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Vancouver Winter Olympics - News and Views
Sheriff Roland:
medal standing, early day 14 (bold indicates new victories in previous 24 hours)
gold silver bronze total
1 United States 8 12 12 32
2 Germany 8 11 7 26
3 Norway 7 6 6 19
4 Canada 8 6 3 17
5 Russia 3 4 6 13
6 Austria 4 3 5 12
7 South Korea 6 4 1 11
8 France 2 3 5 10
9 China 4 2 3 9
10 Switzerland 6 0 2 8
10 Sweden 4 2 2 8
12 Netherlands 3 1 2 6
13 Czech Republic 2 0 3 5
14 Poland 0 3 1 4
14 Japan 0 2 2 4
14 Italy 0 1 3 4
17 Australia 2 1 0 3
17 Slovakia 1 1 1 3
17 Belarus 1 1 1 3
17 Slovenia 0 2 1 3
17 Finland 0 1 2 3
22 Latvia 0 2 0 2
22 Croatia 0 1 1 2
24 Great Britain 1 0 0 1
24 Estonia 0 1 0 1
24 Kazakhstan 0 1 0 1
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on February 26, 2010, 01:05:56 am ---The little 16 year old American skater Nagasu was robbed. She was far and away the better skater than the bronze medalist.
But I guess being Canadian and having her mother die four days earlier earned the bronze medalist the sympathy vote.
--- End quote ---
This is nothing new in the sport of figure skating.
1995 World Championships, Michelle Kwan was at her 2nd World Championships at 14. I believe she was the youngest competitor.
She skated cleanly, and landed 7 or 8 triple jumps. However, the judges were not impressed with her lack of maturity or her lack of speed, and placed her 4th.
Even the commentators sounded surprised at the results.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on February 26, 2010, 01:05:56 am ---But I guess being Canadian and having her mother die four days earlier earned the bronze medalist the sympathy vote.
--- End quote ---
Well, that answered my question. I'm not following these things, but I thought I heard it said on the morning news that she had won a medal, but I wasn't sure I'd heard correctly, and I hadn't heard which medal.
Sheriff Roland:
medal standing, early day 15 (bold indicates new victories in previous 24 hours)
gold silver bronze total
1 United States 8 13 13 34
2 Germany 9 11 7 27
3 Canada 10 7 4 21 Leading in the gold medal category for the 1st time - ever
4 Norway 8 6 6 19
5 Austria 4 5 6 15
5 Russia 3 5 7 15
7 South Korea 6 6 2 13
8 China 5 2 4 11
9 France 2 3 5 10
10 Sweden 5 2 2 9
11 Switzerland 6 0 2 8
12 Netherlands 4 1 2 7
13 Czech Republic 2 0 4 6
14 Poland 0 3 1 4
14 Japan 0 2 2 4
14 Italy 0 1 3 4
17 Australia 2 1 0 3
17 Slovakia 1 1 1 3
17 Belarus 1 1 1 3
17 Slovenia 0 2 1 3
17 Finland 0 1 2 3
22 Latvia 0 2 0 2
22 Croatia 0 1 1 2
24 Great Britain 1 0 0 1
24 Estonia 0 1 0 1
24 Kazakhstan 0 1 0 1
Front-Ranger:
Awesome!!
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