Sochi 2014

[DrLeftover]

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Germany 8 3 2 13
2 Russian Fed. 5 7 6 18
3 Netherlands 5 5 7 17
4 United States 5 4 9 18
5 Norway 5 3 7 15
6 Switzerland 5 2 1 8
7 Belarus 5 0 1 6
8 Canada 4 7 4 15
9 Poland 4 0 0 4
10 China 3 2 1 6
11 Sweden 2 5 2 9
12 Austria 2 5 1 8
13 France 2 0 4 6
14 Japan 1 3 2 6
15 Czech Republic 1 3 1 5
16 Slovenia 1 1 3 5
17 Korea 1 1 1 3
18 Great Britain 1 0 1 2
19 Slovakia 1 0 0 1
20 Italy 0 2 3 5
21 Australia 0 2 1 3
22 Finland 0 2 0 2
23 Latvia 0 1 2 3
24 Croatia 0 1 0 1
=25 Kazakhstan 0 0 1 1
=25 Ukraine 0 0 1 1
- Albania 0 0 0 0

 

[DrLeftover]

After Tuesday
Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Germany 8 3 4 15
2 Norway 7 4 7 18
3 Netherlands 6 6 8 20
4 United States 6 4 10 20
5 Russian Fed. 5 8 6 19
6 Switzerland 5 2 1 8
7 Belarus 5 0 1 6
8 Canada 4 9 4 17
9 Poland 4 0 0 4
10 China 3 2 1 6
11 France 3 1 5 9
12 Austria 2 6 1 9
13 Sweden 2 5 2 9
14 Slovenia 2 1 3 6
15 Korea 2 1 1 4
=16 Czech Republic 1 3 2 6
=16 Japan 1 3 2 6
18 Great Britain 1 0 1 2
19 Slovakia 1 0 0 1
20 Italy 0 2 4 6
21 Australia 0 2 1 3
22 Finland 0 2 0 2
23 Latvia 0 1 2 3
24 Croatia 0 1 0 1
=25 Kazakhstan 0 0 1 1
=25 Ukraine 0 0 1 1
- Albania 0 0 0 0

 

[DrLeftover]

Somebody forgot to tell the guy in blue "don't start celebrating until AFTER you cross the line". He only won by a fraction of an inch in the photo finish.

This handout image provided by Omega shows the photo finish between Emil Hegle Svendsen of Norway (R), who won the gold medal, and Martin Fourcade of France in the Men’s 15 km Mass Start during day 11 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Laura Cross-country Ski & Biathlon Center on February 18, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Omega)

http://blog.sfgate.com/olympics/2014/02/18/see-this-crazy-close-photo-finish-in-biathlon/

 

[.Xstinct]

I actually saw that on TV...funny as hell

Well one more to go and then the Dutch Open Speed skating Championships will be done

 

[DrLeftover]

Canada Women's Hockey, GOLD in overtime

US gets Silver.

And it was a good game.

 

[DrLeftover]

it's winding down

only a couple more days of competition

Medal count
Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Norway 10 4 7 21
2 United States 8 6 11 25
3 Germany 8 4 4 16
4 Russian Fed. 7 9 7 23
5 Canada 7 9 4 20
6 Netherlands 6 7 9 22
7 Switzerland 6 3 2 11
8 Belarus 5 0 1 6
9 France 4 4 7 15
10 Poland 4 0 0 4
11 China 3 2 1 6
12 Sweden 2 6 4 12
13 Austria 2 6 2 10
14 Czech Republic 2 4 2 8
15 Korea 2 2 1 5
16 Slovenia 2 1 4 7
17 Japan 1 4 3 8
18 Finland 1 3 0 4
19 Great Britain 1 0 2 3
20 Slovakia 1 0 0 1
21 Italy 0 2 6 8
22 Australia 0 2 1 3
23 Latvia 0 1 2 3
24 Croatia 0 1 0 1
=25 Kazakhstan 0 0 1 1
=25 Ukraine 0 0 1 1
- Albania 0 0 0 0

 

[DrLeftover]

NBC has proven they are still NBC no matter who owns the network.

They are still focusing on tearjerker stories and prying in to the personal lives of the athletes. No personal tragedy or private pain is off limits and nothing is out of bounds.

AND, the networks bosses are willing to cut sporting event coverage short to focus on something that at best should be part of a post event "very special look at so and so".

That is, when they are NOT going out of their way to plug shows that nobody will watch and will probably be canceled within a month of going on the schedule after the games.

And, of course, running clips from last night's "tonight show" whose ratings have tanked since what's'is'name took over.