Michael Phelps will be an Ambassador for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, before he swims in 2012.
The ice dancing competition concluded today, as did the team large hill and the cross country sprint.
Bode Miller won his first gold medal in the Super Combined event today. Ski cross made its debut, and the ice dancers completed their second day of competition.
The 1994 Lillehammer Olympics were known for the Tanya Harding scandal. Dan Jansen’s victory from this year is featured in the “Go World” Visa Commercials.
Shani Davis, Apolo Ohno, and Lindsey Vonn came home with medals for the US today, but none of them were gold.
Eddie “the Eagle” Edwards was the William Hung of ski jumping in 1988. He was the first ski jumping competitor for Britain.
Bode Miller took a silver medal, today, while US ice dancers had a fairly good day, just slightly off the podium.
Women’s ski jumping has been excluded from the 2010 Olympics, but will it continue to be excluded in 2014?
Lindsey Vonn crashes and doesn’t get a second gold (today at least), but Julia Mancuso does get a second silver. Evan Lysacek wins figure skating gold, while Hannah Teter and Kelly Clark win half pipe silver and bronze.
There are five events in the alpine skiing discipline; this is a short description of the different events.
