The U.S. was both a victim and a beneficiary of Tuesday's Day of Upsets. On the down side, favorites Kikkan Randall and Shaun White of cross country and snowboarding, respectively, fell short of not just the gold, but of the medal stand completely. White had to settle for fourth place and promptly picked up his snowboard and stormed home, announcing a break from snowboarding to tour with his band. Randall was bested by a field that included teammate Sophie Caldwell and was prevented from even making the finals of the sprint competition (Caldwell finished sixth).
But on the flip side, you have Erin Hamlin. By taking bronze behind the German juggernaut of Natalie Geisenberger and Tatjana Huefner, Hamlin became the first American to ever medal in the luge. And to think she wasn't even the most well-known luger on her team.
Also for the U.S., Devin Logan overcame a pretty horrible knee injury to take silver in the women's freestyle skiing slopestyle.
Medals Awarded Yesterday
Biathlon - Women's 10km Pursuit
Gold: Darya Domracheva (Belarus)
Silver: Tora Berger (Norway)
Bronze: Teja Gregorin (Slovenia)
Cross Country - Men's Individual Sprint Free
Gold: Ola Vigen Hattestad (Norway)
Silver: Teodor Peterson (Sweden)
Bronze: Emil Joensson (Sweden)
Cross Country - Women's Individual Sprint Free
Gold: Maiken Caspersen Falla (Norway)
Silver: Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg (Norway)
Bronze: Vesna Fabjan (Slovenia)
Luge - Women's Singles
Gold: Natalie Geisenberger (Germany)
Silver: Tatjana Huefner (Germany)
Bronze: Erin Hamlin (U.S.)
Skiing - Women's Freestyle Slopestyle
Gold: Dara Howell (Canada)
Silver: Devin Logan (U.S.)
Bronze: Kim Lamarre (Canada)
Ski Jumping - Women's Individual Normal Hill
Gold: Carina Vogt (Germany)
Silver: Daniela Iraschko-Stolz (Austria)
Bronze: Coline Mattel (France)
Snowboarding - Men's Halfpipe
Gold: Iouri Podladtchikov (Switzerland)
Silver: Ayumu Hirano (Japan)
Bronze: Taku Hiraoka (Japan)
Speedskating - Women's 500m
Gold: Sang Hwa Lee (South Korea)
Silver: Olga Fatkulina (Russia)
Bronze: Margot Boer (Netherlands)
Medal Count
G - S - B - Total
Norway 4 - 3 - 4 - 11
Canada 4 - 3 - 2 - 9
Netherlands 3 - 2 - 3 - 8
U.S. 2 - 1 - 4 - 7
Russia 1 - 3 - 3 - 7
Germany 4 - 1 - 0 - 5
Austria 1 - 3 - 0 - 4
Sweden 0 - 3 - 1 - 4
France 1 - 0 - 2 - 3
Czech Republic 0 - 2 - 1 - 3
Slovenia 0 - 1 - 2 - 3
Switzerland 2 - 0 - 0 - 2
Italy 0 - 1 - 1 - 2
Japan 0 - 1 - 1 - 2
Belarus 1 - 0 - 0 - 1
Poland 1 - 0 - 0 - 1
Slovakia 1 - 0 - 0 - 1South Korea 1 - 0 - 0 - 1
Finland 0 - 1 - 0 - 1
China 0 - 1 - 0 - 1
Great Britain 0 - 0 - 1 - 1
Ukraine 0 - 0 - 1 - 1
Medals Awarded Today
Figure Skating - Pairs
Luge - Doubles
Nordic Combined - Normal Hill
Skiing - Women's Alpine Downhill
Snowboarding - Women's Halfpipe
Speedskating - Men's 1000m
U.S.'s Best Chance to Medal
The 1000m is Shani Davis' best event, and therefore, his best chance to medal. Another U.S. Olympic mainstay - Kelly Clark - should also medal in the women's halfpipe, although she could be threatened by teammate Arielle Gold.
Televised Coverage
3 a.m. - Men's Curling: USA vs. Denmark
Nordic Combined: individual normal hill - jumping phase (NBC Sports)
3 a.m. - Women's Hockey: Switzerland vs. Finland (MSNBC)
5 a.m. - Women's Curling: USA vs. China (USA)
7 a.m. - Women's Hockey: USA vs. Canada (NBC Sports)
10 a.m. - Nordic Combined: individual normal hill - cross country phase
Figure Skating: pairs free skate (NBC Sports)
12 p.m. - Men's Hockey: Czech Republic vs. Sweden (USA)
12 p.m. - Men's Hockey: Latvia vs. Switzerland (MSNBC)
1:30 p.m. - Luge: men's doubles (NBC Sports)
3 p.m. - Nordic Combined: individual normal hill (NBC)
5 p.m. - Men's Curling: Switzerland vs. Great Britain (CNBC)
8 p.m. - Skiing: women's alpine downhill
Speedskating: men's 1000m
Snowboarding: women's halfpipe
Figure Skating: pairs (NBC)
Interesting Reads
Tuesday was a historic day for the Olympics, when women's ski jumping made its extremely overdue appearance in the Games. Deadspin has a thorough and fascinating take on the sexist history behind the event, and while Sarah Hendrickson of the U.S. didn't take home a medal, she still made history.
Shaun White, the redheaded mop-topped teenager the U.S. fell in love with eight years ago, has worn out his welcome in snowboarding circles and his Olympic career may have ended inauspiciously.
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