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.)
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)
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)
Silver: David Morris (Australia)
Bronze: Zongyang Jia (China)
Ski Jumping - Men's Team
Gold: Germany
Silver: Austria
Bronze: Japan
Silver: Austria
Bronze: Japan
Biathlon - Men's 15km Mass Start - Rescheduled to today
Snowboarding - Men's Snowboardcross - 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
China 3 - 2 - 1 - 6
France 2 - 0 - 4 - 6
Japan 1 - 3 - 2 - 6
Slovenia 1 - 1 - 3 - 5
South Korea 1 - 1 - 1 - 3
Australia 0 - 2 - 1 - 3
Latvia 0 - 1 - 2 - 3
Ukraine 0 - 0 - 1 - 1
Kazakhstan 0 - 0 - 1 - 1
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
Austria 2 - 5 - 1 - 8
Belarus 5 - 0 - 1 - 6
Czech Republic 1 - 3 - 1 - 5
Italy 0 - 2 - 3 - 5
Poland 4 - 0 - 0 - 4
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 - 1Slovakia 1 - 0 - 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
Nordic Combined - Large Hill
Skiing - Women's Alpine Giant Slalom
Skiing - Men's Freestyle Halfpipe
Snowboarding - Men's Snowboardcross
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.
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.
No comments:
Post a Comment