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The Canadian alpine ski team suffered another setback this weekend, when Anna Goodman suffered a suspected torn anterior cruciate ligament in a crash during a World Cup slalom run in Zagreb. Goodman is the latest in a long list of Canadian skiers to suffer serious injuries in recent weeks.
On November 30, world champion John Kucera broke the tibia and fibula in his left leg in the first super-G of the World Cup season at Lake Louise.
On December 13, Jean-Philippe Roy tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during a World Cup giant slalom race in Val d'Isere.
On December 16, Larisa Yurkiw tore up her knee in a crash in the opening downhill training session in Val d'Isere.
On December 17, Kelly VanderBeek suffered a similar injury in Val d'Isere.
On December 18, Francois Bourque tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during a World Cup super-G in Val Gardena.
At this rate, the Canadian will be lucky to have a Team by the time Olympics start next month. :D
Skiers from countries that have a lot of good skiers tend to take more risk in Olympic years because they practically need to "qualify" to represent their country in the games. With a bit of bad luck, that kind of ultra-competitive skiing could result in more crashes and injuries.
Canada seems to have a bigger share of injuries this year though.
Austria was banking on their three top girls in technical disciplines, but Nicole Hosp got injured at the beginning of the season.
With the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics coming, mother nature has served up a bit of a downer.
Pouring rain left the slopes of Cypress so wet that all ski activities have been cancelled for the next two days at least. And, VANOC has called a halt to its extensive snowmaking operation there.
Olympic organisers have been sufficiently alarmed that they may decide to close off Cypress to the public as early tomorrow, 2.5 weeks earlier than planned.
what about whistler?
http://www.vancouver2010.com/
the entire northern hemisphere is under a snow storm, from japan to china to europe to the east coast. Vancouver is raining! I hope it joins the rest of the world soon as I have already booked tickets to come during Chinese New Year!
stillskiing
2010-01-15, 07:31
In My opinion, CNY is one of the best time to ski at Wh/Blkb
It is now the Swiss's turn -
Lara Gut, one of Switzerland's top skiers, has announced that she will miss the firthcoming Winter Olympics. She has failed to recover from a dislocated right hip sustained when she crashed during training last October. :(
Cypress Mountain which is Olympic's venue for freestyle skiing and snowboarding events, is to have snow trucked in, after forecasters predict no new snow and warm temperatures.
Other contingency plans being rolled out include using straw and wood to take the place of snow to build the base for the courses. :(
Ever wonder why the racers ski so fast down the mountain?
If you listen closely to the commentators at an alpine World Cup race, you'll likely hear talk about course injection, a process during which water is injected into the snow in order to make a harder surface. While the practice is often discussed, the injectors themselves are seldom seen. Here's an up-close look at what they are and how they work.
Ice is hard and fast. But is ice safe?
Racers' edges and snowcats clearing the fresh snow cause ruts that can launch skiers off-course. So techs actually inject the course with water to make it as hard as possible. Using a 16-foot “water bar” with nozzles at the bottom, techs inject water 10 inches into the snowpack in eight-inch increments down the hill. The first round occurs two weeks prior to race day, with touch-ups the day before. Weather is the biggest variable affecting course conditions. At one World Cup race early this season, too much water was added causing many women on the U.S. team to slide off course.
Cypress still not looking good, even it has new snow for the last 2 days. News from yesterday.
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/thewest/Snow+flies+Cypress+Mountain+2010+Olympic+venue+still+mired/2480074/story.html
... Here's an up-close look at what they are and how they work.
Up-close look? where is the photo? :)
Up-close look? where is the photo? :)
Close look at the description, photo is not a must. ;)
Close look at the description, photo is not a must. ;)
Without looking at this photo, I would not have known what you are talking about.
As the Chinese saying goes, "a picture is worth a thousand words" :rolleyes:
Without looking at this photo, I would not have known what you are talking about.
As the Chinese saying goes, "a picture is worth a thousand words" :rolleyes:
It appears one imagination is better than others.
Withouit the one thousand words description, it looks like the picture was showing some workers trowelling the snow.
With the digial photography nowadays, don't trust what the photos show too much.
With the Olmypics approaching, it appears that parking is going to be a problem at Whistler :D
http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/olympics/index.htm?aheading=0#tabs
anyone will be at whistler during the olympics?
With the Olmypics approaching, it appears that parking is going to be a problem at Whistler :D
http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/olympics/index.htm?aheading=0#tabs
It isn't a problem for tourist since they either don't driver or already have a parking spot. It IS a big problem for local people (us) who use to drive there for day trip.
From what I heard, if you can't prove that you have an available parking spot (reversed lot or whatever), you will be stopped at Squamish and sent back home.
So even Whistler stays open during Olympics, it means nothing for local people.
A lack of snow at the Cypress venue near Vancouver has meant less practice time for snowboarders and freestyle skiers at the Winter Olympics.
And now, ironically, organisers of the alpine skiing event are worried that there will be too much snow in Whistler. :rolleyes:
The forecast at Whistler Creekside is for 5-10cm snowfall on Friday night with alpine skiing's blue riband event, the men's downhill, takes place on Saturday.
Multiple ski medal hope Lindsey Vonn of USA has revealed she has a shin injury and does not know whether she will be able to compete at the Vancouver Games.
The United States star bruised her right shin in Austria last week.
Vonn has nine World Cup wins this season and was expected to sweep the board at the Winter Olympics, which start on Friday.
But she told a news conference in Vancouver on Wednesday: "I honestly have no idea (whether she will race)."
Vonn said she "twisted funny" in slalom training in Austria, falling over the front of her skis, but had waited for a week before announcing it in the hope that the bruising would clear up.
"That was wishful thinking," she said.
The 25-year-old ski all-rounder has not been able to ski since the injury, but is supposed to be training on Thursday for Sunday's first women's race, the super combined.
Vonn added: "I tried putting a boot on but it was excruciatingly painful. I hope it will be OK.
That is a shame if she cannot race.
She was quoted as, perhaps, the best woman skier the U.S. has ever produced.
http://www.ordoh.com/?p=4100
Here is the song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5GLHWa53oE
Anyone knows which channel in Hong Kong will broadcast the Winter Olympic games? Any broadcast through the internet?
Thanks!
The Olympic torch will be passing my office in about an hour from now. It is raining badly today, but I will still go down and cheer.
That is a shame if she cannot race.
She was quoted as, perhaps, the best woman skier the U.S. has ever produced.
http://www.ordoh.com/?p=4100
Once every 4 years is and will always be a privilege to race in an Olympic. Athletes don't have many 4 years. It is a pity that Lindsey missed the Torino games due to injury back then. It would be devasting to her if she can't participate in this one. But then, when the Sochi one comes, she will probably be able to race as she will only be 29 then.
Not sure if Lindsey could match/top Janica's medal count at Salt Lake City.
昨晚去看了冬奧開幕最後一次採排，只能説...非常驕傲自己是snowboarder！如果你是snowboard狂熱者，強烈建議去看冬奧開幕！
在各國國家隊順序出序出場時，看到中國，日本，韓國隊伍，加拿大隊最後入場，有趣的是看到香港和台灣的名字，不知是那些選手，參加甚麼比賽項目。
今天去Cypress看了比賽場地，整個早上都在下雨，根據天氣報告，明天還是下雨，之後溫度下降，賽道變成bulletproof ice...
希望所有Cypress的賽事可以順利完成！
在此先祝大家情人節快樂和農曆新年滑雪平安，技術更上一層樓（特別是下月要考試的教練）。 :cool:
Once every 4 years is and will always be a privilege to race in an Olympic. Athletes don't have many 4 years. It is a pity that Lindsey missed the Torino games due to injury back then. It would be devasting to her if she can't participate in this one. But then, when the Sochi one comes, she will probably be able to race as she will only be 29 then.
Not sure if Lindsey could match/top Janica's medal count at Salt Lake City.
Lindsey is a very strong rider, I've been watching her training during the World Cup last two years. I believe she is one of those few girls can ride in Men boarder cross track.
Her, Dominique Maltais and Maelle Ricker are some of those strong riders have good chance standing on Olympic podium.
Whether Lindsey can race until 2014.....?
I find personally find boardercross is more dangerous than other disciplines. It's because each race track is different in each competition. In addition, crash rate is higher because of 4/6 riders heats. I believe it is much better for younger and aggressive riders. :)
在各國國家隊順序出序出場時，看到中國，日本，韓國隊伍，加拿大隊最後入場，有趣的是看到香港和台灣的名字，不知是那些選手，參加甚麼比賽項目。
According to NBC, no athletes from Hong Kong nor Taiwan :D
http://www.nbcolympics.com/nations/region=2/index.html
According to NBC, no athletes from Hong Kong nor Taiwan :D
http://www.nbcolympics.com/nations/region=2/index.html
Hmm....
From the website:
Asian Nations Competing in Vancouver: it shows HK and Taiwan
Hmm....
From the website:
Asian Nations Competing in Vancouver: it shows HK and Taiwan
Yes, but if you click them, it shows the number of participants going is ZERO. :D
Yes, but if you click them, it shows the number of participants going is ZERO. :D
Oh ic.
Yeah, it will be a waste of money.
Once in while in the past, Taiwan sent someone to Alpine racing such as slalom, and the skiing quality was a joke -- such as coming down with some wedge turns (due to icy conditions) and clocking a time that almost doubles the forerunners. --it was embarrasing, and now they have learned not to send anyone.
But Taiwan and Hong Kong could have developed some figure skating telants.
Once in while in the past, Taiwan sent someone to Alpine racing such as slalom, and ths skiing quality was a joke -- such as coming down with some wedge turn and clocking a time that almost doubles the forerunners. --it was emparrasing, and now they have learned not to sent anyone.
But they and Hong Kong could have developed some figure skating telants.
I remembered Hong Kong did send couple of ice skaters to the Winter Olmypics, must be about 20 years ago, this couple entered the pairs ice skating competition. After their performance, the whole arena applauded their sportmanship. :D Since then, the Olmypics Committee set a minimum standard required.
Another different kind of problem facing the Vancouver Organising Committee, this time MONEY.
Financial problems extend to the Vancouver Organizing Committee (Vanoc) itself, which has faced reports of a $30m Canadian dollar revenue shortfall. :D
Have a fatal accident at Luger training today. Sad :(
http://www.ctvolympics.ca/luge/news/newsid=39315.html#georgian+luger+dead+after+training+crash
Don't feel comfortable after watching the video record of his run. Don't watch it if you're an emotional person.
Have a fatal accident at Luger training today. Sad :(
http://www.ctvolympics.ca/luge/news/newsid=39315.html#georgian+luger+dead+after+training+crash
Don't feel comfortable after watching the video record of his run. Don't watch it if you're an emotional person.
That was tragic. :(
Luge is a dangerous sport, you hurl yourself around at very very high speed with no protection to your body. :eek: Must be MAD to do that.
To show you what is "Luge", here is a short video of this mad sport:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11S3AhhMBFA
Hmm....
From the website:
Asian Nations Competing in Vancouver: it shows HK and Taiwan
Looks like we do have ONE Taiwan entry:
http://sports.hinet.net/2010vancouver/news_detail.jsp?s=80554
I am currently watching the Opening Ceremony live on CCTV1 and Hong Kong do have ONE athlete, and Taiwan have TWO athletes participating in the Game. Unfortunately, due to my limited knowledge of Mandarin, I could not understand the Putonhua commentary.
I am currently watching the Opening Ceremony live on CCTV1 and Hong Kong do have ONE athlete, and Taiwan have TWO athletes participating in the Game. Unfortunately, due to my limited knowledge of Mandarin, I could not understand the Putonhua commentary.
Mike, I did not know that you don't know Putonhua :) You really need to learn that.
For that matter, all of us in Hong Kong should learn to understand and speak Putonhua
Mike, I did not know that you don't know Putonhua :) You really need to learn that.
For that matter, all of us in Hong Kong should learn to understand and speak Putonhua
Not just I don't understand or speak Putonhua, I cannot read simplified Chinese. :( Traditional Chinese characters not a problem.
As a matter of fact, I have difficulties in understanding those postings if they are written in Hong Kong colloquial or slang (not proper written Chinese!)
I am too old to learn. :D
Not just I don't understand or speak Putonhua, I cannot read simplified Chinese. :(
I am too old to learn. :D
Hey, you are not too old at all. You need to have the will to learn, that's all.
Not to mention to the whole world how old I am, I will comment this: I went to the University when you were born :(:p
I just noticed one thing; the title of this thread is:
2010 Winter Olmypics
What is wrong with the above? It should be Olympics, hehe
So this proves that the mind will know what a sentence is about if the first letter and the last letter is in the right place, such as:
Aoccdrnig to a rseearch sduty at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't ,mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are .......
See:
http://bfc.positscience.com/brain/cool_brain_tricks/cool_brain_trick_01.php
Have a fatal accident at Luger training today. Sad :(
http://www.ctvolympics.ca/luge/news/newsid=39315.html#georgian+luger+dead+after+training+crash
Don't feel comfortable after watching the video record of his run. Don't watch it if you're an emotional person.
CNN reports:
The Vancouver Olympic Committee and the luge federation, known by its French initials FIL, outlined their findings in a joint statement.
"It appears after a routine run, the athlete came late out of curve 15 and did not compensate properly to make correct entrance into curve 16," they said. "This resulted in a late entrance into curve 16 and although the athlete worked to correct the problem he eventually lost control of the sled resulting in the tragic accident. The technical officials of the FIL were able to retrace the path of the athlete and concluded there was no indication that the accident was caused by deficiencies in the track."
The track will reopen after officials raise the walls at the exit of curve 16 and change the "ice profile," they said.
"This was done as a preventative measure, in order to avoid that such an extremely exceptional accident could occur again," the statement said.
First gold medal goes to Switzerland on normal hill ski jump:
http://www.ctvolympics.ca/mm/photo/sports/ctvo/04/04/42/40442_m10.jpg (http://www.ctvolympics.ca/mm/photo/sports/ctvo/04/04/42/40442_m10.jpg)
Latest on the luge event from ESPN:
An extra session of men's training, as well as all four runs of the men's event -- two on Saturday, two on Sunday -- will begin from the women's start ramp.
Meanwhile, the women's and doubles entrants in the Olympic field will now start even lower, at the junior start position, between the fifth and sixth curves.
The decision to change the start's location seemed to have the desired effect Saturday. None of the 36 sliders, all of whom wore black tape on the left sides of their helmets in tribute to Kumaritashvili, broke 90 mph after speeds routinely surpassed 95 mph earlier in the week.
Other changes were made overnight, including raising the wall at Curve 16, the area where Kumaritashvili crashed.
Some modifications also were made to the surface of the ice itself. During the training session Saturday morning, workers were seen strapping padding to the steel poles along the finish curve.
First gold medal goes to Switzerland on normal hill ski jump:
http://www.ctvolympics.ca/mm/photo/sports/ctvo/04/04/42/40442_m10.jpg (http://www.ctvolympics.ca/mm/photo/sports/ctvo/04/04/42/40442_m10.jpg)
From the BBC news:
Switzerland's Simon Ammann won the first gold medal of the Vancouver 2010 Games, in normal hill ski jumping.
Ammann set a hill record 108m with the final jump of the event to take his third Olympic title, after winning two golds in Salt Lake City in 2002.
The world number one won ahead of Poland's Adam Malysz and Austrian pre-event favourite Gregor Schlierenzauer.
The 5,000m speed skating crown went to Dutch favourite Sven Kramer in an Olympic record time.
The 23-year-old set off on a blistering opening lap and never looked back, clocking six minutes, 14.60 seconds to capture his first Olympic gold.
Korea's Seung-Hoon Lee collected a surprise silver with Russian Ivan Skobrev taking the bronze.
The third Gold went to Anatazia Kuzmina of Slovakia in Cross Country Skiing
Been watching the Women's Ice Hockey between Canada and Slovakia live on TV this morning, the Slovakian were trully thrashed 0-18 !. :(
Canada and China joined the USA and Korea in the final of the women's 3000m relay. The Chinese broke the Olympic record set by Korea in the first semi with a time of 4:08.797. It is going to be a great final on 24 February.
In the Women's Mogul, Hannah Kearney od USA speed down - fast, slick turns, back flip off the first jump, conservative but floaty 360 off the bottom kicker... and she won GOLD! Canada's wait for a first gold medal on home soil goes on as defending champion Jennifer Heil could only manage silver. American Shannon Bahrke got bronze.
South Korea also got a Gold - Lee Jung-Su won the men's 1,500-metre short-track speed skating, with American Apolo Anton Ohno second and another American, J.R. Celski finished third.
All very exciting indeed. :cool:
I am currently watching the Opening Ceremony live on CCTV1 and Hong Kong do have ONE athlete, and Taiwan have TWO athletes participating in the Game. Unfortunately, due to my limited knowledge of Mandarin, I could not understand the Putonhua commentary.
香港唯一冬奧代表韓月雙，在女子五百米短度速滑初賽小組排第三，無緣晉級。
(4 skaters, 韓月雙 was last, but the 3rd skater fell), 韓月雙 still has 1,000 meters and 1,500 meters to go.
South Korea also got a Gold - Lee Jung-Su won the men's 1,500-metre short-track speed skating, with American Apolo Anton Ohno second and another American, J.R. Celski finished third. :cool:
S. Korean should have been 1, 2, 3. But the 3rd Korean try to overtake the number 2 almost at the finish, causing both of them to crash. Anton Ohno was way back ....to take the silver.
Sadly, Day Two of the 2010 Winter Olympics was marred by violence in Vancouver downtown.
Approximately 200 people, many masked, reportedly gathered at Main Street Station. The group then marched through Downtown Vancouver, smashing windows and knocking over newspaper boxes.
Riot police armed with batons and tear gas were deployed and few were arrested.
The violence escalated out of a scheduled protest called “2010 Heart Attack”, which was organized by the Olympic Resistance Network. Many media outlets are reporting the protest as a riot. :(
From ESPN:
With its location close to the Pacific Ocean, Whistler is known for its bad weather but organizers say drier and cooler air is on the way starting Monday.
Still, all the rain and warm weather this week has deteriorated the downhill runs into a mushy mess and it could take some time to restore the courses into suitable condition safe enough for high-speed racing.
"They've got some challenges because the top of the hill has been receiving snow, the middle has been a mixture of snow and rain, and the bottom has been pouring rain," U.S. men's head coach Sasha Rearick said. "Three different approaches they need to take on the hill, and they've been applying that very well."
Vonn is one of the few skiers pleased with all the delays, because it gives her bruised right shin more time to heal.
Five medals up for grabs today. They are: nordic combined, biathlon, men's luge, pairs figure skating and men's moguls.
Results in so far -
In the women's 3000m speed skating final. GOLD for the Czech's Martina Sablikova, Germany's Stephanie Beckert won silver and Canada won a bronze with Kristina Groves.
In the Men's Nordic Combined, GOLD for France's Jason Lamy Chappuis as he overtook American Johnny Spillane on the final corner. Italian Alessandro Pittin grabs the bronze.
(What is Nordic Combined? Ski jumping first, and the five judges give style marks. The best and worst scores are discarded and then the remaining three added to the distance to give a total mark. At the end, the score is turned into time, and the leader sets off on the cross country with that amount of head start, followed by the second man in the ski jumping and so on)
In the Biathlon, GOLD for France's Vincent Jay in the 10km sprint. Emil Hegle Svendsen of Norway took silver, with Jacov Fak of Croatia third.
In Men's Luge, GOLD for Felix Loch of Germany, his teammate David Moeller got silver and Italian Armin Zoeggeler took the bronze.
In the Men's Mogul, Canada won their first ever Gold on homesoil. Alexandre Bilodeau got the Gold, Dale Begg-Smith of Australia took the silver and Wilson of USA the bronze.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEWaahT3mLI
Very good summary and explanation.
Keep it up.
In the pairs figure skating's short programme which I have been watching on CCTV1this morning, China's 申雪 and 趙宏博 came out of retirement, they performed to a classical rendition of Queen's Who Wants To Live Forever to perfection. :) Their score is so far ahead of the others. As AP reporter Nancy Armour points out on Twitter, the Chinese pair's technical score of 42.42 was bigger than the overall score of most other pairs which followed. Other Chinese pairs, 龐清 / 佟健 and 張丹 / 張昊 currently lying 4th and 5th respectively.
Another exciting day tomorrow, the twice delayed Men's Downhill is on tomorrow weather permitting. Swiss pair Didier Cuche and Carlo Janka will be in contention for a podium spot alongside Austria's Michael Walchhofer of Austria, as well as USA's Bode Miller.
There are medals to be won in the men's snowboard cross and speed skating.
Other titles up for grabs include the men's 15km and women's 10km free cross-country races and the pairs figure skating which of the top 5 places, Chinese pairs currently lying 1st, 4th and 5th.
Man's DH: Bode Miller is currently at 12th, but he is so well known of giving surprise runs. Of course, I do put my hope on Canada skier: Manuel Osborne-Paradis.
On yesterday man's mogul, I am so proud that Bilodeau edged out Begg-Smith. Not only Bilodeau is a Canadian, but also I don't like Begg-Smith at all if you ever read his computer hacker business. Begg-Smith actually born here at Vancouver, but selected to represent Australia after he quit the Canada ski program and moved there at 16.
Wow.. less than 0.1s is what separated the Gold and Bronnze in man's DH.
http://www.ctvolympics.ca/imgml/results/medals/medal_g.png (http://www.ctvolympics.ca/imgml/results/medals/medal_g.png)1 18http://www.ctvolympics.ca/imgml/flags/resultsFlagsTriCode/SUI.png (http://www.ctvolympics.ca/imgml/flags/resultsFlagsTriCode/SUI.png)DEFAGO Didier (http://www.ctvolympics.ca/countries/country=SUI/athletes/athlete=3938/index.html) 1:54.31 -
http://www.ctvolympics.ca/imgml/results/medals/medal_s.png (http://www.ctvolympics.ca/imgml/results/medals/medal_s.png)2 16http://www.ctvolympics.ca/imgml/flags/resultsFlagsTriCode/NOR.png (http://www.ctvolympics.ca/imgml/flags/resultsFlagsTriCode/NOR.png)SVINDAL Aksel Lund (http://www.ctvolympics.ca/countries/country=NOR/athletes/athlete=9857/index.html)1:54.38 +0.07
http://www.ctvolympics.ca/imgml/results/medals/medal_b.png (http://www.ctvolympics.ca/imgml/results/medals/medal_b.png)3 8http://www.ctvolympics.ca/imgml/flags/resultsFlagsTriCode/USA.png (http://www.ctvolympics.ca/imgml/flags/resultsFlagsTriCode/USA.png)MILLER Bode (http://www.ctvolympics.ca/countries/country=USA/athletes/athlete=1877/index.html) 1:54.40 +0.09
Bode did his magic, just luck out by 0.09s after he made such a fast time at the 1st half of the course.
ESPN:
Miller set the pace for the other race favorites, who started between 16th and 22nd. He said the course was darker when he skied than for the other favorites later on.
"That's what ski racing is about," he said. "It's always a mix. There definitely was light changing in the very beginning. It got progressively better, but definitely when I went the middle part was dark. That's where Aksel pulled eight-tenths back on me. That's the way ski racing goes. But I was happy with the way I skied."
ESPN:
Miller set the pace for the other race favorites, who started between 16th and 22nd. He said the course was darker when he skied than for the other favorites later on.
"That's what ski racing is about," he said. "It's always a mix. There definitely was light changing in the very beginning. It got progressively better, but definitely when I went the middle part was dark. That's where Aksel pulled eight-tenths back on me. That's the way ski racing goes. But I was happy with the way I skied."
Report from BBC:
Swiss Didier Defago hurtled to gold in the men's Olympic downhill final with a blisteringly fast run in Whistler.
In an incredibly tight field Defago finished only 0.07 seconds ahead of Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal.
American Bode Miller was 0.09 seconds behind Defago, taking bronze after setting the early pace with a stunning eighth run of the day.
Favourite Didier Cuche was sixth while Canadian hopeful Manuel Osborne-Paradis was well off the pace in 17th.
More results from Vancouver:
In Snowboard Cross - American Seth Westcott wins a sensational men's snowboard cross final from Canada's Mike Robertson, Tony Boivin on France and Winter X Games winner Nate Holland of USA. Robertson led out of the gate and had to fend off a tough elbow-to-elbow challenge from Nate Holland. But the American span out, leaving Ramoin second and Westcott third. Westcott used all his experience and bided his time before cruising past Ramoin. He then lined up Robertson and broke Canadian hearts when he slid past on the final big left-hand berm and stayed on his feet over the last two giant jumps to win by a couple of metres.
In 15km Free Cross Country Skiing - Switzerland's Dario Cologna wins the men's 15km free cross country from Pietro Piller Cottrer of Italy and Lukas Bauer of the Czech Republic.
In Women's 10km Free Cross Country - Sweden's Charlotte Kalla won GOLD. Kristina Smigun-Vaehi of Estonia was second with Norway's Marit Bjoergen third.
All eyes now on the "Pairs figure skating".
Snowboard Cross : that definitely broken my heart when I watched the American passed Robertson. He was too relax with the lead on first half and lost moment. When Westcott came behind, it was just too late for anything. Oh well, at least one more Silver for us.
ESPN:
Miller set the pace for the other race favorites, who started between 16th and 22nd. He said the course was darker when he skied than for the other favorites later on.
"That's what ski racing is about," he said. "It's always a mix. There definitely was light changing in the very beginning. It got progressively better, but definitely when I went the middle part was dark. That's where Aksel pulled eight-tenths back on me. That's the way ski racing goes. But I was happy with the way I skied."
The sun came out for the later skier after Miller. Miller probably set the fastest time on the upper 1/3 course. Defago caught up all a sudden at the lower 1/3. Even the commentators were surprise in where he gain so much time. Amazing.
Snowboard Cross : that definitely broken my heart when I watched the American passed Robertson. He was too relax with the lead on first half and lost moment. When Westcott came behind, it was just too late for anything.
Just saw that on CCTV1, Robertson was miles ahead until he...., that must be a hard lesson for Robertson to learn. ;)
On a separte note, BBC reported that Austrian skiing legend Franz Klammer was talking to Graham Bell of GB on the men's downhill.
"Were you scared before races?" asks Bell, himself, a five-time Olympian.
"Sure, that's why I skied so fast, to overcome fear. It's over sooner," says Klammer, the 1976 Olympic downhill champion. "It's not actual fear, it's respect. This can hurt you if you do stupid things."
I bet a lot of you have not heard of Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden.
Stenmark has won more Alpine Skiing World Cup races (86 victories) than any other skier in history -- He only competed in Slalom and GS. He never competed in DH because of the speed and danger --I guess in the '70s, the skis will not carve or hold an edge as the shape skis of today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingemar_Stenmark
I bet a lot of you have not heard of Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden.
Stenmark has won more Alpine Skiing World Cup races (86 victories) than any other skier in history -- He only competed in Slalom and GS. He never competed in DH because of the speed and danger --I guess in the '70s, the skis will not carve or hold an edge as the shape skis of today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingemar_Stenmark
One of the all-time greats.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KssuuazUt5Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lpFWjOFe8w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYj9kIxAL_o
In the men's 500m speed skating - Tae-Bum Mo of Korea won the gold medal. Japan's Keiichiro Nagashima and Joji Kato won the Silver and Bronze. It appeared that the competitors were not happy with the condition of the track.
China's 申雪 and 趙宏博 came out of retirement, and WON the GOLD in the Women's Pair skating.
龐清 / 佟健 got the Silver and 張丹 / 張昊 was fifth. :)
The Bronze went to Savchenko/Szolkowy of Germany
Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo won an emotional pairs figure skating final to secure China's first gold of the 2010 Vancouver Games.
The married duo and three-time world champions were coaxed out of retirement by the lure of Olympic gold. Compatriots Pang Qing and Tong Jian won silver and Germany's Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy took the bronze.
Shen and Zhao had settled for third in both Salt Lake City in 2002 and Torino in 2006 and had quit the sport for two years before this triumphant return.
An overjoyed Zhao said: "It's been so many years, to finally get this gold is so exciting. So many years have been devoted to this dream."
Shen revealed it might be the pair's final appearance in competitive action, saying: "It's hard to continue skating - maybe it's time to have a baby."
They had been the lowest ranked team in the competition because of the lengthy absence from the ice and held a lead of only 0.7 points after Sunday's short programme.
Shen and Zhao, were last to compete and needing to score 136.66 to seal victory, a score below their season's best.
They were near faultless, and the scores confirmed it, a 139.91 giving the duo victory with 216.57 in a Chinese one-two.
I bet a lot of you have not heard of Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden.
Stenmark has won more Alpine Skiing World Cup races (86 victories) than any other skier in history -- He only competed in Slalom and GS. He never competed in DH because of the speed and danger --I guess in the '70s, the skis will not carve or hold an edge as the shape skis of today.
Skier, Stenmark no doubt is one of the best male skiers of all time. For me, Vreni Schneider is considered one of the most technically accomplished female alpine skiers ever.
http://www.windsorstar.com/sports/2010wintergames/afp/athlete/2528316/story.html
http://vinovo.magnify.net/video/Vreni-Schneider-Lillehammer-199
China's 申雪 and 趙宏博 came out of retirement, and WON the GOLD in the Women's Pair skating.
龐清 / 佟健 got the Silver and 張丹 / 張昊 was fifth. :)
The Bronze went to Savchenko/Szolkowy of Germany
Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo won an emotional pairs figure skating final to secure China's first gold of the 2010 Vancouver Games.
The married duo and three-time world champions were coaxed out of retirement by the lure of Olympic gold. Compatriots Pang Qing and Tong Jian won silver and Germany's Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy took the bronze.
Shen and Zhao had settled for third in both Salt Lake City in 2002 and Torino in 2006 and had quit the sport for two years before this triumphant return.
An overjoyed Zhao said: "It's been so many years, to finally get this gold is so exciting. So many years have been devoted to this dream."
Shen revealed it might be the pair's final appearance in competitive action, saying: "It's hard to continue skating - maybe it's time to have a baby."
They had been the lowest ranked team in the competition because of the lengthy absence from the ice and held a lead of only 0.7 points after Sunday's short programme.
Shen and Zhao, were last to compete and needing to score 136.66 to seal victory, a score below their season's best.
They were near faultless, and the scores confirmed it, a 139.91 giving the duo victory with 216.57 in a Chinese one-two.
申雪 and 趙宏博 's last performance was not faultless. In fact, they made one major mistake.
龐清 / 佟健 's free skate actually score even higher at 141.81 compare to 139.91. I said this pair actually has a faultless performance of the night (so many drop and mistakes thru out whole nights). However, the 0.7 lead in 申雪 and 趙宏博 's short program secured their GOLD.
申雪 and 趙宏博 's last performance was not faultless. In fact, they made one major mistake.
龐清 / 佟健 's free skate actually score even higher at 141.81 compare to 139.91. I said this pair actually has a faultless performance of the night (so many drop and mistakes thru out whole nights). However, the 0.7 lead in 申雪 and 趙宏博 's short program secured their GOLD.
Nevertheless, they broke the 46 years dominance of the Russian in the pair ice skating.
Anyone remember the Russian ice skating legion - Irina Rodnina. She is the only pair skater who has won ten successive world figure skating titles and three successive Olympic figure skating gold medals. In addition, Rodnina won eleven European figure skating pairs championships. She is considered the most successful pair skater in history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irina_Rodnina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csfFpqLQBj4&feature=related
One thing though, competition is much more keener these days in every sport. Imaging there are 1,000 women competitors in this year's winter Olympics.
申雪 said, in an interview after the game, that "it is now really hard for them to continue skating anymore, maybe it is time for a baby".
Maybe it is the right time for the couple's retirement. This GOLD medal dream is now completed.
Wemen Snowboard Cross : nice, Canada got another GOLD, by a local Vancouver native girl, RICKER Maëlle (http://www.ctvolympics.ca/team-canada/athletes/athlete=3246/index.html). The final run was uneventful for her at all. However, her qualify runs were not as easy. She was blow out on her first qualify run and finally made it in by her 2nd run.
Day 4 results so far:
In the Women's 10km Pursuit Biathlon - GOLD for Germany's Magdalena Neuner, Anastazia Kuzmina of Slovkia got the Silver with Marie-Laure Brunet of France took the Bronze.
In the Men's 12.5km Pursuit Biathlon - Sweden's Bjorn Ferry won GOLD. Austria's Christophe Sumann was 16 seconds adrift in second with individual gold medallist Vincent Jay of France third, 28 seconds back.
In Women's Snowboard Cross - GOLD for Canada as 31-year-old Maelle Ricker has a Jacobellis-style lap of honour in her home town, after her rivals crashed out. She nearly lost it once or twice but clings on, and France's Deborah Anthonioz picked her way through the debris for silver. Switzerland's Olivia Nobs managed to haul herself over the line for bronze.
In the Women's 500m Skating, GOLD for Korea's Lee Sang-Hwa. She finished within a hundredth of a second ahead of Jenny Wolf of Germany. 王北星 of China got the Bronze.
In the Women's Luge, GOLD for Tatjana Huefner of Germany, Reithmayer of Austria got the Silver and Germany's Geisenberger the Bronze.
Women's Downhill is scheduled tomorrow with Lindsey Vonn starting 16th.
Some info about the downhill course : Course length 9642.4 ft. Vertical drop 2526 ft. Start altitude 5233 ft. Finish altitude 2707 ft. Number of gates 43.
As reported in BBC:
American Lindsey Vonn is favourite for the women's downhill gold at Whistler on Wednesday after officials gave the race the go ahead. Poor weather wiped out three training runs, but one session was completed on Monday, which is enough for the race to take place, and Vonn was quickest.
The world champion, 25, who has won five out of six downhills this season, was a doubt after injuring her shin.
All eyes will be on Vonn, who has recovered from the leg injury which she suffered in training at the start of February. The injury kept her off skis for more than one week and put her hopes of competing at the Olympics in jeopardy.
But she said: "I can't tell you how much this break has helped."
The two-time World Cup winner underlined her favourite tag by completing the top portion of the downhill course in one minute 30.75 seconds - 0.39 seconds faster than team-mate Julia Mancuso.
The shorter bottom section of the course was skied after the men's downhill race and Vonn recorded a time of 18.52 seconds, 0.73 seconds behind Sweden's Anja Paerson.
"It was a fight just to make it down the whole way," said Vonn. "I was barely in my tuck in any part of the course. It's probably the worst course for my shin. The big, final jump on the second run didn't help, either. It was fine until the jump, and that really hurt. It's throbbing really bad. I just have to be able to grit my teeth and fight through it on Wednesday and hopefully I can still come out on top."
Turin bronze medallist Paerson leads the challenge along with Germany's Maria Riesch.
Reisch, who is the only other woman to win a downhill this season, finished the upper section of the downhill training run 1.79 seconds behind Vonn and knows her close friend will be tough to beat.
"I don't think it's too bad," said Reisch. "I know this kind of injury. It's really painful. But I think for skiing she's OK. Definitely looks like that."
The gates in downhill is unlike in SG, GS, or Slalom. One never comes close or brush against them. Basically it is used to make sure that the skiers stay within the boundry.
Day 5 results:
In the Women's Downhill - Lindsey Vonn has won the Gold. Her fellow American Julia Mancuso took second with Austria's Elisabeth Goergl third.
In the women's cross country sprint classic - GOLD for Norway's Marit Bjoergen. Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk won the silver medal and Slovenia's Petra Majdic took the bronze. (Bjoergen also won bronze in the 10km freestyle on Monday but after silvers in 2002 and 2006 this is her first gold)
In the men's cross-country individual sprint classic - GOLD for Russian Nikita Kriukov. Russia's Alexander Panzhinskiy took silver medal and Petter Northug of Norway got the bronze.
In the men's long course 1000m speed skating - Shani Davis of USA won the Gold. He is the first man in Olympic history to defend the 1000m speed skating title, after a brilliantly measured race which he took by 0.19 seconds. Silver for South Korea's Mo Tae-Bum and another American, Chad Hedrick finished with bronze.
In the men's doubles luge - GOLD for Austria's Linger brothers. Latvia's Sics brothers took the Silver and Germany's Patric Leitner/Alexander Resch took the Bronze.
In the women's 500m short track skating - GOLD for China's 王濛. Canada's Marianne St. Gelais took the Silver and Arianna Fontana of Italy the Bronze.
In the Men's Snowboard half-pipe, Shaun White of USA won the Gold as expected. Peetu Piroinen of Finland the Silver and USA's Scott Lago the Bronze.
The gates in downhill is unlike in SG, GS, or Slalom. One never comes close or brush against them. Basically it is used to make sure that the skiers stay within the boundry.
The downhill skiers have to ski inside the "gates" but they can ski over the lines.
The Winter Games have been plagued by weather problems as Vancouver experiences its warmest winter in a century.
Warm air and heavy rain on Saturday and Sunday have made the general admission standing room area at the Cypress snowboard stadium unsafe for spectators. The rains washed away almost a foot of snow in the area where the standing room area was to be located, leaving a swampy mess in its wake.
General admission standing room tickets have been canceled for Olympic men's and women's snowboard halfpipe on yesterday (Wednesday) and Thursday; ski cross on Sunday and Monday; and snowboard parallel giant slalom on Feb. 26 and 27 at Cypress Mountain ski area.
Tickets will be refunded, according to the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC).
Also, there were problems with the Olympic flame and the fence which surrounds it, with some spectators complaining the barriers are too far to view the cauldron.
"In order to put the cauldron where we did, we had to make sure we weren't going to compromise security for the building," said Furlong (the Games Chief).
"Once we saw that (restricted view) was happening, we were trying to find a way to create a remedy and we've done that now, there's a wonderful viewing gallery right beside it and there's a space in the fence so you can take all the pictures you want."
Dat 6 results:
In the Women's Combined (Downhill + Slalom) - Germany's Maria Riesch won the Gold. Julia Mancuso of USA took her second Silver of the Games and Anja Paerson recovered from Wednesday's crash to take Bronze. American Lindsay Vonn missed out on her second gold after a fall half way down in the slalom portion of the super-combined event.
In the Women's 15km individual biathlon - GOLD for Norway's Tora Berger, Elena Khrustaleva of Kazakhstan , Bronze went to Darya Domracheva of Belarus
In the women's 1000m speed skating - GOLD for Canada's Christine Nesbitt, Siver and Bronze went to Netherland's Gerritsen and Van Reissan respectively.
In the Women's Half-pipe - Australia's Torah Bright won the Gold, American Hannah Tetter and Kelly Clark got the Silver and Bronze respectively.
In the Men's 20km individual biathlon - Norway's Svendsen and Bjoerndalen took Gold and Silver respectively, Bronze went to Sergey Novikov of Belraus.
In Men's Figure skating - Evan Lysacek of Australia won Gold, Plushenko of Russia won Silver and Takahashi of Japan got the Bronze.
In the Women's Combined (Downhill + Slalom) - Germany's Maria Riesch won the Gold. Julia Mancuso of USA took her second Silver of the Games and Anja Paerson recovered from Wednesday's crash to take Bronze. American Lindsay Vonn missed out on her second gold after a fall half way down in the slalom portion of the super-combined event.
Though Vonn's bruised right leg was "killing me," she said she simply failed to get her ski around a right-hand gate and fell in the slalom run of the super-combined.
However, even if she has not hooked a tip, Vonn may not have won anyway:
ESPN:
Last among the leaders to ski in the afternoon slalom, she was 0.07 seconds ahead of Reisch's pace at the first checkpoint but fell behind by 0.18 seconds on the bottom half of the course. She then straddled a gate, and the ski flipped off before she fell forward to the snow.
Vonn struggled in slalom this season even before the shin injury. She has failed to complete a two-run race in four of seven World Cup events, and her best result was runner-up behind Riesch at the opener last November in Levi, Finland.
Vonn will get a day off Friday before her next event, Saturday's super-G, where she is an overwhelming favorite. She also is entered in the giant slalom and slalom next week.
Bobsled, Luge, and Skeleton:
The Seattle Times (Format, Rules, and Strategy):
Each bobsled run begins with racers standing outside the sled, pushing hard and digging in with spiked cleats for up to 50 meters as the sled runners slide in grooves on a level ice surface before all team members pile in and tuck down for the downhill run.
At the Olympics, bobsledders take four runs. Starts are crucial: A fraction of a second edge at the top of the course can turn into several seconds by the time the team reaches the bottom. To gain maximum advantage, many modern bobsled drivers have begun recruiting sled “pushers” from the ranks of elite track-and-field athletes. Race times are recorded in hundredths of seconds, and the difference between first and second—or, at the Olympics, between a medal and no medal—is often minuscule.
In luge, as in bobsled, the start is key. Luge sliders don’t run and jump into their sleds. They start seated atop it, hands on two bars sticking out of a start gate at hip level. They then rock back and forth and use their arms to launch themselves down the track, pushing with their spiked gloves for additional speed.
All that’s left from that point on is steering—and chilling out. The key to sliding extremely fast, ironically, is to relax, most luge drivers say. That’s tough to do when you’re hurtling at 144 kilometers per hour (90 mph) down a ribbon of ice.
Lugers can undergo forces five times that of gravity and, because of the way their heads are situated, can’t see directly where they’re going. Sound like fun? It’s even more complicated when done with a partner. Doubles luge teams sit tightly bunched, with the heavier slider or “rear driver” on the top, or rear, of the sled and the lighter, front “driver” nestled between his legs.
Singles lugers get four runs over two days; doubles lugers get two runs on one day. It’s a dangerous sport: The sleds are so sensitive that even slight head movements can make a sled and rider, who is attached only by gravity and a firm hand grip, veer off the course. Luge times are kept in milliseconds (thousandths of a second).
In skeleton, starts are made with the slider standing, crouched forward, hands on the sides of the low-slung sled as he or she sprints about 50 meters in spiked cleats before leaping onto the sled face first. In the descent position, sliders keep their hands along their sides, their chins barely off the ice. They steer by shifting their body weight.
Skeleton riders take two runs on the same day, and their times are tracked in hundredths of a second.
In all three sliding sports, the lowest cumulative time wins. The fastest sleds are those that negotiate curves in the closest semblance to a straight line. Sleds bumping and banging into the icy sidewalls lose tremendous amounts of speed. Drivers who run “clean” through the course, avoiding bumps and entering and exiting turns gracefully and efficiently, will post the fastest times.
However, even if she has not hooked a tip, Vonn may not have won anyway:
ESPN:
Last among the leaders to ski in the afternoon slalom, she was 0.07 seconds ahead of Reisch's pace at the first checkpoint but fell behind by 0.18 seconds on the bottom half of the course. She then straddled a gate, and the ski flipped off before she fell forward to the snow.
Vonn struggled in slalom this season even before the shin injury. She has failed to complete a two-run race in four of seven World Cup events, and her best result was runner-up behind Riesch at the opener last November in Levi, Finland.
I object that. They didn't mention Vonn was leading 0.33s in the downhill race. Even though slalom isn't her strongest and already 0.18s behind at that point, she was still leading in the combined time (in theory). If she could finish, she had a good chance for GOLD or SILVER.
Anyone to look at, Anja Pärson who took the Bronze medal. Her crash in the downhill race one day earlier (not this combined event) was so bad, that nobody could imagine she could came back so strong and so quick. Amazing. That crash right before the finish line lost her a medal in downhill. Sad.
Day 7 results:
In the Men's Super G - Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway won Gold, USA's Bode Miller and Andrew Weibrecht got the Silver and Bronze respectively.
"What is the G in Super G? Answer is "Giant". The full name for the race is the Super Giant Slalom and it was first included in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary."
In Women's 15km pursuit in the cross-country - Norwegian Marit Bjoergen won her second GOLD of the Games, third medal in all after a bronze as well in Whistler. Sweden's Anna Haag comes through to win silver and Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk is given the bronze in a photo finish with Norway's Kristin Stoermer Steira.
In Women's Skeleton - Amy Williams got the first Gold for Britain. Germany's Szymkowiak and Huber got Silver and Bronze respectively.
In Men's Skeleton - Canada's Jon Montgomery won Gold, he was ahead of Dukurs of Latvia and Tretiakov of Russia who got Silver and Bronze respectively.
Day 8 results as follow:
In the Women's Super G - Austria's Andrea Fischbacher has won GOLD, with Slovenia's Tina Maze claiming a Silver and a Bronze for Lindsey Vonn of USA.
In Men's Large hill ski jumping - GOLD for Swiss ski jumper Simon Ammann who wins double gold at Vancouver, to add to his double gold in Salt Lake City eight years ago. Poland's Adam Malaysz won his second medal of the Games as did Austria's Gregor Schlierenzauer, in a complete copy of the podium in the normal hill.
In the Men's 30km pursuit cross country - GOLD for Sweden's Marcus Hellner, Germany's Tobias Angerer grabbed the Silver and Johan Olsson of Sweden dug deep to hang on for a Bronze.
In the Men's 1500 Speed skating - Mark Tuitert of Netherlands took the GOLD from Shani Davis of USA and Norway's Havard Bokko took the Bronze.
In the Men's 1000m short track speed skating - Korea took Gold and Silver with Lee Jung-Su and Lee Ho-Suk respectively. Apolo Ohno of USA took Bronze.
In the Women's 1500m short track speed skating - China's Zhou Yang won Gold ahead of two Korean Lee Yun-Byul and Park Seung-Hi
Day 9 results:
In the Men's 15km biathlon Mass start - GOLD for Russia's Evgeny Ustyugov. France's Martin Fourcade was second with Slovakia's Pavol Hurajt third.
In the Men's Super Combined - GOLD FOR BODE MILLER in the men's combined as the fastest man in downhill, Aksel Lund Svindal, crashes out of the slalom. Croatia's Ivica Kostelic is second with Switzerland's Silvan Zurbriggen third.
At least Bode Miller got a "Combined" medal back, he is reported to have lost his 2003 World Championship combined gold medal after using it to hold up his toilet seat at home.
In the inaugural Men's Olympic ski cross - GOLD for Switzerland's Michael Schmid. Schmid gets out of the gate first and muscles off the attentions of Andreas Matt on the first corner. Norway's Audun Groenvold is third with Canada's Chris Delbosco fourth going into the middle part of the course. But Delbosco finds speed from somewhere and reels in Groenvold to nip into a medal position. Schmid thunders down clear in front and Matt looks safe in second, despite a wobble over the "woops". But Delbosco crashes over the penultimate jump and Groenvold screams through to grab bronze.
In the Women's 12.5km mass start biathlon - GOLD for Germany's Magdalena Neuner. It's her second gold and third medal of the Games after winning the pursuit and coming second in the sprint. Olga Zaitseva of Russia is second with Simone Hauswald of Germany third.
In the Women's 1500m speed skating - Gold for Ireen Wust of the Netherlands, with Canada's Kristina Groves second and Czech skater Martina Sablikova third.
In the Men's 2-men Bobsleigh - GOLD for Andre Lange and Kevin Kuske of Germany, who are Olympic champions once again. Lange could well be the greatest competitor this event has ever seen. The pair eclipse fellow countrymen Thomas Florschuetz and Richard Adjei, who take silver, while Russians Alexsandr Zubkov and Alexey Voevoda pick up bronze.
Men's Super Combined - Having had a gold medal at the WC (in 2003) is one thing and now having a gold medal at the Olympics is another -- it is a tough format, having to do a downhill and then a slalom -- and it 'proves' that Miller is good.
Men's Olympic ski cross - So exciting to watch and I noticed (while they were being interviewed) that the 3 medalist's skis are so different in length.
Men's Super Combined - Having had a gold medal at the WC (in 2003) is one thing and now having a gold medal at the Olympics is another -- it is a tough format, having to do a downhill and then a slalom -- and it 'proves' that Miller is good.
I have my reservation about how good Miller is, might be he was just fortunate on the day. :D
I have my reservation about how good Miller is, might be he was just fortunate on the day. :D
It seems that you don't like Miller:p
In any major competition, especially in the Olympics (only once every 4 years), one need to have luck. One tiny mistake and it is over -- no second chance.
To win any medal (bronze, silver or gold), one is among the best in the world.:)
Today's results:
In the Men's Team Ski jumping - GOLD for Austria in the men's team ski jumping competition. The 20-year-old Gregor Schlierenzauer, the double individual bronze medallist, comes down last and puts in a monster 146.5m leap but stumbles a bit on the landing. But the dip in style points makes little difference and Austria's team of Loitzl, Kofler, Morgenstern and Schlierenzauer notch up a record total of 1107.9 points to beat Germany (Silver) and Norway (Bronze).
In the Women's cross country team sprint - Gold for German Claudia Nystad who chased Haag (of Sweden) down and powered past on the final bend to clinch Gold for Germany with team-mate Evi Sachenbacher in the cross country team sprint. Haag and Kalla won silver for Sweden and Russia took bronze respectively.
In the Men's cross country team sprint - Gold for Norway, Germany got the Silver and Russia got the Bronze.
In Ice Dance - Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir delighted the home crowd with a stunning free dance to claim ice dance gold at the Vancouver Games. USA's Meryl Davis and Charlie White got the Silver and Russians Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin claimed the bronze.
Results coming in for today:
In Men's Biathlon 4x6km Relay - The first GOLD of the day went to the Russian biathlon team, who easily beat France and Germany in the 4x6km relay. They were the defending Olympic champions and reigning world champs so it was pretty much expected of them.
In Men's Giant Slalom - Swiss cowbells were ringing and flags waving as 24-year-old Carlo Janka won GOLD in the giant slalom. Norway's Kjetil Jansrud got silver and team-mate Aksel Lund Svindal secured his third medal of the Games with a bronze.
In Women's Freestyle skiing Ski cross - McIvor of Canada won Gold. 33-year-old veteran Hedda Berntsen secures silver and Marion Josserand of France the bronze.
In Nordic combined team - GOLD for Austria and America reached the podium in this event for the first time in their Olympic history. Germany secured the bronze.
In 10,000m speed skating - Korea's Lee Seung-Hoon won the men's 10,000m after Dutchman Sven Kramer was disqualified for a lane violation. Russia's Ivan Skobrev was promoted to silver and the Netherlands' defending champion Bob de Jong won the bronze.
Incidentally, Chinese Women Curling Team are in the semi-final, along with Canada, Sweden and Switzerland.
As reported in the BBC news:
World champion Carlo Janka survived a nervy second run to win Switzerland's first giant slalom gold for 26 years.
Norway's Kjetil Jansrud took a surprise silver while compatriot Aksel Lund Svindal added bronze to his downhill silver and gold from the super-G.
Janka was fastest on the first run in one minute 17.27 seconds but lost 0.41 sec to Jansrud in the second leg, cutting his winning margin to 0.39 sec.
American Bode Miller slipped on the first run and failed to finish.
The error saw him miss out on a chance to become the first man to win four Alpine medals at one Winter Games.
I'm taking more risks than everyone else. That's partly why I'm able to get medals. It looks easy when you make it," he said.
Janka said of the course: "It was perfect for me, the snow was hard but not icy, good grip, perfect conditions.
"You must always take a lot of risks. I made no big mistakes from top to finish and that was key."
Jansrud, who finished 31st in the downhill and 12th in the super-G, put in am impressive second run to take the lead, after he was just 11th fastest first time out.
He admitted he had been resigned to being knocked off the podium. The wait "wasn't that exciting as I thought it would be because I thought more would come in ahead of me.
"When Aksel came down and was losing time, my heart started racing".
Svindal, whose additional bronze now matches Miller's achievement, added: "In the giant slalom I was hoping I wasn't going to get fourth."
Incidentally, Chinese Women Curling Team are in the semi-final, along with Canada, Sweden and Switzerland.
This is great -- such a 冷門 sport, but it can be practiced the whole year round on a limited ice surface; same as skating, figure or speed.
This is great -- such a 冷門 sport, but it can be practiced the whole year round on a limited ice surface; same as skating, figure or speed.
I played curling once many years ago at Zermatt with my friends. Trust me - it is not easy. ;)
The China curling women team won in the preliminary round against Canada (the country where curling is most popular). They may meet each other one more time at final. Will see.
I played curling once here too. You could rent a count (just like bowling lane) and some helpers there to promote the sport. Fun even for first timer.
In the Men's 4x10km cross-country skiing - GOLD for Sweden as Marcus Hellner has time to collect a Swedish flag on his way over the line. Norway got the Silver and Czech got the Bronze.
In the Women's 5000m speed skating - Martina Sablikova of Czech Republic got the Gold, Stephanie Beckert of Germany the Silver and of Clara Hughes Canada the Bronze
In Women's Bobsleigh - Canadan pairs won the Gold and Silver, USA took the Bronze.
In the Women's Freestyle Aerials - GOLD for Australia's Lydia Lassila in the final of the women's aerials. Lassila, second after round one, took the lead with the penultimate jump and then watched as China's Xu Mengtao failed to stick her landing with the last jump of the competition to slide to sixth. China's Li Nina took silver and Guo Xinxin bronze.
In the Men's Freestyle Aerials - China won the Bronze
In Women's Figure skating - Korea won Gold ahead of Japan.
In the Women's 3000m short-track - China won the Gold relay after South Korea, who thought they'd won, were were disqualified. The South Koreans were seeking a record fifth consecutive gold medal in the event. China's team of Sun Linlin, Wang Meng, Zhang Hui and Zhou Yang leaped in joy when they were announced as Olympic champions. Canada take the silver and United States the bronze
The 1st run of Women's Giant Slalom was held in thick fog this morning in Whistler, sixty-eight of the 86 athletes who started the first run made it through to the second run. The defending Olympic giant slalom champion Julia Mancuso of USA, was in tears after her first run left her down in 18th. She had to abort her first attempt following team-mate Lindsey Vonn crashed. The start of the second run has now been postponed. The FIS jury has subsequently met and decided the first leg result will stand and the second leg is postponed until tomorrow. So Lindsey Vonn is definitely OUT.
In the Women's Giant Slalom - After the postponment yesterday, the 2nd run was held today. GOLD for Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany. Slovenia's Tina Maze took silver. Elisabeth Goergl of Austria, took the Bronze.
In the Women's 4x5km cross-country relay - Gold for Norway. The Norwegian women were comfortably ahead of second-placed Germany, while the Finnish team have taken the bronze.
In the Men's Nordic Combined - USA's Bill Demong surges inside the final kilometre to throw off countryman Johnny Spillane and Austrian Bernhard Gruber to claim America's first individual title in nordic combined. His team-mate Spillane claims his third silver of these Games, with Gruber of Austria hanging on in third.
In Curling's semi-final the Chinese girls were thrashed by the Swedish. While the Canadian narrowly beat the Swiss.
In Women's Curling - China beat the Swiss for the Bronze.
In Men's Biathlon 4x7.5km relay - GOLD for Norway in the men's 4x7.5km biathlon relay. That was a relatively comfortable win for Norway, but the battle for silver was an epic one between Austria and Russia. The Austrians pipped the Russians to silver by two tenths of a second.
In Women's Slalom - Lindsey Vonn crashed out in the first run again. Maria Riesch leadiing the women's slalom after the first run.
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