Olympics: Looking towards Day 2, Feb. 9
Day two of the olympics are upon us!
To recap today’s events…
An american (Sage Kotsenburg) won the men’s slopestyle snowboarding competition early this morning
A lot of people from the netherlands know how to run uphill in snow
A lot of people from the netherlands know how to run in circles on ice
The USA Women’s Ice hockey team beat Finland 3-1 in the first round
The Americans reached third place in Team Figure Skating- still to go
To explain team figure skating since there has been a lot of confusion::: This means a pair free skate, a men’s free skate, women’s free skate, and pair ice dancing. They competed against all of the other countries, with the winning team getting 10 points. After all four divisions competed, only the top 5 teams will continue on. So these four american sets have competed and their scores combined to place us in the finals for the team figure skating. The pair free skate happened today (putting us currently in 3rd), so the last three portions (men’s 10:00, women’s 11:05, and ice dancing 12:10) are happening tomorrow… For each portion, the winning team is awarded points- 10 for winning the section, with the lowest team getting 6 (for the finals). So the team will be competing for a medal tomorrow.
If you would like to watch the events live you can download the NBC Olympic app and watch:
1:30am Ladies’ snowboarding slopestyle semifinals
2:00am Men’s downhill alpine skiing
3:00am (non-American) women’s Ice Hockey
4:15am Ladies’ snowboarding slopestyle finals
5:00am Men’s skiathlon 15 km classic and 15km free
6:30am Ladies 3000m speed skating
8:00am (non-American) women’s ice hockey
9:30am Men’s singles luge run3
9:30am women’s 7.5 km biathlon
10:00am team figure skating- men’s free skating (USA is in 3rd place right now)
11:05am team figure skating- ladies free skating (USA is in 3rd place right now)
11:40am men’s single luge run 4
12:10pm team figure skating- ice dance free dance (USA is in 3rd- the past three scores will combine for a team medal possibility)
12:30pm men’s ski jumping, 1st round
1:45pm men’s ski jumping, final round
If, like many of us, you won’t be reversing your sleep schedule for the next 20 days- here is the TV recap schedule where you can catch up on the games.
Channel 1117 (TWC)
12am- figure skating, luge
1am- figure skating, snowboarding, freestyle skiing
2pm- figure skating, biathlon, speed skating, cross country skiing
7pm- figure skating, alpine skiing, snowboarding, ski jumping
Channel 1465/1466 (TWC)
5:30am- cross country skiing, speed skating
8:30- men’s luge
10am- team figure skating gold medal final
1pm- men’s ski jumping gold medal final
2pm- figure skating, biathlon, speed skating, cross country skiing
5pm- hockey (game of the day so i’m not sure who it is…)
7pm- figure skating, alpine skiing, snowboarding, ski jumping
11:35pm- men’s singles luge gold medal final
Remember- NBC owns the rights to all of the olympics, so if you want any information you can visit:
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Norway: 2, 1, 1—4
Canada: 1, 1, 1—3
Netherlands: 1, 1, 1—3
USA: 1, 0, 1—2
Austria: 0, 1, 0—1
Sweden: 0, 1, 0—1
Czech Republic: 0, 0, 1—1