Saturday, February 20, 2010

Days 5-9 (Feb. 16-20)

Day 5 - February 16 The United States did not win any medals today.  

In men's Ice Hockey the USA beat Switzerland 3-1. In men's Curling Germany beat the USA 7-5. 

Japan beat the USA 9-7 in women's curling. 

 Erin Hamlin and Julia Clukey of the USA finished 16th and 17th respectively in the women's Luge singles with Megan Sweeney finishing 22nd. 

 In women's snowboard cross, the USA's Lindsey Jacobellis finished 5th and Faye Gulini finished 12th.

 In women's 500m speedskating Heather Richardson finished 6th. 

 In the men's 12.5k Pursuit biathlon Jeremy Teela of the USA finished 24th. 

Medal count through Feb. 16 Germany 3 gold 4 silver 2 bronze - 9 total USA 2 gold 2 silver 4 bronze - 8 total France 2 gold 1 silver 4 bronze - 7 total Canada 2 gold 2 silver 1 bronze - 5 total 

 Day 6 - February 17 

 The USA's Shani Davis and Chad Hedrick won gold and bronze respectively in men's 1000m speedskating. Tae-Bum Mo of Korea won silver. 

 In the men's snowboard halfpipe, Shaun White of the USA won gold and Scott Lago of the USA won bronze. Peetu Piiroinen of Finland won silver. Louie Vito of the USA finished 5th. 

Lindsey Vonn and Julia Mancuso of the USA won gold and silver respectively in the women's Alpine skiing downhill. Elisabeth Goergl of Austria won bronze. 

In men's Curling Switzerland beat the USA 7-6. 

In women's Curling the USA lost to Germany 6-5. 

 Medal count through Feb. 17 USA 5 gold 3 silver 6 bronze - 14 total Germany 3 gold 4 silver 3 bronze - 10 total France 2 gold 1 silver 4 bronze - 7 total Canada 2 gold 3 silver 1 bronze - 6 total 

 Day 7 - February 18 

 Hannah Teeter and Kelly Clark of the USA won silver and bronze respectively in the women's snowboard halfpipe. Torah Bright of Australia wins gold. 

The USA defeated Norway 6-1 in men's Ice Hockey. 

In men's figure skating, the USA's Evan Lysacek wins gold while Evgeni Plushenko of Russia wins  silver. The bronze went to Daisuke Takahashi of Japan. Johnny Weir of the USA finished 6th. 

The USA did not win a medal in women's 1000m speedskating. Jennifer Rodriguez of the USA finished 7th while Heather Richardson of the USA finished 9th. 

 In women's Alpine Skiing- Super Combined,  Julia Mancuso of the USA won silver. Maria Riesch of Germany won gold while Anja Paerson of Sweden won bronze. Lindsey Vonn of the USA did not finish.

In men's Curling Denmark beat the USA 7-6. 

Medal count through Feb. 18 

USA 6 gold 5 silver 7 bronze - 18 total Germany 4 gold 4 silver 3 bronze - 11 total Norway 3 gold 3 silver 2 bronze - 8 total Canada 3 gold 3 silver 1 bronze - 7 total France 2 gold 1 silver 4 bronze - 7 total 

 Day 8 - February 19 

The USA did not win a medal at men's Skeleton. Zack Lund of the USA finished 5th. 

The USA also missed out on a medal at women's Skeleton. Noelle Pikus-Pace of the USA finished 4th.

Bode Miller and Andrew Weibrecht of the USA won silver and bronze respectively in men's Alpine Skiing Super G. Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway won gold. 

In women's Figure Skating Ice Dance, the USA team of Meryl Davis and Charlie White were in 3rd place after the compulsory dance. Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto of the USA were in 4th place. The Russian team of Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin were in 1st place followed by Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir in 2nd place. 

 In women's Curling, the USA beat Russia 6-4. 

 In men's Curling, the USA beat France 4-3.

 Medal count through Feb. 19 

 USA 6 gold 6 silver 8 bronze - 20 total Germany 4 gold 5 silver 4 bronze - 13 total Norway 5 gold 3 silver 2 bronze - 10 total Canada 4 gold 3 silver 1 bronze - 8 total France 2 gold 1 silver 4 bronze - 7 total 

 Day 9 - February 20 

Shani Davis of the USA wins gold in men's Speedskating 1500m. Mark Tuitert of the Netherlands wins the gold while Havard Bokko of Norway won bronze. American Chad Hedrick finished 6th.

Lindsey Vonn of the USA wins bronze in the women's Alpine Skiing Super G. Andrea Fishbacher of Austria wins gold while Tina Maze of Slovenia wins the silver. 

American Apolo Anton Ohno wins bronze in the men's Short Track Speedskating 1000m. Korea's Jung-Su Lee and Ho-Suk Lee wins gold and silver respectively. J.R Celski of the USA was disqualified and finished 8th,

Katherine Reutter of the USA finished 4th in the women's Short Track Speedskating 1500m. Yang Zhou of China wins gold, Korea's Eun-Byul Lee and Seung-Hi Park wins silver and bronze respectively.

In men's curling the USA beat Sweden 8-7. 

In women's curling the USA beat Great Britain 6-5. 

 Medal count through Feb. 20 

 USA 6 gold 7 silver 9 bronze - 22 total Germany 4 gold 6 silver 4 bronze - 14 total Norway 5 gold 3 silver 3 bronze - 11 total Canada 4 gold 3 silver 1 bronze - 8 total

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