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United States Olympics Team Off to Good Start with 8 Medals
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 | Olympics Vancouver, Sports, Winter Olympics | No Comments
The United States Olympics team is off to a good start with 8 total medals (2 golds, 2 silvers and 4 bronze).
Lindsey Vonn is still battling a nasty shin injury, but expects to benefit from the rainy weather as races continue to get pushed back a few days. The rest will surely help this Olympics favorite.
Apolo Anton Ohno and J.R. Celski won the Silver and Bronze in the Men’s 15000M speed skating short track on Saturday.
Hannah Kearney and Shannon Bahrke won Gold and Bronze in the Freestyle Women’s Mogul competition on Saturday.
Bode Miller also won a Bronze medal in the Alpine Skiing Men’s Downhill on Monday after a disappointing showing in the 2006 Olympics.
The United States hockey team got off to a great start today with a dominating 3-1 win over Switzerland. Robert Ryan, David Backes and Ryan Malone each scored goals in the U.S. win. Goalie Ryan Miller saved 14 of 15 shots on goal by the Swiss and just missed out on a shutout as the Swiss scored with under 10 minutes left in regulation.
The only negative — LindseyJacobellis followed up her 2006 snow-boarding blunder with another blunder in today’s semifinals race. Jacobellis lost an edge coming off of a jump and could not regain her balance. She ended up riding through a gate and the spin out knocked her out of the race. It’s a medal-less Olympics for Jacobellis again in 2010 – and who knows if she’ll still be around in 2014 to erase 2 years of blunders in the snowboarding championship…
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