Xiaopeng Han’s (China) aerial acrobatics propelled him to first place in the Men’s Aerial Freestyle Skiing event. Han’s total score was 250.77, 2.09 points ahead of his nearest competitor, Dmitry Dashinski (Belarus), and 4.01 ahead of the bronze medalist, Vladimir Lebedev (Russia).
The ‘Hurricane’ a la Peterson (Source: AP Photo)
American Jeret “Speedy” Peterson’s signature move, the […]
Well, I said that I thought it was and interesting “sport” to watch (see previous post), and promised to do a little research to figure out what the heck’s going on. Thankfully, I didn’t have to go far .. as my favorite Olympic site .. CBC, has animated instructions explaining how the sport works […]
Now THAT’s entertainment! So far the Canadians are leading the preliminary qualifications (it’s still early however) .. with their “BACK/FULL-DOUBLE FULL-FULL” jumps … *wow*
Remember .. this is MUCH different than, for instance, USA’s “BACK/DOUBLE FULL-FULL-FULL” ..
Geesh .. I have to research this sport .. I don’t even know what I’m talking about!
… But .. […]
Alexandre Bilodeau could have made it to the highest step of the podium in Men’s mogul competition, yet finished 11th.
“It’s disapointing because I know I could have won a medal, maybe even the Gold”, said he, drying up his tears.
After making it to 11th place in qualifications, Bilodeau tried to amend these mistakes by attempting […]
Dale Begg-Smith (a transplanted Canadian from Vancouver who emigrated to Australia) took the Men’s Mogul competition today … Here are the Final Results
Rank / NOC / Skiier / Score (out of 30)
1 - AUS - Dale Begg-Smith (26.77)
2 - FIN - Mikko Ronkainen (26.62)
3 - USA - Toby Dawson .. (26.30)
Canada’s Marc-Andre Moreau just […]
According to today’s schedule of events, it looks like it’s going to be a busy day! I would just like to remind everybody that not only is this a group blog .. but according to the b5media site
… We are opening the site up as a true community endeavor.
… We have invited a variety of […]
brem writes / asks Is 25 Medals Goal For Canada Realistic? and has a dPoll going. Well, at first I immediately went there and clicked YES (naturally - Go Canada Go!) .. but then I got to thinking ..
25 Medals for Canada? Where are we going to get 25 medals?
I should say that […]
I had to work today so I missed most of the live games today and NBC seems obsessed every olympics with figure skating. But I did have a chance to take in the Nordic Combined today and was tired just watching.
I also looked away in horror as Hannah Kearney went into nuclear meltdown on […]
Canada’s Jennifer Heil brought home the gold today in the Women’s Moguls!
A native of Spruce Grove, Alberta, Heil barely beat out Norwegian and French skiiers Traa and Laoura. Here are the final points and times:
Heil: 26.50, 26:69
Traa: 25.65, 27:33
Laoura: 25.37, 26:67
Go Canada!
Tags: Freestyle_Skiing, Torino_2006
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American Hannah Kearney, winner of last year’s World Championships and one of the favorites to win gold in moguls, failed to make it through qualifying Saturday after a mistake-filled run that left her in 22nd place.It was the first major stunner of these Olympics, Kearney was out of her rhythm almost as soon as she […]
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