The United States leads the medal count after the first full day of competition. Overcoming a field of three Koreans en route to the finals, Apolo Ohno and J.R. Celski claimed the silver and bronze respectively in the 1500-meter short track finals. Celski returned for the first time since getting caught in his skate and suffering a nasty leg injury in the September Olympic Trials. Had the Trials been any later, Celski may not have had enough time to recover.
Hannah Kearney won gold in women’s moguls with Shannon Bahrke receiving the bronze. The last competitor in the finals, Kearney had the turns, air time and speed necessary to beat out Canadian Jennifer Heil, who came into the event the reigning Olympic gold medalist. Unable to become the first woman to repeat in the moguls competition, Heil and the rest of Canada must continue to wait to win their first gold medal when hosting the Winter Olympics. The country has hosted the Winter Games on two other occasions.
The men’s luge competition began today, but the starting locations have been modified. Moved to a less steep area of the track, the men are now starting in the women’s original starting spot.
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I've been watching the olympics quite a bit around here-- and I even got to see the 1st Canadian to win gold :)
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though the us has the most models they do not have the most gold medals. Michelle do you think the US will have the most golds at the end of the games?
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