“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 [...]
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 [...]
