I can’t believe that the Olympics are more than halfway over. Today was the first day of two man bobsledding, the freestyle skiing aerials qualifications for the women, and a day off for the ice dancers. Several other events were completed for the day.

The women’s Super G took place today. Lindsey Vonn won the bronze medal, but the gold went to Austria’s Andrea Fischbacher, who had never won an Olympic medal before.

The Large Hill individual event took place in ski jumping, and the medal results were exactly the same as they were in the normal hill. Simon Ammann of Switzerland won the gold, I believe making him the ski jumper with the most gold medals ever. Peter Frenette was the top US ski jumper, but at position 32, he didn’t move on to the second run.

Marcus Hellner of Sweden won the men’s 30 km pursuit in cross country today. So far, all the men’s cross country medals have gone to different people.

Shani Davis won the silver medal in the 1500 m speed skating race; Mark Tuitert of the Netherlands came home with the gold. In short track, Chinese skater Zhou Yang won the gold medal; the United States’ Katherine Reutter came in fourth in the final round. Apolo Ohno came in third in the 1000 m men’s race, making him the most decorated skater ever, with 7 medals.

As of right now, the US has won 23 medals, six of them being gold.

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