after, of course, two weeks of competition, i m sure you ve watched, hundreds of medals were handed out, the u.s. finishing fifth in the medal count, 25 medals, eight gold. norway came out on top, 37 medals and a record 16 of them were gold. but one of the big stars of these games, skier mikaela shiffrin, will not be going home with a medal at all. she s not too beat up about it, though. coy wire has more from beijing. reporter: christi, boris, many were expecting a huge medal haul for mikaela shiffrin here, two the-time olympic champ had six medal opportunities at these games but she will leave with none. in the alpine mixed team event, they finished just off the podium in fourth. shiffrin earlier crashed out of three of their individual events if i know this sling 9th and 18th in the others. she could have coward but showed strength and raced in all six alpine skiing events.
a lot of symbolism there, a lot of emotion there from these athletes. tell us more about the performances. yeah. they really have been so, so impressive on so many levels. the mental fortitude of the ukrainian athletes in question, just incomprehensive. so inspiring. imagine what they re going through. they re not just chasing medals. there s so much more in play here. in the worlds of one, who s won three golds for team ukraine in beijing, they re out to glorify their country and tell the world that ukraine exists. as you ve shown there, second in the medal count with 28 medals overall, 10 of them, 10 of them gold now. it s already ukraine s best-ever medal haul at a paralympic winter games. a gold for them in the cross-country skiing and after winning biathlon earlier, she said all my thoughts and soul are with my family and with my
and northampton saints claimed victory over wasps in a thrilling premiership match. it was an end to end game with seven tries scored in total but when paolo 0dogwu scored here to make it 15 15, it looked as though wasps would seize control. back came northampton though a late try from south african winger cortnall skosan sealing a 27 22 win for the home side. the winter paralympics have come to an end with a closing ceremony in beijing. against the odds, ukraine s team managed a record medal haul, winning 29 in total, 11 of them gold. that saw them finish second in the table behind hosts china. great britain ended the games with six medals, finishing in 14th place. andy swiss rounds up the best of the action on the final day. britain s hopes of the perfect ending in beijing didn t realise.