Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Medal Count

The United States continues to lead the overall medal count in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics! We have a total of 26 medals, followed closely by Germany still who has 23 medals. Both countries have 7 gold and 9 silver medals, but we have 10 bronze compared to Germany's 7. Bode Miller (pictured at right) added a gold medal in Men's Super Combined Alpine Skiing as well as a silver in Men's Super G Alpine Skiing. Other silver medals were added by Shani Davis in Men's 1500m Speed Skating, the Ice Dancing team of Meryl Davis and Charlie White, and the Nordic Combined 4x 5km Cross Country Skiing team of Todd Lodick, Bill Demong, Brett Camerota, and Johnny Spillane. We also have three more bronze medal winners in Apolo Ohno for Men's 1000m Speed Skating, Lindsey Vonn for Women's Super G Alpine Skiing, and Andrew Weibrecht for Men's Super G Alpine Skiing. We look forward to having more good news on American medal winners to post soon!

Friday, February 19, 2010

Medal Count

Here's another update on the Olympic Medal Race. The United states is again leading all medal categories with 18 total medals, of which 6 are gold, 5 are silver, and 7 are bronze. The current second place country is Germany with 11 medal, followed by Norway with 8 and Canada and France who each have 7. Gold Medals were added by Evan Lysacek in Men's figure skating, Shaun White in Men's Halfpipe Snowboarding, and Shani Davis (pictured at right) in Men's Speed Skating. New silver medals include Hannah Teter's Women's Halfpipe medal, and Julia Mancuso's two medals for Women's Super Combined Alpine Skiing and Women's Downhill Alpine Skiing. Finally, Unites States athletes have added three bronze medals. These include Chad Hendrick's in Men's Speed Skating, Kelly Clark's in Women's Halfpipe, and Scott Lago's Men's Halfpipe.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Medal Count

The United States has increased its medal count to eight medals won in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. U.S. Athletes added another gold and bronze medal. Seth Wescott (picture on the right) added the gold medal in men's Snowboard Cross and Bode Miller won a bronze medal for men's Downhill Alpine Skiing.

Unfortunately, German athletes have also increased their medal count, and now hold nine total medals, including three gold, four silver, and two bronze. This ties Germany with Korea and Switzerland who all have three gold medals. France has the third highest total medal count with seven medals, followed by Canada with five total medals. Eleven more days of competition remain until the February 28th closing ceremonies.

Monday, February 15, 2010

Medal Count

As of the first weekend of competition in the 2010 Winter Olympic games held in Vancouver Canada, the United States is leading all countries with a total of 6 medals. Our only gold medal was won by Hannah Kearney (featured in our photo to the right) in ladies Freestyle Moguls Skiing. Two silver medals were added by Johnny Spillane for Nordic Combined Cross Country Skiing and Apolo Anton Ohno for Short Track Speed Skating. Our three bronze medals were won by Bryon Wilson for Freestyle Moguls Skiing, Shannon Bahrke for Freestyle Moguls Skiing, and J.R. Celski for Short Track Speed Skating. France is the only country with two gold medals right now, which were won in cross country skiing and biathlon.

Alexandre Bilodeau won Canada's first gold medal on home soil with his victory in men's Moguls Freestyle Skiing. Although the country hosted games in 1988 (Calgary winter games) and 1976 (Montreal summer games) they had never been able to capture a gold medal while holding home-field advantage. Bilodeau stated in an interview that he hoped his medal would break the seal for Canada and his fellow Canadian athletes would win more gold medals for their country on their home soil.

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