London 2012: Days 14, 15, and 16

What a great Olympiad!!

Team USA ended things on a high note.  Our boys from the Thunder did us proud to help bring home the gold medal for Team USA basketball.  It was an awesome game!!  Australia squeaked by us in men’s water polo, but nothing wrong with a silver. 

I gotta say that I wasn’t all that impressed with the Closing Ceremony.  It was sort of boring watching a bunch of models prancing around.  It just seemed off compared to the Opening Ceremony.  The opener was all about the history and people and the closing was pale in comparison to it.

Here’s the final medal count….

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	46	29	29	104
2	China	38	27	23	88
3	Russia	24	26	32	82
4	Great Britain	29	17	19	65
5	Germany	11	19	14	44
6	Japan	7	14	17	38
7	Australia	7	16	12	35
8	France	11	11	12	34
9	South Korea	13	8	7	28
10	Italy	8	9	11	28
11	Netherlands	6	6	8	20
12	Ukraine	6	5	9	20
13	Canada	1	5	12	18
14	Hungary	8	4	5	17
15	Spain	3	10	4	17
16	Brazil	3	5	9	17
17	Cuba	5	3	6	14
18	Kazakhstan	7	1	5	13
19	New Zealand	6	2	5	13
20	Iran	4	5	3	12
21	Jamaica	4	4	4	12
22	Belarus	2	5	5	12
23	Kenya	2	4	5	11
24	Czech Republic	4	3	3	10
25	Azerbaijan	2	2	6	10
25	Poland	2	2	6	10
27	Romania	2	5	2	9
28	Denmark	2	4	3	9
29	Sweden	1	4	3	8
30	Colombia	1	3	4	8
31	Ethiopia	3	1	3	7
32	Georgia	1	3	3	7
32	Mexico	1	3	3	7
34	North Korea	4	0	2	6
35	South Africa	3	2	1	6
36	Croatia	3	1	2	6
37	India	0	2	4	6
38	Turkey	2	2	1	5
39	Lithuania	2	1	2	5
40	Ireland	1	1	3	5
41	Mongolia	0	2	3	5
42	Switzerland	2	2	0	4
43	Norway	2	1	1	4
44	Argentina	1	1	2	4
44	Serbia	1	1	2	4
44	Slovenia	1	1	2	4
47	Trinidad and Tobago	1	0	3	4
47	Uzbekistan	1	0	3	4
49	Slovakia	0	1	3	4
50	Tunisia	1	1	1	3
51	Thailand	0	2	1	3
52	Armenia	0	1	2	3
52	Belgium	0	1	2	3
52	Finland	0	1	2	3
55	Dominican Republic	1	1	0	2
56	Latvia	1	0	1	2
57	Egypt	0	2	0	2
58	Bulgaria	0	1	1	2
58	Taiwan	0	1	1	2
58	Estonia	0	1	1	2
58	Indonesia	0	1	1	2
58	Malaysia	0	1	1	2
58	Puerto Rico	0	1	1	2
64	Greece	0	0	2	2
64	Qatar	0	0	2	2
64	Moldova	0	0	2	2
64	Singapore	0	0	2	2
68	Algeria	1	0	0	1
68	Bahamas	1	0	0	1
68	Grenada	1	0	0	1
68	Uganda	1	0	0	1
68	Venezuela	1	0	0	1
73	Botswana	0	1	0	1
73	Cyprus	0	1	0	1
73	Gabon	0	1	0	1
73	Guatemala	0	1	0	1
73	Montenegro	0	1	0	1
73	Portugal	0	1	0	1
79	Afghanistan	0	0	1	1
79	Bahrain	0	0	1	1
79	Hong Kong	0	0	1	1
79	Kuwait	0	0	1	1
79	Morocco	0	0	1	1
79	Saudi Arabia	0	0	1	1
79	Tajikistan	0	0	1	1

I’m so proud of all the athletes and Great Britain.  I’m especially proud of Team USA and all that they accomplished.  It was an amazing Olympics.  They all did well and did right by their countries and Team USA showed us what it’s all about!!



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London 2012: Days 11, 12, and 13

It’s been an interesting couple of days at the Olympics.  I’ve only watched it spiratically, as I’ve had lots going on with homeschool lesson plans and such!!

One of the most surprising is that our men’s volleyball is out of the run for a medal.  So is our men’s water polo. 

In the best news, we had no way of losing the medal in women’s beach volleyball.  Both of our teams played for GOLD!!  Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh ended up beating April Ross and Jennifer Kessy.  I think it’s only fitting that May-Treanor/Walsh won as Misty has made it clear that she’s retiring after these Olympics.  I’ve always loved them as a team and I can see the potential in Ross/Kessy.

I’ve pretty much lost respect for Usain Bolt.  I know that he’s an awesome runner and he’s accomplished so much.  He represents his country well.  He’s got a big head though.  He needs to learn how to be more humble and grateful.  On top of that, he’s bad mouthing Carl Lewis.  That just makes Bolt a total jerk!!  I just have no respect or interest in people like that.

Our women’s water polo went for their first gold!!  It was an amazing game and those girls earned it. 

We’ve pulled quite a bit ahead in the medal count.  I’m so proud of Team USA!!  The current medal count is…..

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	39	25	26	90
2	China	37	24	19	80
3	Russia	12	21	23	56
4	Great Britain	25	13	14	52
5	Germany	10	16	11	37
6	Japan	5	14	14	33
7	France	8	9	12	29
8	Australia	6	13	10	29
9	South Korea	12	7	6	25
10	Italy	7	6	6	19
11	Netherlands	5	5	6	16
12	Canada	1	5	10	16
13	Hungary	8	4	3	15
14	Spain	2	7	2	11
15	Brazil	2	2	7	11
16	Belarus	3	3	4	10
17	New Zealand	3	2	5	10
18	Ukraine	3	1	6	10
19	Kazakhstan	6	0	3	9
20	Iran	4	4	1	9
21	Jamaica	3	3	3	9
22	Romania	2	5	2	9
23	Denmark	2	4	3	9
24	Poland	2	1	6	9
25	Cuba	3	3	2	8
26	Czech Republic	2	3	3	8
27	Kenya	2	2	3	7
28	Sweden	1	3	3	7
29	Colombia	0	3	3	6
30	North Korea	4	0	1	5
31	South Africa	3	1	1	5
32	Mexico	0	3	2	5
33	Azerbaijan	0	2	3	5
34	Croatia	2	1	1	4
35	Ethiopia	2	0	2	4
36	Slovenia	1	1	2	4
37	India	0	1	3	4
37	Slovakia	0	1	3	4
39	Switzerland	2	1	0	3
40	Georgia	1	1	1	3
40	Norway	1	1	1	3
42	Armenia	0	1	2	3
42	Belgium	0	1	2	3
42	Mongolia	0	1	2	3
45	Dominican Republic	1	1	0	2
46	Ireland	1	0	1	2
46	Lithuania	1	0	1	2
46	Turkey	1	0	1	2
49	Egypt	0	2	0	2
50	Taiwan	0	1	1	2
50	Estonia	0	1	1	2
50	Indonesia	0	1	1	2
50	Malaysia	0	1	1	2
50	Serbia	0	1	1	2
50	Thailand	0	1	1	2
50	Tunisia	0	1	1	2
57	Greece	0	0	2	2
57	Qatar	0	0	2	2
57	Moldova	0	0	2	2
57	Singapore	0	0	2	2
61	Algeria	1	0	0	1
61	Grenada	1	0	0	1
61	Venezuela	1	0	0	1
64	Botswana	0	1	0	1
64	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
64	Cyprus	0	1	0	1
64	Finland	0	1	0	1
64	Guatemala	0	1	0	1
64	Portugal	0	1	0	1
70	Afghanistan	0	0	1	1
70	Argentina	0	0	1	1
70	Hong Kong	0	0	1	1
70	Kuwait	0	0	1	1
70	Latvia	0	0	1	1
70	Morocco	0	0	1	1
70	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
70	Saudi Arabia	0	0	1	1
70	Tajikistan	0	0	1	1
70	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
70	Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1

How’s your favorite sport or team doing?? I’m so proud of all the countries…..there’s such a wide range getting medals this Olympiad.



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London 2012: Days 8, 9, and 10

I have to admit, I haven’t been watching much of the Olympics the past couple of days. I just haven’t been in the mood. Plus, there’s been great movies on Summer Under the Stars on TCM.

I did catch Michael Phelps get the last of his gold medals. What a way to end a career!! Our women did great in swimming too.

Unfortunately with the ups comes some downs. Some of our key teams are out. We still have some really good chance in track & field and other games on the court. Time will tell now. The games are winding down a bit though.

Here’s the medal standings…..

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	31	19	14	64
2	United States	29	15	19	63
3	Russia	7	17	18	42
4	Great Britain	18	11	11	40
5	Japan	2	12	14	28
6	France	8	9	9	26
7	South Korea	11	5	6	22
8	Germany	5	10	7	22
9	Australia	2	12	8	22
10	Italy	7	6	4	17
11	Netherlands	3	3	4	10
12	Canada	1	3	6	10
13	Ukraine	3	0	6	9
14	Hungary	4	1	3	8
15	Belarus	3	2	3	8
16	New Zealand	3	1	4	8
17	Denmark	2	4	2	8
17	Romania	2	4	2	8
19	Brazil	2	1	5	8
20	Kazakhstan	6	0	1	7
21	Cuba	3	3	1	7
22	Poland	2	1	3	6
23	Sweden	1	3	2	6
24	North Korea	4	0	1	5
25	Czech Republic	1	3	1	5
26	Kenya	1	2	2	5
27	Mexico	0	3	2	5
28	South Africa	3	1	0	4
29	Iran	2	1	1	4
29	Jamaica	2	1	1	4
31	Ethiopia	2	0	2	4
32	Slovenia	1	1	2	4
33	Colombia	0	3	1	4
34	Slovakia	0	1	3	4
35	Croatia	2	1	0	3
36	Spain	0	2	1	3
37	Azerbaijan	0	1	2	3
37	Belgium	0	1	2	3
37	India	0	1	2	3
40	Dominican Republic	1	1	0	2
40	Georgia	1	1	0	2
40	Switzerland	1	1	0	2
43	Lithuania	1	0	1	2
44	Egypt	0	2	0	2
45	Armenia	0	1	1	2
45	Indonesia	0	1	1	2
45	Mongolia	0	1	1	2
45	Norway	0	1	1	2
45	Serbia	0	1	1	2
45	Tunisia	0	1	1	2
51	Greece	0	0	2	2
51	Moldova	0	0	2	2
53	Grenada	1	0	0	1
53	Venezuela	1	0	0	1
55	Taiwan	0	1	0	1
55	Cyprus	0	1	0	1
55	Estonia	0	1	0	1
55	Guatemala	0	1	0	1
55	Malaysia	0	1	0	1
55	Thailand	0	1	0	1
61	Argentina	0	0	1	1
61	Hong Kong	0	0	1	1
61	Kuwait	0	0	1	1
61	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
61	Qatar	0	0	1	1
61	Saudi Arabia	0	0	1	1
61	Singapore	0	0	1	1
61	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
61	Turkey	0	0	1	1
61	Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1

Great to see so many countries in the medal count. I’m thrilled to see our host country fairing so well. How are your faves doing??



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London 2012: Days 6 and 7

It’s been an interesting couple of days at the Olympics.  At this point, the USA has taken the lead in the medal count. 

Today we watched Dalhausser/Rogers lose their beach volleyball match.  That puts them out of getting a medal for these Olympics.  It’s really a shame, but it happens. 

Our swimmers were HOT!!  Michael Phelps has a record number with one more to race to go.  That one will be a relay.  Our ladies are doing fantastic too.  I’m really enjoying the swimming this year.  I enjoyed what Phelps had to say about the young ones coming up.  Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, was on hand to watch the events too!!

Gabby Douglas got the gold medal and 2 Soviet’s got the silver and bronze.  It was a tie with Ally of the US for the bronze, but in a tie breaker, the Soviet came out on top. 

Women’s volleyball is on a roll too.  Women’s water polo wins again too.  Track and Field had many of their opening events as well.  The US earned the silver medal in shot-put.  That’s one that I did as a young girl!!

Here’s the latest medal count…..

Leaders

Total

1		United States	21	10	12	43
2		China	20	13	9	42
3		Korea	9	2	5	16
4		United Kingdom	8	6	8	22
5		France	8	5	6	19
6		Germany	5	9	6	20
7		Italy	4	5	3	12
8		DPR Korea	4	-	1	5
9		Kazakhstan	4	-	-	4
10		Russia	3	12	8	23
11		South Africa	3	1	-	4
12		New Zealand	3	-	3	6
13		Japan	2	8	11	21
14		Cuba	2	2	1	5
15		Netherlands	2	1	3	6
16		Hungary	2	1	2	5
17		Poland	2	1	1	4
18		Ukraine	2	-	4	6
19		Australia	1	9	4	14
20		Romania	1	4	2	7
21		Brazil	1	1	4	6
22		Belarus	1	1	2	4
23		Slovenia	1	-	2	3
24		Ethiopia	1	-	-	1
24		Georgia	1	-	-	1
24		Lithuania	1	-	-	1
24		Venezuela	1	-	-	1
28		Mexico	-	3	1	4
29		Canada	-	2	5	7
30		Colombia	-	2	1	3
30		Spain	-	2	1	3
32		Czech Republic	-	2	-	2
32		Sweden	-	2	-	2
34		Denmark	-	1	2	3
35		Belgium	-	1	1	2
35		Indonesia	-	1	1	2
35		India	-	1	1	2
35		Kenya	-	1	1	2
35		Mongolia	-	1	1	2
35		Norway	-	1	1	2
41		Croatia	-	1	-	1
41		Egypt	-	1	-	1
41		Thailand	-	1	-	1
41		Chinese Taipei	-	1	-	1
45		Slovakia	-	-	3	3
46		Azerbaijan	-	-	1	1
46		Greece	-	-	1	1
46		Hong Kong, China	-	-	1	1
46		Iran	-	-	1	1
46		Moldova	-	-	1	1
46		Qatar	-	-	1	1
46		Singapore	-	-	1	1
46		Serbia	-	-	1	1
46		Uzbekistan	-	-	1	1

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London 2012: Days 3, 4, and 5

It’s been a busy time around the house and it’s been a great couple of days in Olympic action.  Where do I begin!?!?

It was amazing watching the women’s gymnastics!!  You just couldn’t help being totally wrapped up in the action.  You could feel that spirit and pride flow through you.  It was amazing and at the same time, it was hard to see the Russian’s in so much pain of missing out on medal.  Then again, it happened to our men’s team as well.

We got to see Michael Phelps get the record number of Olympic medals too.  So far, he’s pretty much shown up those on our own team who took aim at him.  Our women swimmers are doing great too.  Scored a couple more medals there!!

Beach volleyball is one of our favorites.  We saw May-Trainer and Walsh win their match.  The next day, Dalhausser and Rogers won theirs too, but it was a really close one.  The water polo match is so exciting.  Those guys are on a roll.  They’re not bad to look at either!!  HAHA

Men’s beach volleyball played today and they looked way better than the match we saw the other day.  They were on it!!  Women’s volleyball was amazing today!!  We beat China in 3 strait games, but the last one was a rough one.  There was 5 match points!!  We looked really rough in gymnastics, but one of our guys still took home the bronze.  One of the best views today was women’s swimming!!  I can’t tell you how exciting it was, as you just had to see it yourself.  Fantastic!!

Here’s the latest medal count….

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	36	38	36	110
2	China	51	21	28	100
3	Russia	23	21	28	72
4	Britain	19	13	15	47
5	Australia	14	15	17	46
6	Germany	16	10	15	41
7	France	7	16	17	40
8	South Korea	13	10	8	31
9	Italy	8	10	10	28
10	Ukraine	7	5	15	27
11	Japan	9	6	10	25
12	Cuba	2	11	11	24
13	Belarus	4	5	10	19
14	Spain	5	10	3	18
15	Canada	3	9	6	18
16	Netherlands	7	5	4	16
17	Brazil	3	4	8	15
18	Kenya	5	5	4	14
19	Kazakhstan	2	4	7	13
20	Jamaica	6	3	2	11
21	Poland	3	6	1	10
22	Hungary	3	5	2	10
22	Norway	3	5	2	10
24	New Zealand	3	1	5	9
25	Romania	4	1	3	8
26	Turkey	1	4	3	8
27	Ethiopia	4	1	2	7
28	Denmark	2	2	3	7
29	Azerbaijan	1	2	4	7
30	Czech Republic	3	3	0	6
31	Slovakia	3	2	1	6
32	Georgia	3	0	3	6
33	North Korea	2	1	3	6
34	Argentina	2	0	4	6
34	Switzerland	2	0	4	6
36	Uzbekistan	1	2	3	6
37	Armenia	0	0	6	6
38	Slovenia	1	2	2	5
39	Bulgaria	1	1	3	5
39	Indonesia	1	1	3	5
41	Sweden	0	4	1	5
42	Croatia	0	2	3	5
42	Lithuania	0	2	3	5
44	Mongolia	2	2	0	4
44	Thailand	2	2	0	4
46	Zimbabwe	1	3	0	4
47	Finland	1	1	2	4
48	Greece	0	2	2	4
49	Nigeria	0	1	3	4
50	Taiwan	0	0	4	4
51	Mexico	2	0	1	3
52	Latvia	1	1	1	3
53	India	1	0	2	3
54	Austria	0	1	2	3
54	Ireland	0	1	2	3
54	Serbia	0	1	2	3
57	Belgium	1	1	0	2
57	Dominican Republic	1	1	0	2
57	Estonia	1	1	0	2
57	Portugal	1	1	0	2
61	I.R.Iran	1	0	1	2
62	Trinidad & Tobago	0	2	0	2
63	Algeria	0	1	1	2
63	Bahamas	0	1	1	2
63	Colombia	0	1	1	2
63	Kyrgyzstan	0	1	1	2
63	Morocco	0	1	1	2
63	Tajikistan	0	1	1	2
69	Bahrain	1	0	0	1
69	Cameroon	1	0	0	1
69	Panama	1	0	0	1
69	Tunisia	1	0	0	1
73	Chile	0	1	0	1
73	Ecuador	0	1	0	1
73	Iceland	0	1	0	1
73	Malaysia	0	1	0	1
73	Netherlands Antilles	0	1	0	1
73	Singapore	0	1	0	1
73	South Africa	0	1	0	1
73	Sudan	0	1	0	1
73	Vietnam	0	1	0	1
82	Afghanistan	0	0	1	1
82	Egypt	0	0	1	1
82	Israel	0	0	1	1
82	Mauritius	0	0	1	1
82	Moldova	0	0	1	1
82	Togo	0	0	1	1
82	Venezuela	0	0	1	1

Notice that there is now 82 countries that have gotten medals!!  How great is that?!?!  Has your country gotten a medal yet??




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London 2012: Day 2

Today was another great day of Olympics!!  Other than a break to watch the Brickyard 400, we watched Olympics all day long.  I have to say though, it was a great race!!  Jimmy Johnson won his 4th race at Indianapolis.  Best of all, Dale Jr took the points lead!!  WooHoo  It’s the first time since 2004 that he’s been in this position.

It was actually a day of disappointment in London too.  Ryan Lochte lost the lead in the 4x 100m.  Phelps had us in good position and Lochte had the final leg, but finished in 2nd.  We ended up with a silver medal out of it, but we really shouldn’t have lost that gold.  I say Lochte and Phelps are now tied up for the performances!!

In other sad news, Jordyn Wieber won’t be doing the all-around for Team USA.  She was scored incredibly unfair.  Trust me, that’s not just my opinion.  With the new format, only the top 2 scoring members of each country move on to the all-around.  For us, it’ll be Aly Raisman and Gabby Douglas.  Of course, Jordyn still gets to perform her individual routine, but it’s a shame that the reigning World Champion won’t go to the all-around.

Rhodes took the gold medal in clay shooting.  She’s totally awesome!!  Also, Dana Vollmer not only got the gold, but set the new world record for the 100m butterfly.  She was flawless in the pool!!  In the ladies synchronized 3m springboard diving, we got a silver and they were fascinating to watch.

The other big event that we watched today was men’s water polo.  We beat Montenegro.  It wasn’t a medal round, but it was a great game and sends us on!!

Today’s medal count is…..

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	6	4	2	12
2	United States	3	5	3	11
3	Italy	2	3	2	7
4	South Korea	2	1	2	5
5	Japan	0	2	3	5
6	France	2	1	1	4
7	Russia	1	0	3	4
8	North Korea	2	0	1	3
9	Australia	1	1	1	3
9	Brazil	1	1	1	3
9	Hungary	1	1	1	3
12	Kazakhstan	2	0	0	2
13	Netherlands	1	1	0	2
14	Great Britain	0	1	1	2
15	Georgia	1	0	0	1
15	South Africa	1	0	0	1
17	Taiwan	0	1	0	1
17	Colombia	0	1	0	1
17	Cuba	0	1	0	1
17	Poland	0	1	0	1
17	Romania	0	1	0	1
22	Azerbaijan	0	0	1	1
22	Belgium	0	0	1	1
22	Canada	0	0	1	1
22	Norway	0	0	1	1
22	Moldova	0	0	1	1
22	Serbia	0	0	1	1
22	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
22	Slovenia	0	0	1	1
22	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
22	Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1

 
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London 2012: Day 1

For those that follow my blog or are regular readers, you know that I absolutely love the Olympics.  I’ve been looking forward to this time for months.  I’m all about TEAM USA!!  Being such a fan, I post regular medal counts and often give my opinions of the day’s events.  It doesn’t mean I’ll post them every day or that I won’t have regular posts during this time.  However, I do enjoy them and hope that you like my coverage of the Olympics.

I think the biggest story is probably Michael Phelps not getting a medal today in the 400 IM.  However, we did get a gold medal with Ryan Lochte in the same event.  It was quite exciting!!  No matter, I still think Phelps is going to get at least a couple medals this year.  Our women’s beach volleyball squeaked one through today and move on, as well as the woman’s volleyball taking a win.

Our men’s archery got a bronze today.  I just love watching that.  I did archery often when I was little and loved it even then.  The bows they use for competition is so different than what I used in school though.  The other 3 medals that we got today all came in swimming events.  I watched the ladies 4x and was yelling for them to pull ahead.

Here’s today’s medal count…..

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	4	0	2	6
2	Italy	2	2	1	5
3	United States	1	2	2	5
4	Brazil	1	1	1	3
4	South Korea	1	1	1	3
6	Japan	0	2	1	3
7	Australia	1	0	0	1
7	Kazakhstan	1	0	0	1
7	Russia	1	0	0	1
10	Colombia	0	1	0	1
10	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
10	Poland	0	1	0	1
10	Romania	0	1	0	1
14	Belgium	0	0	1	1
14	North Korea	0	0	1	1
14	Hungary	0	0	1	1
14	Norway	0	0	1	1
14	Serbia	0	0	1	1
14	Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1

We usually pick an additional country to root for. Kiddo likes Switzerland and Belgium. I’m a fan of Great Britain and Australia.  Who are you rooting for??  What’s your favorite event??


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Closing Ceremony

Today, the Winter Olympics of 2010 reached their climax.  What a day it was!!  The U.S. hockey team gave Canada a run for their money.  Down 2-0, the U.S. rallied back to tie the game up at the end of the 3rd.  However, in overtime, Canada scored the winning point and celebrated.  The U.S. team looked so dejected and sad.  The goalie, Miller, looked like he had the weight of the world on his shoulders.  They had nothing to hang their heads in shame for.  They put up a valiant effort and Canada didn’t take the game by storm.  We’re proud of you U.S.!! 

The recaps of the events were good as some of them were almost hard to remember since they happened early.  At the Closing Ceremony, the U.S. came out in style!!  They looked great and you could tell that they were all happy to be there.  Even Miller was there with a smile on his face.  I loved how the Canadians laughed at themselves over the malfunction of the Opening Ceremony.  And how cool was that, that the girl that didn’t get to light the flame did this time. 

I’m so proud of all the American athletes.  I think we did really well and put on quite the show.  They have a reason to stand proud and I’m proud of them.  They performed well and maintained a good standard of behavior and effort.  I think some other countries should be ashamed of things that happened over there…..that includes Canadians.  Canada put on some of the best Olympics I’ve seen, but the conduct of the Canadian female hockey team was outrageous.  We had an American asked to leave because of a “lude” photo in which everyone was clothed, but having a party to celebrate.  Yet those women were on the ice drinking beer (some underage) and smoking cigars.  Pretty classless and not an equal treatment.  Then there’s the Russian skater and I’m not even going to mention his name.  He was horrible and a sore loser and should have been punished.  After all, Bolt was for his celebration at the finish line in the Summer Olympics.  Come on IOC…..fare treatment here!!  Other than a few incidents like that….and they’ll happen anyplace….it was a great show.  Loved the events and looked forward to seeing what was going to happen the next night.

Alright, with all that said, I need to do the final medal count.  There was a total of 25 countries that won medals.  They were all winners though!!  The U.S. finally beat Germany for total medal count and Canada won the Gold medal count.  There’s a good variety of countries, including a few small ones.  I always love to see the underdog on the podium!!  Here’s the final medal count as I close out my Olympics updates….

 

Overall Medal Count

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	9	15	13	37
2	Germany	10	13	7	30
3	Canada	14	7	5	26
4	Norway	9	8	6	23
5	Austria	4	6	6	16
6	Russia	3	5	7	15
7	South Korea	6	6	2	14
8	China	5	2	4	11
8	Sweden	5	2	4	11
10	France	2	3	6	11
11	Switzerland	6	0	3	9
12	Netherlands	4	1	3	8
13	Czech Republic	2	0	4	6
14	Poland	1	3	2	6
15	Italy	1	1	3	5
16	Japan	0	3	2	5
17	Finland	0	1	4	5
18	Australia	2	1	0	3
19	Belarus	1	1	1	3
19	Slovakia	1	1	1	3
21	Croatia	0	2	1	3
21	Slovenia	0	2	1	3
23	Latvia	0	2	0	2
24	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
25	Estonia	0	1	0	1
25	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1

Just the Medal Count

 

Overall Medal Count

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	7	9	10	26
2	Germany	7	9	7	23
3	Norway	6	5	6	17
4	Russia	3	4	6	13
5	Canada	6	4	1	11
6	South Korea	5	4	1	10
7	Austria	4	3	3	10
8	France	2	3	5	10
9	Switzerland	6	0	2	8
10	Sweden	3	2	2	7
11	Netherlands	3	1	2	6
12	China	3	1	1	5
13	Poland	0	3	1	4
14	Italy	0	1	3	4
15	Slovakia	1	1	1	3
16	Czech Republic	1	0	2	3
17	Japan	0	1	2	3
18	Australia	1	1	0	2
19	Latvia	0	2	0	2
20	Belarus	0	1	1	2
20	Croatia	0	1	1	2
20	Slovenia	0	1	1	2
23	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
24	Estonia	0	1	0	1
24	Finland	0	1	0	1
24	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1

Ice Dancing into Everyone’s Hearts

Tonight was the final night of ice dancing.  It was quite the amazing show.  Personally, I think the crowd behind the Candadians helped them to win.  That said, they also deserved it!!  It was going to be a toss-up between the young Americans and the Canadians.  The Canadians won the gold and did it in prime fashion.  It was beautiful!!  However, the older American dancer, Belbin and Agosto, came in 4th.  That was wrong on so many levels.  I can’t tell you how upset I am that the Russians came in 3rd.  First of all yesterday, their costumes were hideous, to be nice.  The ice dancing wasn’t all that good either.  Then tonight, they come out and have costumes with belts on them so that they can use them during the ice dance program.  He hangs her out only holding her belt and she practically rips his pants down holding his belt.  I counted about 4 times they used these belts instead of ice dancing.  In the end, the announcers said that because of that, next year it’s expected the rules will change on the costumes.  They should have changed it this year!!  They use the belts as a tool to skate while everyone else IS skating.  And then the Russians had the nerve to say that the Canadians only won because they were home.  Now I think it helped, but it’s NOT the reason that they did.

US hockey was off today.  YAY!!  We’re kicking some big butts!!  In curling, the US men and women lost again.  I think all hope is gone now.  We’ll keep watching as we’re huge fans of curling, but somehow, our curlers just aren’t up to par.  We still have more skiing and more short track to come and that should be quite the show.

Well, I think that covers my synopsis tonight.  Here’s the final medal count….

Overall Medal Count

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	7	8	10	25
2	Germany	7	9	5	21
3	Norway	6	3	5	14
4	Russia	2	3	6	11
5	Canada	5	4	1	10
6	South Korea	4	4	1	9
7	Austria	3	3	3	9
8	France	2	2	4	8
9	Switzerland	5	0	2	7
10	Sweden	3	2	2	7
11	China	3	1	1	5
11	Netherlands	3	1	1	5
13	Poland	0	3	1	4
14	Italy	0	1	3	4
15	Slovakia	1	1	1	3
16	Czech Republic	1	0	2	3
17	Japan	0	1	2	3
18	Australia	1	1	0	2
19	Latvia	0	2	0	2
20	Belarus	0	1	1	2
20	Croatia	0	1	1	2
20	Slovenia	0	1	1	2
23	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
24	Estonia	0	1	0	1
24	Finland	0	1	0	1
24	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1