Yeah, I don't think padding would have done anything.Originally Posted by Hurricane
On another note, I've heard they've now altered the course for the men and moved the starting line up to the women's. They won't reach the extreme speeds now. I heard even the most experienced luger had an accident in trials.
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yeah, even with the changes that were made to the course the lugers were reaching speeds of 90 mph. At those speeds not much is going to help.
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As the competitions come to a close today, the Americans did quite well topping the standings with 4 medals (1 G, 2 S, 1 B), Korea is in second with 1 G and 1 S.
Other gold medal winners today: Netherlands, Slovakia, and Switzerland.
Canada, Germany, and Poland finish the day with one silver each.
France and Austria round it off with a bronze each.
The highlights I think were Anton Ono for the US getting a surprise silver as two Koreans crash in the men's short-track 1500m speedskating. Meanwhile, Canada's women's hockey team set an Olympic record defeating Slovakia 18-0.
There were some upsets for Canada in the moguls as Jenn Heil wasn't able to defend her 1st place position from Turin, but Hannah Kearney, of the USA, earned her gold with a stellar performance.
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It was a huge disappointment for Canada, but congratulations to Jenn for winning Canada's first medal.
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I don't think Jenn's silver win is all that disappointing, Hamelin's failure to even qualify for the speed skating finals is more disappointing. For every upset there's usually an unexpected surprise too.
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I just didn't like how Jenn stood there flanked by two Americans waving their flags. She looked so forlorn. Someone should have handed her a Canadian flag.
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She did seem pretty disappointed in the interviews afterward, but I'm sure she was happy enough with the silver. She didn't make any mistakes, she did a solid performance, Kearney simply pulled out an outstanding run that was better.
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As soon as Kearney finished her run, I knew she had it in the bag. It was a well-deserved win.
If Kristi Richards hadn't fallen, she would have been a medal contender, too.
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I enjoyed the speed skaters this evening. That is a cool sport.
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Has the bobsleighing been on yet? Ireland has their first ever team participating!
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Women's bobsleigh begins on February 23.Has the bobsleighing been on yet? Ireland has their first ever team participating!
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An exciting day for Canada at the Olympics today. Alexandre Bilodeau wins Canada's first gold on home soil in the men's moguls. Canadian born Australian Briggs took silver and Americans got a bronze.
The medal standing at the end of today is as follows:
USA 6, picking up a silver and bronze today.
Germany 4, picking up a gold and two silvers.
France and Canada have 3 each.
Others are the same as yesterday for the most part, the Czechs pick up their first gold in speed skating.
I was also surprised to see Finland's women's hockey team beat Russia.
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GOLD! YES!
Let's go Canada, Let's go!
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