tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post1804428036476747175..comments2024-03-27T22:35:08.926-04:00Comments on The Heath Post: XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 (Day 8)GoHeathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-78027775801897147612014-02-15T23:23:22.726-05:002014-02-15T23:23:22.726-05:00Women's "Super-G" alpine skiing: Aus...Women's "Super-G" alpine skiing: Austria gold, Germany silvery, Austria bronze.<br /><br />Men's 1,500-meter speed skating: Poland gold, Netherlands silver, Canada bronze.<br /><br />Men's 1,000-meter short track: Russia gold, Russia silver, Netherlands bronze.<br /><br />Medals table:<br /><br />1. Germany 7 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze<br />2. Switzerland 5, 1, 1<br />3. Russian Federation 4, 6, 5<br />4. Canada 4, 5, 3<br />5. Netherlands 4, 4, 6<br />6. United States 4, 3, 7<br />7. Norway 4, 3, 6<br />8. Poland 4, 0, 0<br />9. China 3, 2, 0<br />10. Belarus 3, 0, 1<br />11. Austria 2, 4, 1<br />12. France 2, 0, 2<br />13. Sweden 1, 5, 2<br />14. Japan 1, 3, 1<br />15. Slovenia 1, 1, 3<br />16. South Korea 1, 1, 1<br />17. Great Britain 1, 0, 1<br />18. Slovakia 1, 0, 0<br />19. Italy 0, 2, 3<br />20. Czech Republic 0, 2, 1<br />21. Finland 0, 2, 0<br />22. Latvia 0, 1, 2<br />23. Australia 0, 1, 1<br />24. Croatia 0, 1, 0<br />25. Kazakhstan 0, 0, 1<br />25. Ukraine 0, 0, 1Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-36128944352689983082014-02-15T23:04:00.263-05:002014-02-15T23:04:00.263-05:00Kamil Stoch, a 26-year-old from Poland, won his se...Kamil Stoch, a 26-year-old from Poland, won his second gold medal of the Sochi Games today--in men's long hill ski jumping. <br /><br />Noriaki Kasai, a 41-year-old from Japan, won silver. Kasai has competed in every Winter Games since Albertville 1992, and he was part of a team silver at Lillehammer 1994--but this was his first-ever individual medal in his seventh Olympics. <br /><br />Bronze went to a 21-year-old from Slovenia, Peter Prevc.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-10303970933129461272014-02-15T22:50:31.103-05:002014-02-15T22:50:31.103-05:00Matt Antoine, a 28-year-old from Prairie du Chien,...Matt Antoine, a 28-year-old from Prairie du Chien, Wis., won bronze in the men's skeleton today. I would not have guessed the United States as the dominant Olympics skeleton power of all time, but Team USA is. Antoine's bronze in his first Winter Games extends the Americans' lead in all-time medals in the event to two (eight to six) over Great Britain. <br /><br />Martins Dukurs, a 28-year-old from Latvia, won his second-straight silver. Alexander Tretiakov, a 28-year-old from Russia who won bronze at Vancouver 2010, leapfrogged Dukurs for the gold. The NBC color commentator said that Tretiakov recorded the same "start" time in each of his four runs during the event, and each time the 4.47 seconds ranked as the fastest start recorded by any of the competitors in the event.<br /><br />John Daly, a 28-year-old from Queens, N.Y., entered the fourth and final run in fourth position, but, as he jumped onto his sled at the end of his start, Daly nearly scooted off the opposite side. His sled veered back and forth into the walls of the track. The NBC commentator immediately noted that Daly's threat to claim a medal was over, and then we watched Daly slide out his run for a pretty long 50 seconds.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-47867209483218197262014-02-15T21:59:27.661-05:002014-02-15T21:59:27.661-05:00This is about the time in every Olympic Winter Gam...This is about the time in every Olympic Winter Games when I decide I'm going to start following all of these sports throughout their regular schedules. Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.com