Julia Mancuso became the first American Woman to win an Olympic Alpine Skiing event (Giant Slalom) since Picabo Street did it back in 1998.
Skiing in less-than-perfect weather sans her signature good-luck tiara (athletes MUST WEAR Head Protective Gear in the Giant Slalom event), Julia had two very strong runs down the challenging slopes, in both cases, taking the more aggressive line. Her combined time was 2 minutes 9.19 seconds.

Mancuso skiing in near-blizzard conditions (Source: NBC)

Several other circumstances factored into Julia’s victory.

O.K. , since nobody seems to think Figure Skating is a sport, much less want to cover it, I’ll do the readers a favor by writing the story.
Over the last couple of days, after a tough back-and-forth battle for first place between Sasha Cohen (U.S.) and Irina Slutskaya (Russia), many were stunned when Shizuka Arakawa (Japan) quietly took the Gold away from the two.

Cohen, Arakawa, and Slutskaya performing their programs(Source: NBC)

This year, Canada’s olympic comitee decided they would aim at 25 medals or a 3rd rank in the standings (I had previously reported 5th… so… who knows).
So far, Canada has 14 medals. Not in a comfortable situation to go for the 25.
But if Canada’s athletes who finished 4th had pushed just one bit more to get the bronze, the total of medals today would be 23.
That’s right, 9 Canadian athletes finished 4th these Olympics.
Namely:
Alpine skiing

Giant Slalom: François Bourque at 0,72 s.
Super-G: Érik Guay at 0,10 s.
Super-G: Kelly VanderBeek at 0,03 s.
Bobsleigh
Bob-2: Helen Upperton & Heather Moyse at 0,05 s.
Freestyle Skiing
Moguls: …read more