Hope so (for my adopted country, Norway, that is). Torino 2006 was the first Winter Olympics I followed closely and it was nothing short of a disaster for Norway. Strangely enough, that was actually the reason I became an avid fan of Norwegian winter sports and have been ever since. As for my actual home country, Greece, a medal for Ginnis in slalom (alpine skiing) would be a miracle.

Medal matches are set for Sunday:   Bronze Medal Match:  United States vs.  Venezuela   Gold Medal Match:  Taiwan vs.  Japan

2006 medal table   1  Germany 11 12 6 29 2  United States 9 9 7 25 3  Austria 9 7 7 23 4  Russia 8 6 8 22 5  Canada 7 10 7 24 6  Sweden 7 2 5 14 7  South Korea 6 3 2 11 8  Switzerland 5 4 5 14 9  Italy* 5 0 6 11 10  France 3 2 4 9  Netherlands 3 2 4 9 12  Estonia 3 0 0 3 13  Norway 2 8 9 19 14  China 2 4 5 11 15  Czech Republic 1 2 1 4 16  Croatia 1 2 0 3 17  Australia 1 0 1 2 18  Japan 1 0 0 1 19  Finland 0 6 3 9 20  Poland 0 1 1 2 21  Belarus 0 1 0 1  Bulgaria 0 1 0 1  Great Britain 0 1 0 1  Slovakia 0 1 0 1 25  Ukraine 0 0 2 2 26  Latvia 0 0 1 1 Totals (26 entries) 84 84 84 252

Milano Cortina 2026 vs Torino 2006

Will share my first batch of predictions here when I have the time, now is a busy time for me though with a whole bunch of sports in full swing. 

Ali Gholizadeh with another league goal today @MHSN    

Maximilian Ortner on a World Cup podium? Didn't have this guy on my bingo card

Day 4 events   19. SHORT TRACK - Mixed Team Relay 20. FREESTYLE SKIING - M Freeski Slopestyle 21. ALPINE SKIING - W Team Combined 22. CURLING - Mixed Doubles 23. LUGE - W Singles 24. BIATHLON - M 20km Individual 25. SKI JUMPING - Mixed Team 26. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - M Sprint Classic 27. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - W Sprint Classic

After day 3   2-3-1---6 2-2-2---6 2-2-0---4 2-1-2---5 2-1-0---3 2-0-1---3 1-3-4---8 1-3-0---4 1-0-3---4 1-0-1---2 1-0-0---1 1-0-0---1 0-2-1---3 0-1-0---1 0-0-2---2 0-0-1---1

Women Gold-  Switzerland Silver-  Sweden Bronze-  Scotland   Paetz was on fire today, nothing Sweden could do about it. Hasselborg actually said in her post game presser for Sweden that the team didn’t play that bad, which I’d agree with.    Men Gold-  Germany  Silver-  Scotland Bronze-  Norway   Germany is really starting to establish theirselves as a medal contender for the upcoming World Championships and Olympics. Between them, Scotland, Sweden, Canada, Italy, Switzerland, and maybe Norway/United States the battle for the medals will be exciting.    Shocked to see no  or  in the playoffs    Full Results