TORINO 2006: XXth Olympic Winter Games

11:37:58 PM CST

 

 

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7:28:19 PM CST

And so it is time to bid a fond farewell to another Olympic Games.  Torino 2006 has had it's good, and it's bad just like any other.  Below is the final medal count after a fortnight of competition. 

What was your favourite part of the games?

TORINO 2006: Passion Lives Here

 

Country             Total

   Germany 11  12  6  29   

 United States 9  9  7  25 

 Canada 7  10  7  24 

   Austria 9  7  7  23 

   Russia 8  6  8  22 

   Norway 2  8  9  19 

   Sweden 7  2  5  14 

   Switzerland 5  4  5  14 

   South Korea 6  3  2  11 

   Italy 5  0  6  11 

   China 2  4  5  11 

   France 3  2 4  9 

   Netherlands 3  2  4  9 

   Finland 0  6  3  9 

    Czech Republic 1  2  1  4 

    Estonia 3  0  0  3 

    Croatia 1  2  0  3 

    Australia 1  0  1  2

    Poland 0  1  1  2 

   Ukraine 0  0  2  2   

 Japan 1  0  0  1 

   Belarus 0  1  0  1 

   Bulgaria 0  1  0  1 

   Great Britain 0  1  0  1 

   Slovakia 0  1  0  1 

   Latvia 0  0  1  1 

 

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10:21:28 PM CST

So sorry I haven't updated in forever.  My schedule with activities and school has been crazy...

The best events in my opinion, I just saw.  Apollo Anton Ohno skated first the entire race in the 500m men's finals.  He raced his relay team to bronze in the 5000m men's relay.  It was the most exciting thing I have ever seen this Olympic games.  Go Ohno! 

(By the way...Bode has walked away without any "hardware".  Can't say I'm too disappointed.  Yippee!)

I can't believe the Closing Ceremonies are already upon us.  I won't be updating the medal count now, but because it will be obsolete by the time most people read this.  There are a few more events on the 26th, and then the closing ceremonies to the XXth Olympiad.  More later.  I hope you have enjoyed the games as much as I have. 

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11:33:36 PM CST

There is a lot of slipping and sliding in the winter olympics.  Does that have anything to do with the fact that there is a lot of ice and snow?

The Snowboarding Cross was very cool.  It was nice to see them race instead of getting judged.  Skeleton looks dangerous.  I don't know if I'd want to run such a high risk of getting my neck cracked.  Though there seems to be too much figure skating, I'm glad Yevgeny Plushenko finally got Gold.  He deserves it.  We've all been watching him for years.

Results after the events of February 16:

Figure Skating: Men's

GOLD Plushenko - Russia
SILVER Lambiel - Switzerland
BRONZE Buttle - Canada

Biathlon: Women's 7.5 km Sprint

GOLD Baverel-Robert -France
SILVER Olofsson - Sweden
BRONZE Efremova - Ukraine

Skeleton: Women's

GOLD Pedersen - Switzerland
SILVER Rudman - Great Britain
BRONZE Hollingsworth-Richards - Canada

Speed Skating: Men's Team Pursuit

GOLD Anesi, Donagrandi, Fabris, Ioriatti, Sanfratello - Italy
SILVER Dankers, Elm, Morrison, Parker, Warsylewicz - Canada
BRONZE De Jong, Groothuis, Kramer, Kuipers, Ritsma, Tuitert, Verheijen, Wennemars - Netherlands

Speed Skating: Women's Team Pursuit

GOLD Anschuetz Thoms, Friesinger, Opitz, Pechstein, Voelker - Germany
SILVER Groves, Hughes, Klassen, Nesbitt, Rempel - Canada
BRONZE Anramova, Barysheva, Likhachova, Lobysheva, Vysokova, Yakshina - Russia

Nordic Combined: Team

GOLD Gruber, Stecher, Gottwald, Bieler - Austria
SILVER Gaiser, Kirchiesen, Ackermann, Hettich - Germany
BRONZE Koivuranta, Kuisma, Manninen, Tallus - Finland

Snowboarding: Men's Snowboard Cross

GOLD Wescott - United States
SILVER Zidek - Slovakia
BRONZE Delerue - France

Cross-Country Skiing: Women's 10km Classical

GOLD Smigun - Estonia
SILVER Bjorgen - Norway
BRONZE G. Pedersen - Norway

MEDAL COUNT: Top 10 Countries

1. NORWAY:  1G 6S 6B = 13

2. RUSSIA: 5G 2S 4B = 11

3. GERMANY: 5G 4S 1B = 10

4. UNITED STATES: 6G 2S 1B = 9

6. CANADA: 1G 3S 4B = 8

7. AUSTRIA: 3G 2S 1B = 6

8. CHINA: 1G 2S 3B = 6

9. ITALY: 2G 0S 3B = 5

10. FINLAND: 0G 2S 3B = 5

Other Countries (in order): Sweden, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, South Korea, Estonia, Australia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Great Britain, Skovakia, Latvia, and Ukraine.

We have very cold weather, a lot of sleet, and some snow in Nothern Illinois.  I think we might be able to move the Olympics to Illinois for the remainder of the Games once the storms clear tomorrow morning. 

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9:02:43 PM CST

I saw the preliminaries of Men's downhill Moguls.  OUCH!  I can't believe the pressure that those guys take on their knees.  The announcers said that one particular guy had pain in his legs in practice, and yet pulled off such a great run, he ranked first in preliminaries.  35 competed, and top 20 advance to the finals.  Results below.

Results after February 15:

Short Track: Women's 500m

GOLD Wang - China
SILVER Radanova - Bulgaria
BRONZE Leblanc-Boucher - Canada

Freestyle Skiing: Men's Moguls

GOLD Begg-Smith - Australia
SILVER Ronkainen - Finland
BRONZE Dawson - United States

Luge: Doubles

GOLD Linger/Linger - Austria
SILVER Florschuetz/Wustlich - Germany
BRONZE Hanselrieder/Plankensteiner - Italy

Alpine Skiing: Women's Downhill

GOLD Dorfmeister - Austria
SILVER Schild - Switzerland
BRONZE Paerson - Sweden

MEDAL COUNT: TOP 10 COUNTRIES

NORWAY 1G 5S 5B = 11

RUSSIA 4G 3S 2B = 9

UNITED STATES 5G 2S 1B = 8

GERMANY 4G 2S 2B = 8

CHINA 1G 2S 3B = 6

AUSTRIA 2G 2S 1B = 5

CANADA 1G 1S 2B = 4

ITALY 1G 0S 3B = 4

FINLAND 0G 2S 2B = 4

SWEDEN 2G 0S 1B = 3

Other medaling countries (in order): Netherlands, South Korea, France, Switzerland, Australia, Estonia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, and Latvia. 

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9:54:53 PM CST

I really can't say I have much to say today.  I had a lot of homework that needed to be done and impaired my ability to watch the games.  All I have to say is I'm glad Bode Miller got disqualified from his event.  My dislike (NOT hate) for him continues to grow.  I went to joinbode.com and I can't say I really found anything there worth while. 

It's up to you to chat about what you saw.  Leave a review of www.joinbode.com if you like.  Here are the results after the events of February 14.  Happy Singles Awareness Day!

Alpine Skiing: Men's Combined

GOLD Ligety - United States
SILVER Kostelic - Croatia
BRONZE Schoenfelder - Austria

Luge: Women's Singles

GOLD Otto
SILVER Kraushaar   GERMANY SWEEPS!
BRONZE Huefner

Speed Skating: Women's 500m

GOLD Shurova - Russia
SILVER Wang - China
BRONZE Hui - China

Biathlon: Men's 10km Sprint

GOLD Fischer - Germany
SILVER Hanevold - Norway
BRONZE Andresen - NORWAY

Cross-Country Skiing: Men's Team Sprint

GOLD Fredriksson/Lind - Sweden
SILVER Arne Svartedal/Hetland - Norway
BRONZE Alypov/Rotchev - Russia

Cross-Country Skiing: Women's Team Sprint

GOLD: Dahlberg/Andersson - Sweden
SILVER: Renner/Scott - Canada
BRONZE: Kaisa Saarinen/Kuitunen - Finland

TOP 5 MEDAL COUNT TOTALS

NORWAY 1G 5S 5B = 11

RUSSIA 4G 3S 2B = 9

UNITED STATES 5G 2S 0B = 7

GERMANY 4G 1S 2B = 7

CHINA 0B 2S 3B = 5

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11:41:24 PM CST

My heart goes out to the Chinese pair in figure skating.  The girl had such a horrible fall, and yet she kept going.  I couldn't believe that they medaled silver!  THAT is what the Olympic Games are all about. 

Pairs don't seem like they were that good this year.  I was excited when another Asian couple danced to PHANTOM OF THE OPERA!!!  I am such a big fan. 

Saw some speed skating today too.  That's always fun.  I don't get to see as much during the week.  Kind of stinks....  Anyway, here are today's medals.

Figure Skating: Pairs

GOLD: Totmiyanina/Marinin RUSSIA

SILVER: Zhang/Zhang CHINA

BRONZE: Shen/Zhao CHINA

Biathlon: Women's 15km Individual

GOLD: Ishmouratova RUSSIA

SILVER: Pyleva RUSSIA

BRONZE: Glagow GERMANY

Speed Skating: Men's 500m

GOLD: Cheek UNITED STATES

SILVER: Dorofeyev RUSSIA

BRONZE: Kang Seok SOUTH KOREA

Snowboarding: Women's Halfpipe

GOLD: Teter UNITED STATES

SILVER: Bleiler UNITED STATES

BRONZE: Buaas NORWAY

TOTAL MEDAL COUNTS (TOP 5)

NORWAY 1G 3S 4B = 8

RUSSIA 3G 3S 1B = 7

UNITED STATES 4G 2S 0B = 6

GERMANY 2G 0S 1B = 3

NETHERLANDS 1G 2S 0B = 3

More to come in futher days...stay tuned for a wild ride...

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6:31:28 PM CST

I am so amazed at some of the events I saw today.  The Men and Women's Pursuits were tiring just looking at them.  Their new version of the 30 km or 18 mi race was very neat.  I couldn't believe it when Frode Estil from Norway came back from last place to win Silver!  I also had the opportunity to watch the speed skating events.  If I were to start on a winter sport, I think it would have to be speed skating.  They look so effortless (though it is a lot of work). 

I was very disappointed when Michelle Kwan dropped out of the Olympics.  Though I am not a figure skating "fan" I was hoping she would be able to score gold.  I guess it just wasn't meant to be. 

Please leave comments on any of the events you saw, especially the ones I haven't covered.  Here are the results after the events of Sunday, February 2: Day 2.

Short Track: Men's 1500m Medal Country Athlete  South Korea AHN Hyun-Soo     South Korea LEE Ho-Suk     China JIAJUN Li   

Luge: Men's Singles Medal Country Athlete  Italy ZOEGGELER Armin     Russia DEMTSCHENKO Albert     Latvia RUBENIS Martins      Ski Jumping: Men's Normal Hill Medal Country Athlete  Norway BYSTOEL Lars     Finland HAUTAMAEKI Matti     Norway LJOEKELSOEY Roar      Speed Skating: Women's 3000m Medal Country Athlete  Netherlands WUST Ireen     Netherlands GROENEWOLD Renate     Canada KLASSEN Cindy      Cross-Country Skiing: Men's 30km Pursuit Medal Country Athlete  Russia DEMENTIEV Eugeni     Norway ESTIL Frode     Italy PILLER COTTRER Pietro      Snowboarding: Men's Halfpipe Medal Country Athlete  United States WHITE Shaun     United States KASS Danny     Finland KOSKI Markku      Alpine Skiing: Men's Downhill Medal Country Athlete  France DENERIAZ Antoine     Austria WALCHHOFER Michael     Switzerland KERNEN Bruno   

 

Cross-Country Skiing: Women's 15km Pursuit Medal Country Athlete  Estonia SMIGUN Kristina     Czech Republic NEUMANNOVA Katerina     Russia MEDVEDEVA-ABRUZOVA Evgenia    TOTAL MEDAL COUNT

NORWAY: 1G 3S 3B = 7

UNITED STATES: 2G 1S 0B = 3

NETHERLANDS: 1G 2S 0B = 3

RUSSIA: 1G 1S 1B = 3

ITALY: 1G 0S 2B = 3

It looks like Norway is getting quite a lead.  Don't forget that I am changing the web address to this website at 10:00pm CST on Feb 12.  It will be http://journals.aol.com/love2sing2007/TORINO2006.  A link will be avaliable at my "home journal" if necessary.  http://journals.aol.com/love2sing2007/FaithinRomanCatholicism

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9:58:57 PM CST

I was very pleased with the events that I saw today.  I saw some 5000 m long track speed-skating, the Nordic (how tiring!), and some biathlon.  The Nordic was my favourite with the photo finish for the bronze medal.  Here are the results after February 11th events:

Speedskating: Men's 5000m

GOLD: Hendrick, USA

SILVER: KRAMER, Netherlands

BRONZE: Fabris, Italy

Freestyle Skiing: Women's Moguls

GOLD: Heil, Canada

SILVER: Traa, Norway

BRONZE: Laoura, Sandra

Nordic Combined: Individual

GOLD: Hettick, Georg, Germany

SILVER: Gottwald, Austria

BRONZE: Moan, Norway

Biathlon: Men's 20km Individual

GOLD: Greis, Germany

SILVER: Bjoerndalen, Norway

BRONZE: Hanevold, Norway

TOTAL MEDAL COUNT TOP 5 COUNTRIES

1. NORWAY: 0G 2S 2B = 4

2. GERMANY: 2G 0S 0B = 2

3. CANADA: 1G 0S 0B = 1

4. UNITED STATES: 1G 0S 0B = 1

5. AUSTRIA: 0G 1S 0B = 1

Someone asked me about the USA representative in the opening ceremonies:  I was as confused as you were.  I have no idea. 

I also realized it is spelled TORINO and not TURINO.  The journal name will be spelled TORINO.  The web address will change to http://journals.aol.com/love2sing2007/TORINO2006 at 10:00pm on February 12, 2006 Central Standard Time.  I am so sorry for this confusion.  The new link will be provided in my journal Faith in Roman Catholicism if you have trouble, after 10:00. 

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12:02:05 PM CST

Contrary to European belief, NBC broadcast the entire opening ceremonies in primetime in the U.S.  Highlights on the news?  Neah!  We don't mess around.  (lol!)

While I don't have the talk of the town regarding events yet, I can say that I think the torchlighting here possibly out-did Sydney in 2000.  Stefania Belmondo lit a half-circle which started a chain reaction of fireworks and flame, all the way to a fireball erupting on the torch hundreds of feet away. 

What a great display of 80 nations coming together and celebrating regardless of politics, religion, borders....

I forgot that the U.S. times are necessarily international times, so I'll just post the events taking place each day.  That's to come later for the 12th. 

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