Men’s biathlon relay results
Norway won gold in the men’s biathlon relay today. Anchoring the 4-man team was Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, giving him his 6th gold medal, 11 in total. Bjoerndalen is has the most medals of any biathlete in history, and he says he plans to be at the next Olympics, competing at age 40. If he does [...]
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.
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. [...]
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 [...]
What are you watching today?
There are six medals being awarded today. Which contests will you be watching?
In alpine skiing, you can watch Men’s Super Combined, which combines one downhill run with one slalom run. American Ted Ligety is the defending Olympic champion, but look for Americans Bode Miller and Andrew Weibrecht to give him a run for [...]
100 Gold Medals for Norway
Tora Berger earned Norway’s 100th gold medal in the Winter Olympics by finishing first in the women’s 15km individual biathlon. Though silver medalist, Elena Khrustaleva of Kazakhstan, hit all the targets and Berger missed one, Berger made up the penalty time won by 20.7 seconds. That’s a pretty good margin by biathlon standards. Bronze medalist [...]
Today’s events 2/18
This is going to be a very brief rundown of today’s events:
Women’s Super Combined— potentially more medals for Julia Mancuso and Lindsey Vonn.
Biathlon— Could there be a medal for American Tim Burke? Will Norway be happier with their results today?
Men’s Figure Skating—Who’s getting the gold? Evan Lysacek, Evgeni Plushenko, or someone else entirely?
Snowboarding— [...]
Biathlon today
I finally figured out how pursuit works. The sprint race that is the qualifier was the earlier sprint in the Olympics. If you’re a follower of biathlon, you’re probably thinking “duh”, but I had no idea.
Anyway, today’s women’s race was really exciting. I find the “chase ‘em down” variety of biathlon a [...]
Olympic Schedule 2/16
So, what’s on today’s schedule?
Today was supposed to be Super Combined in men’s downhill, but due to poor weather conditions (blowing now and low visibility), that event has been pushed to Friday. At this rate, Alpine skiing will finish up sometime in March or April.
Presumably, the snow won’t stop biathlon (it’s still on the [...]
Spillaine Gets Silver in Nordic Combined!
Johnny Spillaine sprinted to silver and got the US’s first medal in Nordic Combined. Though teammate Todd Lodwick led the pack for much of the cross country race, having made up over a minute after the ski jump portion, he bobbled around one of the final curves and appeared to injure himself or break concentration just [...]
No Biathlon Medals Today
It was a disappointing day for the American biathlon team, hoping to win the first ever U.S. Olympic medal in biathlon. Tim Burke, America’s best hope for a medal, finished 47th. Five-time Olympic champion Ole Einar Bjørndalen finished 17th. Both started towards the end of the competition and had to compete with [...]
Olympic schedule 2/14
Are you wondering what events to cuddle up and watch with your special someone today?
Here are my favorites for the day— figure skating pairs short program and men’s moguls.
In pairs figure skating, Americans face an uphill battle. The last figure skating pairs medal was a bronze in 1988, and the U.S. has never won [...]
Medals for 2/13
I’ve already talked about medals won in several sports, including short track and moguls, but there are several sports that I haven’t mentioned yet.
Women’s Biathlon 7.5km Sprint was today. The winners were Anastazia Kuzmina, of Slovakia; Magdalena Neuner, of Germany; and Marie Dorin, of France. Frankly, this is a sport that I find [...]
What is Biathlon?
Skiing and guns seems like a dangerous combination, but in the Winter Olympics this combination is known as biathlon. Biathlon is very popular in areas like Germany, Norway, and Russia. In other parts of the world it’s much less well-known. At the Vancouver Olympics, there will be five events for men and five for women, [...]
The U.S. Biathlon Names Team
I’m guessing there aren’t a lot of rabid biathlon fans reading this. I mean, let’s face it, biathlon hardly gets the press of skating, downhill skiing or even snowboarding. But biathlon is a fascinating sport and to become an Olympian, these athletes dedicate countless hours to training.
The U.S. Biathlon Association just named the [...]
Top 10 Things To Look For In The Winter Olympics
The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada is just around the corner. For those who haven’t been keeping up on all the winter sports since the last Olympics, here’s a top ten list (in no particular order) of the possible highlights. Just remember, it isn’t just the sports that make the Olympics worth watching!
1. The [...]
List of Sports at the 2010 Olympics
Just a quick list of the sports to be contested at the Vancouver Olympics: Biathlon, Bobsled (or bobsleigh to those nutty Canadians), Curling, Figure Skating, Hockey, Luge, Short-Track Speed Skating,
Skeleton, Alpine Skiing, Freestyle Skiing, Ski Jumping, Cross-country Ski Racing, Nordic Combined, Snowboard, and Speed Skating. Each of those sports have multiple events that [...]
