Sweden hangs on to gold in cross country
Sweden went into the final leg of the relay with a 37.5 second lead over Norway’s Petter Northug. France and the Czech Republic were in second and third. When it was all over Sweden was still in first, but Norway was in second, the Czech Republic had passed France for the bronze. [...]
Ashleigh McIvor wins women’s skicross debut
The first Olympic women’s skicross event came off just as wild as expected. The arrival (finally!) of snow to Cedar Mountain slowed the course and blew around heavily. The competitors raced in sets of four, jostling for position and making for an exciting day overall complete with wipe-outs and face-plants.
Canada’s Ashleigh McIvor came out on [...]
Rookie mistake stuns speed skating crowd
By all accounts, Sven Kramer of the Netherlands should have won the gold in today’s 10,000m speed skating event. Distracted, his coach, Gerard Kemkers, directed him to the wrong lane and inadvertently disqualified him. Speed skaters race in pairs and switch lanes in the backstretch to make sure the distances are even. Kramer says he thought [...]
Giant Slalom disappoints USA
Ted Ligety, the US’s best bet for medalling in giant slalom finished a disappointing 9th today. Bode Miller’s risky style didn’t work for him at all; he clipped a gate then ran off course completely. Of course, Miller hasn’t won a giant slalom since December 2005. Plus, he started the season late, so he is [...]
Women’s Biathlon relay results
I didn’t manage to watch this today. The Americans, as expected, were far back in the pack. Russia came in first, France second and Germany was third.
Nordic Combined U.S. Team makes it two!
Two medals in one Olympics for the U.S. Nordic Combined team. Johnny Spillane won silver last Sunday in the Individual Normal Hill event. Now the U.S. took silver in the Team Large Hill. This is a real step forward for the Nordic Combined program here in the United States. Austria took [...]
P&G’s new kind of Olympic support
I don’t know about you, but I like the P&G “Thanks, Mom” commercials we’ve been seeing throughout the Olympics. I actually got a little choked up over the “You’ll Never Walk Alone” one. (Hey, it was late, and didn’t your mom sacrifice for you sometimes?) Here’s the skinny on what they’re all about:
Thanks, Mom
P&G is [...]
A brief chat with US hockey player Jenny Potter
I got a huge opportunity to speak with Jenny Potter before she went to practice today while she was hanging out at the P&G family house. It was last minute and I was unprepared and giddy with excitement, but it was great of Potter to take the time to dish about hockey. I had to [...]
Olympic events 2/23
Plenty of events to choose from today. What will I be watching?
Men’s Giant Slalom, even though I already know something that I didn’t want to know. Ugh. It’s really difficult to avoid spoilers. Anyway, men’s giant slalom provides another golden opportunity for Ted Ligety and Bode Miller.
Ladies figure skating short program. [...]
Platinum medal for poor sportsmanship?
Evgeni Plushenko has reached an all-time high (or would that be low) in bad sportsmanship. His official website currently has a picture of the medals he’s won, including his “platinum” medal from the Vancouver games. Yep, no picture of the silver (that he ought to be stripped of, frankly, since it means so [...]
Austrian Jumpers Soar
Earlier we reported that the US men’s ski jump team failed to qualify for the eight team final round. It probably wouldn’t have made a difference if we’d gotten in, Austria was so far above everyone else there was no contest. They earned 1107.9 points, 72.1 ahead of the silver placing team from Germany. Norway’s [...]
Cross country results
In the women’s team sprint, German snagged the gold, Sweden the silver and Russia the bronze. Germans Claudia Nystad and Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle are veterans and quite a bit older, but that didn’t slow them down today. This was the fourth Oympics for both. Somewhat surprisingly, the American team finished 6th. That’s [...]
Do you see more to Virtue and Moir than just skating?
Ice dancing was not highest on my list this Olympics. I did not watch all the couples as I shifted between ice dancing and curling this evening. But I have to say, I caught Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada in their gold winning performance. I haven’t checked to see if they are a [...]
Women’s Hockey final match-up
It comes as no surprise that the women’s gold hockey match is between the USA and Canada. The elimination rounds were just a continuation of the initial shot fests by the two strongest teams. Since the two were in separate brackets, they haven’t faced each other in Olympic play. The US has had trouble against [...]
Julia Mancuso
Wondering about Julia Mancuso, the skier with the tiara? If so, you’re not alone. Lots of people are searching for her since her wins earlier this week in alpine skiing.
So, here are the basics about Julia. 25 year old Julia is a native of Lake Tahoe, California, she’s always been quite [...]
A really slow Olympics day
It’s an oddly slow day for the Olympics today. Men’s and women’s team sprint in cross country. Ice dancing free dance and the determination of the medal in that event. Team large hill in ski jumping. Then there’s the seemingly ever present curling and hockey, as well as a qualifier in [...]
Mass Start Biathlon Results
Tim Burke just couldn’t get in the groove this Olympics. He’d hoped the 15km mass start would bring him and the US a long sought-after Olympic medal. But it was no dice; Burke missed a total of 4 targets in the shooting stages, adding 600 penalty meters and bringing him in 1 minute 9 seconds [...]
Spectacular US Hockey Win: But I didn’t see it.
Just when I was resigned to the fact that because of bad scheduling and my lame computer I wasn’t going to get to see the USA v. Canada hockey game, NBC messed me over even more. I was settled in to watch the 2-man bobsled when they interrupted to show the last 36.7 seconds of [...]
German team wins gold and sets record
The German team of Andre Lange and Kevin Kuske won the two man bobsled gold medal. That made Andre Lange the recipient of four bobsled gold medals, a record. German teammates Thomas Florschuetz and Richard Adjei brought home the silver, and Russian team Alexsandr Zubkov and Alexey Voevoda won bronze.
The Germans seem to [...]
Germany dominates 2-man bobsled
Germany 1 and Germany 2 teams got gold and silver, respectively. No surprise considering the three other gold medals won by Germany 1 driver Andre Lange and brakeman Kevin Kuske in 2 and 4-man bobsledding. Steve Holcomb, driver for the US team finished sixth, but has said that the 2-man is really just his warm-up [...]
Bode Miller Wins Gold!!!
I’m so happy for Bode. I’m also sick of hearing what a disappointment he was in Torino and how he must have been sitting around hanging his head in shame for the past four years. But now commentators can just shut up and leave him alone. He skied a good downhill and [...]
Americans fail to qualify for quarterfinals of ski cross
Huge bummer. Ski cross debuted today at the Olympics. Unfortunately, Casey Puckett and Darren Rahlves failed to qualify for the quarterfinals. I was so looking forward to ski cross, too. And, yes, I’m one of those viewers who has a hard time enjoying once “my” team is out of it.
Michael Schmid, [...]
How much do I hate NBC and Comcast?
I am livid! NBC decided to broadcast tonights hockey game between Canada and the US on MSNBC, a channel I don’t get. I just spend half and hour trying to get coverage on my computer cable access and have failed at every turn. Apparently, I will have to upgrade my cable subscription to watch the game. [...]
Women’s 1500m speed skating
The women’s 1500m had lots of hopefuls until the final, grueling lap. I love having the line that shows you where the best time is in comparison to the skaters. You could really see how most of the competitors started strong, but just ran out of gas in the last lap. Ireen Wust of the [...]
Not quite there for men’s curling
I guess it took benching skip John Schuster two days ago to wake the men’s curling team up. They got their first win without him on Friday, then won again with him back on the ice yesterday. I can hardly blame Schuster for taking a day off. Being called the “Bill Buckner of curling” online [...]
