Kenadian Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Then Norway would have to be Wilt Chamberlain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chateau Petrus Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 GOLD for Alexandre Bilodeau in Japan And few more medals to come for Canada from Austria in few hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 GOLD for Alexandre Bilodeau in JapanAnd few more medals to come for Canada from Austria in few hours Not in an Olympic event unfortunately, but Hail won that event the year before and than won the Olympic event. Unfortunately something happened to our men's relay team so thats a lost medal. But the 1000m and the Women's relay should push as ahead of the Americans in total medals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted March 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Not in an Olympic event unfortunately, but Hail won that event the year before and than won the Olympic event.Unfortunately something happened to our men's relay team so thats a lost medal. But the 1000m and the Women's relay should push as ahead of the Americans in total medals. Both Canada and South Korea got disqualified from the men's relay in the semis. That takes quite a bit of the excitement away, doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted March 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Short Track Men's 1000m G: Lee Ho-Suk (KOR) S: Apolo Anton Ohno (USA) B: J.R. Celski (USA) Women's 1000m G: Wang Meng (CHN) S: Kim Min-Jung (KOR) B: Shin Sae-Bom (KOR) After 62 of 86 events: Country #G #S #B T Norway 11 4 6 21 Austria 8 7 3 18 United States 8 3 7 18 Germany 6 14 4 24 Switzerland 5 4 4 13 Canada 4 3 7 14 China 4 3 0 7 South Korea 3 3 2 8 Finland 3 1 7 11 Japan 3 0 1 4 Russia 2 4 4 10 Italy 2 3 3 8 Poland 2 0 2 4 Sweden 1 2 2 5 Great Britain 1 2 0 3 Estonia 1 0 0 1 France 0 5 4 9 Czech Republic 0 2 1 3 Slovenia 0 2 0 2 Australia 0 1 1 2 Slovakia 0 1 0 1 Croatia 0 0 2 2 Ukraine 0 0 2 2 Latvia 0 0 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 The only things left are the World Single Distance Championships in Vancouver, the World Figure Skating Championships in Los Angeles, the World Curling Championships in Moncton and Gangneung, the World Ice Hockey Championships in Berne and Vaanta and Hameenlinna. If Canada repeats performance in the single distance, curling and hockey championships it would be an additional 13 medals. Hopefully we also have as successful a figure skating championships too with 3 medals and that would give Canada 30 overall. The Short Track championships were a disappointment, 5 medals for such a strong team, they need to double that next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 Blah, two bronzes at the World Single Distance Championships today, last year both were world champions. Hopefully Nesbitt can continue her streak this season (thank you Australia) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted March 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 Short Track Men's Relay G: United States (Ryan Bedford, J.R. Celski, Jordan Malone, Apolo Anton Ohno) S: China (Han Jialiang, Liu Xianwei, Song Weilong, Sui Bao Ku) B: Japan (Takahiro Fujimoto, Fumihiko Kakubari, Satoshi Sakashita, Yuzo Takamido) Women's Relay G: China (Fu Tian Yu, Liu Qiuhong, Zhang Hui, Zhou Yang, Wang Meng) S: South Korea (Jung Ba-Ra, Jung Eun-Ju, Kim Min-Jung, Yang Shin-Young, Shin Sae-Bom) B: Canada (Jessica Gregg, Jessica Hewitt, Anne Maltais, Kalyna Roberge) Time to add the Netherlands to the board! Speed Skating Men's 1500m G: Shani Davis (USA) S: Trevor Marsicano (USA) B: Denny Morrison (CAN) Chad Hedrick was 0.04 seconds away from making this event a clean sweep for the US. Women's 3000m G: Renate Groenewold (NED) S: Martina Sablikova (CZE) B: Kristina Groves (CAN) The United States now look poised to win the mock medal tally. After 66 of 86 events: Country #G #S #B T Norway 11 4 6 21 United States 10 4 7 21 Austria 8 7 3 18 Germany 6 14 4 24 Switzerland 5 4 4 13 China 5 4 0 9 Canada 4 3 10 17 South Korea 3 4 2 9 Finland 3 1 7 11 Japan 3 0 2 5 Russia 2 4 4 10 Italy 2 3 3 8 Poland 2 0 2 4 Sweden 1 2 2 5 Great Britain 1 2 0 3 Estonia 1 0 0 1 Netherlands 1 0 0 1 France 0 5 4 9 Czech Republic 0 3 1 4 Slovenia 0 2 0 2 Australia 0 1 1 2 Slovakia 0 1 0 1 Croatia 0 0 2 2 Ukraine 0 0 2 2 Latvia 0 0 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted March 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 Speed Skating Men's 1000m G: Trevor Marsicano (USA) S: Denny Morrison (CAN) B: Shani Davis (USA) Same medallist that in the 1000m, just different positions. Women's 1500m G: Anni Friesinger (GER) S: Ireen Wüst (NED) B: Christine Nesbitt (CAN) Kristina Groves got disqualified for crossing her lane after winning the event. The United States take the lead, likely for good. After 68 of 86 events: Country #G #S #B T United States 11 4 8 23 Norway 11 4 6 21 Austria 8 7 3 18 Germany 7 14 4 25 Switzerland 5 4 4 13 China 5 4 0 9 Canada 4 4 11 19 South Korea 3 4 2 9 Finland 3 1 7 11 Japan 3 0 2 5 Russia 2 4 4 10 Italy 2 3 3 8 Poland 2 0 2 4 Sweden 1 2 2 5 Great Britain 1 2 0 3 Netherlands 1 1 0 2 Estonia 1 0 0 1 France 0 5 4 9 Czech Republic 0 3 1 4 Slovenia 0 2 0 2 Australia 0 1 1 2 Slovakia 0 1 0 1 Croatia 0 0 2 2 Ukraine 0 0 2 2 Latvia 0 0 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted March 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 Randomness of the day: Speed Skating is the sport in which the Netherlands has won the most Olympic medals, winter or summer (in fact, its not even close). But what makes the Netherlands interesting as a winter sport power is that they have only won three Winter Olympic medals (a gold and two silvers) in sports other that Speed Skating (well, a sport, Figure Skating). Actually, the only country you can compare the Netherlands to is South Korea (Short Track is the Olympic sport where South Korea won the most gold medals, and they only won two non-Short Track winter Olympic medals, both in Speed Skating). Back to the Netherlands, tough. There days of being held exclusively to Speed Skating WOG success might (MIGHT) be over. Indeed, they have strong medal hopes in the women's Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom, and they have an outside medal shot in two-men Bobsled. The Netherlands winning a medal in a snow or sliding sport would certainly be something to celebrate. Oh, and while we are on the topic, Korea could also win a medal in a third winter sport (Figure Skating), courtesy of Kim Yu-Na. Although it would be a breakthrough, I have to wonder when South Korea will ever win a WOG medal in a non-skating discipline... In any case, I wrote this to point out just how similar South Korea and the Netherlands are in term of there Winter Sports tradition. Speed Skating Men's 5000m G: Sven Kramer (NED) S: Håvard Bøkko (NOR) B: Trevor Marsicano (USA) Thank you, Bøkko, for making me look like a complete moron . Norway is back in front. After 69 of 86 events: Country #G #S #B T Norway 11 5 6 22 United States 11 4 9 24 Austria 8 7 3 18 Germany 7 14 4 25 Switzerland 5 4 4 13 China 5 4 0 9 Canada 4 4 11 19 South Korea 3 4 2 9 Finland 3 1 7 11 Japan 3 0 2 5 Russia 2 4 4 10 Italy 2 3 3 8 Netherlands 2 1 0 3 Poland 2 0 2 4 Sweden 1 2 2 5 Great Britain 1 2 0 3 Estonia 1 0 0 1 France 0 5 4 9 Czech Republic 0 3 1 4 Slovenia 0 2 0 2 Australia 0 1 1 2 Slovakia 0 1 0 1 Croatia 0 0 2 2 Ukraine 0 0 2 2 Latvia 0 0 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted March 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Speed Skating Men's 5000m G: Sven Kramer (NED) S: Håvard Bøkko (NOR) B: Bob de Jong (NED) Women's 1000m G: Christine Nesbitt (CAN) S: Anni Friesinger (GER) B: Margot Boer (NED) Women's 5000m G: Martina Sablikova (CZE) S: Clara Hughes (CAN) B: Kristina Groves (CAN) After 72 of 86 events: Country #G #S #B T Norway 11 6 6 23 United States 11 4 9 24 Austria 8 7 3 18 Germany 7 15 4 26 Canada 5 5 12 22 Switzerland 5 4 4 13 China 5 4 0 9 South Korea 3 4 2 9 Finland 3 1 7 11 Netherlands 3 1 2 6 Japan 3 0 2 5 Russia 2 4 4 10 Italy 2 3 3 8 Poland 2 0 2 4 Czech Republic 1 3 1 5 Sweden 1 2 2 5 Great Britain 1 2 0 3 Estonia 1 0 0 1 France 0 5 4 9 Slovenia 0 2 0 2 Australia 0 1 1 2 Slovakia 0 1 0 1 Croatia 0 0 2 2 Ukraine 0 0 2 2 Latvia 0 0 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 The World Single Distances Championships are over the final medal table is Netherlands - 4-1-3 Canada - 2-2-4 USA - 2-1-3 Germany - 2-1-0 Korea - 1-1-1 Czech Republic - 1-1-0 Norway - 0-2-0 China - 0-1-1 Sweden - 0-1-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted March 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 Speed Skating Men's 500m G: Lee Kang-Seok (KOR) S: Lee Kyou-Hyuk (KOR) B: Yu Fengtong (CHN) Men's Team Pursuit G: Netherlands (Carl Verheijen, Wouter Olde Heuvel, Sven Kramer) S: Sweden (Johan Röjler, Joel Eriksson, Daniel Friberg) B: United States (Trevor Marsicano, Ryan Bedford, Brian Hansen) Women's 500m G: Jenny Wolf (GER) S: Wang Beixing (CHN) B: Lee Sang-Hwa (KOR) Women's Team Pursuit G: Canada (Kristina Groves, Christine Nesbitt, Brittany Schussler) S: Netherlands (Jorien Voorhuis, Renate Groenewold, Ireen Wüst) B: Japan (Maki Tabata, Masako Hozumi, Hiromi Otsu) Norway holds on to a narrow lead whit 10 events to go! After 76 of 86 events: Country #G #S #B T Norway 11 6 6 23 United States 11 4 10 25 Germany 8 15 4 27 Austria 8 7 3 18 Canada 6 5 12 23 China 5 5 1 11 Switzerland 5 4 4 13 South Korea 4 5 3 12 Netherlands 4 2 2 8 Finland 3 1 7 11 Japan 3 0 3 6 Russia 2 4 4 10 Italy 2 3 3 8 Poland 2 0 2 4 Sweden 1 3 2 6 Czech Republic 1 3 1 5 Great Britain 1 2 0 3 Estonia 1 0 0 1 France 0 5 4 9 Slovenia 0 2 0 2 Australia 0 1 1 2 Slovakia 0 1 0 1 Croatia 0 0 2 2 Ukraine 0 0 2 2 Latvia 0 0 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 There is 8 events left, Men's and Women's Curling Championships, Men's and Women's Ice Hockey Championships, Men's and Women's Figure Skating, Pairs and Ice Dance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted March 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 Its indeed 78, not 76. It was bound to happen, tough. At one point I was more that ten events short in my count (I forgot to count some events) I still think that the actual board is acurate (I was much more methodical whit the board that I was whit the number of events). Anyway, the next event is the ISU World Figure Skating Championships from L.A. which starts Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 The Americans will probably finish with 26 medals (2 from figure skating, 0 from curling and 1 from hockey), Norway is probably done in the medal winning, Germany has 1 and I don't really know about Canada. If LA goes perfectly I would say 8 possible medals, one in each event but 5 or 6 with 2 or 3 golds. Hopefully. Our men's pursuit team has really gone downhill since 2006 eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted March 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Ya, our men's Pursuit team was a quite disappointing (fifth, I believe). The big surprise for me was Sweden, tough. Anyway, Norway's only hope of holding on to the lead is basically that the US gets shut-out of the gold and silver medals in Figure Skating, Curling and men's Hockey, and that the US women's Hockey team doesn't win gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Technically Canada could realistically win the medal table, Patrick Chan winning the men's, 2 curling gold and 2 hockey gold. I don't see the Americans winning a lot at the figure skating unless a new female comes up but the Koreans and Japanese are just so dominate. Maybe a men's medal and one in ice dance with Belbin/Agosto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted March 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Figure Skating Pairs: G: Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy (GER) S: Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao (CHN) B: Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov (RUS) Japan has so many strong women's skater that some even end up in Russia Anyway, brutal performance by Canadian Dube and Davison, who finish seventh. And on a side note, 16 out of the 20 quotas for Vancouver where up for grasp: here are the countries that qualified couples for the Pairs event: 3 couples: China Russia 2 couples: Canada Germany Unites States Ukraine 1 couple: France United Kingdoms After 79 of 86 events: Country #G #S #B T Norway 11 6 6 23 United States 11 4 10 25 Germany 9 15 4 28 Austria 8 7 3 18 Canada 6 5 12 23 China 5 6 1 12 Switzerland 5 4 4 13 South Korea 4 5 3 12 Netherlands 4 2 2 8 Finland 3 1 7 11 Japan 3 0 3 6 Russia 2 4 5 11 Italy 2 3 3 8 Poland 2 0 2 4 Sweden 1 3 2 6 Czech Republic 1 3 1 5 Great Britain 1 2 0 3 Estonia 1 0 0 1 France 0 5 4 9 Slovenia 0 2 0 2 Australia 0 1 1 2 Slovakia 0 1 0 1 Croatia 0 0 2 2 Ukraine 0 0 2 2 Latvia 0 0 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 At least the poor performance comes at the worlds and not at the Olympics next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted March 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 At least the poor performance comes at the worlds and not at the Olympics next year. The poor performance does have Olympic implications, tough: we will only be able to send two pairs at the Olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Dube and Davidson are the only one of the pairs that have legitimate shot at a medal so as long as they qualify its a none issue. If they had repeated their score from last year they would have won silver. Its unfortunate but its not the end of the world as long as our top athletes go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted March 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Figure Skating I'm getting annoyed. After being two positions away from sending three pairs to Vancouver, we are one position away from sending three men single skater to Vancouver (and after two of three dances we are one position away from sending three dance teams to Vancouver). And I was hopping Canada would send a full 18-person team... Anyway, on whit business. Men's Single: G: Evan Lysacek (USA) S: Patrick Chan (CAN) B: Brian Joubert (FRA) Good performance from Chan, altough I am hopping for gold in Vancouver. Joubert drops from first after the short to third. Qualification implication: 3 athletes: Japan United States of America 2 athletes: Canada Czech Republic France Italy Kazakhstan Russia 1 athlete: Belgium Sweden Spain Slovenia Ukraine Poland The United States has pretty much won the medal table now. After 80 of 86 events: Country #G #S #B T United States 12 4 10 26 Norway 11 6 6 23 Germany 9 15 4 28 Austria 8 7 3 18 Canada 6 6 12 24 China 5 6 1 12 Switzerland 5 4 4 13 South Korea 4 5 3 12 Netherlands 4 2 2 8 Finland 3 1 7 11 Japan 3 0 3 6 Russia 2 4 5 11 Italy 2 3 3 8 Poland 2 0 2 4 Sweden 1 3 2 6 Czech Republic 1 3 1 5 Great Britain 1 2 0 3 Estonia 1 0 0 1 France 0 5 5 10 Slovenia 0 2 0 2 Australia 0 1 1 2 Slovakia 0 1 0 1 Croatia 0 0 2 2 Ukraine 0 0 2 2 Latvia 0 0 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted March 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 By the way, Yu-Na Kim of South Korea has nearly a 10 point lead after the Ladies short program. Honestly, unless she decapitates herself whit her skate blade I don't see how she could loose her tittle (thats a joke, obviously, but she would indeed have to screw up big time...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 28, 2009 Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 At least Rochette is in second. That is good, hopefully our ice dancers put in a strong performance tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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