Hey there guys,
We've made it through four days of this seventeen day event and so far the United States has managed to bring home 8 Medals, more than any other country, including favorites Germany (5 Medals) and Canada (4 Medals). Hopefully we can continue our success at the Winter Games.
Today's Events are: Alpine Skiing (Medal), Biathlon (Medals x2), Curling, Figure Skating, Hockey, Luge (Medal), Snowboarding (Medal), and Speed Skating (Medal).
Through Four Days of Events here are the Current Standings:
1. UNITED STATES - 14pts (2G 2S 4B)
2. Germany - 10pts (1G 3S 1B
3. Switzerland - 9pts (3G)
4. France - 8pts (2G 2B)
Canada - 8pts (1G 2S 1B)
6. South Korea - 7pts (2G 1S)
7. Norway - 5pts (2S 1B)
8. China - 5pts (1G 1S)
9. Italy - 4pts (1S 2B)
10. Czech Republic - 4pts (1G 1B)
11. Japan - 3pts (1S 1B)
12. Sweden - 3pts (1G)
Slovakia - 3pts (1G)
Netherlands - 3pts (1G)
15. Poland - 2pts (1S)
Estonia - 2pts (1S)
Australia - 2pts (1S)
18. Russia - 1pt (1B)
Croatia - 1pt (1B)
Austria - 1pt (1B)
Well alright guys this will be continuously updated as the events finish.
USA, USA
updated 5:38pm
Biathlon
Women's 10km Pursuit
Gold. Germany, Magdalena Neuner
Silv. Slovakia, Anastazia Kuzmina
Bron. France, Marie Laure Brunet
(American Finishes: #46 S. Studebaker)
Biathlon
Men's 12.5km Pursuit
Gold. Sweden, Bjorn Ferry
Silv. Austria, Christoph Sumann
Bron. France, Vincent Jay
(American Finishes: #24 J. Teela, #36 L. Bailey, #46 T. Burke, #57 J. Hakkinen)
Luge
Women's Singles
Gold. Germany, Tatjana Huefner
Silv. Austria, Nina Reithmayer
Bron. Germany, Natalie Geisenberger
(American Finishes: #16 E. Hamlin, #17 J. Clukey, #22 M. Sweeney)
Snowboard
Ladies' Snowboard Cross
Gold. Canada, Maelle Ricker
Silv. France, Deborah Anthonioz
Bron. Switzerland, Olivia Nobs
(American Finishes: #5 L. Jacobellis, #12 F. Gulini, #21 C. Chythlook-Sifsof)
Speed Skating
Ladies' 500m
Gold. South Korea, Sang-Hwa Lee
Silv. Germany, Jenny Wolf
Bron. China, Beixing Wang
(American Finishes: #6 H. Richardson, #17 E. Ochowicz, #21 J. Rodriguez, #30 L. Cholewinski)
Alright guys this covers all of the Medal Events for the day, The United States did not get any Medals today. The Men's Hockey team did play well in their opening win. Maybe tomorrow we can pull in a couple.
How's our hockey team? We're stomping Switzerland right now, but I don't know how good we are relative to those other cold countries.
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Well the three groups were based off the pre Olympic hockey rankings. The United States was ranked #6 heading into the Olympics but this is a very young team so it is kind of hard to get an idea. It is encouraging to see them up on Switzerland, the Pre-O #7 team, like this as it leaves me thinking that we may be better than our ranking. The Swiss finished #6 in the 2006 Olympics and has 2 NHL Players on its roster. As far as the Overall look at the Olympics are chances are going to ride on the play of Goalie Ryan Miller, one of the best in the NHL, though he ended the Pre Olympic break in a bit of a slump. If he can regain his form he can be near dominant at times. This team is also really fast and physical sporting 3 of the top ten hitters (not fighters) in the NHL. as far as overall I like to think we are better than the Czech Republic and Finland but we are going to have to be at the top of our game to compete with Canada (Joe Crosby, Patrick Marleau, Joe Thornton, and G Martin Brodeur), Russia (ALEXANDER OVECHKIN), and Sweden (Nicklaus Backstrom, Henrik Sedin, Peter Forsberg, and Henrik Zetterberg). If this team can get used to each other (composed entirely of NHL Players who've been together as Team USA for 1 day) in a hurry than I like to think that they have a shot at the Bronze. Maybe more if they can go out and impress some people.
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