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Sochi 2014

After Saturday:

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Norway 2 1 1 4
=2 Canada 1 1 1 3
=2 Netherlands 1 1 1 3
4 United States 1 0 1 2
=5 Austria 0 1 0 1
=5 Sweden 0 1 0 1
7 Czech Republic 0 0 1 1
- Albania 0 0 0 0

http://www.sochi2014.com/en/medal-standings
 
After Sunday

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Norway 2 1 4 7
2 Netherlands 2 1 1 4
3 United States 2 0 2 4
=4 Canada 1 2 1 4
=4 Russian Fed. 1 2 1 4
6 Austria 1 1 0 2
=7 Germany 1 0 0 1
=7 Poland 1 0 0 1
=7 Slovakia 1 0 0 1
=7 Switzerland 1 0 0 1
11 Sweden 0 2 0 2
=12 Czech Republic 0 1 1 2
=12 Italy 0 1 1 2
=14 Finland 0 1 0 1
=14 Slovenia 0 1 0 1
=16 Great Britain 0 0 1 1
=16 Ukraine 0 0 1 1
- Albania 0 0 0 0
 
We.....the Dutch will get more medals on ice speed skating,frankly I'm dissapointed in the rest of the skaters...no shocking surprises yet.
 
DrLeftover said:
Yeah, they do appear to skate faster with the King and Queen in the stands.

Oh Lord that annoys the hell out of me,to see them on camera every fricking time.
 
.Xstinct said:
DrLeftover said:
Yeah, they do appear to skate faster with the King and Queen in the stands.

Oh Lord that annoys the hell out of me,to see them on camera every fricking time.

She looks good on camera.

Next time, tell the future king to marry a less photogenic woman.
 
After Friday's events.


Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Germany 7 2 1 10
2 Switzerland 5 1 1 7
3 Canada 4 5 2 11
=4 Norway 4 3 6 13
=4 United States 4 3 6 13
6 Netherlands 4 3 5 12
7 Belarus 3 0 1 4
8 Russian Fed. 2 5 5 12
9 China 2 2 0 4
10 France 2 0 2 4
11 Poland 2 0 0 2
12 Austria 1 4 0 5
13 Japan 1 2 1 4
14 Slovenia 1 1 2 4
=15 Great Britain 1 0 1 2
=15 Korea 1 0 1 2
17 Slovakia 1 0 0 1
18 Sweden 0 5 2 7
19 Italy 0 2 2 4
20 Czech Republic 0 2 1 3
21 Australia 0 1 1 2
=22 Croatia 0 1 0 1
=22 Finland 0 1 0 1
24 Latvia 0 0 2 2
=25 Kazakhstan 0 0 1 1
=25 Ukraine 0 0 1 1
- Albania 0 0 0 0
 
DrLeftover said:
.Xstinct said:
DrLeftover said:
Yeah, they do appear to skate faster with the King and Queen in the stands.

Oh Lord that annoys the hell out of me,to see them on camera every fricking time.

She looks good on camera.

Next time, tell the future king to marry a less photogenic woman.

Well that's your opinion on her,not mine:lol:
 
.Xstinct said:
DrLeftover said:
.Xstinct said:
DrLeftover said:
Yeah, they do appear to skate faster with the King and Queen in the stands.

Oh Lord that annoys the hell out of me,to see them on camera every fricking time.

She looks good on camera.

Next time, tell the future king to marry a less photogenic woman.

Well that's your opinion on her,not mine:lol:

I was judging by the amount of NBC screen time given to her.
 
On a more serious note:

15 Feb
Russian skicross racer reportedly breaks back in training run; competitor calls course 'super challenging'
...
Maria Komissarova, 23, was injured on the PSX Olympic skicross course at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, according to a statement released by the Russian Freestyle Federation. The news agency R-Sport later reported she broke her back and was undergoing surgery at a nearby hospital. Team doctor Mirzali Samedov told the Associated Press that Komissarova suffered a dislocated spine.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/russian-skicross-racer-reportedly-breaks-back-in-training-run--competitors-call-course--super-challenging-132959060.html
 
UPDATE
February 15, 2014, 9:25 a.m.

SOCHI, Russia -- Freestyler skier Maria Komissarova of Russia is recovering after a 6 1/2-hour surgery following a training accident at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on Saturday while preparing for the Sochi Olympics women's skicross event next week, according to Russian officials.

Komissarova crashed at the end of a series of three jumps near the top of the 1,200-meter course, according to Jenny Wiedeke, spokeswoman for the International Ski Federation.

“The operation is over … it's been successful,” said Mikhail Verzeba, a Russian ski federation official who said that Komissarova fractured the 12th dorsal vertebrae in her lower-middle back.

The Russian news agency R-Sport first reported the accident earlier Saturday.

Komissarova, a 23-year-old based in St. Petersburg, is currently ranked 33rd in the world and had her best performance on the World Cup circuit this season with a 13th place at an event in Italy. She had a major breakthrough in 2012 when she became the first Russian woman to win a World Cup medal in skicross by placing second at Grindelwald, Switzerland.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/olympicsnow/la-sp-on-sochi-olympics-report-russian-ski-cross-racer-seriously-injured-in-training-accident-20140215,0,7631044.story#ixzz2tPwAWAo1
 
Thank goodness the operation was a success. I wish Maria Komissarova a speedy and full recovery.
 
After Sunday.

Medal count
Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Germany 7 3 2 12
2 Netherlands 5 5 7 17
3 Norway 5 3 6 14
4 Switzerland 5 1 1 7
5 Russian Fed. 4 7 5 16
6 Canada 4 6 4 14
7 United States 4 4 8 16
8 Poland 4 0 0 4
9 China 3 2 0 5
10 Belarus 3 0 1 4
11 Sweden 2 5 2 9
12 Austria 2 4 1 7
13 France 2 0 4 6
14 Japan 1 3 1 5
15 Czech Republic 1 2 1 4
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 Finland 0 2 0 2
22 Latvia 0 1 2 3
23 Australia 0 1 1 2
24 Croatia 0 1 0 1
=25 Kazakhstan 0 0 1 1
=25 Ukraine 0 0 1 1
- Albania 0 0 0 0
 
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Christopher Spring ✔ @BobTeamSpring

I tried on my race suit ahead of tomorrow's 2man Olympic race and its a little...er tight. #powerbelly
1:13 PM - 15 Feb 2014

https://twitter.com/BobTeamSpring/status/434767562409525248/photo/1
 
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