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Before we get to the fun, how's the new layout look, eh?
Norway got shut out on the day, which allowed... some of the pack tied for second to move up. But not all, as you'll see here in the Top Five:
COUNTRY | G | S | B | TOTAL |
Canada | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Norway | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
Russia | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
United States | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Results:
Alpine Skiing:
WOMEN'S SUPER COMBINED | |||
GOLD | Maria Hoefl-Resch | Germany | 2:34.62 |
SILVER | Nicole Hosp | Austria | 2:35.02 |
BRONZE | Julia Mancuso | USA | 2:35.15 |
Mancuso held a sizeable lead after the downhill, but ran over two seconds behind Hoefl-Resch in the slalom and had to settle for third place. Americans Laurenne Ross and Stacey Cook did not finish the downhill run. Leanne Smith did, finishing 20th, but failed to finish the slalom.
Biathlon:
MEN'S 12.5km PURSUIT | |||
GOLD | Martin Fourcade | FRA | 33:48.6 |
SILVER | Ondrej Moravec | CZE | 34.02.7 |
BRONZE | Jean Guillaume Beatrix | FRA | 34:12.8 |
Tim Burke finished 22nd to lead the USA delegation. He was followed by Lowell Bailey in 38th and Leif Nordgren in 53rd.
Bobsled:
Begins next Sunday.
Cross-Country:
Off day; returns tomorrow.
Curling:
MEN'S ROUND ROBIN | ||
SESSION 1 | ||
China | 7-4 | Denmark |
Sweden | 7-5 | Switzerland |
Great Britain | 7-4 | Russia |
Canada | 11-8 | Germany |
WOMEN'S ROUND ROBIN | ||
SESSION 1 | ||
Sweden | 6-4 | Great Britan |
Canada | 9-2 | China |
Switzerland | 7-4 | USA |
Russia | 7-4 | Denmark |
MEN'S ROUND ROBIN | ||
SESSION 2 | ||
Norway | 7-4 | USA |
Switzerland | 5-4 | Canada |
Sweden | 8-4 | Great Britain |
Denmark | 11-10 (11) | Russia |
Bad start for the Americans, and the day's action ended with a thrilling extra end between Denmark and Russia to break a 10-10 tie.
Figure Skating:
Off day; returns tomorrow.
Freestyle Skiing:
MEN'S MOGULS | |||
GOLD | Alex Bilodeau | Canada | 26:31 |
SILVER | Michael Kingsbury |
Canada | 24:71 |
BRONZE | Alexandr Smyshlyaev |
Russia | 24.34 |
American Patrick Deneen had to go through both qualifying rounds to reach the final, but he got there. Bradley Wilson advanced from the first qualification. Things went differently in the final rounds. Wilson did horribly on both turns and his air, failing to qualify for the semifinal. Dineen advanced, in ninth place, then squeaked into the medal run by .01 points; he finished sixth.
Ice Hockey:
WOMEN'S GROUP A | ||
USA | 9-0 | Switzerland |
Canada | 3-0 | Finland |
Team USA basically just ambushed the Swiss, scoring three goals in the space of 55 seconds midway throught he first period -- two of them just eight seconds apart -- and just cruising from that point. Canada, on the other hand, struggled with Finland for two and a half periods before breaking through on a power play and then opening up the lead. Both Canada and the USA are now through to the semifinals; their game Thursday just determines seeding.
Luge:
WOMEN'S SINGLES (after 2 runs) | |||
1 | Natalie Geisenberger | Germany | 1:39.814 |
2 | Tatiana Heufner | Germany | 1:40.580 |
3 | Erin Hamlin | USA | 1:40.632 |
No American luger, male or female, has ever medaled in singles. Erin Hamlin is halfway there. Erin Hansen's in 10th, and Summer Britcher's 15th.
Nordic Combined:
Begins Wednesday.
Short Track:
MEN'S 1500m | |||
GOLD | Charles Hamelin | Canada | 2:14.985 |
SILVER | Tianyu Han | China | 2:15.055 |
BRONZE | Viktor An | Russia | 2:15.062 |
J.R. Celski of the USA finished fourth, more than half a second off the pace. Celski and Eduardo Alvarez advanced to the semis from the qualification heats, but Chris Creveling didn't -- despite a time a full second faster than Alvarez, due to Creveling finishing third in a much faster heat. Alvarez was disqualified during the semifinals for the usual short track reasons.
In the qualification heats for the Ladies' 500m, Emily Scott advanced for the Americans. Jessica Smith didn't, and Alyson Dudek was disqualified. The semifinals of the Ladies' 3000m Relay were also today, but Team USA failed to even qualify for the Olympics. Korea, Canada, China, and Italy qualified for the final.
Skeleton:
Begins Thursday.
Ski Jumping:
Off day; returns tomorrow.
Snowboard:
Off day; returns tomorrow.
Speed Skating:
MEN'S 500m | |||
(combined time, two runs) | |||
GOLD | Michel Mulder | Netherlands | 69.31 |
SILVER | Jan Smeekens | Netherlands | 69.32 |
BRONZE | Ronald Mulder | Netherlands | 69.46 |
The Mulder twins were sitting 1-2 going into the final pair, and then it looked like Smeekens had taken the gold. A post-race correction, however, gave Michel Mulder the 1/100 of a second win. Brian Hansen was 33rd after the first run, but withdrew prior to the second due to a muscle strain. The other Americans finished, but had a horrible outing. Shani Davis finished 24th, Tucker Fredricks 26th, and Mitchell Whitmore 27th.
Looking ahead:
Here's today's schedule. ALL events are available live via streaming at NBCOlympics.com, so long as you're a customer of a participating cable, satellite or FIOS provider. All times Central. Medal events listed in BOLD.
DELAYED BROADCAST INFO: The following tags apply to the listed time windows on your local NBC station:
NBC Daytime | 7:00pm-4:00pm |
NBC Primetime | 7:00pm-10:30pm (replayed midnight-3:30am) |
NBC Latenight | 11:00pm-midnight |
Be aware that NBC proper IS NOT SHOWING ANY LIVE COVERAGE OF THESE OLYMPICS.
Alpine Skiing:
No events today.
Biathlon:
Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
WOMEN'S 10km PURSUIT | 9:00am | none | NBC Latenight | Susan Dunklee Sara Studebaker Annelies Cook |
Cross-Country:
Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
WOMEN'S SPRINT (qualifications) | 4:00am | NBCSN | NBC Daytime | Ida Sargent - Sophie Caldwell Kikkan Randall - Jessica Diggins |
MEN'S SPRINT (qualifications) | 4:25am | NBCSN | NBC Daytime | Andrew Newell - Simeon Hamilton Torin Koos - Erik Bjornsen |
WOMEN'S SPRINT (quarterfinals) | 6:00am | NBCSN | NBC Daytime | Ida Sargent - Sophie Caldwell Kikkan Randall - Jessica Diggins |
MEN'S SPRINT (quarterfinals) | 6:25am | NBCSN | NBC Daytime | Andrew Newell - Simeon Hamilton |
WOMEN'S SPRINT (semifinals) | 6:56am | NBCSN | NBC Daytime | Sophie Caldwell |
MEN'S SPRINT (semifinals) | 7:06am | NBCSN | NBC Daytime | none |
WOMEN'S SPRINT | 7:22am | NBCSN | NBC Daytime | Sophie Caldwell |
MEN'S SPRINT | 7:30am | NBCSN | NBC Daytime | none |
Curling:
Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | Matches |
WOMEN'S SESSION 2 | 11:00pm | none | USA-RUS 2:00am, NBCSN | Korea-Japan Switzerland-Denmark Sweden-Canada USA-Russia |
MEN'S SESSION 3 | 3:00am | none | USA-CHN 4:00am, CNBC | Norway-Russia Canada-Sweden Britain-Germany China-USA |
WOMEN'S SESSION 3 | 9:00am | none | USA-GBR 4:00pm, CNBC | Korea-Switzerland China-Russia Denmark-Japan USA-Britain |
Figure Skating:
Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
PAIRS SHORT PROGRAM | 9:00am | NBCSN | NBC Primetime | Marissa Castelli/Simon Shnapir Felicia Zhang/Nathan Bartholomay |
Freestyle Skiing:
Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
LADIES' SKI SLOPESTYLE (qualification) | midnight | none | NBC Primetime | Keri Herman Devin Logan Julia Krass |
LADIES' SKI SLOPESTYLE (final) | 3:00am | none |
NBC Daytime NBC Primetime |
Keri Herman Devin Logan Julia Krass |
Ice Hockey:
Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | Match |
WOMEN'S GROUP B | 4:00am | NBCSN | (choice) 4:00pm, NBCSN | Germany-Sweden |
WOMEN'S GROUP B | 9:00am | MSNBC | (choice) 4:00pm, NBCSN | Russia-Japan |
Luge:
Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
WOMEN'S SINGLES (third run) | 8:30am | none | NBC Daytime | Kate Hansen Erin Hamlin Summer Britcher |
WOMEN'S SINGLES (final run) | 10:10am | 10:30am, NBCSN | NBC Daytime | Kate Hansen Erin Hamlin Summer Britcher |
Short Track: no events today.
Ski Jumping:
Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
LADIES' NORMAL HILL | 11:30am/12:25pm | 12:30pm, NBCSN | NBC Primetime | Sarah Hendrickson Jessica Jerome Lindsey Van |
Snowboard:
Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
MEN'S HALFPIPE (qualification) | 4:00am | none | NBC Primetime | Shaun White - Gregory Bretz Danny Davis - Taylor Gold |
MEN'S HALFPIPE (semifinals) | 9:00am | none | NBC Primetime | Gregory Bretz - Taylor Gold |
MEN'S HALFPIPE (final) | 11:30am | none | NBC Primetime | Shaun White Danny Davis - Gregory Bretz |
Speed Skating:
Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
WOMEN'S 500m (first run) | 6:45am | NBCSN | NBC Latenight | Heather Richardson - Sugar Todd Lauren Cholewinski - Brittany Bowe |
WOMEN'S 500m (second run) | 8:35am | NBCSN | NBC Latenight | Heather Richardson - Sugar Todd Lauren Cholewinski - Brittany Bowe |