Saturday's showing, which included medals in Alpine skiing and biathlon, sent the largest contingent to defend their titles in Beijing.
The winds were still high and temperatures sub-zero with skiers huddled under blankets in the finish area while watching their team mates race.
Mikaela Shiffrin sets new record for most World Cup victories in single season of 15 at Czech resort of Spindleruv Mlyn.
Lindsey Vonn retired after the downhill at the world championships battling pain in both of her surgically repaired knees.
Aksel Lund Svindal, one of the greatest skiers of his generation, had to settle for the silver medal in the last race of his glittering career as Kjetil Jansrud won by 0.02 seconds.
Shiffrin also became the first skier, male or female, to win 15 World Cup races in a single calendar year.
Lindsey Vonn, the 34-year-old who holds the women’s mark for Cup victories at 82, is closing in on the ultimate record of Ingemar Stenmark’s 86 as she competes in the final season of her career.
Competitors crash in women's slopestyle snowboarding final while alpine skiing suffers its second postponement in as many days.
With her seventh win in the last eight races, Shiffrin looks in form for Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
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