Day 9 - February 12, 2022
Not a ton of finals going on today, as there are a lot of qualifying and preliminary events. Plus Kentucky basketball was on, so I had to watch that!
In figure skating, the ice dancing competition started with its short program, otherwise entitled rhythm dance. The Americans are poised to win medal(s) as they finished 3rd and 4th in the rhythm dance. Finals after the Super Bowl.
Staying on skates, the Japanese women's 3000m pursuit team set the Olympic record in the quarterfinals, with Canada and the Netherlands right behind them. This sets up a potentially amazing semi-finals and a superfast finals early next week.
Switching to skis, the Russian Olympic committee cruised to a gold in the women's 4 x 5km relay, easily outdistancing Germany and Sweden, which finished second and third.
In the women's 10km pursuit biathlon, Marte Olsbu Roeiseland from Norway won her third gold medal (and fourth overall) of these Olympics. She won by missing only 1 of 20 shots, allowing her to win by over 1 minute and 26 seconds over silver medalist Elvira Oeberg of Sweden.
On the men's side, Johannes Thingnes Boe won his second gold of these Olympics in the men's 7.5 km sprint. France's winner of the 20km, Quentin Fillon Maillet wins silver, and Boe's Norwegian teammate - AND BROTHER - joined him on the podium as Tarjei Boe earned bronze.
In ski jumping, Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi could not follow-up his normal hill gold with a second gold, settling for the silver medal behind Marius Lindvik of Norway. Germany's Karl Geiger, who is ranked number one in the world but only finished 15th in the normal hill, won bronze. Two-time defending champion Kamil Stoch of Poland had to settle for fourth.
In sliding sports, the monobob made its Olympic debut. After two heats - the halfway point, American Kaillie Humphries sits in first and fellow American Elana Meyers Taylor sits in fourth place, one-tenth of a second out of third.
Athletes of the Day - Marte Olsbu Roiselend, Norway, Biathlon
As stated above, Roiselend won her third gold of Beijing!
Teamwork/Sportsmanship Moment of the Day - Elana Meyers Taylor, United States, Bobsled
Meyers Taylor was America's number 1 bobsled driver, having won 3 Olympic medals. Enter Kaillie Humphries, her primary Canadian rival. Humphries, who is married to an American, sued to be able to slide for the USA due to allegations surrounding a Canadian coach that took pictures of the women sledders in various stages of undress. When she won, Meyers Taylor accepted her into the team, knowing that her primary competitor was now her primary competitor for sledding teams. Nevertheless, Meyers Taylor is still in medal range in the monobob, and looks to challenge for medals in the other seldding races as well.
Olympic Term of the Day: Monobob - A sled race in which only one competitor enters the bobsled, acting as sole pusher, driver and brake(wo)man. The monobob is only competed by females.
Olympic Events Watched: Bobsled, Cross-Country Skiing, Curling, Figure Skating, Skeleton, Ski Jumping, Speed Skating
USA Potential Closing Ceremony Flag-Bearer: Nick Baumgartner, Nathan Chen, Chloe Kim, Hilary Knight, Lindsey Jacobellis
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