Closing comments

I'm sad that Bode skied out on the slalom on Saturday, but he had a good Olympics overall. I'm really happy for him.

The US men's 4-man bobsled team won gold on Saturday, which is pretty cool.

It's too bad that the US lost to Canada in men's hockey on Sunday, but they still got silver. I'm happy for Canada. Same thing happened for the women.

I didn't watch the closing ceremonies on Sunday night 'cause I was at work, and I didn't want to stay up for the late night replay because I was still pretty sick from the cold I had all weekend, but I watched the highlights online. I found it quite hilarious that they had a gag on the torch malfunction from the opening ceremonies, relighting it and everything. Alanis Morissette and Neil Young performed, which is kind of awesome. And William Shatner and Michael J. Fox made appearances. And the Royal Mounties danced around. I'm sad I missed it.

The next Winter Olympics will be in Sochi, Russia. I bet those games won't be quite as friendly as these. It's hard to beat the Canadians in friendliness.

The Canadians won the most golds (14), but they're 3rd in the medal count overall. Germany is 2nd. And the US is first.

Here are some neat videos: Defining moments, Top 10 finishes, Top 10 wacky moments, Best of the Games: Emotions,

I finally got to watch some curling

Canada won their curling match against Switzerland today 6-5, so they'll be in the gold medal match with Sweden tomorrow. I don't actually know all the rules of curling, but I know basically what's going on, and I never get to watch the sport any other time, so I like to catch as much as I can during the Olympics. What sucks is that the matches are mostly broadcast in the afternoons, which is when I have class and other stuff I have to do.

Canada won the gold in women's hockey against the US (silver) 2-0. That was their 3rd Olympic gold in a row. The men's team plays Sweden in a semifinal game tomorrow.

The US went one-two in nordic combined large hill. Bill Demong won gold, Johnny Spillane won silver. That mean Spillane won a silvers in all of his events, normal hill, large hill, and team. The sport has never been big in America, but maybe now it'll start to pick up. I really enjoy watching it. Here's a nice article on it.

American Jeret Peterson won silver in men's aerials. His first landing was pretty rough, but his second was nice and he pulled a bunch of points with a great trick called the "Hurricane."

Kim Yu-Na of South Korea won gold in figure skating, to Gershwin's "Concerto in F," another awesome music choice (with James Bond). She made her whole routine look super easy, but of course it wasn't. She got a record score again. Her country was putting a LOT of pressure on her to win, and she was the best by a long shot, so I'm really glad she got it. Mao Asada of Japan won silver with a program to Rachmaninov music. She became the first woman to land 3 triple axles in the same competition, but she made a couple other mistakes, so wasn't able to catch up to Kim. Joannie Rochette (the woman whose mom died) won bronze with a great program. What a great finish for her. American Mirai Nagasu skated to music from Carmen, and again, REALLY good spins. She got 4th place at her first Olympics, at 16 years old--that's pretty cool.