I thought long and hard about responding to my colleague’s (Aaron) post, Figure Skating is not a sport! On the one hard, it’s hard enough to follow the games and blog in a timely manner (not to mention that I have the ‘Technocrat Soapbox‘ to worry about as well), on the other, I feel quite strongly about what Aaron said.
I love Figure Skating, especially Women’s Figure Skating. I like Gymanstics too, exclusively Women’s Gymnastics. I also like Women’s Tennis, and only Women’s Tennis (but I never watch the Williams sisters play).

Michelle Kwan on ice (Source: MSN)

The difference among …read more

Finally Norway’s first gold
Lars Bystøl won Norway’s first gold medal in Normal Hill (Ski Jump). The gold was Norway’s first Olympic gold in Ski Jump since Espen Bredesen won it at the Winter Olympics hosted in Lillehammer/Norway 1994.
Gold: Lars Bystøl, Norge 266,5 (101,5-103,5),
Silver: Matti Hautamäki, Finland 265,5 (102-103,5),
Bronze: Roar Ljøkelsøy, Norge 264,5 (102,5-102,5)
Bystøl shared the 6th place with Hautamäki after first half. Both jumped 103,5 meters in the second half, but Bystøl’s graceful style gave him three times 19,5 which was enough to win.
Greed at the medal table
Also perhaps a little shameless – Norwegian Roar Ljøkelsøy took bronze in the …read more