It’s only been three days and the U.S. is off to a rousing start at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.

Hannah Kearney won a gold in freestyle skiing at the ladies’ moguls finals Saturday with a score of 26.63, putting her almost a full point ahead of favored Canadian competitor Jennifer Heil. The 23-year-old Kearney is competing in her second Olympics, after failing to qualify at the 2006 Winter Games in Torino with a No. 22 finish. Shannon Bahrke of the U.S. finished out the podium bringing home the bronze.

The U.S. men’s speed skaters didn’t disappoint either, bringing home two medals of their own in the men’s 1500-meter short track after two Korean skaters knocked each other out within only seconds of the finish line. Six-time medalist Apolo Ohno brought home the silver followed by newcomer J.R. Celski.

Seth Wescott brought home another gold for the U.S. on Monday in the men’s snowboard cross finals.

The news of U.S. gold does not take away the dim shadow cast over these Winter Games by the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili’s death. The 21-year-old athlete died on a practice run at the Olympic luge track on Friday after he lost control of his sled and was flung off the track and into a metal pillar. Changes were made to the track for the safety of the athletes and competition continued as scheduled.