The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver was greeted warmly despite the chilly weather.
The U.S. started off strong with its first gold medal on Saturday, Feb. 13, courtesy of women's freestyle skier Hannah Kearney.
Evan Lysacek, Lindsay Vonn, Apolo Ohno, Bode Miller, Shaun White, Julia Mancuso and Johnny Spillane also took home some hardware for the United States.
Before Sunday night's (Feb. 28) closing ceremonies, the hockey gold had to be determined. After USA tied things up 24.4 seconds before the final period, the game went into sudden death overtime. After a close game, Canada's Sidney Crosby scored the winning goal, and USA went home with silver.
USA took home the most medals overall, 37, but Canada got the most golds, 14.
Here's a breakdown of the U.S. medal count*:
Gold - Hannah Kearney, Freestyle skiing women's moguls
Gold - Seth Wescott, Men's snowboarding cross
Gold - Shani Davis, Speed skating, men's 1000 meters
Gold - Lindsey Vonn,...
The U.S. started off strong with its first gold medal on Saturday, Feb. 13, courtesy of women's freestyle skier Hannah Kearney.
Evan Lysacek, Lindsay Vonn, Apolo Ohno, Bode Miller, Shaun White, Julia Mancuso and Johnny Spillane also took home some hardware for the United States.
Before Sunday night's (Feb. 28) closing ceremonies, the hockey gold had to be determined. After USA tied things up 24.4 seconds before the final period, the game went into sudden death overtime. After a close game, Canada's Sidney Crosby scored the winning goal, and USA went home with silver.
USA took home the most medals overall, 37, but Canada got the most golds, 14.
Here's a breakdown of the U.S. medal count*:
Gold - Hannah Kearney, Freestyle skiing women's moguls
Gold - Seth Wescott, Men's snowboarding cross
Gold - Shani Davis, Speed skating, men's 1000 meters
Gold - Lindsey Vonn,...
- 3/1/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver was greeted warmly despite the chilly weather.
The U.S. started off strong with its first gold medal on Saturday, Feb. 13, courtesy of women's freestyle skier Hannah Kearney.
Evan Lysacek, Lindsay Vonn, Apolo Ohno, Bode Miller, Shaun White, Julia Mancuso and Seth Wescott also took home some hardware the United States.
Saturday (Feb. 27) saw the United States win its first gold medal in the four-man bobsled in 62 years, thanks to driver Steve Holcomb and his team. The U.S. still has the overall medal lead, but Canada now has the most gold medals with 13.
Here's a breakdown of the U.S. medal count*:
Gold - Hannah Kearney, Freestyle skiing women's moguls
Gold - Seth Wescott, Men's snowboarding cross
Gold - Shani Davis, Speed skating, men's 1000 meters
Gold - Lindsey Vonn, Alpine skiing, women's downhill
Gold - Shaun White, Snowboarding, men's halfpipe
Gold - Evan Lysacek,...
The U.S. started off strong with its first gold medal on Saturday, Feb. 13, courtesy of women's freestyle skier Hannah Kearney.
Evan Lysacek, Lindsay Vonn, Apolo Ohno, Bode Miller, Shaun White, Julia Mancuso and Seth Wescott also took home some hardware the United States.
Saturday (Feb. 27) saw the United States win its first gold medal in the four-man bobsled in 62 years, thanks to driver Steve Holcomb and his team. The U.S. still has the overall medal lead, but Canada now has the most gold medals with 13.
Here's a breakdown of the U.S. medal count*:
Gold - Hannah Kearney, Freestyle skiing women's moguls
Gold - Seth Wescott, Men's snowboarding cross
Gold - Shani Davis, Speed skating, men's 1000 meters
Gold - Lindsey Vonn, Alpine skiing, women's downhill
Gold - Shaun White, Snowboarding, men's halfpipe
Gold - Evan Lysacek,...
- 2/28/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Most of us here at Pwhq have Olympic fever, and however you feel about the rest of the coverage, there's one cool way to follow these games that we've never had before: Athletes themselves are tweeting the experience! Indeed our debut stud of the day Chris Plys is one of Vancouver's most prolific tweeters, but a lot of members of Team USA are active Twitterfolk. Behold: Alpine Skiing Hailey Duke Erik Fisher Ted Ligety Julia Mancuso Steven Nyman Marco Sullivan Lindsey Vonn Andrew Weibrecht Jake Zamansky Biathlon Jeremy Teela Bobsled Steven Holcomb Steve Mesler Elana Meyers Justin Olsen Cross-country skiing...
- 2/17/2010
- by Margaret Lyons
- EW.com - PopWatch
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