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Day 2.5 - A Historic One at that….

So, Day 2 was a pretty big one - so big I couldn’t even put it into words until now - so, really, it’s not news anymore - but Team USA finally won a medal in Nordic Combined.  I know, Nordic Combined, right?  WTF?  Such an interesting combination of skills.  First, you do flying jump off a K95 hill.  That jump sets up your order for a cross country chase. First one to cross the finish line wins gold.  Fun stuff, right. Well, the US has NEVER one a medal in this crazy combination of winter events - until Johnny Spillane (I swear, I couldn’t make this up if I tried) took the silver.  The US also had the 4th place finish, and I believe another top 10er.  Not bad for team USA.  Now, the only winter event that we have not won a medal in is biathlon (and we missed out this year as well!)

But the bigger news from Day 2 was the first Canadian home gold medal - won a freestyle skier - men’s moguls.  Fun stuff.  Yay, Canada!

The other big event was the first of three nights in a row of figure skating.  Last night was the pairs short program and tonight is the pairs free skate - and the first figure skating medals.  I will say this right off the bat - I STILL DON’T UNDERSTAND THE NEW SKATING SCORING.  Not to say that I didn’t think something needed to change - but OMG, seriously.  I don’t get it anymore.  Now, having said that, the one thing I really liked about the short program was being able to see basically the same 6-8 things done by each of the pairs.  It made it easier to compare, in my opinion, of course.

I was really impressed by the comeback of Zhao and Shen, and have to root for the old guys!  But, I have to admit, my favorite performance of the night was the over-the-top clown makeup of the Germans Savchenko and Szolkowy.  I thought it was just a beautiful performance and I was mesmerized!!!

Tonight is the finals and it will be interesting to see if Zhao and Shen can hold on to the top spot!  Stay tuned!

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