US hockey loses gold to Canada, Shiffrin skis out; Two-woman bobsled Friday Mikaela Shiffrin will leave Beijing without an individual medal. US women’s hockey falls to Canada in gold medal game. Kaillie Humphries returns Friday. Sandy Hooper, USA TODAY BEIJING — The waiting is not intended to be cruel, but it is. For more than three years, the U.S. women’s hockey team worked to repeat as gold medal winners at the Beijing Olympics. Instead, the Americans had to watch Canada jump all over each other in celebration while volunteers readied the ice for the medal ceremony. Some U.S. players took…