orangeman

Yay Kingsbury! Oh man, poor Gangnon. Just needed to keep his knees together a bit more.

Great for Kingsbury to win gold! But you have to feel for Gangnon. Second straight Olympics finishing 4th.

I think they could do it better, with the long program gaining more points. There's always room for improvement.

If Germany can get an extra gold in luge relay, and Norway can get extra golds in x-country relays and the Dutch can get more golds in team speed skating, we can have one in team figure skating. As a Canadian, we're not really strong at the events where one person can win 4, 5, 6 medals (biathlon, x-country, even speed skating). Most of our athletes only have one shot, short track being the one exception. It's nice for us to get a little bone finally. If we can put up with certain countries getting golds for 15km races, 15.2 km races, 15 km race but this time skiing a little differently, etc., then you guys can put up with us getting one gold in a team event.

Koreans spent their money well, it seems.

Oh my Gough! I've been waiting months to use that.

At this rate, they're going to have to have all the skiers for all the races just go down together en masse on the last day. Actually....I think I just made up a new event. Oh wait, ski cross is already a thing.

I don't know too much about halfpipe, so I thought they were building Chloe up because she's American-Korean. But holy smokes, she's really good.

Also, I think Canada has won gold in the best snowboarding uniform category by a large margin.

Look at that black eye on Laurie. We like our girls tough!

Good start to the day. Hopefully it'll carry forward into moguls and luge. Gogh has had good training runs.

I take it the BBC snowboarder announcers are as crazy as they were in Sochi, then? I remember choking on my drink 4 years ago to, "There's her parents celebrating that run! Actually, I have no idea who those people are, they're probably not related to her. But they're excited anyway".

Looks like doing a clean run will get you a medal.

I disagree. My only argument is GOLD FOR CANADA!!! But think that's a pretty solid argument.

She may be injured though. Good looking first run (before she went down).

Chan comes through, gold virtually guaranteed for Canada now!

Canada takes 3 to go ahead 8-4 after 7!

Big mistake by the Norwegians in the 5th, 5-2 Canada!

Me too. Lawes just missed an easy point (again). 3-2 Canada, but not really looking good.

There's enough talent to end up on the podium, and anything can happen in a sport like this. With so many in the final and no qualifying, it'll be a wide open final. Which is delayed now.

Oh right. Then just hand over the gold medal already.

Don't want to jinx it, and I'm not being cocky, but given the skaters I think the gold is Canada's to lose now. The only place OAR can make serious gains is in women's and maybe pairs (doubtful). Men's should be fine given their lack of star power. And ice dance, well, we have a Hulk (Virtue and Moir).

Out at the bar with an American friend watching and he randomly picks the "French one" and the "Cool looking green one" while I, in my infinite knowledge of the sport go with my Canadian girls. He ends up with gold and bronze, me silver. Congrats to all involved, it was a high performance final!

Still a...chance...maybe...

Canada has a good shot at Big Air, too. I think we're all just a little sensitive after the judging in 2014. Like in any judged sport, there can be debate this time around, but the gold medal winner isn't a joke like it was last time.