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Joannie Rochette of Canada skated an inspiring and emotional short program last night, not 48 hours after her mother passing away suddenly of a heart attack. Her score of 71.36, a personal best for the short program, put her in third place going into the ladies long program on Thursday.
In first place, South Korean Kim Yu-Na, a heavy favorite for gold and a marketing icon in her home country, set a new scoring record for short program, with a 78.50. Mao Asada of Japan is in second, with a score of 73.78, a personal best for her as well.
Thursday’s long program is definitely a must see!
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Nordic Combined Relay
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In very snowy conditions, Austria won the gold medal in the Nordic combined relay yesterday with a winning time of 49 minutes 31.6 seconds, beating out the US team by 5.2 seconds. Germany took home bronze, 19.5 seconds behind Austria.
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Olympic Giant Slalom
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World Champion Carlo Janka of Switzerland took the gold medal in the men’s giant slalom Tuesday, with a combined two-leg time of 2 minutes 37.83 seconds. Kjetil Jansrud and Aksel Lund Svindal, both of Norway, won silver and bronze.
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Women’s Ski Cross Makes it’s Debut
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Ashleigh Mclvor of Canada made the hosting country proud by taking home gold in the Olympic debut of women’s skicross on Tuesday. Hedda Bernsten of Norway won silver, while Marion Josserand of France won bronze.
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Medal Count!
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The top five countries are as follows:
US: 7 Gold, 9 Silver, 10 Bronze, Total: 26
Germany: 7 Gold, 9 Silver, 7 Bronze, Total: 23
Norway: 6 Gold, 5 Silver, 6 Bronze, Total: 17
Russia: 3 Gold, 4 Silver, 6 Bronze, Total: 13
Canada: 6 Gold, 4 Silver, 1 Bronze, Total: 11
For a complete Medal Count list, click here
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