The German Women Team (Sandra Kiriasis and Anja Schneiderheinze) zoomed to a Gold in their light blue bullet of a bobsled (Total Time – 3 minutes 49.98 seconds).
American Pilot Shauna Rohbock and Braker Valerie Fleming took America’s first ever medal (Silver) at the event. A Silver that feels more like a Gold indeed.

A flying start for the American Women Bobsled Team (Source: NBC)

Italy’s Gerde Weissensteiner and Jennifer Isacco took the Bronze.
There was a scare at the events when the bobsled of Ilse Broeders and Jeannette Pennings of the Netherlands flipped over. The two escaped serious injuries but were …read more

Brazilian bobsledder Armando dos Santos is the first athlete thrown out of the Torino Olympic Winter Games for failing a drug test.
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brem writes / asks Is 25 Medals Goal For Canada Realistic? and has a dPoll going. Well, at first I immediately went there and clicked YES (naturally – Go Canada Go!) .. but then I got to thinking ..
25 Medals for Canada? Where are we going to get 25 medals?
I should say that in my general community of friends and online contacts, sure – we are proud of ALL our Canadian Athletes (maybe a little more with the 5 Winnipeggers in Torino) and we are quite happy if they just perform to the best of their abilities to …read more

MSNBC has put together a list of the top ten people/stories for this Olympics. The list includes Michelle Kwan (figure skating), Bode Miller (alpine skiing), Chad Hendrick (speedskating), Apolo Anton Ohno (short-track speedskating), Shaun White (snowboarding), Evgeni Plushenko (figure skating), the Canadian mens hockey team, Janica Kostelic (alpine skiing), the USA womens hockey team, and Vonetta Flowers (bobsled).