the mad sports man

here are the front covers of the Edmonton sun sports section during the Olympics.  enjoy.

The flame is out.  The speeches read.  The hand over to Beijing happened.   The Beijing 2022 had its presentation and The performaces were wonderful.  Canada finishes The 2018 games with 11g, 8s and 10b for 29 medals.  Norway finishes with 39 overall medals, 2 more than The previous record set by The U.S.  Norway and Germany each had 14 golds, tying a record set by Canada.  So that is it for The 2018 winter games. See you first in 2020 in Tokyo then 2022 in Beijing.

Canada just beat the Czech Rep. to win Bronze in mens hockey.   Final score 6-4.  That is now 11g 8s and 10b for 29 medals. Yes.

Kim Boutin.   Three medals in short track speed skating.  And had to deal with death threars after the first one.  She will carry it proudly for sure.  The closing ceremonies will be on at this time tomorrow.

Sebastien Toutant has won the first snowboard big air event, giving Canada its 11th gold and 28th medal of the games  the 11g goes with 8s and 10b.  i can see 30 yet.

Kaetlyn Osmond just picked up another Bronze in figure skating.  That is now 10g 8s and 9b for 27 medals. Osmond just broke Canada's medals mark for most medals in a winter games for Canada.  Woohoo.

two more medals - this time in ski cross.  the gold went to Kelsey Serwa, and the silver went to Brittany Phelan.  that is now 10g, 8s and 8b for 26 medals.  WOOOHOOO!!!!  go Canada go.

Two more medals.  First, the bronze.  The mens 5000m relay team of Samuel Girard, Charles Hamelin, Charles Cornoyer and Pascal Dion claimed the 8th bronze of the games. Now the Silver.  Kim Boutin won her third medals of the games and Canada's 7th Silver. Yay.  That is 9g 7s and 8b for 24 medals.  Hopefully more to come.

Boy this was a good one and it went to a shootout.   The U.S. wins rheir firs gold in 20 years with a 3-2 win.  Canada with a silver.  That is now 9g 6s and 7b for 22 medals.  Congrats to The U.S.

Kaillie Humphries and Phyllicia George picked up a bronze in two woman bobsled.  Kaillie's third olympic medal and Phyllicia's first.   That is 9g, 5s and 7b for 21 medal.   Yay.

Brady Leman just picked up another gold, this one in mens ski cross.  That is now 9g, 5s and 6b for 20 total. Yay.

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are olympic ice dance champions after an exquiste free skate. That is now 8g, 5s and 6b for 19 medals.  WOOHOO!!!!!!

Cassie Sharp is Golden ski half piper, winning Canada's 7th gold of the games.  7g 5s and 6b for 18 medals.  Keep it coming Canada.

Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz has gold in 2 man bobsled.  Them and Germany tied for gold with the exact time of 3:16.86.  Wow.  That is now 6g, 5s and 6b for 17 medals with 6 days left.  And there will be one in womens hockey as Canada plays the U.S.

Alex Beaulieu-Marchand picked up a Bronzed in ski slope style. Wheeèeee. That is now 5g, 5s and 6b for 16 medals.  More to come.

We start with the bronzed,  where Kim Boutin got her second bronzed of the games, this time in the womens 1500m. Afterwards, Samuel Girard picked up the gold in the mens 1000m.  That bring the total to 5g, 5s and 5b for 15 medals

On the heels of Canada's first ever medal in luge, they get their second.  This time in the team relay. WOOHOO!!  That is the 5th silver of these games and 13th overall.

Ted-Jan Bloeman just won gold in the 10000m in, what i heard, was a world record.  That is now 4g,4s and 4b for 12 medals.

Eric Radford and Meaghan Duhamel just won Bronzed in pairs figure skating.  Canada's first ever pairs medal.  That brings the total to 3g, 4s and 4b for 11 medal.

Kim Boutin just won a Bronze in short track speed skating - the 500m event.  Ok, i actually just spotted this one.  That is now 3g, 4s and 3b for 10 total.

Kaitlyn Lawes and John Morris won gold in mixed curling, beatin Switzerland 10-3.  2nd career Olympic gold for them.  Lawes  in 2014 and Morris in 2010. Meanwhile, Alex Gough picked up Canada's first ever luger medal as she won bronze in womens luge.  That brings Canada's total to 3g, 4s and 2b for 9 medal.

Mikael Kingsbury just picked up A Golden in mens moguls.  He adds That to many world cup races He has won. (I think 48).  That is now 2g, 4s and 1b for 7 medal.

Laurie Blouin just picked up Canada's sixth medal. A Silver in women's slope style.  That is 1g, 4s and 1b.

With only the pairs left, Canada will have enough points to take the team figure skating event.  That is now 1g, 3s and 1b.  Hopefully more medals to come as the evening goes on.

Justine Dufour-Lapointe has a silver of her own in Womens moguls.  That is 3s an a bronze so far.  A good second day.

Ted-Jan Bloeman picked up Canada's second silver in mens 5000m Speed skating.  Thst is now 2s and 1b.  Woohoo.

Canada picked up its first two medals in PyeongChang in mens slope style snow boardin.  Max Parrot got the silver and Mark McMorris got the bronze. Great way to star dat two.

day one is done.  Germany leads most golds with two, while Netherlands leads overall with 4, including a sweep in the womens 3000m speedskating.  Carlijn Achtereekte (gold), Ireen Wust (silver) and Antoinette de Jong (bronze) won medals. fun fact: Noriaki Kasai of Japan, after participating in ski jumping qualification, participated in EIGHT different winter Olympics.  wow.  day two starts in a late this afternoon in Edmonton.

Charlotte Kalla of Sweden.  She won the womens skiathlon ( new to me).  Marit Bjorgen of Norway gets silver and Krista Parmakoski with the bronze.

the Opening ceremonies are done. they started at 4am and ended about 6:15 Edmonton time the parade of nations happened. 92 nations entered the stadium.  North and South Korea entered as one. the torch is lit.   the neatest way to light it.  was lit by Yuna Kim.   first medals will be handed out later today and overnight.  who will win the first medal?  find out later.

the 2018 games officially start tomorrow morning in Edmonton with the opening ceremonies at 4am Edmonton time.  as noted last night, competition has already started.  Canada evened its mixed doubles record to 1-1 with a 6-4 win over the U.S.  the games run to the 25th, with 92 nations expected to compete.  Canada will send 225 athletes to these games.  Ecuador, Eritrea, Kosovo, Malaysia, Nigeria and Singapore will make their debuts here.  four new disciplines include mixed curling, big air snowboarding, mass start speed skating and mixed team alpine skiing.  who will win the first gold of the games?  how many records will fall?  who will win the most golds?  who will win the most medals?  how many will Canada win?  stay tuned.  here is the logo for these games.

yep action has already started.  mixed curling has already begun.  Canada lost its opener 9-6 to Norway.  ski jumping has started with qualification.  tomorrow night and into Friday morning has mixed curling continuing along with team figure skating and freestyle skiing.  first medals will be handed out Saturday.

the 2014 edition was held in Sochi, Russia and was held from February 7-23.  88 nations were at these games.  highlights include:  1.  the first logo to feature a website (will show it at the end).  2.  several sports were added which include - figure skating team event, ski halfpipe, womens ski jump, mixed relay biathlon, team luge relay, ski slopestyle, snowboard slopestyle, and snowboard parallel special slalom.  3.  Anastasiya Kuzmina of Slovakia became the first female to repeat as biathlon champion. 4. Carina Vogt of Germany won the first ever gold in women's ski jumping. 5.  Tina Maze of Slovenia and Dominique Gisin of Switzerland finished with a time of 1:41.57.  marks the first time that any Olympic alpine event had a tie for gold.  6.  the first gold in team luge went to Natalie Geisenberger, Felix Loch, Tobais Wendl and Tobais Ardl of Germany.  7. Canada beats the U.S. 3-2 im OT for gold in womens hockey.  ...

the 2010 games were in Vancouver, B.C. and were held from February 12 - 28.  82 nations were at these games.  highlights include:  1.  Alexandre Bilodeau wins Canada's first gold on home soil (never won one in 1976 summer games in Montreal or 1988 in Calgary) when he wins the moguls on day two.  2.  Charlotte Kalla becoms Sweden's first female individual gold medalist as she wins the women's 10km freestyle in cross country skiing. 3. Dario Cologna wins Switzerland's first cross country skiing gold medal.  he won the 15km freestyle. 4.  Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada wins North America's first ice dance gold.  training partners Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the U.S. wins silver.  5. Canad wins most golds at a winter games AND wins most golds by a home country with 14.  U.S. wins most medals at a winter games with 37.  Canada finishes with 26 medals (14g, 7s, 5b) at these games.  tomorrow - 2014.  here is the ...

the 2006 winter games were in Torino, Italy and were held from February 10 - 26.  80 nations went to these games.  highlights include:  1. Latvia wins its first winter games medal in men's luge.  Martins Rubenis won bronze.  2.  Ted Ligety wins the mens combined in alpine skiing in a race that was riddled with disqualifications - including Bode Miller and Benjamin Raich.  3.  Duff Gibson beats out fell Canadian Jeff pain to win gold in skeleton.  Gibson became the oldest individual gold medalist in winter games history.  4.  Sweden beats the U.S. in the womens hockey semi final game, becoming the first team - other than Canada - to beat the U.S.  5.  Canada was at the wrong end of two upsets on day 9, the Italians beat them in curling and Switzerland in men's hockey.  6. Laselles Brown of Canada became the first Jamacian born athlete to win a medal, winning a silver with Pierre Leuders in bobsled.  Canada finishe...

The Eagles are super bowl champs after a thrilling 41-33 win.   First ever super bowl.  Congrats to the Eagles.

Salt Lake City was host of the 2002 games and were held from February 8 - 24.  78 nations were at these games.  highlights include:  1.  Canada sweeps the men's and women's hockey, beating the U.S. in both games.  the women won 3-2, while the men won 5-2 AND ended a 50 year drought of not winning gold.  2.  women's bobsled makes its debut.  3.  the U.S. completes a sweep in the men's halfpipe as Ross Powers (gold), Danny Kass (silver), and Jarret Thomas (bronze) end up on the podium.  4.  Stephen Bradbury of Australia produces an unlikely gold medal in short track speed skating.  first in the semi final as he hung back three of his competitors crashed into each other, giving Bradbury second and sending him to the final.  in the final he held back again and his four competitors took each other out, giving Bradbury a gold.  it was Australia's first - as well as the southern hemisphere's first - gold.  5.  Aust...

the 1998 winter games were in Nagano Japan and were held from February 7 - 22.  72 nations went to these games.  highlights include:  1. curling makes a return, while womens curling makes it's first appearance.  Sandra Schmirler of Canada wins the first womens curling gold, beating Denmark.  the silver for Denmark is its first winter games medal.  2.  women's hockey is contested for the first time.  the U.S. beats Canada 3-1 for gold.  3.  NHL players were able to compete for the first time.  the Czech Republic beat Russia for gold and Finland beat Canada for bronze.  4. snowboarding debuts at these games.  Ross Rebagliati wins gold, gets disqualified for testing positive for marijuana, then has  that disqualification overturned.  5.  Surya Bonaly of France does a back flip and lands on one blade.  she is the only figure skater to do so.  6.  Australia wins its first individual winter games me...

the 1994 winter Olympics were in Lillehammer, Norway and were held from February 12 - 27.  67 nations were at these games.  this was the first games to be held in a different year from the summer games and the first and only one to be held two years after the previous games.  Lillehammer is the northernmost city to host a winter games.  highlights include:  1.  Italy beat Norway by 0.4s to win gold in the mens 4 X 10 relay in cross country skiing.  2. Kim Yoon-Mi became the youngest gold medalist at 13. she was part of the 3000m short track speed skating relay team South Korean team.  3.  Vreni Schneider won the complete set of medals (g, s, b) in Alpine skiing. 4.  Manuela Di Centa (5 medals) and Lyubov Yegorova (4 medals) dominated womens cross country skiing.  5.  Sweden beats Canada in a shootout to win hockey gold (i remember watching this game).  6.  new distances to short track speed skating and aerials were ad...

Albertville, France hosted the games and were held from February 8 - 23. 64 nations were at these games.  these were the last games that were held in the same year as the summer games. it was the first time the paralympics were held at the same site as the Olympics. other highlights include:  1. the last time speed skating was held outdoors.  2.  short track speed skating, moguls and womens biathlon made their debuts.  3.  the last time demonstration sports were contested as curling, aerials, ski ballet and speed skiing were contested.  Nicholas Bochatay was killed while training before the speed skiing finals.  4.  Bjorn Daehlie and Vegard Ulvang each won three gold medals in cross country skiing for Norway.  5.   Toni Nieminen of Finland was the youngest gold medal winner at 16 when he won the ski jumping.  6. Annelise Coberger of New Zealand won the southern hemisphere's first Winter games medal - a silver in women's sl...