2010 Winter Olympics Medal Count Round-Up for February 16: Germany Leads with 9
A group of athletes from 20 different nations own the 63 medals included in the 2010 Winter Olympics medal count through February 16. In second place behind Germany is the United States with 8 total (2 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze), while France sits in third place in the total Olympic medal count with 7 (2 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze). Host nation Canada boasts 5, including 2 golds, while Korea and Switzerland have each earned 4 medals. Other nations included in the current Olympic medal count are China, Austria, Norway, Italy, Sweden, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Japan, the Netherlands, Australia, Estonia, Poland, Croatia and the Russian Federation.
Finally, Germany, Switzerland and Korea lead the gold medal count with 3 apiece. One notable gold medal winner on day 5 was Magdalena Neuner of Germany, who outskiied silver medalist Slovakian Anastazia Kuzmina for the win in the women's 10 kilometer pursuit. Earlier in the week, Neuner finished second behind Kuzmina in the 7.5 kilometer sprint, so day 5's result suggests that these two women are the elite among the biathlon field in Vancouver.
Here's a listing of the day's Olympic medal count, organized by event.
2010 Olympic Medal Count: Biathlon - Women's 10 kilometer pursuit
Gold: Magdalena Neuner, Germany
Silver: Anastazia Kuzmina, Slovakia
Bronze: Marie Laure Brunet, France
2010 Olympic Medal Count: Biathlon - Men's 12.5 kilometer pursuit
Gold: Bjorn Ferry, Sweden
Silver: Christoph Suman, Norway
Bronze: Jay Vincent, France
2010 Olympic Medal Count: Luge Women's Singles
Gold: Tatjana Huefner, Germany
Silver: Nina Reithmayer, Austria
Bronze: Natalie Geisenberger, Germany
2010 Olympic Medal Count: Ladies' Snowboard Cross
Gold: Maelle Ricker, Canada
Silver: Deborah Anthonioz, France
Bronze: Olivia Nobs, Switzerland
2010 Olympic Medal Count: Speed Skating - Ladies' 500 meters
Gold: Lee Sang-Hwa, Korea
Silver: Jenny Wolf, Germany
Bronze: Wang Beixing, China
Sources
Olympic Medal Count, Vancouver 2010 website
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2 Comments
Post a CommentThank god for internet all i can say is i am sooo proud of the german woman that lead with the gold medals....i am german myself ....so..go germany keep it up
Thank you for the update on the events. I have only gotten to watch a couple events.