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The Dutch swept yet another speed-skating event, which vaults them back to the top of the leaderboard. The American double in the men's Super G kept Russia from passing them, but the Eagle and the Bear are now tied for second. Norway picked up one medal -- and the event they failed to medal in today will be a source of deep national angst -- and the Canadians two; Germany maintains the lead in gold medals but made no podium appearances today, leaving them at the bottom of our top six:
| COUNTRY | G | S | B | TOTAL |
| Netherlands | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| Russia | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| United States | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| Norway | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| Canada | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| Germany | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
Results:
Alpine Skiing:
| MEN'S SUPER G | |||
| GOLD | Kjetil Jansrud | Norway | 1:18.14 |
| SILVER | Andrew Weibrecht | USA | 1:18.44 |
| BRONZE | Jan Hudec Bode Miller |
Canada USA |
1:18.67 |
Yet another medal tie in Alpine, this one resulting in Bode Miller finally grabbing that sixth Olympic medal he'd been chasing all week. Weibrecht moved up from his bronze medal finish in Vancouver. Ted Ligety finished 14tn, and Travis Ganong 23rd. The Americans took sole possession of the medal lead with this result.
Biathlon:
The Men's 15k Mass Start, scheduled for this morning, was rescheduled for midnight tonight.
Bobsled:
| TWO-MAN (heats 1-2) | |||
| 1 | A. Zubkov/A. Voevoda | Russia 1 | 1:52.82 |
| 2 | B. Hefti/A. Baumann | Switzerland 1 | 1:53.14 |
| 3 | S. Holcomb/S. Langton | USA 1 | 1:53.18 |
It's tight at the top. USA 2 (Cory Butner/Chris Fogt) had a horrible second run, falling from medal position all the way down to 11th. USA 3 (Nick Cunningham/Dallas Robinson) is in 13th.
Cross-Country:
| MEN'S RELAY 4x10k | |||
| GOLD | L. Nelson D. Richardsson J. Olsson M. Hellner |
Sweden | 1:28:42.0 |
| SILVER | D. Japarov A. Bessmertnykh A. Legkov M. Vylegzhanin |
Russia | 1:29:09.3 |
| BRONZE | J.M. Gaillard M. Manificat R. Duvillard I. Perrillat-Boiteux |
France | 1:29:13.9 |
The American team of Andy Newell, Erik Bjornsen, Noah Hoffman, and Simeon Hamilton finished in 1:33:15.1, good for 11th place.
Curling:
| MEN'S ROUND ROBIN | ||
| SESSION 10 | ||
| Canada | 8-6 | USA |
| Sweden | 8-4 | Russia |
| Norway | 7-6 | Great Britain |
| WOMEN'S ROUND ROBIN | ||
| SESSION 10 | ||
| Canada | 7-6 (11) | USA |
| Denmark | 7-4 | Korea |
| Japan | 9-7 (11) | Switzerland |
| Sweden | 5-4 | Russia |
| MEN'S ROUND ROBIN | ||
| SESSION 11 | ||
| Canada | 9-8 (11) | China |
| Norway | 5-3 | Switzerland |
| Denmark | 6-3 | Germany |
| Sweden | 6-4 | USA |
Sweden joins Canada in the women's semifinals, but the fight over the last two spots tomorrow is going to be a brawl. It's a little clearer on the men's side, where Canada and Sweden have qualified; China, Norway, and Great Britain are in contention for the other two spots, and China plays Great Britain tomorrow.
Figure Skating:
| ICE DANCING (short program) | |||
| 1 | M. Davis/C. White | USA | 78.89 |
| 2 | T. Virtue/S. Moir | Canada | 76.33 |
| 3 | E. Ilinykh/N. Katsalapov | Russia | 73.04 |
Meryl Davis and Charlie White broke their own record for highest score posted in the short program since the adoption of the current scoring rules. The other American pairs did reasonably well also; Madison Chock and Evan Bates are in 8th and Maia and Alex Shibutani are in 9th.
Freestyle Skiing:
No events today.
Ice Hockey:
| WOMEN'S CLASSIFICATIONS | ||
| Finland | 2-1 | Germany |
| Russia | 6-3 | Japan |
The second game had some excitement. The two teams combined for four goals in a frenetic 81 seconds -- which began just seconds after the end of a Japanese power play. Japan scored while Russia was still getting back to full strength, Russia scored in transition 30 seconds after the face-off, then Japan scored immediately off the face-off, then Russia struck back again less than a minute later.
Finland will play Russia for fifth place; Germany will take on Japan to determine seventh and eighth.
| MEN'S GROUP A | ||
| USA | 5-1 | Slovenia |
| Russia | 1-0 (so) | Slovakia |
Phil Kessel had a natural hattrick, with Joe Pavelski assisting on all three goals (plus an extra from James van Riemsdyk) as the Americans rolled into the quarterfinals. Ryan McDonagh and David Backes also scored for Team USA. Ryan Miller came 18 seconds from a shutout, but it was spoiled when Marcel Rodman slipped one in during a mad final rush.
In the other Group A final, Russia -- needing only a regulation win to guarantee passage to the quarters -- choked. Semyon Varlamov and Jan Laco kept the game scoreless through regulation and overtime, necessitating the Russian's second shootout in as many days. Michal Handzus and Tomas Tatar missed for the Slovakians; Alexander Radulov hit for Russia between those misses, and Ilya Kovalchuk ended the contest without the need for the third shootout round. Russia will be forced into the quarterfinals as the fifth seed.
| MEN'S GROUP A FINAL STANDINGS | ||||
| TEAM | W-L-OTW-OTL | PTS | GF-GA | DIFF |
| USA | 3-0-1-0 | 8 | 15-4 | +11 |
| Russia | 2-1-1-1 | 6 | 8-5 | +3 |
| Slovenia | 1-2-0-0 | 3 | 6-11 | -5 |
| Slovakia | 0-3-0-1 | 1 | 2-11 | -9 |
| MEN'S GROUP B | ||
| Austria | 3-1 | Norway |
| Canada | 2-1 | Finland |
Michael Grabner, as of the end of his game the leading scorer in these Olympics, scored twice and assisted on a Michael Raffl power play goal to lead Austria to a reasonable seed in the quarterfinals. Per-Age Skroder scored for Norway, who end up as the seventh seed in the quarters.
Canada and Finland required overtime; Drew Doughty scored 2:32 into the extra frame to give Canada the win and the Group B title. It was Doughty's second goal of the game; he got help from Jeff Carter, Shea Weber, and Sidney Crosby. Tuomo Ruutu scored for Finland two minutes into the second period to tie the game, and it stayed that way for forty minutes. The overtime had an impact: Canada is now the second seed in the quarterfinals, and Sweden gets the top seed. Finland is the fourth seed, advancing as the best team not to win its group.
| MEN'S GROUP B FINAL STANDINGS | ||||
| TEAM | W-L-OTW-OTL | PTS | GF-GA | DIFF |
| Canada | 3-0-1-0 | 8 | 11-2 | +9 |
| Finland | 2-1-0-1 | 7 | 15-7 | +8 |
| Austria | 1-2-0-0 | 3 | 7-15 | -8 |
| Norway | 0-3-0-0 | 0 | 3-12 | -9 |
The qualification matchups: Slovenia-Austria, Russia-Norway, Switzerland-Latvia, and Czech Republic-Slovakia.
Luge:
No events today.
Nordic Combined:
No events today.
Short Track:
No events today.
Skeleton:
No events today.
Ski Jumping:
No events today.
Snowboard:
| LADIES' SB CROSS | ||
| GOLD | Eva Samkova | Czech Republic |
| SILVER | Dominique Maltais | Canada |
| BRONZE | Chloe Trespeuch | France |
Faye Gulini finished fourth. Lindsey Jacobellis took seventh by winning the consolation final after failing to move on from the semis. Jacqueline Hernandez didn't finish the qualification run.
Speed Skating:
| LADIES' 1500m | |||
| GOLD | Jorien Ten Mors | Netherlands | 1:53.51 (OR) |
| SILVER | Ireen Wust | Netherlands | 1:54.09 |
| BRONZE | Lotte van Beek | Netherlands | 1:54.54 |
Yet another Dutch sweep. American Heather Richardson was 7th; Brittany Bowe was 14th and Jilleanne Rookard 18th. The USA's skating-really-fast travails continue unabated.
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-10:00pm (replayed 1:00am-4:00am) |
| NBC Latenight | midnight-1:00am |
The NBC schedule returns to last week's weekday windows, but Latenight (and thus Primetime replay) are pushed forward an hour.
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 15k MASS START | midnight | none | 12:30pm, NBCSN NBC Daytime |
Tim Burke Lowell Bailey |
| WOMEN'S 12.5k MASS START | 9:00am | none | 12:30pm, NBCSN NBC Daytime |
Susan Dunklee |
The Men's 15k Mass Start was rescheduled from today; NBC's schedule originally devoted two windows to the Women's 12.5k, and it hasn't changed yet. It's reasonable to assume they might use one slot to cover the men's event now.
Bobsled:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
| TWO-MAN (heats 3-4) | 8:30am | none | NBC Latenight | United States 1: Steven Holcomb - Steven Langton United States 2: Cory Butner - Chris Fogt United States 3: Nick Cunningham - Dallas Robinson |
Cross-Country:
No events today.
Curling:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | Matches |
| WOMEN'S SESSION 11 | 11:00pm | none | 2:00am, KOR-USA, NBCSN | Korea-USA Russia-Great Britain Japan-China |
| MEN'S SESSION 12 | 4:00am | SUI-USA, USA | none | Switzerland-USA Germany-Russia Norway-Denmark China-Great Britain |
| WOMEN'S SESSION 12 | 9:00am | none | 4:00pm, DEN-GBR, CNBC | China-Switzerland Sweden-Japan Denmark-Great Britain Canada-Korea |
Figure Skating:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
| ICE DANCE (free dance) | 9:00am | NBCSN | NBC Primetime | Maia Shibutani/Alex Shubutani Madison Chock/Evan Bates Meryl Davis/Charlie White |
Freestyle Skiing:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
| MEN'S AERIALS (qualification) | 7:45am | none | NBC Daytime | Mac Bohonnon |
| MEN'S AERIALS (final 1) | 11:30am | none | NBC Daytime | TBD |
| MEN'S AERIALS (final 2) | 11:55am | none | NBC Primetime | TBD |
| MEN'S AERIALS (final 3) | 12:12pm | none | NBC Primetime | TBD |
Ice Hockey:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | Match |
| WOMEN'S SEMIFINAL | 6:30am | 6:00am, NBCSN | * | USA-Sweden |
| WOMEN'S SEMIFINAL | 11:00am | MSNBC | * | Canada-Switzerland |
| Today's matches will re-air at 2:00pm and 4:00pm on NBCSN. | ||||
Luge:
All events completed.
Nordic Combined:
No events today.
Short Track:
No events today.
Skeleton:
All events completed.
Ski Jumping:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
| MEN'S TEAM LARGE HILL (1st round) | 11:15am | none | none | Nicholas Alexander - Nicholas Fairall Peter Frenette - Anders Johnson |
| MEN'S TEAM LARGE HILL (finals) | 12:22pm | NBCSN | NBC Primetime | TBD |
Snowboard:
| Event | Time (CT) | Live TV | Delayed TV | USA Participants |
| MEN'S SNOWBOARD CROSS (seeding) | 1:00am | none | none | Nate Holland - Alex Diebold Nick Baumgartner - Trevor Jacob |
| MEN'S SNOWBOARD CROSS (1/8 finals) | 3:30am | none | NBC Daytime | TBD |
| MEN'S SNOWBOARD CROSS (quarterfinals) | 3:52am | none | NBC Daytime | TBD |
| MEN'S SNOWBOARD CROSS (semifinals) | 4:04am | none | NBC Primetime | TBD |
| MEN'S SNOWBOARD CROSS (finals) | 4:12am | none | NBC Primetime | TBD |
Speed Skating:
No events today.
IF YOU INTEND TO WATCH TAPE-DELAYED COVERAGE, DON'T LOOK AT THE COMMENTS AFTER 11pm. YOU HAVE BEEN DULY WARNED.
