The World Competes

The 2010 Paralympics are underway, and the Russians are blowing away the other countries, so far, in the medal count.

Sochi Russia by Brookelorren
The Russians aren’t happy. They’re so upset, in fact, that president Medvedev is asking the people responsible for preparing the Olympic athletes to resign. Those that don’t, he threatens to fire. Russia only won three gold medals, and 15 medals overall. They were hoping to win at least [...]

Canada wins in the final Olympic event, ice hockey, and breaks the record of the most gold medals in a single game. Good job!

Most of the Olympic events concluded today; the men’s 50 km cross country skiing race, men’s ice hockey final, and closing ceremony are all that is left.

Today was a history making day for the US, with no US figure skating winner for the ladies competition since 1964, but the first nordic combined gold ever.

Upsets occur as aerialists fall, skaters are disqualified, and skiers crash.

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.

Shani Davis, Apolo Ohno, and Lindsey Vonn came home with medals for the US today, but none of them were gold.

Bode Miller is back on the medals stand with a bronze, Seth Westcott remains the only man with a gold snowboardcross medal, and a Swedish woman gets gold in an individual cross country event for the first time since 1968.