2010 Winter Olympics Medal Count Round-Up for February 13: US Leads with 4
Male and female athletes from 11 different nations contributed to the current Olympic medal count. The United States currently leads the pack with four total medals, including one gold (Hannah Kearney, Women's Moguls), one silver (Apolo Ohno, Men's 1500 meter short track), and two bronze (Shannon Bahrke, Women's Moguls and J. R. Celski, Men's 1500 meter short track).
Other nations represented in the current 2010 Winter Olympic medal count include South Korea with two, and Slovakia, Switzerland, Netherlands, Poland, Germany, Canada, Russia, France and Austria with one apiece.
The day's biggest medal surprise was likely Anastazia Kuzmina of Slovakia, who unexpectedly took the gold in the Women's biathlon 7.5 kilometer sprint by just 1.5 seconds over event favorite Magdalena Neuner of Germany. Kuzmina is just the first of many upstart athletes who will shock the world during the Vancouver Games.
What follows is a complete breakdown of the day's Olympic medal count, organized by event.
2010 Olympic Medals: Normal Hill Ski Jumping
Gold: Simon Ammann,
Silver: Adam Malysz, Poland
Bronze: Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austria
2010 Olympic Medals: Women's Biathlon 7.5 meter sprint
Gold: Anastazia Kuzmina, Slovakia
Silver Magdalena Neuner, Germany
Bronze: Marie Dorin, France
2010 Olympic Medals: Men's 5000 meter Speed Skating
Gold: Sven Kramer, Netherlands
Silver: Lee Seung-Hoon, South Korea
Bronze: Ivan Skobrev, Russia
2010 Olympic Medals: Men's 1500 meter Short Track
Gold: Lee Jung-Su, South Korea
Silver: Apolo Ohno, United States
Bronze: J. R. Celski, United States
2010 Olympic Medals: Women's Moguls
Gold: Hannah Kearney, United States
Silver: Jenn Weil, Canada
Bronze: Shannon Bahrke, United States
Sources
Olympic Medal Count, NBC Olympics
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5 Comments
Post a CommentInteresting perspective, Dennis, but I have to disagree. I don't think there's a lick wrong with honoring second and third-place finishers right alongside gold medal winners, especially given how many competitions are decided by mere fractions of a second. We need to celebrate accomplishments, not just WINNING.
It's pretty hilarious to see how USA chooses to rank by total medals when the rest of the world ranks by gold, then silver, then bronze. It's the same mentality used as when the winning US baseball team calls themselves World Champions... makes the rest of the world laugh at us. By this strange ranking, a country with 10 bronze medals would rank higher than a country with 9 gold medals... who in his/her right mind could argue for that? The worst of it all is that until someone points out the absurd limit cases like this one, people just accept the US media spin as truth.
And the worse is to hear Americans agreeing with that bowshit! Let's stop fooling ourselves! I feel Ashamed to be a American when I see this kind of news!
Good details - http://reviews-sports.blogspot.com/2010/02/winter-olympics-medals-table-and.html
Good coverage here.
Great Olympic medal recap, thanks for keeping me updated! I was so happy for Apolo Ohno and J.R. Celski last night, both deserve their medals. Get that gold!