XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 (Done)

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Previous reports:

-- I Olympic Winter Games, Chamonix 1924

-- II Olympic Winter Games, Saint Moritz 1928

-- VIII Olympic Winter Games, Squaw Valley 1960

-- XII Olympic Winter Games, Innsbruck 1976

-- XVII Olympic Winter Games, Lillehammer 1994 

-- XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 

-- XXIII Olympic Winter Games, Pyeongchang 2018

 -- XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 (Shustermania!) 

-- XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 (Paper Flags)

-- XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 (Halfway Done)

XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 (Halfway Done)

I never really know how this works. It's either "Day 8" or "Day 9" of 16, 17 or 19 official days of the Winter Olympics. Whatever, here are the medal standings as of 11:05 p.m. Saturday in Beijing:

1. Norway 8 gold, 3 silver, 6 bronze
2. Germany 7, 5, 1
3. United States 5, 5, 1
4. Netherlands 5, 4, 1
5. Sweden 5, 2, 3
6. Austria 4, 6, 4
7. China 4, 3, 1
8. Italy 2, 5, 4
9. Japan 2, 3, 5
10. Slovenia 2, 1, 2
11. Switzerland 2, 0, 5
12. France 1, 6, 0
13. Canada 1, 4, 8
14. South Korea 1, 2, 1
15. Finland 1, 1, 2
16. Australia 1, 1, 1
17. Czech Republic 1, 0, 1
T18. New Zealand 1, 0, 0
T18. Slovakia 1, 0, 0
T20. Belarus 0, 1, 0
T20. Spain 0, 1, 0
22. Hungary 0, 0, 2
T23. Belgium 0, 0, 1
T23. Latvia 0, 0, 1
T23. Poland 0, 0, 1

Also: 

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Previous reports:

-- I Olympic Winter Games, Chamonix 1924

-- II Olympic Winter Games, Saint Moritz 1928

-- VIII Olympic Winter Games, Squaw Valley 1960

-- XII Olympic Winter Games, Innsbruck 1976

-- XVII Olympic Winter Games, Lillehammer 1994 

-- XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 

-- XXIII Olympic Winter Games, Pyeongchang 2018

 -- XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 (Shustermania!) 

-- XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 (Paper Flags)

XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 (Paper Flags)

I am Nathan Chen.

Previous reports:

-- I Olympic Winter Games, Chamonix 1924
-- II Olympic Winter Games, Saint Moritz 1928
-- VIII Olympic Winter Games, Squaw Valley 1960
-- XII Olympic Winter Games, Innsbruck 1976 
-- XVII Olympic Winter Games, Lillehammer 1994 

-- XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 

-- XXIII Olympic Winter Games, Pyeongchang 2018

-- XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 (Shustermania!)

XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 (Shustermania!)

Given that GoHeath is boycotting these games and Matthew has been boycotting the Olympics for years, I'm not planning to annoy you guys day after day for the next three weeks with pictures of my adorable little paper flags and whatnot. But I do want to mention that our old friend, John Shuster of Chisholm, Minnesota, and his curling friends made the cover of the Parade magazine that circulated with this weekend's Madisonville Messenger.

 

Turns out Shuster and associates appeared on The Voice late last year and are the subject of a documentary movie playing on one of the TV networks. I'm happy for John Shuster, and I wish Team USA success at Beijing 2022.

Previous reports:

-- I Olympic Winter Games, Chamonix 1924
-- II Olympic Winter Games, Saint Moritz 1928
-- VIII Olympic Winter Games, Squaw Valley 1960
-- XII Olympic Winter Games, Innsbruck 1976 
-- XVII Olympic Winter Games, Lillehammer 1994 

-- XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 

-- XXIII Olympic Winter Games, Pyeongchang 2018

XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 (Good!)

Good! Not that it changes much at the HP. But, still, good!

Medals table:

1. Norway 12 gold, 6 silver, 12 bronze
2. Canada 11, 10, 7
3. United States 10, 11, 10
4. Germany 10, 5, 7
5. Netherlands 9, 8, 8
6. Switzerland 8, 1, 2
7. Belarus 5, 1, 1
8. Austria 4, 10, 5
9. China 4, 6, 4
10. France 4, 5, 9
11. Poland 4, 1, 1
12. South Korea 4, 2, 2
13. Slovenia 3, 2, 3
14. Sweden 2, 8, 5
15. Czech Republic 2, 4, 3
16. Latvia 2, 1, 3
17. Japan 1, 4, 4
18. Finland 1, 3, 1
19. Great Britain 1, 1, 3
20. Ukraine 1, 1, 0
21. Slovakia 1, 0, 0
22. Italy 0, 4, 7
23. Australia 0, 2, 1
24. Croatia 0, 1, 0
25. Kazakhstan 0, 0, 1
T26. Bulgaria and 62 others 0, 0, 0

Previous reports:

-- I Olympic Winter Games, Chamonix 1924
-- II Olympic Winter Games, Saint Moritz 1928
-- VIII Olympic Winter Games, Squaw Valley 1960
-- XII Olympic Winter Games, Innsbruck 1976 
-- XVII Olympic Winter Games, Lillehammer 1994

-- XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 (Day a)
-- XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 (Day 0)

-- XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 (Day 1)

-- XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 (Day 2)

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

-- XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 (Day 4)

-- XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 (Day 5)
-- XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 (Day 6)

-- XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 (Day 7)

-- XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 (Day 8)

-- XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 (Day 9)

-- XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 (Day 10)

-- XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 (Day 11)

-- XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 (Day 12)

-- XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 (Day 13)

-- XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 (Day 14)

-- XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 (Day 15)

-- XXII Olympics Winter Games, Sochi 2014 (Good!)

-- XXIII Olympic Winter Games, Pyeongchang 2018