Hollywoodland

The only two events at today’s Olympics are the gold medal hockey game between the USA and Canada and the men’s 50km cross country skiing. So I’m watching the skiing and everybody’s going along nice as can be when all of a sudden five or six skiers get all tangled up in each other’s skis and every single one of them falls down. You just don’t expect a five car pile-up in cross country skiing! At least I don’t. *g*

Tonight is the closing ceremonies. Also tonight on Masterpiece, we have a remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps which was based on the novel of the same name by John Buchan.

Reading: Finished up West of Bliss and barely started Death at Bishop’s Keep by Robin Paige which is the pseudonym of Susan Wittig Albert and her husband Bill Albert. This is the first book in their Victorian/Edwardian series featuring Kate Ardleigh Sheridan and Sir Charles Sheridan. I’ve been wanting to try this series for ages.

And now for my final Vancouver 2010 Olympics report!

Yesterday was pretty quiet overall. We had the men’s speed skating team pursuit medal round which is kind of fun to watch. Three skaters from each country skate together and their final time isn’t counted until the third skater crosses the finish line. The gold went to Canada, the silver to the USA, and bronze to the Netherlands. The women’s speed skating team pursuit went to Germany (gold), Japan (silver), and Poland (bronze).

In the men’s snowboard giant slalom event, gold went to Canada, silver to Austria, and bronze to France.

In men’s slalom skiing, the gold went to Italy, the silver to Ivica Kostelic of Croatia, and bronze to Sweden. If you’re wondering why I only mentioned Ivica it’s because he’s the only one I remember from previous Olympics games.

In men’s curling, the gold medal went to Canada which made everybody happy. The silver went to the Norwegians (and their pants). If you wonder what I mean about the pants, read this. Remind me to post a picture of Norwegian hottie Thomas Ulsrud tomorrow! The bronze went to Switzerland.

But the most exciting event yesterday was the men’s four-man bobsled finals. The bronze medal went to Canada’s sled 1. The silver went to Germany’s sled 1. And the gold medal went to USA sled 1!!! The reason this is doubly exciting is it’s the first time since 1948 we’ve won a gold medal in this event. So, congrats to Steve, Steve (there are two of them *g*), Curt and Justin!!!

4 Comments