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 - 27Russia 9 - 10 - 7 - 26
Canada 9 - 10 - 5 - 24
Netherlands 6 - 7 - 9 - 22
Germany 8 - 4 - 4 - 16
France 4 - 4 - 7 - 15
Sweden 2 - 6 - 6 - 14
Switzerland 6 - 3 - 2 - 11
China 3 - 4 - 2 - 9
Czech Republic 2 - 4 - 2 - 8
Austria 2 - 7 - 3 - 12
Japan 1 - 4 - 8 - 8
Italy 0 - 2 - 6 - 8
Belarus 5 - 0 - 1 - 6
Great Britain 1 - 1 - 2 - 4
Latvia 0 - 1 - 2 - 3
Ukraine 1 - 0 - 1 - 2
Slovakia 1 - 0 - 0 - 1
Croatia 0 - 1 - 0 - 1Slovakia 1 - 0 - 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.
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