NearPup 2,156 Posted February 11, 2018 #121 Share Posted February 11, 2018 The Dutch isn’t who Bergsma and Bowe have to be worried about IMO. Miho Takagi hasn’t been beaten this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjwasz 16 Posted February 12, 2018 #122 Share Posted February 12, 2018 47 minutes ago, Nate River said: The Dutch isn’t who Bergsma and Bowe have to be worried about IMO. Miho Takagi hasn’t been beaten this year. I forgot about her. Haven't kept up as much with the speed skating world this past year. She is definitely phenomenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdbc 47 Posted February 12, 2018 #123 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Gold in women's slopestyle! Bronze in Figure Skating Team Event! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjwasz 16 Posted February 12, 2018 #124 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Team USA 2018 - Winter Olympics Schedule All times in PST Day 3 (February 12th) Alpine Skiing Women's Giant Slalom - 5:15pm Team USA Tricia Mangan Megan McJames Mikaela Shiffrin Resi Stiegler Recap JK LOL TOO MUCH WIND...I'm sensing a theme here. Biathlon Women's 10km Pursuit - 2:10am Team USA Emily Dreissigacker - 47th Men's 12.5km Pursuit - 4:00am Team USA Tim Burke - 17th Lowell Bailey - 32nd Leif Nordgren - 50th Recap There is some good news with those numbers, shockingly. Tim Burke had a great race. He started 47th in this race, 1:48 behind the lead. 17th place going into this race was over a minute closer. Good result, hopefully it carries into the Individual. Figure Skating Team Event(Men's Free, Ladies' Free, Free Dance) - 5:00pm Team USA Adam Rippon - 3rd Mirai Nagasu - 2nd Maia Shibutani - 2nd Alex Shibutani - 2nd Recap Considering that we didn't win a single event, we did damn great. 3rd place is a medal and sets us up nicely for the individual events. Freestyle Skiing Men's Moguls Qual 2, Finals - 2:30am Team USA Casey Andringa - 5th Troy Murphy - 17th Emerson Smith - 23rd Bradley Wilson - 18th Recap Well, geez. 1 step forward and 2 steps back. Good result for Andringa, really happy for him. Only 22 years old, 5th is great. But no one else in the top 15? That's kind of a shame. Luge Women's Runs 1 & 2 - 2:50am Team USA Summer Britcher - 9th Erin Hamlin - 5th Emily Sweeney - 15th Recap Hamlin had a great first two runs, well within striking distance. Britcher had a pretty poor first run when she hit the wall out of curve 9, but her second run was stellar. Needs more like that if she wants a top 5. Sweeney has a pretty bad 2nd run, 23rd in that run. Unfortunate. Ski Jumping Women's Normal Hill - 3:35am Team USA Nita Englund - 31st Sarah Hendrickson - 19th Abby Ringquist - 29th Recap We got a top 20, so that's something. Not unexpected, though. Snowboard Women's Slopestyle Finals - 5:00pm Team USA Jamie Anderson - 1st Jessika Jenson - 5th Hailey Langland - 6th Julia Marino - 11th Recap I'm going to leave my opinions on how this event was run out of this. Look, these women did spectacular given the conditions. No reason to not be proud of all 4. Women's Halfpipe Qualification - 8:30pm Team USA Kelly Clark - Q Arielle Gold - Q Chloe Kim - Q Maddie Mastro - Q Recap There are 12 athletes left in this event. They are 4 of them. And the 17 year olds are dominating this field. Freaking awesome. Speed Skating Women's 1500m - 4:30am Team USA Heather Bersgsma - 8th Brittany Bowe - 5th Mia Manganello - 22nd Recap Wow. Ireen Wust did the Ireen Wust thing. Miho Takagi did amazing as well. 7 tenths later, you have Leenstra in 3rd. Bowe missed a medal by just .28 seconds, while van Beek(4th) was off by a hundredth. Just wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjwasz 16 Posted February 13, 2018 #125 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Team USA 2018 - Winter Olympics Schedule All times in PST Day 4 (February 13th) Alpine Skiing Men's Combined: Downhill - 6:30pm Slalom - 10:00pm Team USA Bryce Bennett Ryan Cochran-Siegle Jared GoldbergTed Ligety Thoughts/Background Information Ted Ligety is back, and this will be a real test to see how good he still is. Bryce Bennett impressed a lot in the downhill training. However, at this rate, are we going to get any Alpine Skiing events? Cross-Country Skiing Men and Ladies Sprint - 12:30am Team USA Erik Bjornsen Simi Hamilton Logan Hanneman Andy Newell Sadie Bjornsen Sophie Caldwell Jessie Diggins Ida Sargent Thoughts/Background Information I'm excited for this. We have some phenomenal women's cross-country sprinters who have done really well. I really hope that they show up and do great. Ice Hockey - Womens' United States of America vs Olympic Athletes from Russia - 4:10am [I don't want to type all of their names] Thoughts/Background Information OAR was shut out by Canada in game 1. USA had a pretty decent outing against Finland. I think this game will go easily to the USA. Luge Women's Runs 3 & 4 - 2:30am Team USA Summer Britcher Erin Hamlin Emily Sweeney Thoughts/Background Information Hamlin and Britcher are the only ones still left in competition, really. I hope they are able to put together 2 great runs and get a podium! Short Track Speed Skating Women's 500m Final, Men's 1000m Heats, Men's 5000m Relay - 2:00am Team USA Maame Biney John-Henry Krueger J.R. Celski J.R. Celski Ryan Pivirotto John-Henry Krueger Thomas Hong Aaron Tran Thoughts/Background Information Biney got second in her heat, making me worried for her quarterfinal, where the top 2 will advance, same for the semi. She is in a tough QF, with Fan Kexin and Han Yutong. Krueger and Celski should make it out of their heats, and the Relay guys want to make it into the A Final. Snowboard Women's Halfpipe Final - 5:00pm Team USA Kelly Clark Arielle Gold Chloe Kim Maddie Mastro Thoughts/Background Information Repeating what I said yesterday: Honestly, these 4 are so good that I will be shocked if they don't win. Just, so s good. Men's Halfpipe Qualification - 8:30pm Team USA Ben Ferguson Chase Josey Jake Pates Shaun White Thoughts/Background Information This is going to be a good one. Ferguson put up a 95. Josey put of a 90. Pates didn't get a solid run, Shaun White is Shaun White. Basically, should get at least 2, probably 3 to qualify. Speed Skating Men's 1500m - 3:00am Team USA Shani Davis Brian Hansen Joey Mantia Thoughts/Background Information Mantia is our medal favorite here, as he is 3rd in the World Cup standings. But Denis Yuskov has been perfect this season, so he is the clear favorite in the event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdbc 47 Posted February 13, 2018 #126 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Well Chloe Kim is pretty good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjwasz 16 Posted February 13, 2018 #127 Share Posted February 13, 2018 28 minutes ago, Rdbc said: Well Chloe Kim is pretty good! I guess..... /sarcasm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjwasz 16 Posted February 13, 2018 #128 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Team USA 2018 - Winter Olympics Results Day 4 (February 13th) Alpine Skiing Men's Combined: Downhill(Actually a Super G) Slalom Team USA Bryce Bennett - 17th Ryan Cochran-Siegle - DNF Jared Goldberg - 36thTed Ligety - 5th Recap Good result. Not great, but good. Really good given the circumstances, and I'm content with that. Cross-Country Skiing Men and Ladies Sprint Team USA Erik Bjornsen - Quarterfinal Simi Hamilton - Quarterfinal Logan Hanneman - 42nd Andy Newell - 37th Sadie Bjornsen - Quarterfinal Sophie Caldwell - Semifinal Jessie Diggins - 6th Ida Sargent - 33rd Recap So close! Diggins made it to the final, but couldn't get a medal. Still, 6th is pretty great, and they still have the team sprint, which is in their much better freestyle style. Ice Hockey - Womens' United States of America 5 vs 0 Olympic Athletes from Russia [I don't want to type all of their names] Recap Perfect. 2-0 so far, with Canada to go. They are into the semifinals regardless of result, and are setting themselves up nicely for the usual USA-Canada Gold Medal Match. Luge Women's Runs 3 & 4 Team USA Summer Britcher - 19th Erin Hamlin - 6th Emily Sweeney - DNF Recap Good runs from these 3 ladies. Britcher couldn't navigate that curve 9 exit, but other than that, she was beautiful going down the track. Hamlin was the model of consistency, which is so hard to do in Luge. Sweeney didn't have her best race, just hoping that she is okay after a really bad crash. Short Track Speed Skating Women's 500m Final, Men's 1000m Heats, Men's 5000m Relay Team USA Maame Biney - Quarterfinal John-Henry Krueger - Qualified J.R. Celski - Eliminated J.R. Celski - B Final Ryan Pivirotto - B Final John-Henry Krueger - B Final Thomas Hong - B Final Aaron Tran - B Final Recap That was a bad day. Aside from Krueger winning his heat, only 3rd and 4th place finishes for the Americans, which is pretty disappointing. Definitely need a boost to our speed skating team. Snowboard Women's Halfpipe Final Team USA Kelly Clark - 4th Arielle Gold - 3rd Chloe Kim - 1st Maddie Mastro - 12th Recap Repeating what I said yesterday: Honestly, these 4 are so good that I will be shocked if they don't win. Well, they did! Chloe Kim was stellar, Arielle Gold was incredible, even Kelly Clark was superb! Maddie Mastro was the only one who didn't get a clean run in, and she's only 17 years old, so she'll be back. Men's Halfpipe Qualification Team USA Ben Ferguson - 4th Chase Josey - 7th Jake Pates - 8th Shaun White - 1st Recap Great work from these guys, and Shaun White is as good as ever! Really can't say much more other than Hell Yeah! Speed Skating Men's 1500m Team USA Shani Davis - 19th Brian Hansen - 15th Joey Mantia - 8th Recap Another rough speed skating event. Honestly, pretty poor for these guys results-wise. Hopefully we get something in the 1000 or 500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjwasz 16 Posted February 14, 2018 #129 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Team USA 2018 - Winter Olympics Schedule All times in PST Day 5 (February 14th) Alpine Skiing Women's Slalom: 5:15pm/8:45pm Team USA Alice Merryweather Megan McJames Mikaela ShiffrinResi Stiegler Thoughts/Background Information Good news everyone! We actually skiied yesterday! Hopefully we repeat that grand feat and see Shiffrin try to defend her gold from Sochi! Biathlon Women's 15km Individual - 3:05am Team USA Susan Dunklee Clare Egan Emily Dreissigacker Madeleine Phaneuf Joanne Reid Thoughts/Background Information This is my absolute favorite Biathlon event, as it is the most grueling and demanding. Staggered start, best time start to finish wins. Miss a shot, 1 minute added to your time. Probably won't medal in this either, but this event can surprise. Curling Men's United States of America vs South Korea - 4:05pm Team USA John Shuster Tyler George Matt Hamilton John Landsteiner Team South Korea Kim Chang Min Seong Se Hyeon Kim Min Chan Lee Ki Bok Thoughts/Background Information Game 1 for the Shuster rink, let's hope they get a W! They are coming into this in a pretty good spot, with some good results in major tournaments. High expectations for the now 3-time US representative. Women's United States of America vs Japan - 9:05pm Team USA Nina Roth Tabitha Peterson Aileen Geving Rebecca Hamilton Team Japan Satsuki Fujisawa Chinami Yoshida Yumi Suzuki Yurika Yoshida Thoughts/Background Information Well, here we go! I don't know what to think of the Roth rink. I am really interested to see how they perform. Figure Skating Pair's Short - 5:00pm Team USA Alexa Scimeca Knierim Chris Knierim Thoughts/Background Information Good results in the Team Event will hopefully lead the Knierim couple into a good spot in this Olympics. But this is easily the USA's weakest event. Ice Hockey Men's United States of America vs Slovenia - 4:10am [I don't want to type all of their names] Thoughts/Background Information I am really interested to see how this college/AHL/ECHL roster will do. No NHL players for Team USA. Game 1 verses Slovenia will be a good test. Luge Doubles Runs 1 & 2 - 3:20am Team USA Matthew Mortensen Jayson Terdiman Justin Krewson Andrew Sherk Thoughts/Background Information Only 2 runs for the doubles teams, and Mortensen and Terdiman are looking good after the training runs. Should be fun. Nordic Combined Individual Gundersen NH/10km - 2:00am Team USA Jasper Good Ben Loomis Taylor Fletcher Bryan Fletcher Thoughts/Background Information For Nordic Combined, athletes do a ski jump, and are scored accordingly. For every point your are behind the leader, you start 4 seconds behind them. USA aren't expected to medal. Snowboard Men's Halfpipe Final - 5:30pm Team USA Ben Ferguson Chase Josey Jake Pates Shaun White Thoughts/Background Information Let's get it! Easily 4 of the favorites here, and we have Shaun White. Easy favorites for Gold. Speed Skating Women's 1000m - 2:00am Team USA Jerica Tandiman Brittany Bowe Heather Bergsma Thoughts/Background Information Bergsma is once again the American favorite. She has won a world cup race this season, with Nao Kodaira of Japan winning 3. However, she won almost every race last year, so she is still a strong medal contender. Bowe is also a strong skater, but this is not her specialty. Rdbc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjwasz 16 Posted February 14, 2018 #130 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Team USA 2018 - Winter Olympics Results All times in PST Day 5 (February 14th) Alpine Skiing Women's Slalom Team USA Alice Merryweather Megan McJames Mikaela ShiffrinResi Stiegler Recap ....ffs Biathlon Women's 15km Individual - 3:05am Team USA Susan Dunklee Clare Egan Emily Dreissigacker Madeleine Phaneuf Joanne Reid Recap First canceled event, will be made up tomorrow. Curling Men's United States of America 11 vs 7 South Korea Team USA John Shuster Tyler George Matt Hamilton John Landsteiner Team South Korea Kim Chang Min Seong Se Hyeon Kim Min Chan Lee Ki Bok Recap Pretty good first game for Shuster. Matt Hamilton was stellar, shooting the second best average of curlers in their first game. Rest of the team needs to pick it up a bit, as they made some key mistakes that let Korea back into the game. Women's United States of America 5 vs 10 Japan Team USA Nina Roth Tabitha Peterson Aileen Geving Rebecca Hamilton Team Japan Satsuki Fujisawa Chinami Yoshida Yumi Suzuki Yurika Yoshida Recap This was ugly. Japan got 7 points in the first 3 ends without having the hammer once. Really bad performance. Figure Skating Pair's Short Team USA Alexa Scimeca Knierim Chris Knierim - 14th Recap Wasn't good, wasn't the worst. They missed some important jumps and now sit in 14th place. Very far outside medal territory. Ice Hockey Men's United States of America 2 vs 3* Slovenia [I don't want to type all of their names] Recap Overtime loss to the Slovenians after leading 2-0 after 2 periods. Really unfortunate showing for our Men's team. This is now how you believe in miracles. Luge Doubles Runs 1 & 2 - 3:20am Team USA Matthew Mortensen - 10th Jayson Terdiman - 10th Justin Krewson - 8th Andrew Sherk - 8th Recap Very poor second run for both. 6-7 finish in run one, then 10-13 in run two. Oof. Nordic Combined Individual Gundersen NH/10km - 2:00am Team USA Jasper Good - 45th Ben Loomis - 41st Taylor Fletcher - 35th Bryan Fletcher - 17th Recap We got a top 20. So that's nice. Snowboard Men's Halfpipe Final - 5:30pm Team USA Ben Ferguson - 4th Chase Josey - 6th Jake Pates - 8th Shaun White - 1st Recap 3rd run Shaun strikes again! Pulls out the victory of Hirano at the death! Really good showing for all Americans, shame we couldn't pull out more than 1 medal. But still super proud of everyone! Speed Skating Women's 1000m - 2:00am Team USA Jerica Tandiman - 28th Brittany Bowe - 4th Heather Bergsma - 8th Recap 4th for Brittany, she has had a fantastic first 2 runs. Heather dropped off on the last lap, getting winded at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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