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"The 2014 Winter Olympics are over (what are we going to watch now?!), but we&amp;#39;re still reveling in all the fantastic accomplishments of the women on Team USA. To tide you over between now and the return of Game of Thrones, I&amp;#39;ve pulled together some of my favorite moments from Sochi where female athletes kicked major ass.\nPinterestFacebookTeam USA&amp;#39;s Kelly Clark, Erin Hamlin, and Noelle Pikus-Pace pose with their medals.\nErin Hamlin: The First Ever U.S. Singles Luge Medal__\nHamlin, 27, garnered the first medal for any American singles luge athlete (male or female) at the Olympics, five decades after luge first appeared at the Games. In the sport&amp;#39;s golden anniversary at the Olympics, Hamlin came up with bronze, an inspiring moment in USA luge history. Winning the bronze was &amp;quot;So satisfying!&amp;quot; Hamlin said. &amp;quot;I thought my greatest shot at a medal had been Vancouver 2010, going in as reigning World Champion, so having the ups and downs of the past four years come to this feels amazing.&amp;quot; And her sporting legacy will be more than just medals: Hamlin is also a part of Citi&amp;#39;s Every Step of the Way program, where she helps introduce luging to kids.\nJamie Anderson: A New Event Gets Its First Winner\nSnowboarder Jamie Anderson gave the U.S. a gold-medal sweep in the first Olympic slopestyle competition&amp;#8212;a snowboarding event that focuses on doing multiple tricks. Anderson soared to victory in an almost flawless run in the women&amp;#39;s final, along with Team USA&amp;#39;s Sage Kotsenburg, who took the men&amp;#39;s gold. Another reason to love her: She let US Weekly (and the rest of the world) in on the fact that athletes in the Olympic Village were using Tinder to hook up. Ha!\nNoelle Pikus-Pace: The Comeback Queen\n*After being hit by a runaway bobsled nine years ago and then famously coming in fourth the skeleton by a 10th of a second at the Vancouver 2010 Games and briefly retiring, Pikus-Pace got her medal in Sochi! One of the few parents on Team USA, the Olympian, wife, and mom of two took home silver. I&amp;#39;m not sure which was better to watch: Pikus-Pace hugging her adorable family, or seeing her close out her athletic career on the Olympic podium. &amp;quot;Life is never going to go as planned,&amp;quot; she told us when she visited the Glamour offices. &amp;quot;You have to decide, when you&amp;#39;re bumped off course, if it&amp;#39;s going to hold you back or move you forward.&amp;quot; Pikus-Pace turned to her faith and her family to overcome those setbacks. &amp;quot;My kids, my husband, they sacrificed a lot for me to be [in Sochi],&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;Some athletes would have felt that was a lot of pressure, or a burden on their shoulders to carry. But for me it was an opportunity.&amp;quot; Was she ever intimidated by the competition on the track? Nope. &amp;quot;We as women always worry we&amp;#39;re not good enough, we&amp;#39;re not doing enough,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;I always want to do my best, not 101 percent. If you can do that, it frees you up to reach your own potential, not someone else&amp;#39;s.&amp;quot; *Kelly Clark and Kaitlyn Farrington: The True Meaning of Teamwork\nWhile her practice was littered with major falls thanks to slushy conditions, Clark came back to take the bronze in the women&amp;#39;s halfpipe competition, while her teammate Farrington took the gold. The best part? While the two snowboarders were waiting for their scores, they sat together, cheered for each other, and danced in celebration of each other&amp;#39;s success.\nSarah Hendrickson: One Giant Jump for Womankind\nTeam USA may not have medaled in the premiere of Women&amp;#39;s Olympic Ski Jumping, but Hendrickson, the reigning world champion, did make history by becoming the first woman ever to jump at the Games. After being out most of the season with a knee injury, the 19-year-old was given bib number one, signifying that she would be the first of the 30 women to jump. It was a huge step, after veteran ski jumpers like Lindsey Van fought for years to get their sport in the Olympics, once being told that women shouldn&amp;#39;t ski jump because it would hurt their uterus. Seriously.\nMeryl Davis: Team USA&amp;#39;s First Dance to Gold\nIt seemed like nobody could stop talking about Davis, who was completely stunning in the ice dancing event, along with partner Charlie White. While Team USA didn&amp;#39;t take home gold in figure skating, Davis and White more than picked up the slack, becoming the first U.S. athletes to take home gold in ice dancing. Another bonus: We all learned what a &amp;quot;twizzle&amp;quot; is!\nMikaela Shiffrin: The Youngest Slalom Winner Ever\nKnown for her hold-nothing-back style of skiing, Shiffrin, 18, became the first U.S. woman to win gold in slalom since 1972 and has been crowned &amp;quot;the next Lindsey Vonn.&amp;quot; (Although she kind of hates that.) In winning gold, Shiffrin became the youngest skier&amp;#8212;male or female&amp;#8212;to finish first in the event.\n__Inspired to get in shape after watching these amazing athletes compete? We suggest eating whatever they eat for breakfast, for starters."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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