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Olympic Update – Speed Skating (women’s 1500m) + Hockey + Figure Skating

Tonight’s Olympic action brought us women’s speed skating and the original dance for ice dancing. In the women’s 1500m for speed skating, gold went to Ireen Wust of the Netherlands, silver to Kristina Groves of Canada, and bronze to Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic.

The standings for ice dancing at the end of the night are as follows: in first place is Virtue and Moir of Canada, in second place is Davis and White of USA, and in third place is Domnina and Shabalin of Russia. Another American pair, Belbin and Agosto came in fourth. The medals will be decided with the free dance tomorrow.

The big story for tonight, however, was the American hockey team’s upset over Canada. Both teams played exceptionally well, but at the end of the night Team USA came out on top by a final score of 5-3. An impressive victory that guaranteed them a medal in this tournament.

The total medal count as of now is as follows: 7 gold, 7 silver, and 10 bronze, for a total of 24 medals for Team USA.

More to come tomorrow.

Olympic Update – Speed Skating

Tonight’s Olympic action brought us races in speed skating for both the men and women. The men’s 1500m saw Shani Davis win a silver medal for Team USA. Gold went to Mark Tuitert of the Netherlands and bronze went to Havard Bokko of Norway.

The men’s 1,000m short track race gave Apolo Ohno his record-breaking 7th Olympic medal, surpassing Bonnie Blair’s record of 6 medals total. Ohno received a bronze medal in this event. Gold and silver both went to members from the South Korean team.

In the women’s 1500m short track race, Yang Zhou of China won gold while silver and bronze both went to members of the South Korean team. Looks like South Korea has a lot to celebrate after tonight.

The final medal count for Team USA at the end of the day was as follows: 6 gold, 7 silver, and 10 bronze, for a total of 23 medals so far. More to come tomorrow.