Park finished fourth.

It was the day’s third silver for the U.S., along with the gold in Nordic combined, raising the total to 32 medals (8 gold, 12 silver, 12 bronze) with Germany still at 26. Norway has 19 and Russia 16.