After the weekend events at the Olympics in Sochi, the Netherlands leads with 17 medals, while Russia is 2nd with 16, while the United States is 3rd, also with 16. That is because they both have 4 gold medals, but Russia has 7 silver compared to the U.S.’s 4 silver medals. T.J. Oshie scored four times in the shootout and got the winner in the eighth round, leading the United States past Russia 3 to 2 on Saturday in the thrilling revival of an Olympic hockey rivalry. Cam Fowler and Joe Pavelski scored in regulation for the Americans in the marquee game of the preliminary round. Jonathan Quick made 29 saves and stopped five attempts in the shootout. International rules allow the same player to take multiple shots after the first three rounds of a shootout, and U.S. coach Dan Bylsma leaned on Oshie. The Saint Louis forward went 4 for 6 against Sergei Bobrovsky. Phil Kessel scored two of his three goals in the opening 4:33 and became the first U.S. player with an Olympic hat trick in more than a decade, leading the Americans to a 5 to 1 win over Slovenia on Sunday. The U.S. is undefeated and earned an automatic spot in the quarterfinals. Kessel scored 1:04 after the puck dropped, showing that the Americans didnt have a hangover after their emotionally charged shootout win over Russia on Saturday. His third goal midway through the second period made him the first U.S. player to have a hat trick at the Olympics since John LeClair did it on February 15, 2002, against Finland. Ryan Miller was 17.6 seconds away from a shutout, but Marcel Rodman scored. Miller made 17 saves in his Sochi Games debut. Blues defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk has been putting in some good shifts during the United States games and had this to say about the team. Britains Lizzy Yarnold has won the Olympic gold medal in womens skeleton, the first title for her nation at the Sochi Games. Yarnold was nearly a full second faster over four runs than silver medalist Noelle Pikus-Pace of Utah, who closed her career with a trip to the Olympic podium. Elena Nikitina of Russia won the bronze, another 0.44 seconds back. Pikus-Pace enters retirement by exorcising the memory of letting a medal slip away in Vancouver four years ago. She revealed afterward that she was dealing with concussion-like symptoms for several days before the race and minimized her training time on the advice of doctors. Alexander Tretiakov of Russia won the gold medal in mens Olympic skeleton on Saturday, blasting away from the worlds top racers. Hurtling down a track hes trained on more than anyone else, Tretiakov thrilled a raucous Russian crowd by completing four runs at the Sanki Sliding Center in 3 minutes, 44.29 seconds, well ahead of Latvias Martins Dukurs, who finished in 3:45.10 and won silver for the second straight games. Matt Antoine of Wisconsin, won bronze, the first skeleton medal for the U.S. since Jimmy Sheas gold in 2002. Kjetil Jansrud won the fourth straight Olympic super-G gold medal for Norway on Sunday. He finished the choppy course in 1 minute, 18.14 seconds to help his country maintain its dominance in the Olympic event. Starting 29th, Andrew Weibrecht of the United States flew down the hill and wound up second, 0.30 seconds behind. American teammate Bode Miller and Jan Hudec of Canada tied for third. Miller is the oldest Alpine skier to medal at 36. This was Millers sixth Olympic medal, moving him two behind the all-time Alpine leader Kjetil Andre Aamodt. It’s been a very disappointing Olympics for the United States’ curling teams. In men’s curling, the United States lost 7 to 6 to Russia on Friday, beat Germany 8 to 5 on Saturday and lost 8 to 6 to Canada yesterday, which means they do not qualify for the medal round. In women’s curling, the United States lost 9 to 2 to Denmark on Friday, 7 to 6 to Sweden on Saturday and cannot make the medal round either. Events on the mountains have been postponed due to fog in the area.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 14:52:07 +0000
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