VANCOUVER, British Columbia — So these won't be remembered as the Vonn-couver Olympics after all. It's looking like they will belong to the entire U.S. delegation instead.

The Americans reached 34 medals with a silver and a bronze in short-track speedskating Friday night, and two more were clinched with the men's hockey team and men's team pursuit in speedskating advancing to a gold-medal match in which they can get no worse than silver.

That makes 36 medals, topping the U.S. record of 34 set at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics and matching the record for the most by any country at any Winter Olympics, set by Germany in Salt Lake City.

"It's a great time to be an American," said Katherine Reutter, who got a silver in the 1,000 meters at the short track. "One of the many things I was yelling was 'I love the USA!"'

Unless something wild happens over the final two days, the U.S. will win the overall medals race for only the second time, and the first since 1932 in Lake Placid.

And, look who's leading the gold race: Canada, with 10. Maybe the hosts' "Own the Podium" campaign will pay off after all.

The U.S. speedskaters locked up a top prize by knocking off Sven Kramer and the Dutch in a semifinal race.

At the short track, Apolo Anton Ohno — who became the most-decorated Winter Olympian in U.S. history earlier in these games — picked up his eighth career medal by getting bronze in the 5,000-meter relay. He had a chance for another but was disqualified from the 500 meters final.

Vonn was supposed to win all sorts of Alpine medals. Although she is going home with a gold and a bronze, she also had three DNFs for failing to finish her other events, including the slalom on Friday.

Vonn's close friend Maria Riesch won the event for her second gold in Vancouver and the ninth for Germany.

Wang Meng of China won the women's 1,000 meters in short-track speedskating for her third gold medal of these games.

Also Friday, Ole Einar Bjoerndalen of Norway added to his tremendous Olympics resume by anchoring Norway's victory in the men's biathlon relay. This was his first gold medal since sweeping all four events in 2002, and the 11th medal of his career. That leaves him one behind Bjorn Daehlie's Winter Games record of 12.

BobsledSteve Holcomb and his sleek, black four-man bobsled known as the "Night Train" are halfway to gold.Officially known as USA-1, the sled set track records on both its runs, putting it in first place going into the last two heats Saturday night.Note: The United States hasn't won this race since 1948.

SpeedskatingMore agony for Sven Kramer, lots of joy for the United States.The American men upset Kramer and the powerful Dutch team in one team pursuit semifinal, and the U.S. women knocked off Canada in their quarterfinal.My first thought when we crossed the line was, 'Oh, my God, we beat the Dutch!"' said Brian Hansen. "And then I thought, 'Oh, my God, we got a medal!"'The men will face Canada in the gold-medal race Saturday. The women will face defending Olympic champion Germany in a semifinal Saturday.

BiathlonThe 36-year-old Bjoerndalen nailed all 10 of his targets, then skied across the finish waving a flag and flashing a big smile."I'm really satisfied with my race," he said. "It was perfect."The Americans were 13th out of 19 countries.

CurlingCanada was denied another gold medal on home ice, getting taken down by a Swedish team that captured its second consecutive gold medal in women's curling.In extra ends, no less!China, competing in its first Olympics, beat Switzerland for the bronze.