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
Sweden 1 - 5 - 2 - 8
Austria 2 - 4 - 1 - 7
China 3 - 2 - 0 - 5
Belarus 3 - 0 - 1 - 4
Japan 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
Latvia 0 - 1 - 2 - 3
Great Britain 1 - 0 - 1 - 2
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 - 1Australia 0 - 1 - 1 - 2
Slovakia 1 - 0 - 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.
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