Good day for Estonia, Canada and Switzerland. Another bad day for the USA. Their women's hockey team suffered a historical loss to Sweden in the semi-final and they didn't get the gold in women's snowboard cross.
In women's snowboard cross, nobody expected Lindsey Jacobellis to lose the gold. She had a huge lead, so on the second-to-last jump before the finish line, she decided to attempt a grab move to impress the spectators. However, as she landed, her board caught an edge and she skidded down the hill on her back. Scrambling to her feet too slowly, Jacobellis, was passed by Switzerland's Tanja Frieden, who unexpectedly became the first Olympic champion in women's snowboard cross.
Estonia, a tiny Baltic nation of 1.3 million people, got its third gold medal when Andrus Veerpalu defended his Olympic 15-kilometer classical title from Salt Lake City. Jaak Mae was 5th. Their countrywoman Kristina Smigun won yesterday her second gold of the Torino Games in the women's 10km classical race after she had won the 15km pursuit on Sunday. Another huge disappointment for Scandinavian skiers. Johan Olsson from Sweden was 6th; Frode Estil of Norway, a favorite in the event and the silver medalist in the Olympic pursuit race, was 17th.
As expected, Canada got two top medals in men's skeleton as both Gibson and Pain have been dominating this sport over the past couple years.
Results
Cross-Country Skiing: Men's 15km Classical
Gold VEERPALU Andrus, Estonia
Silver BAUER Lukas, Czech Republic
Bronze ANGERER Tobias, Germany
Snowboarding: Women's Snowboard Cross
Gold FRIEDEN Tanja, Switzerland
Silver JACOBELLIS Lindsey, USA
Bronze MALTAIS Dominique, Canada
Skeleton: Men's
Gold GIBSON Duff, Canada
Silver PAIN Jeff, Canada
Bronze STAEHLI Gregor, Switzerland
Technorati tags: Torino, Torino Olympics, Olympic Games, Torino Favorites, Winter Olympics, Medal Table, Olympic Champion, Skeleton, Snowboard Cross, Duff Gibson, Kristina Smigun, Tanja Frieden, Lindsey Jacobellis, Andrus Veerpalu, Jeff Pain
In women's snowboard cross, nobody expected Lindsey Jacobellis to lose the gold. She had a huge lead, so on the second-to-last jump before the finish line, she decided to attempt a grab move to impress the spectators. However, as she landed, her board caught an edge and she skidded down the hill on her back. Scrambling to her feet too slowly, Jacobellis, was passed by Switzerland's Tanja Frieden, who unexpectedly became the first Olympic champion in women's snowboard cross.
Estonia, a tiny Baltic nation of 1.3 million people, got its third gold medal when Andrus Veerpalu defended his Olympic 15-kilometer classical title from Salt Lake City. Jaak Mae was 5th. Their countrywoman Kristina Smigun won yesterday her second gold of the Torino Games in the women's 10km classical race after she had won the 15km pursuit on Sunday. Another huge disappointment for Scandinavian skiers. Johan Olsson from Sweden was 6th; Frode Estil of Norway, a favorite in the event and the silver medalist in the Olympic pursuit race, was 17th.
As expected, Canada got two top medals in men's skeleton as both Gibson and Pain have been dominating this sport over the past couple years.
Results
Cross-Country Skiing: Men's 15km Classical
Gold VEERPALU Andrus, Estonia
Silver BAUER Lukas, Czech Republic
Bronze ANGERER Tobias, Germany
Snowboarding: Women's Snowboard Cross
Gold FRIEDEN Tanja, Switzerland
Silver JACOBELLIS Lindsey, USA
Bronze MALTAIS Dominique, Canada
Skeleton: Men's
Gold GIBSON Duff, Canada
Silver PAIN Jeff, Canada
Bronze STAEHLI Gregor, Switzerland
Technorati tags: Torino, Torino Olympics, Olympic Games, Torino Favorites, Winter Olympics, Medal Table, Olympic Champion, Skeleton, Snowboard Cross, Duff Gibson, Kristina Smigun, Tanja Frieden, Lindsey Jacobellis, Andrus Veerpalu, Jeff Pain
