Sunday, February 14, 2010

Day 3 (Oops, Yesterday should have been Day 2 and 0 Days should have been Day 1)

So apparently Day 1 of the Olympics was Friday, even though the only thing that happened was the Opening Ceremonies. Oops.

Congrats to Apolo Ohno on getting the silver medal last night, tying Bonnie Blair for most medals ever for a Winter Olympian. I'm sure it's nice for him to have the medal, but I can't imagine that he's happy with second place. I bet this motivates him for his next four competitions. Major props to J.R. Celski for winning the bronze. Did you see the footage from the Olympic trials when he cut his leg on his blade? Blood everywhere!

Latvian Haralds Silovs made history yesterday by becoming the first Winter Olympian to compete in two different sports in one Olympic Games. And in the same day. He had about 5 hours in between his long track speed skating competition where he placed 20th and his short track speed skating event where he made it to the semifinals.

Jenn Heil attempted to become the first Canadian to win gold on Canadian soil yesterday in the women's freestyle skiing competition. As the defending Olympic champion, she was the favorite going into the race. But American Hannah Kearney had other plans and forced Heil to settle for silver.

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