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For the United States, it was the best single day of the games so far, albeit one without gold. The top five remain unchanged, and Norway continues to lead the pack:
| COUNTRY | G | S | B | TOTAL |
| Norway | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| Canada | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Russia | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| United States | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
Results:
Alpine Skiing:
No events today.
Biathlon:
| WOMEN'S 10km PURSUIT | |||
| GOLD | Darya Domracheva | Bulgaria | 31:11.6 |
| SILVER | Tora Berger | Norway | 30:08.3 |
| BRONZE | Teja Gregorin | Slovakia | 30:12.7 |
Susan Dunklee led the Americans, finishing 18th. Sara Studebaker was 51st and Annelies Cook 54th.
Bobsled: Begins next Sunday.
Cross-Country:
| MEN'S SPRINT | |||
| GOLD | Ola Vigen Hattestad | Norway | 3:38.4 |
| SILVER | Teodor Peterson | Sweden | 3:39.6 |
| BRONZE | Emil Joensson | Sweden | 3:58.2 |
In the first round, Andrew Newell and Simeon Hamilton of the USA moved on to the quarterfinals, but Torin Koos and Erik Bjornsen failed to advance. Newell and Hamilton bowed out in the quarters.
In the final, Joensson fell behind early and basically gave up... but a massive crash about 2/3 of the way through the race wiped out the 3-4-5 skiiers, and Joensson was able to catch up and cling to third place for the bronze. The crash occurred at a hill-curve where several other skiiers have had issues this week; the third-place skiier at the time of the crash was Russian Sergey Ustiugov, so that hill is now going to go down in infamy in Russia.
| WOMEN'S SPRINT | |||
| GOLD | Maiken Caspersen Falla | Norway | 2:35.49 |
| SILVER | Ingvild Flugstad Oestburg | Norway | 2:35.87 |
| BRONZE | Vesna Fabjan | Slovenia | 2:35.89 |
All four Americans advanced to the quarterfinals. Ida Sargent, Jessica Diggins, and Kikkan Randall were all knocked out in the quarters, Randall just barely; Sophie Caldwell moved on to the semis, and then qualified by placement for the final -- making her the highest-placed American cross-country skiier in Olympic history even before the final started. Unfortunately, Campbell got tied up with Norwegian Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen and fell, preventing her from improving on that guaranteed sixth-place finish.
Curling:
| WOMEN'S ROUND ROBIN | ||
| SESSION 2 | ||
| Canada | 9-3 | Sweden |
| Korea | 12-7 | Japan |
| Switzerland | 7-6 | Denmark |
| Russia | 9-7 | USA |
| MEN'S ROUND ROBIN | ||
| SESSION 3 | ||
| China | 9-4 | USA |
| Sweden | 7-6 | Canada |
| Norway | 9-8 | Russia |
| Great Britain |
7-6 | Germany |
| WOMEN'S ROUND ROBIN | ||
| SESSION 3 | ||
| China | 7-5 | Russia |
| Great Britain | 12-3 | USA |
| Switzerland | 8-6 | Korea |
| Japan | 8-3 | Denmark |
Great Britain scored seven in the fourth end against Team USA, and that's just unacceptable.
Figure Skating:
| PAIRS (short program) | |||
| 1 | T. Volosozhar/M. Trankov | Russia | 84.17 |
| 2 | A. Savchenko/R. Szolkowy | Germany | 79.64 |
| 3 | K. Stolbova/F. Klimov | Russia | 75.21 |
Naturally. A Russian pair who sat on the bench during the team competition is even better than the team which helped Russia win it. As for the Americans, Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir are in 9th place, and Felicia Zhang and Nathan Bartholomay are in 14th. Medal chances look slim.
Freestyle Skiing:
| WOMEN'S SKI SLOPESTYLE | |||
| GOLD | Dara Howell | Canada | 94.20 |
| SILVER | Devin Logan | USA | 85.40 |
| BRONZE | Kim Lamarre | Canada | 85.00 |
For the fourth day in a row, an American medaled in the first medal event of the competition day, and Canada leapt to the top of the medal standings by taking the other two podium spots. All three Americans qualified for the final; Keri Herman placed 10th and Julia Krass finished 11th.
Ice Hockey:
| WOMEN'S GROUP B | ||
| Sweden | 4-0 | Germany |
| Russia | 2-1 | Japan |
Sweden and Russia advance to the quarterfinals; they'll play against Finland and Switzerland, though the pairings are yet to be determined. The winners of those games will advance to the semifinals against Team USA and Canada.
Luge:
| WOMEN'S SINGLES | |||
| GOLD | Natalie Geisenberger | Germany | 3:19.768 |
| SILVER | Tatiana Huefner | Germany | 3:20.907 |
| BRONZE | Erin Hamlin | USA | 3:21.145 |
Hamlin becomes the first USA luger to win a singles medal in the Olympics -- male or female. Kate Hansen finished 10th, and Summer Britcher came in 15th. A great result for Team USA all around.
Nordic Combined:
Begins tomorrow.
Short Track:
No events today.
Skeleton:
Begins Thursday.
Ski Jumping:
| WOMEN'S NORMAL HILL | |||
| GOLD | Carina Vogt | Germany | 247.4 |
| SILVER | Daniela Iraschko-Stolz | Austria | 246.2 |
| BRONZE | Coline Mattel | France | 245.2 |
For Team USA, Jessica Jerome placed 10th, Lindsey Van 15th, and Sarah Hendrickson -- who notably skipped practice runs in her first action since tearing her ACL, MCL, and meniscus last year, which surely had an effect -- finished 21st.
Snowboard:
| MEN'S HALFPIPE | |||
| GOLD | Iouri Podlatchikov | Switzerland | 94.75 |
| SILVER | Ayumu Hirano | Japan | 93.50 |
| BRONZE | Taku Hiraoka | Japan | 92.25 |
Shaun White and Danny Davis took first and third in their qualifying session, advancing directly to the finals. Taylor Gold and Gregory Bretz advanced as well, but were obliged to compete in the semifinals. Bretz took second in the semi, moving on; he left Gold behind, however, as he finished eighth. In the final... welp. White pulled in at fourth, scoring 90.25. Davis was 10th and Bretz was 12th. The worst snowboarding performance by Team USA... ever?
Speed Skating:
| WOMEN'S 500m | |||
| (combined time, two runs) | |||
| GOLD | Sang Hwa Lee | Korea | 74.70 (OR) |
| SILVER | Olga Fatkulina | Russia | 75.06 |
| BRONZE | Margot Boer | Netherlands | 75.48 |
Not a great showing for the Americans; Heather Richardson finished 8th, Brittany Bowe 13th, Lauren Cholewinski 15th, and Sugar Todd 29th. Surprisingly, Lee's Olympic Record is only the second competition record set so far in these games.
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 | 2:00pm-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:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
| WOMEN'S DOWNHILL | 1:00am | none | NBC Primetime | Jacqueline Wiles - Stacey Cook Laurenne Ross - Julia Mancuso |
Biathlon:
No events today.
Cross-Country:
No events today.
Curling:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | Matches |
| MEN'S SESSION 4 | 11:00pm | none | USA-DEN 2:00am, NBCSN | Denmark-USA China-Switzerland Norway-Germany |
| WOMEN'S SESSION 4 | 3:00am | none | USA-CHN 4:00am, CNBC |
USA-China Korea-Switzerland Japan-Russia Canada-Great Britain |
| MEN'S SESSION 5 | 9:00am | none | SUI-GBR 4:00pm, CNBC | Switzerland-Great Britain Germany-China Denmark-Sweden Russia-Canada |
Figure Skating:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
| PAIRS FREE SKATE | 9:45am | NBCSN | NBC Primetime | Marissa Castelli/Simon Shnapir Felicia Zhang/Nathan Bartholomay |
Freestyle Skiing:
No events today.
Ice Hockey:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | Match |
| WOMEN'S GROUP A | 2:00am | MSNBC | * | Switzerland-Finland |
| WOMEN'S GROUP A | 6:30am | NBCSN | * | Canada-USA |
| MEN'S GROUP C | 11:00am | USA | * | Czech Republic-Sweden |
| MEN'S GROUP C | 11:00am | MSNBC | * | Latvia-Switzerland |
| * - One match will re-air at 4:30pm on NBCSN. | ||||
Luge:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
| MEN'S DOUBLES (first run) | 8:15am | none | NBC Daytime | Christian Niccum/Jayson Terdiman Matthew Mortensen/Preston Griffall |
| MEN'S DOUBLES (final run) | 10:10am | none | 1:00pm, NBCSN NBC Daytime NBC Latenight |
Christian Niccum/Jayson Terdiman Matthew Mortensen/Preston Griffall |
Nordic Combined:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
| INDIVIDUAL NORMAL HILL/10 km (ski jump) |
3:30am | NBCSN | NBC Daytime | Bill DeMong - Taylor Fletcher Todd Lodwick - Bryan Fletcher |
|
INDIVIDUAL NORMAL HILL/10 km (cross-country) |
6:30am | finish at 9:00am, NBCSN | NBC Daytime | Bill DeMong - Taylor Fletcher Todd Lodwick - Bryan Fletcher |
Short Track:
no events today.
Ski Jumping:
no events today.
Snowboard:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
| LADIES' HALFPIPE (qualification) | 4:00am | none | NBC Primetime | Kelly Clark - Kaitlyn Farrington Arielle Gold - Hannah Teter |
| LADIES' HALFPIPE (semifinals) | 9:00am | none | NBC Primetime | Kaitlyn Farrington |
| LADIES' HALFPIPE (final) | 11:30am | none | NBC Primetime | Kelly Clark - Hannah Teter (Kaitlyn Farrington?) |
Speed Skating:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
| MEN'S 1000m | 8:35am | NBCSN | NBC Primetime | Jonathan Garcia - Shani Davis Brian Hansen - Joey Mantia |
IF YOU INTEND TO WATCH TAPE-DELAYED COVERAGE, DON'T LOOK AT THE COMMENTS AFTER 11pm. YOU HAVE BEEN DULY WARNED.
