Jay Mehta
The Santa Clara
March 1, 2018
The United States left Pyeongchang with 23 medals, the lowest medal count since the mere 13 earned in 1998. This number looks even worse when you consider all the new American-friendly sports such as big air snowboarding, freestyle skiing and mixed doubles curling that have been added to the Winter Olympics this year.
A leaked internal document obtained by The Associated Press set a target goal of 37 medals, with a minimum of 25. Neither of these targets were met.
Alan Ashley, the U.