“Night Train” steams to gold in 4-man bobsleigh
Steve Holcomb and USA-1 came through with the win in the 4-man bobsleigh. Night Train certainly lived up to the hype of “fastest sled in the world.” Holcomb wasn’t joking when he said the 2-man was just a warm-up for 4-man. I don’t think USA-1 fell behind at any point, they always ended the run [...]
Two great opportunities for USA gold
The first 2 heats of men’s 4-man bobsled were completed today. Steve Holcomb drove the much talked about “Night Train” sled to back-to-back record speeds on the challenging track. The USA-1 team finished in 1st place with a nice .4 second lead (doesn’t sound like much, but trust me, that’s good.) Tomorrows racing should be [...]
Woohoo! for North American women bobsledders
It was a North American sweep for the women’s bobsledders. Canada took the top two places, followed by the American team in third. Americans were also in the running in fifth and sixth place. It was Canada’s seventh gold of the Vancouver Games. Not bad for a country that hadn’t ever [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Women’s and Men’s Skeleton Results
US hopeful Noelle Pikus-Pace did not get her Olympic medal this year. She finished .10 second behind the bronze medal winner, Anja Huber. Amy Williams from Great Britain captured the gold despite controversy about her helmet. The helmet has little bumps on it, supposedly to improve aerodynamics. The Olympic officials approved it, so that should [...]
Today’s Olympic schedule 2/19
It’s Super G day for the men. The U.S. has only won a medal once in this event, way back in the days of Tommy Moe. America’s best shot at a medal is Bode Miller.
Figure skating moves on to ice dancing today. Torino silver medalists Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto hope to upgrade [...]
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— [...]
Brothers Win Second Straight Gold
Austrian brothers Andreas and Wolfgang Linger took gold the second time in men’s doubles luge today. A second set of brothers, Andris and Jurcis Sics from Latvia won silver with a time only .2 seconds slower. Bronze went to Patric Leitner and Alexander Resch of Germany.
Linger and Linger are only the second doubles team in [...]
Today’s events 2/17
Did you miss me? My “real” job kept me busy this morning, so I’m just now getting around to posting what’s going on today. Fortunately, due to the wonders of tape delay (ha-ha), you won’t be able to see most of these events until ten tonight, anyway.
First up, after days of delays, women’s [...]
Summary of Olympic results 2/16
Women’s luge awarded medals today. Tatjana Huefner, of Germany, won gold. Austrian Nina Reithmayer won silver. Germany’s Natalie Geisenberger took the bronze.
American Erin Hamlin went into the Olympics a world champion, but finished in 16th. American Julia Clukey was 17th, and Megan Sweeney was 22nd.
In women’s 500m speed skating Korea’s Sang-Hwa [...]
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 [...]
Olympic Schedule 2/15
Today’s schedule is another busy one.
Pairs figure skating finishes up today with the free skate. No Americans are in serious contention, so the sentimental favorites are the Chinese pair of Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao. The three time World Champions and real life married couple came out of retirement to pursue Olympic gold. [...]
Medals 2/14
So, here are the medals we didn’t cover today:
Men’s single luge 4th run concluded with gold going to Germany’s Felix Loch, silver to David Moller, also German and bronze to Armin Zoeggeler of Italy. Times were still very good and the track was fast despite the efforts made to slow it down.
In Women’s 3000m speed skating [...]
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 [...]
Luge track shortened
The Vancouver Olympic luge track has been shortened after yesterday’s tragic death of Georgian luge athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili, in spite of officials’ statements blaming the accident on the athlete. Anyone who saw the video would have to question that statement. Clearly, if the wall that now exists had been there yesterday, certainly Kumaritashvili [...]
Luge Tragedy
Georgian Olympic luger Nodar Kumaritashvili lost control of his sled during training today, Feb. 12th. The 21yr-old’s sled hit the wall on a particularly difficult turn, throwing him off the track and into an unpadded steel pole. Kumaritashvili was pronounced dead shortly after at the hospital.
Vancouver’s luge track is one of the fastest in 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 [...]
USA-1 Bobsledding Pilot Sees Victory
Steven Holcomb piloted his four-man bobsled team to victory at the World Cup in Winterburg, Germany on December 13th. This is his 3rd straight win, despite past eye problems that threatened to end his career. In 2008 he underwent a new procedure to correct the degenerative eye disease that had plagued him for three years. 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 [...]
