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
Austria 2 - 4 - 1 - 7
France 2 - 0 - 4 - 6
Japan 1 - 3 - 1 - 5
Slovenia 1 - 1 - 3 - 5
Italy 0 - 2 - 3 - 5
Poland 4 - 0 - 0 - 4
Czech Republic 1 - 2 - 1 - 4
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
Biathlon - Women's 12.5km Mass Start
Bobsled - Two-ManFigure 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:
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