JoshMartini007

The event was suppose to be a free gold for China, it couldn't even do that!

Canada needs to stay out of the box. Germany's essentially has a 6 minutes straight PP

Seems like Canada is having one of those "no golds allowed" Olympics We are tied with Austria and Norway with 12 medals, but are 12th on the medal table

Nice for Canada to sneak a bronze. From the number of nations competing there was always a chance and they were able to capitalize it.

Good runs by Canada, don't think it will be enough with the slalom guys not too far behind. Still hoping for Crawford...

Better yet make it all mass start races

We have a few medal chances today with speed skating women's 5000m and men's snowboard cross being our best chances. I'd keep my eye on alpine skiing just because of how depleted the field is and we are a crazy situation away from sneaking a mixed team aerials medal, but I wouldn't bet on it. Plus the men's ice hockey team begins today.

I assume the offending athlete's point total will be zeroed, meaning Russia would still have 55+ points if one of the non-female singles disciplines were to be removed which would allow them to finish ahead of Canada.

It also doesn't help that if it was any other teammate getting DSQ ROC would still have a bronze medal.

Honestly, I think it's because combined is slowly being killed/phased off. The lack of World Cup events will do that.

Final thoughts Good day for Canada, winning two medals. Short track went as well as short track can go while our men's team picked up its first win in curling.

How does disqualification work? Obviously she would lose her points for the team, but does everyone move up a spot? If not, then Russia will have 54 points, one more than Canada, if so then Canada will get two extra points and have 55 points.

What a crazy final, ten athletes, no falls.

Haha, judges gave six 69s for his final gold medal jump

Also since we are about a quarter of the way through let's see how Canada is doing. I predicted 24 medals and I broke them down into 6 groups... Freestyle Skiing - 1/5 Snowboarding - 2/5 Short Track - 1/4 Speed Skating - 1/4 Curling/Ice Hockey - 0/3 Others - 1/3 Nothing to worry so far. Losing mixed doubles curling leaves little room for error, hopefully our curling teams and men's ice hockey team has it in them. With figure skating looking to produce 0 medals, ski jumping has helped out the others category. Bobsled will be relied upon for the other two medals unless skeleton or one of the other sports produces another surprise.

Possibly another quiet day, though short track has a few important races including the men's 1500m final. I'm also hoping for something in snowboard cross

Final thoughts No medals, sadly the quality of freestyle big air was too high so we finished fourth. I'm happy with our performance in sports we aren't too strong in with two top 10 finishes in men's super-G and a top 5 performance in biathlon. It's also nice to see the women defeat the United States in ice hockey, but this was essentially a warm-up match.

What a final...

Fourth place secured

Incoming another 4th place for Canada

I always felt OTP should have at least a minimum amount of funding for each sport. Like 100k a year for a coach/equipment/flight tickets would help immensely while not really taking away from the other sports.

A much quieter day relative to Day 3. Our best chance for a medal will be in women's freestyle big air, though I would give us a decent chance for a surprise in men's 1500m speed skating

In my head canon, since the Hungarian was disqualified earlier in the race what was done to him had no barring on the race.

Final Thoughts on Day 3 Things started our a bit disappointing, getting eliminated in curling hurt, but with the way they played it was bound to catch up to them. While a medal in the team competition in figure skating was very unlikely after Messing couldn't compete, the performance of the other skaters do show Canada will unlikely win a medal in this sport. Still hoping in ice dancing, but they'll need to really figure things out. Fourth place in alpine skating while disheartening, I'm still quite happy with Crawford's performance. After that things looked up, winning four medals, including our first gold medal and an historic bronze in ski jumping. We also finished the qualification round in the women's freestyle skiing big air in first place. I think short track speed skating is going to be a lot more messier than usual. Lots of drama in that sport.

Sweden saved its Olympic hopes. China will be eliminated if Sweden/Denmark end with a winner in regular time.