To be fair and honest, I didn't see a lot of the Olympics today, and I can only write what I know.
The exciting events that I saw today were limited. In the women's cross-country 10KM race, Norway's Ragnhild Haga won gold, narrowly defeating Sweden's Charlotte Kalla for gold. Finland's Krista Parmakowski and Norway's Marit Bjoergen tied for the bronze. This is Bjoergen's 12 Olympic medal, tying her with Norway's Bjorn Dahlie for second all time in Winter Olympics history, only one behind Norwegian great Ole Einar Bjorndalen. Bjoergen still has events left in PyeongChang.
For my Athlete of the Day, Men's Hockey's Ryan Donato, one of only four college players on the US team, scored both goals in a 2-1 defeat of Slovakia. Donato, from Harvard (but that had nothing to do with it), is proving to be a physical presence as well as a goal scorer for this US team, and we are going to need that going into the next game against OAR.
Lots of American Disappointment to choose from today, even in my limited viewing. Jesse Diggins just missed the podium coming in 5th in cross-country skiing, but that is only a disappointment because she came so close. The 5th place finish is the highest in cross-country in U.S. History, so it it hard to be truly disappointed in that. Mikaela Shiffrin announced that she was not participating in the Super Giant Slalom, due to the condensed scheduling of the events because of weather cancellations earlier in the week. This is disappointing but totally understandable. Nathan Chen fell in the short program of the men's figure skating, but we have seen that before. So, the Disappointment of the Day goes to snowboarded Lindsay Jacobellis who failed to podium in the snowboard cross, coming in 4th.
Events Watched: Women's Cross-Country Skiing; Team Luge, Men's Hockey
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