I definitely agree with the Canadian selections in curling (lesser extent for the mixed doubles) and figure skating. I also think Canada will do well in long-track with Ted-Jan Bloemen joining the team and Canada is strong in sliding.
However, hockey is a toss-up. Men's...who knows. Women's...will this be the Games the Americans finally return to the top of the podium?
Also, nice to see some love for Alex Harvey. Underrated athlete.
The AP is also picked Canadians to be strong in snowboarding.
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ALPINE SKIING
Men:
Downhill
Gold: Aksel Lund Svindal, Norway
Silver: Beat Feuz, Switzerland
Bronze: Hannes Reichelt, Austria
Super-G
Gold: Kjetil Jansrud, Norway
Silver: Dominik Paris, Italy
Bronze: Aksel Lund Svindal, Norway
Combined
Gold: Alexis Pinturault, France
Silver: Justin Murisier, Switzerland
Bronze: Marcel Hirscher, Austria
Giant Slalom
Gold: Marcel Hirscher, Austria
Silver: Henrik Kristoffersen, Norway
Bronze: Ted Ligety, United States
Slalom
Gold: Marcel Hirscher, Austria
Silver: Henrik Kristoffersen, Norway
Bronze: Stefano Gross, Italy
Women:
Downhill
Gold: Lindsey Vonn, United States
Silver: Sofia Goggia, Italy
Bronze: Michelle Gisin, Switzerland
Super-G
Gold: Lara Gut, Switzerland
Silver: Anna Veith, Austria
Bronze: Tina Weirather, Liechtenstein
Combined
Gold: Mikaela Shiffrin, United States
Silver: Federica Brignone, Italy
Bronze: Wendy Holdener, Switzerland
Giant Slalom
Gold: Tessa Worley, France
Silver: Viktoria Rebensburg, Germany
Bronze: Mikaela Shiffrin, United States
Slalom
Gold: Mikaela Shiffrin, United States
Silver: Wendy Holdener, Switzerland
Bronze: Petra Vlhova, Slovakia
Team Event
Gold: Sweden
Silver: France
Bronze: Austria
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BIATHLON
Men:
10km Sprint
Gold: Johannes Boe, Norway
Silver: Martin Fourcade, France
Bronze: Lukas Hofer, Italy
12.5km Pursuit
Gold: Martin Fourcade, France
Silver: Johannes Boe, Norway
Bronze: Ondrej Moravec, Czech Republic
15km Mass Start
Gold: Martin Fourcade, France
Silver: Johannes Boe, Norway
Bronze: Emil Hegle Svendsen, Norway
20km Individual
Gold: Johannes Boe, Norway
Silver: Martin Fourcade, France
Bronze: Quentin Fillon Maillet, France
4x7.5km Relay
Gold: Norway
Silver: France
Bronze: Germany
Women:
7.5km Sprint
Gold: Laura Dahlmeier, Germany
Silver: Kaisa Makarainen, Finland
Bronze: Anastasiya Merkushyna, Ukraine
10km Pursuit
Gold: Kaisa Makarainen, Finland
Silver: Anastasia Kuzmina, Slovakia
Bronze: Laura Dahlmeier, Germany
12.5km Mass Start
Gold: Laura Dahlmeier, Germany
Silver: Kaisa Makarainen, Finland
Bronze: Anastasia Kuzmina, Slovakia
15km Individual
Gold: Laura Dahlmeier, Germany
Silver: Nadezhda Skardino, Belarus
Bronze: Darya Domracheva, Belarus
4x6km Relay
Gold: Germany
Silver: Ukraine
Bronze: Norway
Mixed Biathlon Relay
Gold: Norway
Silver: France
Bronze: Czech Republic
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BOBSLED
Men:
Two-man
Gold: Francesco Friedrich, Germany
Silver: Justin Kripps, Canada
Bronze: Nico Walther, Germany
Four-man
Gold: Johannes Lochner, Germany
Silver: Oskars Kibermanis, Latvia
Bronze: Francesco Friedrich, Germany
Women:
Gold: Kaillie Humphries, Canada
Silver: Elana Meyers Taylor, United States
Bronze: Jamie Greubel Poser, United States
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CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING:
Men:
15km
Gold: Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Norway
Silver: Maurice Manificat, France
Bronze: Iivo Niskanen, Finland
50km
Gold: Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Norway
Silver: Matti Heikkinen, Finland
Bronze: Alex Harvey, Canada
4x10km relay
Gold: Norway
Silver: Finland
Bronze: Sweden
15x15 skiathlon
Gold: Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Norway
Silver: Alex Harvey, Canada
Bronze: Sergey Ustiugov, Olympic athletes from Russia
Sprint 1.5km
Gold: Sergey Ustiugov, Olympic Athlete from Russia
Silver: Federico Pellegrino, Italy
Bronze: Finn Krogh, Norway
Team Sprint
Gold: Olympic Athletes from Russia
Silver: Norway
Bronze: Italy
10km
Gold: Marit Bjoergen, Norway
Silver: Charlotte Kalla, Sweden
Bronze: Heidi Weng, Norway
30km
Gold: Marit Bjoergen, Norway
Silver: Heidi Weng, Norway
Bronze: Krista Parmakoski, Finland
4x5km relay
Gold: Norway
Silver: Sweden
Bronze: Finland
7.5x7.5 Skiathlon
Gold: Charlotte Kalla, Sweden
Silver: Marit Bjoergen, Norway
Bronze: Heidi Weng, Norway
1.5km Sprint
Gold: Maiken Caspersen Falla, Norway
Silver: Jessica Diggins, United States
Bronze: Stina Nilsson, Sweden
Team Sprint
Gold: Norway
Silver: United States
Bronze: Sweden
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CURLING
Men:
Gold: Canada
Silver: Sweden
Bronze: United States
Women:
Gold: Canada
Silver: Britain
Bronze: Olympic Athletes from Russia
Mixed Doubles:
Gold: China
Silver: Canada
Bronze: Switzerland
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FIGURE SKATING
Men:
Gold: Nathan Chen, United States
Silver: Shoma Uno, Japan
Bronze: Javier Fernandez, Spain
Women:
Gold: Evgenia Medvedeva, Olympic Athlete from Russia
Silver: Alina Zagitova, Olympic Athlete from Russia
Bronze: Kaetlyn Osmond, Canada
Pairs
Gold: Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot, Germany
Silver: Su Wenjin and Han Cong, China
Bronze: Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford, Canada
Dance
Gold: Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, Canada
Silver: Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, France
Bronze: Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani, United States
Team
Gold: Canada
Silver: United States
Bronze: Olympic Athletes from Russia
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FREESTYLE SKIING
Men:
Aerials
Gold: Maxim Burov, Olympic Athlete from Russia
Silver: Anton Kushnir, Belarus
Bronze: Oleksandr Abramenko, Ukraine
Halfpipe
Gold: David Wise, United States
Silver: Torin Yater-Wallace, United States
Bronze: Alex Ferreira, United States
Moguls
Gold: Mikael Kingsbury, Canada
Silver: Matt Graham, Austria
Bronze: Dmitiry Reiherd, Kazakhstan
Skicross
Gold: Marc Bischofberger, Switzerland
Silver: Sergey Ridzik, Olympic Athlete from Russia
Bronze: Kevin Drury, Canada
Slopestyle
Gold: Gus Kenworthy, United States
Silver: Andri Ragettli, Switzerland
Bronze: Oystein Braaten, Norway
Women:
Aerials
Gold: Xu Mengtao, China
Silver: Hanna Huskova, Belarus
Bronze: Lydia Lassila, Australia
Halfpipe
Gold: Brita Sigourney, United States
Silver: Maddie Bowman, United States
Bronze: Cassie Sharpe, Canada
Moguls
Gold: Justine Dufour-Lapointe, Canada
Silver: Perrine Lafont, France
Bronze: Andi Naude, Canada
Skicross
Gold: Sandra Naeslund, Sweden
Silver: Heidi Zacher, Germany
Bronze: Fanny Smith, Switzerland
Slopestyle
Gold: Johanne Killi, Norway
Silver: Jennie-Lee Burmansson, Sweden
Bronze: Maggie Voisin, United States
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HOCKEY
Men:
Gold: Canada
Silver: Sweden
Bronze: Finland
Women:
Gold: Canada
Silver: United States
Bronze: Finland
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LUGE
Men:
Gold: Felix Loch, Germany
Silver: Wolfgang Kindl, Austria
Bronze: Dominik Fischnaller, Italy
Women:
Gold: Natalie Geisenberger, Germany
Silver: Alex Gough, Canada
Bronze: Erin Hamlin, United States
Doubles
Gold: Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken, Germany
Silver: Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt, Germany
Bronze: Peter Penz and Georg Fischler, Austria
Team Relay
Gold: Germany
Silver: United States
Bronze: Canada
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NORDIC COMBINED
Men:
Individual Gundersen NH/10km
Gold: Jan Schmid, Norway
Silver: Akito Watabe, Japan
Bronze: Graabek Joergen, Norway
Individual Gundersen LH/10km
Gold: Akito Watabe, Japan
Silver: Eric Frenzel, Germany
Bronze: Jan Schmid, Norway
Team 4x5km
Gold: Norway
Silver: Germany
Bronze: Finland
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SKELETON
Men:
Gold: Sungbin Yun, South Korea
Silver: Martins Dukurs, Latvia
Bronze: Tomass Dukurs, Latvia
Women:
Gold: Jacqueline Loelling, Germany
Silver: Elisabeth Vathje, Canada
Bronze: Tina Hermann, Germany
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SKI JUMPING
Men:
Normal Hill
Gold: Andreas Wellinger, Germany
Silver: Kamil Stoch, Poland
Bronze: Richard Freitag, Germany
Large Hill
Gold: Kamil Stoch, Poland
Silver Richard Freitag, Germany
Bronze: Noriaki Kasai, Japan
Team
Gold: Germany
Silver: Norway
Bronze: Poland
Women:
Normal Hill
Gold: Maren Lundby, Norway
Silver: Katharina Althaus, Germany
Bronze: Sara Takanashi, Japan
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SNOWBOARDING
Men:
Men's Big Air
Gold: Max Parrot, Canada
Silver: Mark McMorris, Canada
Bronze: Yuki Kadono, Japan
Halfpipe
Gold: Ayumu Hirano, Japan
Silver: Shaun White, United States
Bronze: Scotty James, Austria
Parallel Giant Slalom
Gold: Andreas Prommegger, Austria
Silver: Benjamin Karl, Austria
Bronze: Nevin Galmarini, Switzerland
Slopestyle
Gold: Mark McMorris, Canada
Silver: Red Gerard, United States
Bronze: Darcy Sharpe, Canada
Snowboardcross
Gold: Alex Pullin, Austria
Silver: Pierre Vaultier, France
Bronze: Alessandro Haemmerle, Austria
Women:
Big Air
Gold: Anna Gasser, Austria
Silver: Reira Iwabuchi, Japan
Bronze: Jamie Anderson, United States
Halfpipe
Gold: Chloe Kim, United States
Silver: Cai Xuetong, China
Bronze: Arielle Gold, United States
Parallel Giant Slalom
Gold: Ester Ledecka, Czech Republic
Silver: Julia Dujmovits, Austria
Bronze: Selina Joerg, Germany
Slopestyle
Gold: Jamie Anderson, United States
Silver: Julia Marino, United States
Bronze: Reira Iwabuchi, Japan
Snowboardcross
Gold: Michela, Moioli, Italy
Silver: Lindsey Jacobellis, United States
Bronze: Charlotte Bankes, France
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SPEEDSKATING
Short Track:
Men:
500 meters
Gold: Wu Dajing, China
Silver: Sandor Liu Shaolin, Hungary
Bronze: Samuel Girard, Canada
1,000 meters
Gold: Hwang Dae-heon, South Korea
Silver: Sandor Liu Shaolin, Hungary
Bronze: Sjinkie Knegt, Netherlands
1,500 meters
Gold: Hwang Dae-heon, South Korea
Silver: Sjinkie Knegt, Netherlands
Bronze: Charles Hamelin, Canada
5,000 meter relay
Gold: South Korea
Silver: Canada
Bronze: United States
Women:
500 meters
Gold: Choi Min-jeong, South Korea
Silver: Kim Boutin, Canada
Bronze: Arianna Fontana, Italy
1,000 meters
Gold: Choi Min-jeong, South Korea
Silver: Kim Boutin, Canada
Bronze: Shim Suk-hee, South Korea
1,500 meters
Gold: Shim Suk-hee, South Korea
Silver: Choi Min-jeong, South Korea
Bronze: Kim Boutin, Canada
3,000 meter relay
Gold: South Korea
Silver: China
Bronze: Netherlands
Long Track:
Men:
500 Meters
Gold: Alex Boisvert-Lacroix, Canada
Silver: Havard Lorentzen, Norway
Bronze: Jan Smeekens, Netherlands
1,000 Meters
Gold: Kjeld Nuis, Netherlands
Silver: Koen Verweij, Netherlands
Bronze: Kai Verbij, Netherlands
1,500 Meters
Gold: Koen Verweij, Netherlands
Silver: Kjeld Nuis, Netherlands
Bronze: Joey Mantia, United States
5,000 Meters
Gold: Sven Kramer, Netherlands
Silver: Ted-Jan Bloemen, Canada
Bronze: Sverre Pedersen, Norway
10,000 Meters
Gold: Ted-Jan Bloemen, Canada
Silver: Sven Kramer, Netherlands
Bronze: Jorrit Bergsma, Netherlands
Mass start
Gold: Joey Mantia, United States
Silver: Lee Seung-hoon, South Korea
Bronze: Koen Verweij, Netherlands
Team Trial
Gold: Netherlands
Silver: Norway
Bronze: United States
Women:
500 Meters
Gold: Nao Kodaira, Japan
Silver: Lee Sang-hwa, South Korea
Bronze: Brittany Bowe, United States
1,000 Meters
Gold: Nao Kodaira, Japan
Silver: Brittany Bowe, United States
Bronze: Jorien ter Mors, Netherlands
1,500 Meters
Gold: Miho Takagi, Japan
Silver: Heather Bergsma, United States
Bronze: Ireen Wust, Netherlands
3,000 Meters
Gold: Antoinette de Jong, Netherlands
Silver: Ireen Wust, Netherlands
Bronze: Ivanie Blondin, Canada
5,000 Meters
Gold: Claudia Pechstein, Germany
Silver: Martina Sablikova, Czech Republic
Bronze: Esmee Visser, Netherlands
Mass Start
Gold: Ivanie Blondin, Canada
Silver: Francesca Lollobrigida, Italy
Bronze: Heather Bergsma, United States
Team Trial
Gold: Japan
Silver: Netherlands
Bronze: United States
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Speed skating is a sport I really enjoy every 4 years. Nice to see we have some contenders there.
I miss the days of Canada having medal hopes in Alpine skiing. Are there any hopes there at all?
I see they have us sweeping curling and ice hockey. That would be great but quite possible it doesn’t happen. Of the 4, women’s hockey is the surest thing.
Wow good list. I agree with almost all of it in a perfect world.
I hope Kaisa Makarainen can end her career with a bunch of medals too.
Don't really see Pechstein winning the 5000m but good god what holds her together? This is like her 8th Olympics.
They nailed the figure skating.
Don't think Meyers-Taylor finishes top 2 in bob but possible, not really having a good season.
i'll be shocked if we don't medal in mens figure skating, unless it's one of those pre-determined horse trades with Patrick Chan getting the short straw. Again.
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Whats the deal with mixed doubles curling? Seems odd that China suddenly appears as the gold favorite but doesn't even podium for the separate Men & Womens. I guess the mixed teams are not comprised of the same atheletes?
Mixed Doubles is a somewhat different game from regular curling:
- you only have two players on the team
- there are only five rocks thrown per end by each team instead of eight (one player throws the first and fifth rocks, the other throws the middle three)
- there is one rock from each team positioned in a pre-determined position before the end starts (a center guard for the team without hammer, a rock in the back four foot for the team with hammer)
- you can't throw any take-outs on the first four shots of the end, even on rocks that are in the rings
Doubles got adopted earlier in Europe than in North America so there are a lot of non-traditional curling countries that have done well in the worlds recently. Canada has normally just thrown together teams to try competing - even Lawes and Morris just joined up for the Olympic Trials. It's also easier for countries with less curlers to find one good female and one good male curler than four of each.
Also, some countries let the same curlers compete in doubles and regular team competitions (i.e. USA) and some didn't (i.e. Canada). I'm not sure if China even qualified for either Men's or Women's.
For what it's worth the betting odds from Bodog are a little more pessimistic about Canadian medal hopes:
- None of the Canadian women are in the top three odds for the moguls whereas AP has us winning both gold and bronze
- AP has us winning a silver and a bronze in luge, Bodog has us 5th and 4th in the odds for those events
- AP has Alex Harvey winning two medals, Bodog has him 4th-6th in his events.
There are a few others where AP has us winning a medal and Bodog doesn't have us in the top three. Nothing I can see that goes the other way. For what it's worth Bodog has Patrick Chan with the fifth best odds of winning gold in Men's Figure Skating.
i'll be shocked if we don't medal in mens figure skating, unless it's one of those pre-determined horse trades with Patrick Chan getting the short straw. Again.
He's a dark horse, but a smart dark horse at that.
Some pundits have said this is his retirement Olympics, but with PC's renewed focus, move to Vancouver, and just his experience alone will give him an edge.
On another note, I enjoyed the team event in Russia and felt Canada got shafted by host nepotism.
For what it's worth the betting odds from Bodog are a little more pessimistic about Canadian medal hopes:
- None of the Canadian women are in the top three odds for the moguls whereas AP has us winning both gold and bronze
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yeah the Australian girl is the world champion and AP doesn't list her.
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He's a dark horse, but a smart dark horse at that.
Some pundits have said this is his retirement Olympics, but with PC's renewed focus, move to Vancouver, and just his experience alone will give him an edge.
On another note, I enjoyed the team event in Russia and felt Canada got shafted by host nepotism.
Maybe a very, very dark horse. Right now Patrick's programs do not have the base points that Fernandez, Chen, (a healthy Hanyu), Jin, or Uno have.
It is the Olympics though and there could be some missteps like we saw in Sochi and a bit in Helsinki.
But I don't see Chen stumbling again like last year nor do I see Fernandez making the same catastrophic error. Hanyu is probably too hurt to be on the podium.
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Chances at a downhill ski medal are a lot better than they were a couple days ago.
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Manuel Osborne-Paradis is clearly not. On his 34th birthday, the four-time Olympian delivered the fastest training run of the day. It will have no official bearing on Sunday’s downhill race, but it showed that Osborne-Paradis, as the saying goes, did not come to the Olympics to trade pins.
“We’re here for a medal,” he says after his run. The young guys might be here to learn the ropes, but for him and Benjamin Thomsen, the other World Cup veteran on the team, “It’s down to business,” Osborne-Paradis says. “Let’s see what we can do.”
would be nice to see a Canuck back on the podium in a downhill for sure.
Chances at a downhill ski medal are a lot better than they were a couple days ago.
would be nice to see a Canuck back on the podium in a downhill for sure.
I wouldn't put a lot of weight into it at all though other then good feelings, as far as downhill goes usually during training guys do a lot of standing up/feeling out hte course as well as don't want to give away all of their secrets etc. on top of that it looks like he missed a gate in the course which would have a) disqualified him in a race and b) might have given him more speed/better time:
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Osborne-Paradis, from Invermere, B.C., finished in one minute 40.45 seconds in breezy, sunny conditions at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre — although the 34-year-old missed an early gate which would have disqualified him in a real race.
Unfortunately Erik Guay would of easily been the Canadian with the best chances but he's been out with a bad back for most of the season.
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