The Schoch Brothers (SUI) of Philipp and Simon took HOME (literrally) the Gold and Silver in the Snowboarding Parallel Giant Slalom (PGS) event. No prize for guessing correctly for whom mom and dad rooted?
The victorious Schoch brothers (Source: NBC)
Tags: Snowboarding, Snowboard_Parallel_Giant_Slalom, Snowboard_PGS, struggles_and_triumphs, Torino_2006, winter-games, winter_olympics, winter_olympics_2006
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The results of the Men’s Hockey Quarterfinals are in:
Sweden (B3) beats Switzerland (A2) 6-2
Finland (A1) beats United States (B4) 4-3
Russia (B2) beats Canada (A3) 2-0
Czech Republic (A4) beats Slovakia (B1) 3-1
So, Finland meets Russia and Sweden meets the Czech Republic in the Men’s Semifinals on Friday (Feb. 24).
Tags: Ice_Hockey, Torino_2006, winter-games, […]
Felix Gottwald is the Gold Medal winner (18 minutes 29 seconds) in the Nordic Combined Sprint event.
Gottwald’s victory bring Austria’s Gold Medal tally to 8 (the rest are 5 Silvers and 3 Bronzes). Most of Austria’s Gold Medals are won in events where skiing is an important element: Alpine Skiing, Nordic Combined, and Ski […]
The German Women Team (Sandra Kiriasis and Anja Schneiderheinze) zoomed to a Gold in their light blue bullet of a bobsled (Total Time - 3 minutes 49.98 seconds).
American Pilot Shauna Rohbock and Braker Valerie Fleming took America’s first ever medal (Silver) at the event. A Silver that feels more like a Gold indeed.
A flying […]
All eyes were set on the ‘High Noon Showdown’ betwen Shani Davis and Chad Hedrick. It is no secret that the two are not exactly bosom buddies, on or off the ice.
But the earth-shattering, continent-shifting battle between the two titans were not to be. Quietly, a ‘David-like’ Enrico Fabris of the host country […]
The results of the Men’s Hockey Preliminary Round are in:
Kazakhstan beats Latvia (Group B) 5-2
Italy TIES Switzerland (Group A) 3-3
Finland beats Germany (Group A) 2-0
Canada Czech beats Republic (Group A) 3-2
Slovakia beats Sweden (Group B) 3-0
Russia beats United States (Group B) 5-4
Tags: Ice_Hockey, Torino_2006, winter-games, winter_olympics, winter_olympics_2006
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I thought long and hard about responding to my colleague’s (Aaron) post, Figure Skating is not a sport! On the one hard, it’s hard enough to follow the games and blog in a timely manner (not to mention that I have the ‘Technocrat Soapbox‘ to worry about as well), on the other, I feel quite […]
The Italian Team of Fulvio Valbusa, Giorgio di Centa, Pietro Piller Cottrer, and Cristian Zorzi wins the Gold (1 hour 43 minutes 45.7 seconds) at the 4X5km Men’s Cross-Country Skiing Relay. It was a victory won in spectacular fashion; the men had to trudge through the difficult terrains as snow falls on the Italian […]
The results of the Men’s Hockey Preliminary Round are in:
Germany TIES Switzerland (Group A) 2-2
Russia beats Latvia (Group B) 9-2
Slovakia beats Kazakhstan (Group B) 2-1
Sweden beats United States (Group B) 2-1
Czech Republic beats Italy (Group A) 4-1
Finland beats Canada (Group A) 2-0
WHAT!?? WHAT ARE CANADA and the UNITED STATES […]
I am very uncomfortable at calling any man ‘Good Looking,’ especially when ‘Brokeback Mountain’ is still playing in most major cinemas across North America. But I will say this though:
Joey Cheek, Gold Medalist of the 500m Speedskating event, is not only good looking, but also has a heart of Gold.
Cheek donated his $25,000 bonus […]
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