Bode Miller has earned another Olympic medal in what could be his final Games.
The U.S. Alpine skiing legend tied Canada’s Jan Hudec for the bronze in this morning’s men’s super-G, while Miller’s teammate Andrew Weibrecht nabbed a surprising silver behind Norwegian gold medalist Kjetil Jansrud.
It’s Miller’s sixth career medal, and it left him in tears. Afterwards on Twitter, he honored his late brother and said the day was one of the most emotional of his life…
Today’s super-G was one of four medal events that took place on Day 9. A fifth one, the men’s biathlon mass start, was postponed to Monday morning (10 am Sochi Time/1 a.m. ET) due to fog…
In speedskating, Jorien ter Mors of the Netherlands broke an Olympic record in the women’s 1500m and led a 1-2-3-4 finish for the Dutch that also marked the third medal sweep they’ve pulled in Sochi (men’s 5000m, men’s 500m). The U.S. women were unable to give their team a much-needed morale boost, with Heather Richardson finishing seventh to lead them…
Czech rider Eva Samkova (she of the painted-on mustache) won the gold in snowboard cross after U.S. gold medal contender Lindsay Jacobellis suffered tough Olympic luck yet again when she fell while leading in the semifinals…
And in cross-country, the Swedish men took gold in the 4x10km relay one day after their female counterparts won the 4x5km relay…
Figure skating resumed with the short dance, which saw Team USA’s Meryl Davis and Charlie White deliver another gem of a performance. The duo broke their own world-record score to take the lead into tomorrow’s free dance over training partners/Canadian rivals Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, the defending Olympic ice dancing champions…
In men’s hockey, the U.S. didn’t miss a beat following their epic victory over Russia and defeated Slovenia, 5-1, on the strength of a hat trick from Phil Kessel. Here are the other men’s hockey recaps:
- The Russians survived a big scare from Slovakia to win, 1-0, in a shootout.
- Drew Doughty was the OT hero for Canada in their win over Finland.
- Two goals from the Islanders’ Michael Grabner helped Austria beat Norway, 4-2.
With that, the group stage is now complete on the men’s side. Here’s a look at the qualification round matchups…
Meanwhile, U.S. women’s hockey star Julie Chu will gut out a hand injury she sustained on Saturday in practice. The Americans get Sweden in one semifinal game tomorrow, while Canada plays Switzerland in the other…
Bobsled got underway with the first day of two-man action, which left Steven Holcomb and Steven Langton of the U.S. in bronze position going into tomorrow. The U.S. has been unable to win a two-man Olympic medal since getting the silver at the 1952 Oslo Games…
Out of competition, the doctors for Russian skicross racer Maria Komissarova may have her be airlifted out of Sochi to another hospital following surgery on her injured back…
Brazil’s women’s bobsled duo of Fabiana Santos and Sally da Silva emerged from this frightening training crash unscathed…
A bad race from cross-country skier Martin Johnsrud Sundby had his mother calling him “the worst Norwegian”…
Swedish freestyle skier Henrik Harlaut’s shout-out to Wu-Tang Clan was returned by Method Man…
Arielle Gold of the U.S. shared video of the training accident that knocked her out of the Olympics…
Korea’s skating union is under fire after short track skater Victor Ahn, who won three golds for the country at Torino in 2006, won gold yesterday for Russia in the 1000m…
And after his minivan problems, the Sochi Polar Bear is back to his happy, dancing ways – which were mimicked by NBC Olympics hockey analyst Keith Jones…
MEDAL COUNT – Feb. 16
(Country – Gold/Silver/Bronze – Total Medals)
1. Germany – 7/3/2 – 12
2. Netherlands – 5/6/7 – 17
3. Norway – 5/3/6 – 14
4. Switzerland – 5/1/1 – 7
5. Russia – 4/7/5 – 16
6. Canada – 4/6/4 – 14
7. United States – 4/4/8 – 16
8. Poland – 4/0/0 – 4
9. China – 3/2/0 – 5
10. Belarus – 3/0/1 – 4
11. Sweden – 2/5/2 – 9
12. Austria – 2/4/1 – 7
13. France – 2/0/4 – 6
14. Japan – 1/3/1 – 5
15. Czech Republic – 1/2/1 – 4
16. Slovenia – 1/1/3 – 5
17. Korea – 1/1/1 – 3
18. Great Britain – 1/0/1 – 2
19. Slovakia – 1/0/0 – 1
20. Italy – 0/2/3 – 5
21. Finland – 0/2/0 – 2
22. Latvia – 0/1/2 – 3
23. Australia – 0/1/1 – 2
24. Croatia – 0/1/0 – 1
T-25. Kazakhstan – 0/0/1 – 1
T-25. Ukraine – 0/0/1 – 1
