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Norway and Canada each picked up a single medal today, but the three teams trailing them each snagged two each to close the gap. The Germans snagged three today, and although they're not in the top five overall -- they're sixth, with eight medals -- they hold a commanding lead in gold medals with six. Your top five:
| COUNTRY | G | S | B | TOTAL |
| Norway | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| Canada | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| Russia | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
Results:
Alpine Skiing:
| WOMEN'S DOWNHILL | |||
| GOLD | Tina Maze | Slovenia | 1:41.57 |
| GOLD | Dominique Gisin | Switzerland | 1.41.57 |
| BRONZE | Lara Gut | Switzerland | 1:41.67 |
That's right, two gold medals. It's the first time in the history of the Winter Olympics that a timed medal event has resulted in a tie for the gold, and that'll start the question of whether downhill should measure to the thousandth of a second. Team USA's Julia Mancuso finished 8th, followed by Laurenne Ross at 11th, Stacey Cook 17th, and Jacqueline Wiles in 26th.
Biathlon:
No events today.
Bobsled:
Begins next Sunday.
Cross-Country:
No events today.
Curling:
| MEN'S ROUND ROBIN | ||
| SESSION 4 | ||
| Norway | 8-5 | Germany |
| USA | 9-5 | Denmark |
| China | 5-4 | Switzerland |
| WOMEN'S ROUND ROBIN | ||
| SESSION 4 | ||
| China | 7-4 | USA |
| Japan | 8-4 | Russia |
| Sweden | 7-4 | Korea |
| Canada | 9-6 | Great Britain |
| MEN'S ROUND ROBIN | ||
| SESSION 5 | ||
| China | 11-7 | Germany |
| Great Britain | 4-2 | Switzerland |
| Canada | 7-4 | Russia |
| Denmark | 8-5 | Sweden |
Figure Skating:
| PAIRS (free skate) | |||
| GOLD | T. Volosozhar/M. Trankov | Russia | 236.86 |
| SILVER | K. Stolbova/F. Klimov | Russia | 218.68 |
| BRONZE | A. Savchenko/R. Szolkowy | Germany | 215.78 |
The American pairs -- Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir, Felicia Zhang and Nathan Bartholomay -- came in 9th and 12th, respectively.
Freestyle Skiing:
No events today.
Ice Hockey:
| WOMEN'S GROUP A | ||
| Finland | 4-3 (OT) |
Switzerland |
| Canada | 3-2 | USA |
Switzerland finally put up a fight, and scored on a critical power play in the final four minutes of regulation to force overtime. The Finns managed to escape, though. Switzerland will play the winner of tomorrow's game between Sweden and Russia; Finland gets the loser.
As for the main event, Team USA and Canada had a scoreless battle going until Hilary Knight scored on a power play midway through the second period to give the Americans the lead. Early in the third period, things fell apart. Meghan Agosta scored a power play goal less than three minutes into the period, and then Hayley Wickenheiser slotted the puck on a disputed play less than two minutes later. Replay showed that a whistle blew before the goal, but that's not a reviewable situation. With five minutes left, Agosta broke free and beat Jessie Vetter one-on-one to put the Canadians up 3-1; an early decision to pull Vetter for the extra attacker paid off with just over a minute to play when Anne Schleper scored, but Team USA was unable to get the equalizer in the final minute.
Both teams advance to the semifinals; Canada will play the winner of the game between Finland and the loser of the Sweden-Russia game; the United States will face either Switzerland or the winner of Sweden-Russia.
| MEN'S GROUP C | ||
| Switzerland | 1-0 | Latvia |
| Sweden | 4-2 | Czech Republic |
Switzerland and Latvia fought through a scoreless game until Simon Moser scored with 7.9 seconds left to give the Swiss the win. In the other contest, a pair of Erik Karlsson goals staked Sweden to a 4-0 lead, and although a couple of quick goals midway through the second cut the lead in half, the Czechs couldn't catch up.
Luge:
| MEN'S DOUBLES | |||
| GOLD | Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt |
Germany | 1:38.933 |
| SILVER | Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger |
Austria | 1:39.455 |
| BRONZE | Andris Sics Juris Sics |
Latvia | 1:39.790 |
Christian Niccum and Jayson Terdiman finished in 11th place for Team USA; Matthew Mortensen and Preston Griffall were 14th.
Nordic Combined:
| INDIVIDIAL NORMAL HILL/10k | |||
| GOLD | Eric Frenzel | Germany | 23:50.2 |
| SILVER | Akito Watabe | Japan | 23:54.4 |
| BRONZE | Magnus Krog | Norway | 23:58.3 |
American Todd Lodwick withdrew after the normal hill jump but before the 10km race. Bill DeMong finished 24th, Bryan Fletcher 26th, and Taylor Fletcher 33rd.
Short Track:
No events today.
Skeleton:
Begins tomorrow.
Ski Jumping:
No events today.
Snowboard:
| LADIES' HALFPIPE | |||
| GOLD | Kaitlyn Farrington | USA | 91.75 |
| SILVER | Torah Bright | Australia | 91.50 |
| BRONZE | Kelly Clark | USA | 90.75 |
| (4th) | Hannah Teter | USA | 90.50 |
American Arielle Gold withdrew before the start. Kaitlyn Farrington, fourth in the second heat of the qualification round, advanced to the semifinal; Hannah Teter came in second in the same heat and moved directly to the final. In the first heat, Kelly Clark topped the standings, and also moved straight to the final. Farrington joined them without even having to take her second run in the semifinal (though she did); she took the top score in the first run of the semifinal with an 87.50; on the second run, only one rider even managed to score over 57 points.
In the final, Teter and Farrington sat 1-2 after the first run, while Clark didn't have a great run. Farrington improved on her run to move into first early in the second wave. Teter had a horrible second run, but was still in second place when the event got down to the final two riders -- Bright and Clark. With Farrington already assured of a medal, the Americans were thinking sweep. But Bright jumped Teter for second, and then Clark knocked Teter off the podium for the bronze.
Speed Skating:
| MEN'S 1000m | |||
| GOLD | Stefan Groothus | Netherlands | 1:08.39 |
| SILVER | Denny Morrison | Canada | 1:08.43 |
| BRONZE | Michel Mulder | Netherlands | 1:08.74 |
The dismal showing by Team USA continued. Shani Davis and Brian Hansen paced the Americans, finishing eighth and ninth. Joey Manta was 15th; Jonathan Garcia 28th.
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 | 7pm-10:30pm (replayed midnight-3:30am) |
| NBC Latenight | 11pm-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 |
| MEN'S 20k | 8:00am | none | NBC Daytime | Tim Burke - Russell Currier Lowell Bailey - Leif Nordgren |
Cross-Country:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
| LADIES' 10k | 4:00am | NBCSN | none | Sophie Caldwell - Holly Brooks Ida Sargent - Sadie Bjornsen |
Curling:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | Matches |
| WOMEN'S SESSION 5 | 11:00pm | none | none | China-Great Britain Canada-Denmark Switzerland-Sweden |
| MEN'S SESSION 6 | 4:00am | none | GBR-USA 4:00am, USA CAN-DEN 9am, MSNBC |
Canada-Denmark Great Britain-USA Switzerland-Russia Norway-Sweden |
| WOMEN'S SESSION 6 | 9:00am | none | JPN-USA 4:00pm, CNBC | Switzerland-Canada Japan-USA Russia-Korea Sweden-Denmark |
Figure Skating:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
| MEN'S SHORT PROGRAM | 9:00am | NBCSN | NBC Primetime | Jeremy Abbott - Jason Brown |
Freestyle Skiing:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
| MEN'S SKI SLOPESTYLE (qualification) | 12:15am | none | NBC Primetime | Nicholas Goepper - Gus Kenworthy Bobby Brown - Joss Christensen |
| MEN'S SKI SLOPESTYLE (final) | 3:30am | none | NBC Primetime | TBD |
Ice Hockey:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | Match |
| WOMEN'S GROUP B | 2:00am | X | * | Japan-Germany |
| MEN'S GROUP B | 2:00am | NBCSN | * | Finland-Austria |
| MEN'S GROUP A | 6:30am | MSNBC | * | Russia-Slovenia |
| MEN'S GROUP A | 6:30am | NBCSN | * | Slovakia-USA |
| WOMEN'S GROUP B | 11:00am | MSNBC | * | Sweden-Russia |
| MEN'S GROUP B | 11:00am | USA | * | Canada-Norway |
| Two matches will re-air at 2:00pm and 4:00pm on NBCSN. | ||||
Luge:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
| TEAM RELAY | 10:15am | none | NBC Daytime | Erin Hamlin - Christopher Mazdzer Christian Niccum - Jayson Terdiman |
Nordic Combined:
no events today.
Short Track:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
| LADIES' 500m (quarterfinals) | 4:00am | none | none | Emily Scott |
| MEN'S 1000m (heats) | 4:25am | none | none | J.R. Celski Eduardo Alvarez Chris Creveling |
| LADIES' 500m (semifinals) | 5:10am | none | none | TBD |
| MEN'S 5000m RELAY (semifinals) | 5:31am | none | NBC Latenight | J.R. Celski - Chris Creveling Eduardo Alvarez - Kyle Carr Jordan Malone |
| LADIES' 500m (final) | 6:05am | none | NBC Latenight | TBD |
Skeleton:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
| WOMEN'S SKELETON (heat one) | 1:30am | none | NBC Primetime | Noelle Pikus-Pace Katie Uhlaender |
| WOMEN'S SKELETON (heat two) | 2:40am | none | 4:30am, MSNBC NBC Primetime |
Noelle Pikus-Pace Katie Uhlaender |
Ski Jumping:
no events today.
Snowboard:
no events today.
Speed Skating:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
| LADIES' 1000m | 8:00am | none | NBC Primetime | Heather Richardson - Sugar Todd Kelly Gunther - Brittany Bowe |