Olympics Day Guide: Feb. 24

And so another Olympics have ended. As is typical of most Games, we had the things we could rely on - Canadian gold in all sorts of hockey, Dutch dominance in speedskating, snowboarders and freeskiers providing countless hours of hilarious entertainment - and the surprises. Here are my top 10 favorite storylines from these Games.

10. Nightmare Bear, the world's most terrifying mascot.

9. Discovering new (old) sports. It never fails. At every Olympics, I get caught up, thanks to schedule or circumstance or whatever, in a new sport. And I don't mean new like it's a new sport, but new to me. I never thought I'd spend hours watching cross country skiing but I suddenly couldn't look away. And I don't remember the introduction to snowboardcross at a previous Olympics, but it might have been my favorite thing to watch this time around. Even Charlie White and Meryl Davis had me more interested in ice dancing, although I still wouldn't say I'm a fan.

8. Snowboarders. Seriously, the most entertaining athletes ever.

7. Zdeno Chara as the unofficial (and far less terrifying) mascot of the Games.

6. Stray dogs. And their best friend, Gus Kenworthy.

5. Buddy Cole. For those who've missed it, Stephen Colbert's official man-about-Sochi was Kids in the Hall favorite Buddy Cole. His reporting on Russia's anti-gay propaganda laws was both ridiculous (because of him) and ridiculous (because of Russia).

4. Johnny Quinn vs. Sochi. It shouldn't have amused me as much as it did, but I enjoyed the antics of Johnny Quinn, the unluckiest man in Sochi.

3. Johnny Weir and Tara Lapinski. Who would have guessed I could like figure skating commentary this much?

2. Sarah Burke. One of the saddest stories surrounding these Olympics centered on Sarah Burke, the Canadian freestyle skier who fought to get events like the freeski halfpipe added. She succeeded, but died in a training accident before she could actually compete herself. Her influence hung over the women's freeski events, both with her husband and parents' attendance and the closeness she had with the rest of the field, regardless of country affiliation.

1. Steve Holcomb. He overcame potential blindness, crippling depression and thoughts of suicide to become one of the most successful U.S. bobsledders in recent years. Four years after taking gold in the four-man in Vancouver, he added a pair of bronzes in two and four-man, becoming the first person to medal in each event in over 50 years.

Medals Awarded Yesterday
Bobsled - Four Man
Gold: Russia
Silver: Latvia
Bronze: U.S.

Cross Country - Men's 50km Mass Start
Gold: Alexander Legkov (Russia)
Silver: Maxim Vylegzhanin (Russia)
Bronze: Ilia Chernousov (Russia)

Hockey - Men's 

Gold: Canada
Silver: Sweden

Final Medal Count
                            G - S - B - Total
Russia                  13 - 11 - 9 - 33
U.S.                      9 - 7 - 12 - 28
Norway               11 - 5 - 10- 26
Canada                10 - 10 - 5 - 25

Netherlands           8 - 7 - 9 - 24
Germany               8 - 6 - 5 - 19

Austria                  4 - 8 - 5 - 17

France                  4 - 4 - 7 - 15

Sweden                2 - 7 - 6 - 15

Switzerland           6 - 3 - 2 - 11

China                    3 - 4 - 2 - 9

South Korea         3 - 3 - 2 - 8

Czech Republic     2 - 4 - 2 - 8

Slovenia                2 - 2 - 4 - 8

Japan                    1 - 4 - 3 - 8

Italy                      0 - 2 - 6 - 8

Belarus                 5 - 0 - 1 - 6

Poland                  4 - 1 - 1 - 6

Finland                 1 - 3 - 1 - 5

Great Britain         1 - 1 - 2 - 4

Latvia                   0 - 2 - 2 - 4

Australia               0 - 2 - 1 - 3
Ukraine                1 - 0 - 1 - 2

Slovakia               1 - 0 - 0 - 1

Croatia                 0 - 1 - 0 - 1
Kazakhstan          0 - 0 - 1 - 1

Olympics Day Guide: Feb. 23

So, the second-to-last day of competition turned out to be the worst for the U.S., as the Americans failed to medal in anything and fell to second in the medal count behind Mother Russia. Ouch. Here were some of the big stories of the day:

• With Finland's win over the U.S. in the men's hockey bronze medal game, Teemu Selanne finishes his career with three bronze medals and a silver. The 43-year-old was playing in his sixth Olympic Games, and if he goes one more, he gets a free sub.
• Norwegian women are very good at cross country skiing. 
• Dutch people are very good at speedskating.
• Benedict Arnold won another gold medal.

Medals Awarded Yesterday
Biathlon - Men's 4x7.5km Relay
Gold: Russia
Silver: Germany
Bronze: Austria

Cross Country - Women's 30km Mass Start
Gold: Marit Bjoergen (Norway)
Silver: Therese Johaug (Norway)
Bronze: Kristin Stoermer Steira (Norway)

Hockey - Men's

Bronze: Finland

Skiing - Men's Alpine Slalom

Gold: Mario Matt (Austria)
Silver: Marcel Hirscher (Austria)
Bronze: Henrik Kristoffersen (Norway)

Snowboarding - Men's Parallel Slalom

Gold: Vic Wild (Russia)
Silver: Zan Kosir (Slovenia)
Bronze: Benjamin Karl (Austria)

Snowboarding - Women's Parallel Slalom

Gold: Julia Dujmovits (Austria)
Silver: Anke Karstens (Germany)
Bronze: Amelie Kober (Germany)

Speedskating - Men's Team Pursuit

Gold: Netherlands
Silver: South Korea
Bronze: Poland

Speedskating - Women's Team Pursuit

Gold: Netherlands
Silver: Poland
Bronze: Russia

Medal Count

                            G - S - B - Total

Russia                  11 - 10 - 8 - 29
U.S.                      9 - 7 - 11 - 27
Norway               11 - 5 - 10- 26
Canada                 9 - 10 - 5 - 24

Netherlands           8 - 7 - 9 - 24
Germany               8 - 6 - 5 - 19

Austria                  4 - 8 - 5 - 17

France                  4 - 4 - 7 - 15

Sweden                2 - 6 - 6 - 14

Switzerland           6 - 3 - 2 - 11

China                    3 - 4 - 2 - 9

South Korea         3 - 3 - 2 - 8

Czech Republic     2 - 4 - 2 - 8

Slovenia                2 - 2 - 4 - 8

Japan                    1 - 4 - 3 - 8

Italy                      0 - 2 - 6 - 8

Belarus                 5 - 0 - 1 - 6

Poland                  4 - 1 - 1 - 6

Finland                 1 - 3 - 1 - 5

Great Britain         1 - 1 - 2 - 4

Australia               0 - 2 - 1 - 3
Latvia                   0 - 1 - 2 - 3

Ukraine                1 - 0 - 1 - 2
Slovakia               1 - 0 - 0 - 1

Croatia                 0 - 1 - 0 - 1
Kazakhstan          0 - 0 - 1 - 1

Medals Awarded Today

Bobsled - Four-Man

Cross Country - Men's 50km Mass Start

Hockey - Men's Gold and Silver

U.S.'s Best Chance to Medal

Steve Holcomb has a chance to go two-for-two in bobsled after taking bronze in the two-man.

Televised Coverage
4 a.m. - Bobsled: four-man (NBC Sports)
7 a.m. - Men's Hockey: Canada vs. Sweden Gold Medal Game (NBC)
2 p.m. - Cross Country: men's 50km mass start
          Bobsled: four-man (NBC)
8:30 p.m. - Closing Ceremony

Interesting Reads
Sick and tired of tape delays? Yearning for a multi-screen experience? Mashable has you covered.

The late Sarah Burke left her mark on the Sochi Games in a number of ways and a part of her will stay there forever.

Moving on to the future, when will the Olympics return to the U.S.?

Olympics Day Guide: Feb. 22

OK, yes, we're all sad that, for the second time in a row, one of our teams has fallen victim to the Canadian hockey juggernaut. A day after the women had to settle for silver, the men lost to the Canucks in a semifinal game that sent the Americans to the bronze medal match Saturday against Finland.

But enough about THAT. There's too much to celebrate. First of all, we have a new women's ski darling and it's 18-year-old Mikaela Shiffrin, who became the youngest ever slalom gold medalist. These Olympics were almost supposed to be a warm-up for the teenager, who has multiple Winter Olympicses in her future, but so much for that.

And then...you guys...THE SPEEDSKATERS WON A MEDAL. The men's 5000m short track relay team of JR Celski, Eddy Alvarez, Chris Creveling, and Jordan Malone. Don't recognize any of those names except Celski? WHO CARES. Take that, Under Armour! (Oh wait, I guess you win.)

Medals Awarded Yesterday
Biathlon - Women's 4x6km Relay
Gold: Ukraine
Silver: Russia
Bronze: Norway

Curling - Men's
Gold: Canada
Silver: Great Britain
Bronze: Sweden

Skiing - Women's Alpine Slalom
Gold: Mikaela Shiffrin (U.S.)
Silver: Marlies Schild (Austria)
Bronze: Kathrin Zettel (Austria)

Skiing - Women's Freestyle Skicross
Gold: Marielle Thompson (Canada)
Silver: Kelsey Serwa (Canada)
Bronze: Anna Holmlund (Sweden)

Speedskating - Men's 500m Short Track
Gold: Victor An (Russia)
Silver: Dajing Wu (China)
Bronze: Charle Cournoyer (Canada)

Speedskating - Women's 1000m Short Track
Gold: Seung-Hi Park (South Korea)
Silver: Kexin Fan (China)
Bronze: Suk Hee Shim (South Korea)

Speedskating - Men's 5000m Short Track Relay
Gold: Russia
Silver: U.S.
Bronze: China

Medal Count

                            G - S - B - Total

U.S.                      9 - 7 - 11 - 27
Russia                   9 - 10 - 7 - 26
Canada                 9 - 10 - 5 - 24

Norway                10 - 4 - 8 - 22
Netherlands           6 - 7 - 9 - 22
Germany               8 - 4 - 4 - 16

France                  4 - 4 - 7 - 15

Sweden                2 - 6 - 6 - 14

Austria                  2 - 7 - 3 - 12

Switzerland           6 - 3 - 2 - 11

China                    3 - 4 - 2 - 9

Czech Republic     2 - 4 - 2 - 8

Japan                    1 - 4 - 8 - 8

Italy                      0 - 2 - 6 - 8

South Korea         3 - 2 - 2 - 7

Slovenia                2 - 1 - 4 - 7

Belarus                 5 - 0 - 1 - 6

Poland                  4 - 0 - 0 - 4

Finland                 1 - 3 - 0 - 4

Great Britain         1 - 1 - 2 - 4

Australia               0 - 2 - 1 - 3
Latvia                   0 - 1 - 2 - 3

Ukraine                1 - 0 - 1 - 2
Slovakia               1 - 0 - 0 - 1

Croatia                 0 - 1 - 0 - 1
Kazakhstan          0 - 0 - 1 - 1

Medals Awarded Today
Biathlon - Men's 4x7.5km Relay
Cross Country - Women's 30km Mass Start
Hockey - Men's (Bronze)
Skiing - Men's Alpine Slalom
Snowboarding - Men's Parallel Slalom
Snowboarding - Women's Parallel Slalom
Speedskating - Men's Team Pursuit
Speedskating - Women's Team Pursuit

U.S.'s Best Chance to Medal
Originally, I would say the U.S. has a shot in the men's team pursuit. Then the speedskating team's performance was, shall we say, sub-par, and so I would say, "Never mind." But after the short track relay team pulled off a silver-medal-winning performance, I don't know what end is up. So...maybe? I DON'T KNOW.

Also, the U.S. will probably win a bronze medal in men's hockey. So, there's that.

Televised Coverage
3 a.m. - Snowboarding: men's parallel slalom
          Snowboarding: women's parallel slalom (NBC Sports)
4:30 a.m. - Cross Country: women's 30km mass start
          Snowboarding: men's parallel slalom
          Snowboarding: women's parallel slalom (NBC Sports)
10 a.m. - Men's Hockey: USA vs. Finland Bronze Medal Game (NBC Sports)
12:30 p.m. - Figure Skating: gala (NBC Sports)
2:30 p.m. - Biathlon: men's 4x7.5km relay
          Cross Country: women's 30km mass start
          Snowboarding: men's parallel slalom
          Snowboarding: women's parallel slalom (NBC)
8 p.m. - Skiing: men's alpine slalom
          Bobsled: four-man
          Speedskating: men's team pursuit
          Speedskating: women's team pursuit
          Snowboarding: men's parallel slalom
          Snowboarding: women's parallel slalom
          Figure Skating: gala (NBC)


Interesting Reads
Not to beat this topic to death (except I kind of want to beat this topic to death), here is a pretty astute analysis of the figure skating broadcast teams. Their findings? MORE JOHNNY AND TARA PLEASE.

Oh look, people are mad at figure skating judges.

Olympics Day Guide: Feb. 21

The big news on the U.S. Olympic front Thursday had to do with the women's hockey team, who fell 3-2 to Canada in the gold medal game. While medals are fun for everyone, it really is a disappointment for the Americans, who dominated throughout the tournament and who can blame controversial late-game penalties (the game-winner was scored during 5-on-3 play) and bad luck (empty netter hit the post) for a lot of their troubles.

Which brings me to a sidenote. It seems to me that the most disappointing medal for athletes is actually silver. It shouldn't be, right? I mean, a silver is better than a bronze. But to win a bronze, you just edged out the No. 4 finisher, aka the first non-medalist. To get a silver, you just missed on winning a gold. That's a pretty evident sentiment in team sports, where the gold and bronze medals are given to teams that just won their last game and silver goes to someone who just lost. But a lot of times, the same can be said of individual sports. I don't really have a wise point to all this, just an observation. First world problems, indeed.

The good news for the U.S. came from the skier with the Katniss braid, Maddie Bowman, who took gold in the inaugural even of freestyle skiing halfpipe. The event was tinged with a bittersweet aroma, since the skier who was most responsible for its inclusion in the games - Canadian Sarah Burke - died in a training accident before she was able to compete. A lot of the competitors had connections to her: Bowman talks about gushing over Burke the first time she met the freeski legend, while silver medalist Marie Martinod of France credits Burke with convincing her to return to the sport after having her child. Burke's parents were there to witness the event that their daughter was so integral to create.

Medals Awarded Yesterday
Curling - Women's
Gold: Canada
Silver: Sweden
Bronze: Great Britain

Figure Skating - Women's
Gold: Adelina Sotnikova (Russia)
Silver: Yuna Kim (South Korea)
Bronze: Carolina Kostner (Italy)

Skiing - Men's Freestyle Skicross
Gold: Jean Frederic Chapuis (France)
Silver: Arnaud Bovolenta (France)
Bronze: Jonathan Midol (France)

Skiing - Women's Freestyle Halfpipe
Gold: Maddie Bowman (U.S.)
Silver: Marie Martinod (France)
Bronze: Ayana Onozuka (Japan)

Hockey - Women's
Gold: Canada
Silver: U.S.
Bronze: Switzerland

Nordic Combined - Team
Gold: Norway
Silver: Germany
Bronze: Austria

Medal Count

                            G - S - B - Total

U.S.                     8 - 6 - 11 - 25
Russia                   7 - 9 - 7 - 23
Netherlands           6 - 7 - 9 - 22
Norway                10 - 4 - 7 - 21
Canada                 7 - 9 - 4 - 20

Germany               8 - 4 - 4 - 16

France                  4 - 4 - 7 - 15

Sweden                2 - 6 - 4 - 12

Switzerland           6 - 3 - 2 - 11

Austria                  2 - 6 - 2 - 10

Czech Republic     2 - 4 - 2 - 8

Japan                    1 - 4 - 8 - 8

Italy                      0 - 2 - 6 - 8

Slovenia                2 - 1 - 4 - 7

Belarus                 5 - 0 - 1 - 6

China                    3 - 2 - 1 - 6

South Korea         2 - 2 - 1 - 5

Poland                  4 - 0 - 0 - 4

Finland                 1 - 3 - 0 - 4

Great Britain         1 - 0 - 2 - 3

Australia               0 - 2 - 1 - 3
Latvia                   0 - 1 - 2 - 3

Slovakia               1 - 0 - 0 - 1

Croatia                 0 - 1 - 0 - 1
Ukraine                0 - 0 - 1 - 1
Kazakhstan          0 - 0 - 1 - 1

Medals Awarded Today
Biathlon - Women's 4x6km Relay
Curling - Men's
Skiing - Women's Alpine Slalom
Skiing - Women's Freestyle Skicross
Speedskating - Men's 500m Short Track
Speedskating - Women's 1000m Short Track
Speedskating - Men's 5000m Short Track Relay

U.S.'s Best Chance to Medal
Mikaela Shiffrin, who many are touting as the next face of women's skiing (see ya, Lindsey Vonn!), could leave her mark in the slalom, where she has a very good chance of taking home the gold. Before the Games started, the U.S. men had a shot to medal in the 5000m relay, but given the performance thus far of the speedskating team, I think they're officially the underdogs.

Televised Coverage
3 a.m. - Skiing: women's freestyle skicross
          Men's Curling: China vs. Sweden Bronze Medal Game (NBC Sports)
6:30 a.m. - Men's Hockey: Sweden vs. Finland (NBC Sports)
9:30 a.m. - Biathlon: women's 4x6km relay
          Skiing: women's freestyle skicross (NBC Sports)
11:45 a.m. - Men's Hockey: USA vs. Canada
          Speedskating: women's team pursuit (NBC Sports)
3 p.m. - Skiing: women's freestyle skicross
          Biathlon: women's 4x6km relay (NBC)
5 p.m. - Men's Curling: Canada vs. Great Britain Gold Medal Game (CNBC)
8 p.m. - Skiing: women's alpine slalom
          Speedskating: men's 500m short track
          Speedskating: women's 1000m short track
          Speedskating: men's 5000m short track relay (NBC)

Interesting Reads
Yahoo Sports has a bevy of interesting stories: from the controversy surrounding the women's figure skating judging and gold medalist Adelina Sotnikova's response to Maddie Bowman's badass grandma to Johnny Weir's fashion faux pas to Ukrainian athletes protesting the violence in their homeland.

Olympics Day Guide: Feb. 20

If Ted Ligety had a cold on Wednesday, he didn't let it show, thanks to Nyquil and thanks to the adrenaline of dominating the men's giant slalom en route to a gold medal. The run was an historic one, as Ligety became the first American man to win two gold medals in an alpine skiing event, this one coming eight years after winning the super combined at the Turin Games.

In women's bobsledding, while the U.S. didn't take the gold, they made up for it in quantity, as the Americans grabbed both silver and bronze. The silver-medal-winning team of Elana Meyers and Lauryn Williams was especially historic, as Meyers won bronze in the event four years ago and Williams became only the second U.S. athlete to medal in both the Summer and Winter Games. The silver medalist in the 100m at the Athens Games and gold medalist in the 4x100m relay in London joins an elite club with only Eddie Eagan - gold in boxing in 1920, gold in bobsled in 1932 - as the other member.

Media darlings Bode Miller, perhaps in an effort to avoid post-race interviews, and Lolo Jones failed to medal.

Finally, the U.S. continued its run in men's hockey, defeating David Krejci and the Czech Republic, 5-2, to advance to the next round of playoffs.

Medals Awarded Yesterday
Biathlon - Mixed Relay
Gold: Norway
Silver: Czech Republic
Bronze: Italy

Bobsled - Women's
Gold: Kaillie Humphries & Heather Moyse (Canada)
Silver: Elana Meyers & Lauryn Williams (U.S.)
Bronze: Aja Evans & Jamie Greubel (U.S.)

Cross Country - Women's Team Sprint

Gold: Norway
Silver: Finland
Bronze: Sweden

Cross Country - Men's Team Sprint

Gold: Finland
Silver: Russia
Bronze: Sweden

Skiing - Men's Alpine Giant Slalom

Gold: Ted Ligety (U.S.)
Silver: Steve Missillier (France)
Bronze: Alexis Pinturault (France)

Snowboarding - Women's Parallel Giant Slalom

Gold: Patrizia Kummer (Switzerland)
Silver: Tomoka Takeuchi (Japan)
Bronze: Alena Zavarzina (Russia)

Snowboarding - Men's Parallel Giant Slalom

Gold: Vic Wild (Russia)
Silver: Nevin Galmarini (Switzerland)
Bronze: Zan Kosir (Slovenia)

Speedskating - Women's 5000m

Gold: Martina Sablikova (Czech Republic)
Silver: Ireen Wust (Netherlands)
Bronze: Carien Kleibeuker (Netherlands)

Medal Count

                            G - S - B - Total

U.S.                     7 - 5 - 11 - 23
Russia                   6 - 8 - 7 - 22
Netherlands          6 - 7 - 9 - 22
Norway                9 - 4 - 7 - 20
Canada                 5 - 9 - 4 - 18

Germany               8 - 3 - 4 - 15

France                  3 - 2 - 6 - 11

Sweden                2 - 5 - 4 - 11

Switzerland           6 - 3 - 1 - 10

Austria                  2 - 6 - 1 - 9

Czech Republic     2 - 4 - 2 - 8

Slovenia                2 - 1 - 4 - 7

Japan                    1 - 4 - 2 - 7

Italy                      0 - 2 - 5 - 7

Belarus                 5 - 0 - 1 - 6

China                    3 - 2 - 1 - 6

Poland                  4 - 0 - 0 - 4

South Korea         2 - 1 - 1 - 4

Finland                 1 - 3 - 0 - 4
Australia               0 - 2 - 1 - 3
Latvia                   0 - 1 - 2 - 3

Great Britain         1 - 0 - 1 - 2

Slovakia               1 - 0 - 0 - 1

Croatia                 0 - 1 - 0 - 1
Ukraine                0 - 0 - 1 - 1
Kazakhstan          0 - 0 - 1 - 1

Medals Awarded Today

Curling - Women's

Figure Skating - Women's

Skiing - Men's Freestyle Skicross

Skiing - Women's Freestyle Halfpipe

Hockey - Women's

Nordic Combined - Team

U.S.'s Best Chance to Medal

Well, the U.S. women are in the gold medal game for hockey, so I'd say they have a pretty good shot of taking home a medal. The Americans and the Canadians have been in a class of their own throughout these Games, so it will be interesting to see them challenge each other.

The women freestyle skiers also have a shot to medal in the halfpipe, as Maddie Bowman is the favorite and Devin Logan, who already has a silver in slopestyle, has a shot to add to her hardware.

Televised Coverage

3 a.m. - Nordic Combined: Team

          Women's Curling: Great Britain vs. Switzerland Bronze Medal Game (NBC Sports)

7 a.m. - Women's Hockey: Switzerland vs. Sweden Bronze Medal Game (NBC Sports)

10 a.m. - Figure Skating: Women's (NBC Sports)

12 p.m. - Women's Hockey: USA vs. Canada Gold Medal Game (NBC)

2 p.m. - Skiing: men's freestyle skicross (NBC Sports)

5 p.m. - Women's Curling: Sweden vs. Canada Gold Medal Game (CNBC)

8 p.m. - Skiing: women's freestyle halfpipe

          Skiing: men's freestyle skicross

          Figure Skating: women's (NBC)

Interesting Reads

Here's an interesting piece on the figure skating coach who has a reputation for creating champions. He also added a glitch for his latest pupil, Gracie Gold, by coming down with a terrible nosebleed before her short program performance on Wednesday.

To get your political blood boiling, the IOC rejected Ukraine's request to wear black armbands to commemorate the deaths of protesters and police in Kiev. This is after they also rejected requests by multiple athletes to wearing stickers in honor of late Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke and reprimanded members of the women's Norwegian cross country team for wearing black armbands to support a teammate whose brother died.

Olympics Day Guide: Feb. 19

I don't know how influential the United States was in getting some of the new events added, but so far, the Americans have been the big beneficiaries to the newest medals. Of the eight events that have been contested so far, the U.S. has taken eight medals, four of them gold. Who needs speedskating, am I right?

The latest was David Wise, who took the first-ever gold in freestyle ski halfpipe. For what it's worth, he also has an adorable baby.

Also for the U.S., Alex Deibold took bronze in men's snowboardcross. Fittingly, Norway took gold in the event named for it (Nordic Combined) and the Netherlands swept yet another contest in the sport that SHOULD be named for them (speedskating).

Medals Awarded Yesterday
Biathlon - Men's 15km Mass Start
Gold: Emil Hegle Svendsen (Norway)
Silver: Martin Fourcade (France)
Bronze: Ondrej Moravec (Czech Republic)

Nordic Combined - Large Hill
Gold: Joergen Graabak (Norway)
Silver: Magnus Hovdal Moan (Norway)
Bronze: Fabien Riessle (Germany)

Skiing - Women's Alpine Giant Slalom

Gold: Tina Maze (Slovenia)
Silver: Anna Fenninger (Austria)
Bronze: Viktoria Rebensburg (Germany)

Skiing - Men's Freestyle Halfpipe

Gold: David Wise (U.S.)
Silver: Mike Riddle (Canada)
Bronze: Kevin Rolland (France)

Snowboarding - Men's Snowboardcross

Gold: Pierre Vaultier (France)
Silver: Nikolay Olyunin (Russia)
Bronze: Alex Deibold (U.S.)

Speedskating - Women's 3000m Short Track Relay

Gold: South Korea
Silver: Canada
Bronze: Italy

Speedskating - Men's 10,000m

Gold: Jorrit Bergsma (Netherlands)
Silver: Sven Kramer (Netherlands)
Bronze: Bob de Jong (Netherlands)

Medal Count

                            G - S - B - Total
Netherlands          6 - 6 - 8 - 20
U.S.                     6 - 4 - 10 - 20
Russia                   5 - 8 - 6 - 19
Norway                7 - 4 - 7 - 18
Canada                 4 - 9 - 4 - 17

Germany               8 - 3 - 4 - 15

France                  3 - 1 - 5 - 9

Austria                  2 - 6 - 1 - 9

Sweden                2 - 5 - 2 - 9

Switzerland           5 - 2 - 1 - 8

Belarus                 5 - 0 - 1 - 6

China                    3 - 2 - 1 - 6

Slovenia                2 - 1 - 3 - 6

Czech Republic     1 - 3 - 2 - 6

Japan                    1 - 3 - 2 - 6

Italy                      0 - 2 - 4 - 6

Poland                  4 - 0 - 0 - 4

South Korea         2 - 1 - 1 - 4

Australia               0 - 2 - 1 - 3
Latvia                   0 - 1 - 2 - 3

Great Britain         1 - 0 - 1 - 2

Finland                 0 - 2 - 0 - 2
Slovakia               1 - 0 - 0 - 1

Croatia                 0 - 1 - 0 - 1
Ukraine                0 - 0 - 1 - 1
Kazakhstan          0 - 0 - 1 - 1

Medals Awarded Today

Biathlon - Mixed Relay

Bobsled - Women's

Cross Country - Women's Team Sprint

Cross Country - Men's Team Sprint

Skiing - Men's Alpine Giant Slalom

Snowboarding - Women's Parallel Giant Slalom

Snowboarding - Men's Parallel Giant Slalom

Speedskating - Women's 5000m

U.S.'s Best Chance to Medal

Ted Ligety gets another chance to live up to all those Nyquil commercials in the giant slalom, while the cross country women's team has an outside shot to medal in the sprint.

Televised Coverage

3 a.m. - Men's Hockey: Sweden vs. Slovenia (NBC Sports)

5 a.m. - Women's Curling: Great Britain vs. Canada (MSNBC)

5:30 a.m. - Snowboarding: women's parallel giant slalom

          Snowboarding: men's parallel giant slalom

          Cross Country: women's team sprint (NBC Sports)

7:30 a.m. - Men's Hockey: Finland vs. Russia (NBC Sports)

9 a.m. - Women's Curling: Sweden vs. Switzerland (MSNBC)

10 a.m. - Figure Skating: women's short program (NBC Sports)

11:45 a.m. - Figure Skating: women's short program (NBC Sports)

12 p.m. - Men's Hockey: USA vs. Czech Republic (USA)

12 p.m. - Men's Hockey: Canada vs. Latvia (MSNBC)

2:30 p.m. - Men's Curling: Sweden vs. Great Britain (MSNBC)

3 p.m. - Speedskating: women's 5000m

          Cross Country: women's team sprint

          Cross Country: men's team sprint (NBC)

5 p.m. - Men's Curling: Canada vs. China (CNBC)

8 p.m. - Skiing: men's alpine giant slalom

          Bobsled: women's

          Figure Skating: women's short program

          Snowboarding: men's parallel giant slalom (NBC)

          

Interesting Reads
I think I'm going to keep this bookmarked to look at when I'm sad.

More drama from the ice dancing competition. Who would have thought that having the same person coach the top two teams in the world would end in controversy?

A lot has changed for Alex Deibold in the past four years.

Olympics Day Guide: Feb. 18

In an Olympics where the U.S. favorites have fallen more times than not (Shaun White, Shani Davis and the entire speedskating team), Monday was a day for people to live up to the hype. And no one entered the game with more hype than ice dancing duo Charlie White and Meryl Davis. The pair, who have been competing together since they were children, have dominated the field for awhile now and despite mild controversy swirling around whether judging collusion gave them the win over Canadians Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue, they took the gold without much question.

The other big winner was Steve Holcomb, the driver who seems ready to single-handedly bring the U.S. back into bobsledding discussions. Four years ago, he gave America its first bobsled medal in 62 years in the four-man competition; Monday, it was the first two-man medal in as much time, when he and brakeman Steven Langton took bronze.

Speaking of favorites not falling under pressure, biathlete Darya Domracheva of Belarus is pretty much killing it. She won her third straight gold on Monday, this time in the 12.5km mass start and by a wide (20 second) margin.

Medals Awarded Today
Biathlon - Women's 12.5km Mass Start
Gold: Darya Domracheva (Belarus)
Silver: Gabriela Soukalova (Czech Republic)
Bronze: Tiril Eckhoff (Norway)

Bobsled - Two-Man

Gold: Alexey Voevoda & Alexander Zubkov (Russia)
Silver: Alex Baumann & Beat Hefti (Switzerland)
Bronze: Steven Holcomb & Steven Langton (U.S.)

Figure Skating - Ice Dancing

Gold: Meryl Davis & Charlie White (U.S.)
Silver: Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir (Canada)
Bronze: Elena Ilinykh & Nikita Katsalapov (Russia)

Skiing - Men's Freestyle Aerials

Gold: Anton Kushnir (Belarus)
Silver: David Morris (Australia)
Bronze: Zongyang Jia (China)

Ski Jumping - Men's Team

Gold: Germany
Silver: Austria
Bronze: Japan

Biathlon - Men's 15km Mass Start - Rescheduled to today
Snowboarding - Men's Snowboardcross - Rescheduled to today

Medal Count

                            G - S - B - Total
Russia                   5 - 7 - 6 - 18
U.S.                      5 - 4 - 9 - 18
Netherlands          5 - 5 - 7 - 17
Norway                5 - 3 - 7 - 15
Canada                 4 - 7 - 4 - 15

Germany               8 - 3 - 2 - 13

Sweden                2 - 5 - 2 - 9

Switzerland           5 - 2 - 1 - 8

Austria                  2 - 5 - 1 - 8

Belarus                 5 - 0 - 1 - 6

China                    3 - 2 - 1 - 6

France                  2 - 0 - 4 - 6

Japan                    1 - 3 - 2 - 6

Czech Republic     1 - 3 - 1 - 5

Slovenia                1 - 1 - 3 - 5

Italy                      0 - 2 - 3 - 5

Poland                  4 - 0 - 0 - 4

South Korea         1 - 1 - 1 - 3

Australia               0 - 2 - 1 - 3
Latvia                   0 - 1 - 2 - 3

Great Britain         1 - 0 - 1 - 2

Finland                 0 - 2 - 0 - 2
Slovakia               1 - 0 - 0 - 1

Croatia                 0 - 1 - 0 - 1
Ukraine                0 - 0 - 1 - 1
Kazakhstan          0 - 0 - 1 - 1

Medals Awarded Today

Biathon - Men's 15km Mass Start
Nordic Combined - Large Hill

Skiing - Women's Alpine Giant Slalom

Skiing - Men's Freestyle Halfpipe

Snowboarding - Men's Snowboardcross

Speedskating - Women's 3000m Relay Short Track

Speedskating - Men's 10,000m

U.S.'s Best Chance to Medal

Like a lot of this year's new sports, the U.S. should make an impact in men's halfpipe skiing, with David Wise and Aaron Blunck potentially taking the top two spots.

Televised Coverage

3 a.m. - Men's Hockey: Slovenia vs. Austria (NBC Sports)

5:30 a.m. - Nordic Combined: large hill (NBC Sports)

7 a.m. - Men's Hockey: Russia vs. Norway (NBC Sports)

10 a.m. - Nordic Combined: large hill

          Speedskating: men's 10,000m (NBC)

12 p.m. - Men's Hockey: Czech Republic vs. Slovakia (NBC Sports)

12 p.m. - Men's Hockey: Switzerland vs. Latvia (MSNBC)

3 p.m. - Speedskating: men's 10,000m

          Nordic Combined: large hill (NBC)

5 p.m. - Men's Curling: Norway vs. Great Britain (CNBC)

8 p.m. - Skiing: women's alpine giant slalom

          Skiing: men's freestyle halfpipe

          Speedskating: women's relay short track

          Bobsled: women's (NBC)

Interesting Reads

A look at one of my favorite parts of the Olympics so far: the wit and fabulousness of Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir's daytime figure skating commentary.

Remember how U.S. slopestyle skier and silver medalist Gus Kenworthy fell in love with a little of stray dogs and wants to adopt them. He's not kidding and he is now stuck in Sochi for a little longer than planned while he sorts out his mass adoption.

And Kenworthy isn't alone in getting his heart melted by some of the natives.

Here's a slideshow of the crazy fog that forced the postponement of men's snowboardcross and the men's mass start biathlon.

Olympics Day Guide: Feb. 17

Rosa Khutor Extreme Park was the site of many tears from U.S. athletes on Sunday. For Lindsey Jacobellis, those tears were ones of disappointment, as the snowboardcrosser crashed in her third straight Olympics, missing out on yet another medal.

But for Bode Miller, the tears were ones of joy. Miller, at 36, became the oldest Alpine skier to medal, tying Canada's Jan Hudec for bronze in the Super G. The win overwhelmed him, after he missed all of last year with a knee injury and especially after the death of his brother in April.

In other news, the U.S. men's hockey team continued its run, defeating Slovenia to go 3-0 in group play.

Medals Awarded Yesterday
Cross Country - Men's 4x10km Relay
Gold: Sweden
Silver: Russia
Bronze: France

Skiing - Men's Alpine Super G
Gold: Kjetil Jansrud (Norway)
Silver: Andrew Weibrecht (U.S.)
Bronze: Jan Hudec (Canada)
Bronze: Bode Miller (U.S.)

Snowboarding - Women's Snowboardcross
Gold: Eva Samkova (Czech Republic)
Silver: Dominique Maltais (Canada)
Bronze: Chloe Trespeuch (France)

Speedskating - Women's 1500m
Gold: Jorien Ter Mors (Netherlands)
Silver: Ireen Wust (Netherlands)
Bronze: Lotte Van Beek (Netherlands)

Medal Count
                            G - S - B - Total
Netherlands          5 - 5 - 7 - 17
Russia                   4 - 7 - 5 - 16
U.S.                      4 - 4 - 8 - 16
Norway                5 - 3 - 6 - 14
Canada                 4 - 6 - 4 - 14

Germany               7 - 3 - 2 - 12

Sweden                2 - 5 - 2 - 9

Switzerland           5 - 1 - 1 - 7

Austria                  2 - 4 - 1 - 7

France                  2 - 0 - 4 - 6

China                    3 - 2 - 0 - 5

Japan                    1 - 3 - 1 - 5

Slovenia                1 - 1 - 3 - 5

Italy                      0 - 2 - 3 - 5

Poland                  4 - 0 - 0 - 4

Belarus                 3 - 0 - 1 - 4

Czech Republic     1 - 2 - 1 - 4

South Korea         1 - 1 - 1 - 3

Latvia                   0 - 1 - 2 - 3

Great Britain         1 - 0 - 1 - 2

Finland                 0 - 2 - 0 - 2
Australia               0 - 1 - 1 - 2
Slovakia               1 - 0 - 0 - 1

Croatia                 0 - 1 - 0 - 1
Ukraine                0 - 0 - 1 - 1
Kazakhstan          0 - 0 - 1 - 1

Medals Awarded Today
Biathlon - Men's 15km Mass Start

Biathlon - Women's 12.5km Mass Start

Bobsled - Two-Man
Figure Skating - Ice Dancing
Skiing - Men's Freestyle Aerials
Ski Jumping - Men's Team
Snowboarding - Men's Snowboardcross

U.S.'s Best Chance to Medal
We've heard about Charlie White and Meryl Davis since before the Olympics started, they furthered the hype by dominating the ice dancing portion of the team figure skating competition, and today's their chance to live up to the expectations. They're in a good position, posting a world record score in the short program to head into the free event in first place.

Steve Holcomb, who ended a 62-year gold medal drought for the U.S. in the four-man bobsled in 2010, will get a chance to end a similar drought in the two-man (78 years). After the first two heats, he's in third.

Televised Coverage
3 a.m. - Women's Curling: USA vs. South Korea (NBC Sports)
5 a.m. - Men's Curling: USA vs. Switzerland (USA)
7 a.m. - Women's Hockey: USA vs. Sweden (NBC Sports)
10 a.m. - Figure Skating: ice dancing (NBC Sports)
12 p.m. - Women's Hockey: Canada vs. Switzerland (MSNBC)
1:30 p.m. - Ski Jumping: men's team
          Biathlon: women's 12.5km mass start (NBC Sports)
3 p.m. - Biathlon: women's 12.5km mass start
          Skiing: men's freestyle aerials
          Snowboarding: men's snowboardcross (NBC)
5 p.m. - Women's Curling: Denmark vs. Great Britain (CNBC)
8 p.m. - Snowboarding: men's snowboardcross
          Skiing: men's freestyle aerials
          Figure Skating: ice dancing
          Ski Jumping: men's team (NBC)


Interesting Reads
Bobsledder Steve Holcomb's life has been a roller coaster of extreme highs (gold medal in the 2010 Vancouver Games) and extreme lows (serious eye disorder; suicide attempt in 2007).

Charlie White and Meryl Davis have the world's nicest rivalry with Canadian duo Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir. Also, we've all seen it, but here's a video of White and Davis dancing together as little kids:

Olympics Day Guide: Feb. 16

While the U.S.'s struggles on the speedskating circuit have been well-documented, the American skeleton team has more than made up for it. On Friday, it was the triumphant return of Noelle Pikus-Pace taking home silver in her last race before retiring. Saturday, it was Matthew Antoine's turn, grabbing bronze for the men. Of course, the skeleton course was the site of some disappointment, as Antoine's teammate John Daly lost control of his sled on his last run and cost himself a medal.

The biggest news, however, came from the team sports, as the U.S. men's hockey team beat Russia in a shootout, right in front of Vladimir Putin, and the scorer of the decisive goal, TJ Oshie, is suddenly the most popular person in America.

And in your daily Sochi disaster news, we have the Super G course, which claimed 18 skiers unable to finish the course.

Medals Awarded Yesterday
Cross Country - Women's 4x5km Relay
Gold: Sweden
Silver: Finland
Bronze: Germany

Skeleton - Men's
Gold: Alexander Tretiakov (Russia)
Silver: Martins Dukurs (Latvia)
Bronze: Matthew Antoine (U.S.)

Skiing - Women's Alpine Super G
Gold: Anna Fenninger (Austria)
Silver: Maria Hoefl-Riesch (Germany)
Bronze: Nicole Hosp (Austria)

Ski Jumping - Men's Large Hill
Gold: Kamil Stoch (Poland)
Silver: Noriaki Kasai (Japan)
Bronze: Peter Prevc (Slovenia)

Speedskating - Women's 1500m Short Track
Gold: Yang Zhou (China)
Silver: Suk Hee Shim (South Korea)
Bronze: Arianna Fontana (Italy)

Speedskating - Men's 1000m Short Track
Gold: Victor An (Russia)
Silver: Vladimir Grigorev (Russia)
Bronze: Sjinkie Knegt (Netherlands)

Speedskating - Men's 1500m
Gold: Zbigniew Brodka (Poland)
Silver: Koen Verweij (Netherlands)
Bronze: Denny Morrison (Canada)

Medal Count
                            G - S - B - Total
Russia                   4 - 6 - 5 - 15
Netherlands          4 - 4 - 6 - 14
U.S.                      4 - 3 - 7 - 14
Norway                4 - 3 - 6 - 13
Germany               7 - 3 - 2 - 12

Canada                 4 - 5 - 3 - 12

Sweden                1 - 5 - 2 - 8

Switzerland           5 - 1 - 1 - 7

Austria                  2 - 4 - 1 - 7

China                    3 - 2 - 0 - 5

Japan                    1 - 3 - 1 - 5

Slovenia                1 - 1 - 3 - 5

Italy                      0 - 2 - 3 - 5

Poland                  4 - 0 - 0 - 4

Belarus                 3 - 0 - 1 - 4

France                  2 - 0 - 2 - 4

South Korea         1 - 1 - 1 - 3

Czech Republic     0 - 2 - 1 - 3

Latvia                   0 - 1 - 2 - 3
Great Britain         1 - 0 - 1 - 2

Finland                 0 - 2 - 0 - 2
Australia               0 - 1 - 1 - 2
Slovakia               1 - 0 - 0 - 1

Croatia                 0 - 1 - 0 - 1
Ukraine                0 - 0 - 1 - 1
Kazakhstan          0 - 0 - 1 - 1

Medals Awarded Today
Biathlon - Men's 15km Mass Start
Cross Country - Men's 4x10km Relay
Skiing - Men's Alpine Super G
Snowboarding - Women's Snowboardcross
Speedskating - Women's 1500m

U.S.'s Best Chance to Medal
Brittney Bowe entered the Games as a possible medalist in the 1500m, but with the U.S.'s horrible speedskating performance so far, who's to say? Otherwise, you're hoping for an upset. In anything.

Televised Coverage
3 a.m. - Men's Curling: USA vs. Canada (NBC Sports)
3 a.m. - Men's Hockey: Austria vs. Norway (USA)
5 a.m. - Cross Country: men's 4x10km relay (NBC Sports)
5 a.m. - Women's Curling: USA vs. Canada (MSNBC)
7:15 a.m. - Men's Hockey: USA vs. Slovenia (NBC Sports)
7:30 a.m. - Men's Hockey: Russia vs. Slovakia (USA)
10 a.m. - Figure Skating: short dance (NBC Sports)
12 p.m. - Men's Hockey: Finland vs. Canada (USA)
2 p.m. - Biathlon: men's 15km mass start (NBC Sports)
3 p.m. - Snowboarding: women's snowboardcross
          Cross Country: men's 4x10km relay (NBC)
4 p.m. - Men's Curling: USA vs Sweden (CNBC)
7 p.m. - Skiing: men's alpine Super G
          Snowboarding: women's snowboardcross
          Figure Skating: short dance
          Bobsled: two-man
          Speedskating: women's 1500m (NBC)

Interesting Reads
The questionable U.S. speedskating uniforms have been much discussed, but what about the technological advances of speedskating skates over the years?

You know all those sappy commercials about crediting supportive moms for their kids' Olympic success? This woman will not be featured in the next round of them.

Olympics Day Guide: Feb. 15

It was a slow day of medals for the top countries in the medal count, so even though the U.S. only took home one medal today, they find themselves tied with Norway for first. That medal went to Noelle Pikus-Pace, the skeleton racer finally taking home a prize after her attempts in 2006 and 2010 were thwarted.

Your feel-good story of the day comes from the men's cross country event, where gold medalist Dario Cologna of Switzerland stuck around at the finish line waiting for injured last-place finisher Roberto Carcelen, Peru's sole competitor at the Games.

Medals Awarded Yesterday

Biathlon - Women's 15km Individual

Gold: Darya Domracheva (Belarus)

Silver: Selina Gasparin (Switzerland)

Bronze: Nadezhda Skardino (Belarus)

Cross Country - Men's 15km Classic

Gold: Dario Cologna (Switzerland)

Silver: Johan Olsson (Sweden)

Bronze: Daniel Richardsson (Sweden)

Figure Skating - Men's

Gold: Yuzuru Hanyu (Japan)

Silver: Patrick Chan (Canada)

Bronze: Denis Ten (Kazakhstan)

Skiing - Men's Alpine Super Combined

Gold: Sandro Viletta (Switzerland)

Silver: Ivica Kostelic (Croatia)

Bronze: Christof Innerhofer (Italy)

Skiing - Women's Freestyle Aerials

Gold: Alla Tsupar (Belarus)

Silver: Mengtao Xu (China)

Bronze: Lydia Lassila (Australia)

Skeleton - Women's

Gold: Elizabeth Yarnold (Great Britain)

Silver: Noelle Pikus-Pace (U.S.)

Bronze: Elena Nikitina (Russia)

Medal Count

                            G - S - B - Total
Norway                4 - 3 - 6 - 13
U.S.                      4 - 3 - 6 - 13
Netherlands          4 - 3 - 5 - 12
Russia                   2 - 5 - 5 - 12
Canada                 4 - 5 - 2 - 11
Germany               7 - 2 - 1 - 10

Switzerland           5 - 1 - 1 - 7

Sweden                0 - 5 - 2 - 7

Austria                  1 - 4 - 0 - 5

Belarus                 3 - 0 - 1 - 4

China                    2 - 2 - 0 - 4
France                  2 - 0 - 2 - 4

Japan                    1 - 2 - 1 - 4

Slovenia                1 - 1 - 2 - 4

Italy                      0 - 2 - 2 - 4

Czech Republic     0 - 2 - 1 - 3

Poland                  2 - 0 - 0 - 2

South Korea         1 - 0 - 1 - 2
Great Britain         1 - 0 - 1 - 2
Australia               0 - 1 - 1 - 2
Latvia                   0 - 0 - 2 - 2
Slovakia               1 - 0 - 0 - 1

Finland                 0 - 1 - 0 - 1
Croatia                 0 - 1 - 0 - 1
Ukraine                0 - 0 - 1 - 1
Kazakhstan          0 - 0 - 1 - 1

Medals Awarded Today

Cross Country - Women's 4x5km Relay

Skeleton - Men's

Skiing - Women's Alpine Super G

Ski Jumping - Men's Large Hill

Speedskating - Womens 1500m Short Track

Speedskating - Men's 1000m Short Track

Speedskating - Men's 1500m

U.S.'s Best Chance to Medal

Shani Davis gets another shot to go home with a medal of some sort in the 1500m.

Televised Coverage

12 a.m. - Ski Jumping: men's large hill

          Skeleton: men's (NBC)

3 a.m. - Men's Hockey: Slovakia vs. Slovenia (NBC Sports)

3 a.m. - Women's Hockey: Finland vs. Sweden (MSNBC)

5:30 a.m. - Cross Country: women's 4x5km relay (NBC Sports)

5:30 a.m. - Women's Curling: Canada vs. Japan (MSNBC)

7 a.m. - Men's Hockey: USA vs. Russia (NBC Sports)

7:30 a.m. - Women's Hockey: Switzerland vs. Russia (MSNBC)

10 a.m. - Skeleton: men's (NBC Sports)

12 p.m. - Men's Hockey: Switzerland vs. Czech Republic (NBC Sports)

12 p.m. - Men's Hockey: Sweden vs. Latvia (USA)

3 p.m. - Speedskating: women's 1500m short track

          Skeleton: men's

          Cross Country: women's 4x5km relay (NBC)

5 p.m. - Women's Curling: USA vs. Sweden (CNBC)

8 p.m. - Skiing: women's alpine super G

          Speedskating: men's 1500m

          Speedskating: men's 1000m short track

          Ski Jumping: men's large hill (NBC)

Interesting Reads
All the gold medals awarded today will contain a piece of the meteorite that struck Russia a year ago.

Earlier this week, Switzerland's Dominique Gisin and Tina Maze of Slovenia tied for first in women's alpine downhill skiing. Where did they get the extra gold medal?

Fun pictures of the first Winter Olympics.

Olympics Day Guide: Feb. 14

The Americans got their first sweep of the Games and it was in the new event of slopestyle skiing. Joss Christensen took gold, followed by Gus Kenworthy and Nick Goepper, the latter coming into the event as one of the favorites. They might be three of the most likeable athletes in the Games: the emotional Christensen, driven by the support of his late father; Kenworthy, noted rescuer of stray Russian puppies; and the adorable Goepper, who is adorable.

The wins catapulted the U.S. up in the medal count, tied with the Netherlands for second behind Norway.

But you don't have to medal to be awesome. Men's figure skater Jeremy Abbott got a lot of flak for his sub-par performance in the team event and was justifiably nervous before the individual short program. Then, his worst nightmare came true. Except that he bounced back and skated better than ever, nailing jumps and winning over a crowd that was a little bitter after Russian favorite Evgeni Plushenko withdrew. Olympic spirit, indeed.

Medals Awarded Today
Biathlon - Men's Individual 20km
Gold: Martin Fourcade (France)
Silver: Erik Lesser (Germany)
Bronze: Evgeniy Garanichev (Russia)

Cross Country - Women's 10km Classic
Gold: Justyna Kowalczyk (Poland)
Silver: Charlotte Kalla (Sweden)
Bronze: Therese Johaug (Norway)

Skiing - Men's Freestyle Slopestyle
Gold: Joss Christensen (U.S.)
Silver: Gus Kenworthy (U.S.)
Bronze: Nick Goepper (U.S.)

Luge - Team Relay
Gold: Germany
Silver: Russia
Bronze: Latvia

Speedskating - Women's 500m Short Track
Gold: Jianrou Li (China)
Silver: Arianna Fontana (Italy)
Bronze: Seung-Hi Park (South Korea)

Speedskating - Women's 1000m
Gold: Hong Zhang (China)
Silver: Ireen Wust (Netherlands)
Bronze: Margot Boer (Netherlands)

Medal Count
                            G - S - B - Total
Norway                4 - 3 - 6 - 13
Netherlands          4 - 3 - 5 - 12
U.S.                      4 - 2 - 6 - 12
Russia                   2 - 5 - 4 - 11
Germany               7 - 2 - 1 - 10

Canada                 4 - 4 - 2 - 10
Austria                  1 - 4 - 0 - 5

Sweden                0 - 4 - 1 - 5

Switzerland           3 - 0 - 1 - 4

France                  2 - 0 - 2 - 4

Slovenia                1 - 1 - 2 - 4

China                    2 - 1 - 0 - 3
Czech Republic     0 - 2 - 1 - 3

Japan                    0 - 2 - 1 - 3

Italy                      0 - 2 - 1 - 3

Poland                  2 - 0 - 0 - 2

South Korea         1 - 0 - 1 - 2
Latvia                   0 - 0 - 2 - 2
Belarus                 1 - 0 - 0 - 1

Slovakia               1 - 0 - 0 - 1

Australia               0 - 1 - 0 - 1
Finland                 0 - 1 - 0 - 1
Great Britain         0 - 0 - 1 - 1
Ukraine                0 - 0 - 1 - 1

Medals Awarded Today
Biathlon - Women's Individual 15km
Cross Country - Men's 15km Classic
Figure Skating - Men's
Skiing - Men's Alpine Super Combined
Skiing - Women's Freestyle Aerials
Skeleton - Women's

U.S.'s Best Chance to Medal
In case you've missed the influx of Nyquil commercials during Olympic broadcasts, Ted Ligety has become the face of U.S. men's skiing and the super combined is probably his best bet to take gold.

After their first two runs, Noelle Pikus-Pace and Katie Uhlaender are in second and fourth, respectively, in the women's skeleton standings.

Televised Coverage
3 a.m. - Men's Curling: USA vs. Germany (NBC Sports)
3 a.m. - Men's Hockey: Czech Republic vs. Latvia (MSNBC)
5 a.m. - Cross Country: men's 15km classic (NBC Sports)
5 a.m. - Women's Curling: USA vs. Denmark (USA)
7:30 a.m. - Men's Hockey: Sweden vs. Switzerland (NBC Sports)
10 a.m. - Figure Skating: men's (NBC Sports)
12 p.m. - Figure Skating: men's (NBC Sports)
12 p.m. - Men's Hockey: Canada vs. Austria (USA)
12 p.m. - Men's Hockey: Norway vs. Finland (MSNBC)
2:15 p.m. - Ski Jumping: men's individual large hill (NBC Sports)
3 p.m. - Biathlon: women's individual 15km
          Skiing: women's freestyle aerials (NBC)
5 p.m. - Men's Curling: USA vs. Russia (CNBC)
8 p.m. - Skiing: men's alpine super combined
          Skiing: women's freestyle aerials
          Skeleton: women's
          Figure Skating: mens (NBC)

Interesting Reads
Women's 10km cross country gold medalist Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland didn't just crush the competition...she did so on a broken foot.

Erin Hamlin, who took home the U.S.'s first ever medal in the luge earlier this week, has come a long way from upstate New York.

Before Kaitlyn Farrington won gold in the women's halfpipe, she got some motivation from home.

After Evgeni Plushenko's injury forced him to withdraw from the men's figure skating competition, the outgoing and outspoken Russian decided to call it quits.

Olympics Day Guide: Feb. 13

While Shaun White and the U.S. men lost their dominance in the halfpipe, the women still remain a juggernaut. Kaitlyn Farrington took gold and mainstay Kelly Clark nabbed bronze (bookending Australia's equally dominant Torah Bright on the medal stand), marking the only additions to the medal count for the Americans on Wednesday.

The biggest and strangest news was that, for the first time ever, there was a tie in a downhill skiing event, with Slovenia's Tina Maze and Switzerland's Dominique Gisin crossing the finish line in the exact same time and thereby both are taking home golds.

The other big news for the U.S. was the barnburner of a battle with Canada in the first round of women's hockey. Canada came away with the 3-2 win, thereby winning their group, but the end wasn't without some controversy.

Medals Awarded Yesterday
Figure Skating - Pairs
Gold: Tatiana Volosozhar & Maxim Trankov (Russia)
Silver: Ksenia Stolbova & Fedor Klimov (Russia)
Bronze: Robin Szolkowy & Aliona Savchenko (Germany)

Luge - Doubles
Gold: Tobias Arlt & Tobias Wendl (Germany)
Silver: Andreas Linger & Wolfgang Linger (Austria)
Bronze: Andris Sics & Juris Sics (Latvia)

Nordic Combined - Individual Normal Hill
Gold: Eric Frenzel (Germany)
Silver: Akito Watabe (Japan)
Bronze: Magnus Krog (Norway)

Skiing - Women's Alpine Downhill
Gold: Tina Maze (Slovenia)
Gold: Dominique Gisin (Switzerland)
Bronze: Lara Gut (Switzerland)

Snowboarding - Women's Halfpipe
Gold: Kaitlyn Farrington (U.S.)
Silver: Torah Bright (Australia)
Bronze: Kelly Clark (U.S.)

Speedskating - Men's 1000m
Gold: Stefan Groothuis (Netherlands)
Silver: Denny Morrison (Canada)
Bronze: Michel Mulder (Netherlands)

Medal Count
                            G - S - B - Total
Norway                4 - 3 - 5 - 12
Canada                 4 - 4 - 2 - 10
Netherlands           4 - 2 - 4 - 10
U.S.                      3 - 1 - 5 - 9
Russia                   2 - 4 - 3 - 9
Germany               6 - 1 - 1 - 8

Austria                  1 - 4 - 0 - 5

Switzerland           3 - 0 - 1 - 4

Slovenia                1 - 1 - 2 - 4

Sweden                0 - 3 - 1 - 4

France                  1 - 0 - 2 - 3

Czech Republic     0 - 2 - 1 - 3

Japan                    0 - 2 - 1 - 3

Italy                      0 - 1 - 1 - 2

Belarus                 1 - 0 - 0 - 1

Poland                  1 - 0 - 0 - 1

Slovakia               1 - 0 - 0 - 1
South Korea         1 - 0 - 0 - 1
Australia               0 - 1 - 0 - 1
Finland                 0 - 1 - 0 - 1
China                   0 - 1 - 0 - 1
Great Britain         0 - 0 - 1 - 1
Latvia                   0 - 0 - 1 - 1
Ukraine                0 - 0 - 1 - 1

Medals Awarded Today
Biathlon - Men's Individual 20km
Cross Country - Women's 10km Classic
Skiing - Men's Freestyle Slopestyle
Luge - Team Relay
Speedskating - Women's 500m Short Track
Speedskating - Women's 1000m

U.S.'s Best Chance to Medal
Nick Goepper and Bobby Brown could go one-two in slopestyle skiing, while speedskater Heather Richardson gets another chance to medal in the 1000m.

Televised Coverage
3 a.m. - Men's Hockey: Finland vs. Austria (NBC Sports)
5 a.m. - Men's Curling: USA vs. Great Britain (USA)
5:30 a.m. - Cross Country: women's 10km classic
          Skeleton: women's (NBC Sports
7:30 a.m. - Men's Hockey: USA vs. Slovakia (NBC Sports)
7:30 a.m. - Men's Hockey: Russia vs. Slovenia (MSNBC)
10 a.m. - Figure Skating: men's short program (NBC Sports)
10 a.m. - Men's Curling: Canada vs. Denmark (MSNBC)
11:45 a.m. - Figure Skating: men's short program (NBC Sports)
12 p.m. - Men's Hockey: Canada vs. Norway (USA)
12 p.m. - Women's Hockey: Sweden vs. Russia (MSNBC)
3 p.m. - Biathlon: men's individual 20km
          Luge: team relay (NBC)
5 p.m. - Women's Curling: USA vs. Japan (CNBC)
8 p.m. - Skiing: men's freestyle slopestyle
          Speedskating: women's 1000m
          Skeleton: women's (NBC)

Interesting Reads
The Boston Globe revisits the 1980 Miracle on Ice game from the perspective of Soviet goalie Vladislav Tretiak.