The American women's curling team had a better day yesterday. Oddly enough Mrs. Brown returned to her historic performance as her husband arrived in Sochi. I am just sayin'.
The US Men did well in the short program skating competition, but, the skate today not so much.
February 13, 2014,
ESPN.com news services
SOCHI, Russia -- U.S. champion Jeremy Abbott (click here) fell hard on an attempted quadruple toe loop Thursday in the men's short program at the Olympics, yet finished the routine.
Abbott crashed to the ice on his first jump and slid into the padded end boards, staying down for an extended period, clutching his right hip. It looked as though he wouldn't get up, and his coaches moved toward the entry door to the ice.
But Abbott, 28, struggled to his feet and, to the surprise of many and the applause of the crowd, resumed skating. And he performed quite well, hitting the rest of his elements.
When his music stopped, the four-time U.S. champ drew a huge ovation from the fans. He hit himself lightly in the head while shaking it, as if to say he couldn't believe what had happened.
He wound up in 15th place....
it almost seems like cheating, but, then there is Norway that always walks away with gold in so many other of the competitions, like cross country. There are just times in Norway when cross country is the only way of traveling across the terrain. So, these guys grow up being Olympic quality athletes.
By Matthew Tynan
February 11, 2014
The Norwegians dominated the cross-country skiing events (click here) on Tuesday, and they now find themselves on top of the medal standings at the 2014 Winter Olympics with 11 total. Ola Vigen Hattestad took gold in the men's sprint event with a time of 3:38.39, with Sweden's Teodor Peterson (3:39.61) and Emil Jonsson (3:58.13) bringing in silver and bronze....
But, there is hope for other nations, the USA for the first time in Olympic history won a bronze medal in the luge. Yes!
