Tuesday, February 11, 2014

XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 (Day 4)

The curling ... #smh. 


Medals table at the moment:

1. Canada 4 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze
2. Netherlands 3, 2, 2
3. Norway 2, 1, 4
4. United States 2, 1, 3
5. Germany 2, 0, 0
6. Russian Federation 1, 2, 3
7. Austria 1, 2, 0
8. France 1, 0, 1
9. Poland 1, 0, 0
9. Slovakia 1, 0, 0
9. Switzerland 1, 0, 0
12. Czech Republic 0, 2, 1
13. Sweden 0, 2, 0
14. Italy 0, 1, 1
15. China 0, 1, 0
15. Finland 0, 1, 0
15. Slovenia 0, 1, 0
18. Great Britain 0, 0, 1
18. Ukraine 0, 0, 1

Previous reports:

-- XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 (Day 3);

23 comments:

  1. Medal events still to come today:

    -- biathlon, women's 10-kilometer pursuit;

    -- luge, women's singles;

    -- ski jumping, women's normal hill individual;

    -- snowboard, men's halfpipe, and

    -- speed skating, women's 500-meter.

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  2. By the way, I don't get to watch the prime-time show for the most part tonight, so I'm officially spoiler alerting for the rest of these comments.

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  3. OK, women's 500m speed skating ... Heather Richardson is about to skate her second of two races, and she was in fourth place after the first ...

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  4. I always get excited and forget about the live-blogging jinx until it's too late.

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    1. That just shows that you're not naturally a superstitious person. After my experiences, I don't think I would live-blog a Kentucky basketball game at gunpoint.

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  5. Gold: Sang Hwa Lee, South Korea, setting new Olympic records with her Race 2 and aggregate times

    Silver: Olga Fatkulina, Russia

    Bronze: Margot Boer, Netherlands

    Heather Richardson--of freaking High Point, N.C., no less--sunk from fourth to sixth with her Race 2 performance, which I jinxed with my thoughtless live-blogging exuberance. I am so sorry, Heather Richardson of High Point.

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  6. 1. Canada 4 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze
    2. Netherlands 3, 2, 3
    3. Norway 2, 1, 4
    4. United States 2, 1, 3
    5. Germany 2, 0, 0
    6. Russian Federation 1, 3, 3
    7. Austria 1, 2, 0
    8. France 1, 0, 1
    9. Poland 1, 0, 0
    9. Slovakia 1, 0, 0
    9. South Korea 1, 0, 0
    9. Switzerland 1, 0, 0
    13. Czech Republic 0, 2, 1
    14. Sweden 0, 2, 0
    15. Italy 0, 1, 1
    16. China 0, 1, 0
    16. Finland 0, 1, 0
    16. Slovenia 0, 1, 0
    19. Great Britain 0, 0, 1
    19. Ukraine 0, 0, 1

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  7. Women's 10km pursuit biathlon …

    Gold: Darya Domracheva, Belarus ("BLR" is for Belarus, not Bulgaria)

    Silver: Tora Berger, Norway

    Bronze: Teja Gregorin, Slovenia

    High American: Susan Dunklee of Craftsbury, Vt., 18th

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  8. 1. Canada 4 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze
    2. Netherlands 3, 2, 3
    3. Norway 2, 2, 4
    4. United States 2, 1, 3
    5. Germany 2, 0, 0
    6. Russian Federation 1, 3, 3
    7. Austria 1, 2, 0
    8. France 1, 0, 1
    9. Belarus 1, 0, 0
    9. Poland 1, 0, 0
    9. Slovakia 1, 0, 0
    9. South Korea 1, 0, 0
    9. Switzerland 1, 0, 0
    14. Czech Republic 0, 2, 1
    15. Sweden 0, 2, 0
    16. Italy 0, 1, 1
    16. Slovenia 0, 1, 1
    18. China 0, 1, 0
    18. Finland 0, 1, 0
    20. Great Britain 0, 0, 1
    20. Ukraine 0, 0, 1

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  9. Cross-country, ladies sprint free:

    -- Norway gold, Norway silver and Slovenia bronze

    Cross-country, men's sprint free:

    -- Norway gold, Sweden silver and Sweden bronze

    1. Norway 4 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze
    2. Canada 4, 3, 2
    3. Netherlands 3, 2, 3
    4. United States 2, 1, 3
    5. Germany 2, 0, 0
    6. Russian Federation 1, 3, 3
    7. Austria 1, 2, 0
    8. France 1, 0, 1
    9. Belarus 1, 0, 0
    9. Poland 1, 0, 0
    9. Slovakia 1, 0, 0
    9. South Korea 1, 0, 0
    9. Switzerland 1, 0, 0
    14. Sweden 0, 3, 1
    15. Czech Republic 0, 2, 1
    16. Slovenia 0, 1, 2
    17. Italy 0, 1, 1
    18. China 0, 1, 0
    18. Finland 0, 1, 0
    20. Great Britain 0, 0, 1
    20. Ukraine 0, 0, 1

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  10. Team USA scored today with a silver in freestyle skiing. Devin Logan of West Dover, Vt., took silver in women's ski slopestyle; Canadians won gold and bronze. These were the first medals awarded today in Sochi, so they were already reflected in the medals table.

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  11. U! S! A! U! S! A! … Kate Hamlin of Remsen, N.Y., has won bronze in women's singles luge! That's the United States' first-ever Olympic medal in the sport.

    See ... I didn't do any live-blogging of these final two runs, and Hamlin held her ground.

    Sorry again, Heather Richardson.

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  12. Germany goes gold and silver in the event. Natalie Geisenberger, the Vancouver 2010 bronze medalist, takes first, and Tatjana Hüfner, the defending gold medalist, finishes second.

    1. Norway 4 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze
    2. Canada 4, 3, 2
    3. Netherlands 3, 2, 3
    4. Germany 3, 1, 0
    5. United States 2, 1, 4
    6. Russian Federation 1, 3, 3
    7. Austria 1, 2, 0
    8. France 1, 0, 1
    9. Belarus 1, 0, 0
    9. Poland 1, 0, 0
    9. Slovakia 1, 0, 0
    9. South Korea 1, 0, 0
    9. Switzerland 1, 0, 0
    14. Sweden 0, 3, 1
    15. Czech Republic 0, 2, 1
    16. Slovenia 0, 1, 2
    17. Italy 0, 1, 1
    18. China 0, 1, 0
    18. Finland 0, 1, 0
    20. Great Britain 0, 0, 1
    20. Ukraine 0, 0, 1

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  13. This late afternoon's hockey game of the day on NBCSN is Japan vs. Russia (women). The Russians lead, 1-0, in the first period ...

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  14. I missed the bulk of what they were saying, but the color commentator was just saying something along the lines that Germany has announced it is going to defund its women's hockey program if the current team fails to excel to some level in 2014. I can't seem to find anything about this, but it's certainly an interesting storyline that I would like to know more about.

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  15. Early in the third period, Japan ties Russia, 1-1 ... After a 19-year-old whipped in the tying goal, about a half-dozen of her Japanese teammates circled her in a big huddle of high fives. Then they stopped momentarily and bowed to one another, and then they went back to celebrating like every other hockey team you've ever seen after a meaningful goal.

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  16. Oh, wow ... short-handed goal for Russia to surge back ahead, 2-1 ...

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