1. Canada 4 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze
2. Netherlands 3, 2, 2
3. Norway 2, 1, 4
4. United States 2, 1, 3
5. Germany 2, 0, 0
6. Russian Federation 1, 2, 3
7. Austria 1, 2, 0
8. France 1, 0, 1
9. Poland 1, 0, 0
9. Slovakia 1, 0, 0
9. Switzerland 1, 0, 0
12. Czech Republic 0, 2, 1
13. Sweden 0, 2, 0
14. Italy 0, 1, 1
15. China 0, 1, 0
15. Finland 0, 1, 0
15. Slovenia 0, 1, 0
18. Great Britain 0, 0, 1
18. Ukraine 0, 0, 1
Previous reports:
-- XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 (Day 3);
Medal events still to come today:
ReplyDelete-- biathlon, women's 10-kilometer pursuit;
-- luge, women's singles;
-- ski jumping, women's normal hill individual;
-- snowboard, men's halfpipe, and
-- speed skating, women's 500-meter.
By the way, I don't get to watch the prime-time show for the most part tonight, so I'm officially spoiler alerting for the rest of these comments.
ReplyDeleteOK, women's 500m speed skating ... Heather Richardson is about to skate her second of two races, and she was in fourth place after the first ...
ReplyDeleteWell, I jinxed her.
ReplyDeleteI've jinxed them all.
ReplyDeleteI always get excited and forget about the live-blogging jinx until it's too late.
ReplyDeleteThat just shows that you're not naturally a superstitious person. After my experiences, I don't think I would live-blog a Kentucky basketball game at gunpoint.
DeleteGold: Sang Hwa Lee, South Korea, setting new Olympic records with her Race 2 and aggregate times
ReplyDeleteSilver: Olga Fatkulina, Russia
Bronze: Margot Boer, Netherlands
Heather Richardson--of freaking High Point, N.C., no less--sunk from fourth to sixth with her Race 2 performance, which I jinxed with my thoughtless live-blogging exuberance. I am so sorry, Heather Richardson of High Point.
1. Canada 4 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze
ReplyDelete2. Netherlands 3, 2, 3
3. Norway 2, 1, 4
4. United States 2, 1, 3
5. Germany 2, 0, 0
6. Russian Federation 1, 3, 3
7. Austria 1, 2, 0
8. France 1, 0, 1
9. Poland 1, 0, 0
9. Slovakia 1, 0, 0
9. South Korea 1, 0, 0
9. Switzerland 1, 0, 0
13. Czech Republic 0, 2, 1
14. Sweden 0, 2, 0
15. Italy 0, 1, 1
16. China 0, 1, 0
16. Finland 0, 1, 0
16. Slovenia 0, 1, 0
19. Great Britain 0, 0, 1
19. Ukraine 0, 0, 1
BULGARIA!
ReplyDeleteAh, shoot! Belarus.
ReplyDeleteWomen's 10km pursuit biathlon …
ReplyDeleteGold: Darya Domracheva, Belarus ("BLR" is for Belarus, not Bulgaria)
Silver: Tora Berger, Norway
Bronze: Teja Gregorin, Slovenia
High American: Susan Dunklee of Craftsbury, Vt., 18th
1. Canada 4 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze
ReplyDelete2. Netherlands 3, 2, 3
3. Norway 2, 2, 4
4. United States 2, 1, 3
5. Germany 2, 0, 0
6. Russian Federation 1, 3, 3
7. Austria 1, 2, 0
8. France 1, 0, 1
9. Belarus 1, 0, 0
9. Poland 1, 0, 0
9. Slovakia 1, 0, 0
9. South Korea 1, 0, 0
9. Switzerland 1, 0, 0
14. Czech Republic 0, 2, 1
15. Sweden 0, 2, 0
16. Italy 0, 1, 1
16. Slovenia 0, 1, 1
18. China 0, 1, 0
18. Finland 0, 1, 0
20. Great Britain 0, 0, 1
20. Ukraine 0, 0, 1
Cross-country, ladies sprint free:
ReplyDelete-- Norway gold, Norway silver and Slovenia bronze
Cross-country, men's sprint free:
-- Norway gold, Sweden silver and Sweden bronze
1. Norway 4 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze
2. Canada 4, 3, 2
3. Netherlands 3, 2, 3
4. United States 2, 1, 3
5. Germany 2, 0, 0
6. Russian Federation 1, 3, 3
7. Austria 1, 2, 0
8. France 1, 0, 1
9. Belarus 1, 0, 0
9. Poland 1, 0, 0
9. Slovakia 1, 0, 0
9. South Korea 1, 0, 0
9. Switzerland 1, 0, 0
14. Sweden 0, 3, 1
15. Czech Republic 0, 2, 1
16. Slovenia 0, 1, 2
17. Italy 0, 1, 1
18. China 0, 1, 0
18. Finland 0, 1, 0
20. Great Britain 0, 0, 1
20. Ukraine 0, 0, 1
Team USA scored today with a silver in freestyle skiing. Devin Logan of West Dover, Vt., took silver in women's ski slopestyle; Canadians won gold and bronze. These were the first medals awarded today in Sochi, so they were already reflected in the medals table.
ReplyDeleteU! S! A! U! S! A! … Kate Hamlin of Remsen, N.Y., has won bronze in women's singles luge! That's the United States' first-ever Olympic medal in the sport.
ReplyDeleteSee ... I didn't do any live-blogging of these final two runs, and Hamlin held her ground.
Sorry again, Heather Richardson.
Germany goes gold and silver in the event. Natalie Geisenberger, the Vancouver 2010 bronze medalist, takes first, and Tatjana Hüfner, the defending gold medalist, finishes second.
ReplyDelete1. Norway 4 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze
2. Canada 4, 3, 2
3. Netherlands 3, 2, 3
4. Germany 3, 1, 0
5. United States 2, 1, 4
6. Russian Federation 1, 3, 3
7. Austria 1, 2, 0
8. France 1, 0, 1
9. Belarus 1, 0, 0
9. Poland 1, 0, 0
9. Slovakia 1, 0, 0
9. South Korea 1, 0, 0
9. Switzerland 1, 0, 0
14. Sweden 0, 3, 1
15. Czech Republic 0, 2, 1
16. Slovenia 0, 1, 2
17. Italy 0, 1, 1
18. China 0, 1, 0
18. Finland 0, 1, 0
20. Great Britain 0, 0, 1
20. Ukraine 0, 0, 1
From the great Wikipedia:
ReplyDelete... The first recorded sled races took place in Norway sometime during the 15th century. The sport of luge, like the skeleton and the bobsleigh, originated in the health-spa town of St Moritz, Switzerland, in the mid-to-late 19th century ... Luge events were first included in the Olympic Winter Games in 1964.
Americans were slow to adopt the sport of luge. The first luge run in North America was built at Lolo Hot Springs, Montana in 1965. Although the United States competed in every Olympic luge event from 1964 through 1976, it was not until 1979 that the United States Luge Association was founded. The first artificial American track was completed in that year for use in the 1980 XIII Winter Olympic Games at Lake Placid, New York. Since that time the United States luge program has greatly improved. A second artificial track was constructed near Park City, Utah for the 2002 XIX Olympic Winter Games at Salt Lake City.
This late afternoon's hockey game of the day on NBCSN is Japan vs. Russia (women). The Russians lead, 1-0, in the first period ...
ReplyDeleteI missed the bulk of what they were saying, but the color commentator was just saying something along the lines that Germany has announced it is going to defund its women's hockey program if the current team fails to excel to some level in 2014. I can't seem to find anything about this, but it's certainly an interesting storyline that I would like to know more about.
ReplyDeleteHere's the story that I think the NBCSN commentator was referring to, from the German Olympic Sports Federation web site, as translated by Google:
ReplyDeleteHockey Women Loose Olympic ticket
11/02/2013
In the quick passage of the German ice hockey team of the women had perfectly made to participate in the 2014 Olympic Games in the elimination tournament in Weiden
The German things hockey women traveling in 2014 to her third Olympic Games in Sochi. Photo: picture-alliance
When the German ice hockey women had solved the Olympic ticket, the joy knew no bounds. "Just awesome. We fly to Sochi. What do we want?" Said striker Bettina Evers after the 3-1 win in the second qualifying match against the Czech Republic. In the quick passage of the team Bundestainer Peter Kathan had made the perfect elimination tournament in pastures to participate in the 2014 Olympic Games, thus securing his own future.
The launch in Sochi is the basis for further funding by the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI). After her Olympic appearances in 2002 and 2006, the women of the German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB) had missed the Winter Games in Vancouver 2010. A second failure would have had financial cuts result. "I'm glad that women have qualified for Sochi," said Deb president Uwe Harnos, "which is very important for the discussions on the target agreement and the further promotion." ...
Early in the third period, Japan ties Russia, 1-1 ... After a 19-year-old whipped in the tying goal, about a half-dozen of her Japanese teammates circled her in a big huddle of high fives. Then they stopped momentarily and bowed to one another, and then they went back to celebrating like every other hockey team you've ever seen after a meaningful goal.
ReplyDeleteOh, wow ... short-handed goal for Russia to surge back ahead, 2-1 ...
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