( CNN ) -- A day after the disheartening loss of its star-studded team in the men 's hockey preliminaries , Canada got a warm boost when the pair of Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won ice dancing gold Monday night . Leading after two rounds , the duo scored a 110.42 in the free dance for a 221.57 total and the title . The gold was the fifth for Canada in these Winter Olympics . The pair , which has been skating together since 1997 , edged the U.S. team of Meryl Davis and Charlie White ( 215.74 ) . Russians Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin ( 207.64 ) were third . `` We 're just so proud to be Canadian and to have won on home ice , '' Virtue said . Moir said he and his partner have a special connection to Davis and White , whom they train with . `` We knew they would be our biggest competition all year long . '' The Americans said the fact they had won silver had n't sunk in yet and they were ecstatic about the way they skated . `` We had three great programs so we are very happy , '' White said . Team ski jumping . A giant leap from Gregor Schlierenzauer gave Austria a sensational gold medal in the men 's team ski jumping competition in Whistler on Monday . The 20-year-old -- already a winner of two bronze medals in the individual jumping events -- nearly sat down on his landing and just managed to avoid touching the ground with his hand to ensure his jump of 146.5 meters remained valid . The giant leap made up for the fact that style points were lost due to the awkward landing -- and helped Austria claim a comfortable victory over Germany , who took the silver . The Austrian quartet of Schlierenzauer , Wolfgang Loitzl , Andreas Kofler and Thomas Morgenstern , collected an Olympic record points total of 1107.9 . Germany 's total of 1035.8 gave them the silver with Norway taking the bronze medal with a total of 1030.3 points . Cross-country skiing . Norway 's Petter Northug produced a devastating late burst to make up for individual disappointment by claiming victory in the men 's team sprint . Northug had been roundly criticized by Norwegian media for failing to find his form in the Games so far , but his class shone through as he overhauled Germany 's Axel Teichman in the final race to the line . Along with compatriot Oeystein Pettersen , the Norwegians claimed gold in a time of 19 minutes and one second . Teichman and Tim Tscharnke won the silver for Germany with Russian pair Nikolay Morilov and Alexey Petukhov taking the bronze . There was a similar outcome to the women 's team sprint , but this time it was the Germans who powered through late on , courtesy of Claudia Nystad . Nystad , who was partnered by Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle , overtook Sweden 's Anna Haag at the death to steal the gold medal by just 0.6 seconds with Russia claiming the bronze . Ice hockey . Tournament favorites the United States are through to the women 's final after crushing Sweden 9-1 in the first semifinal -- avenging their 2006 semifinal defeat at the hands of the same opponents . Monique Lamoureux scored a hat-trick as the United States reached their first Olympic final since 2002 . The Canadian women overtook Finland 5-0 , and will match up against the U.S. team in the gold medal contest on Friday .
Austria defeat Germany and Italy to secure gold in the men 's team show jumping . A giant leap of 146.5 meters from Andreas Schlierenzauer ensured Austria 's victory . The Austrian quartet collected an Olympic record points total of no .