Night One Coverage
After tonight, Apolo Ohno could be the most decorated US Winter Olympian ever
Welcome to the first night of coverage here from Vancouver. Tonight Apolo Ohno goes for a medal in the 1500 meters, women’s moguls debuts, and the dangerous mens luge competition gets underway. Also taking place right now on CNBC Canada’s women’s hockey team is up 3-0 on Slovakia
7:24 – Apolo Phno was stuck in the back, and he just passed everyone and blew straight to the front. Way to send a message.
7:27 – A story I hadn’t heard until now: Haralds Silovs of Latvia is the first person ever to race in long track and short track in the same Olympics.
7:30 – Not quite sure what happened on that crash, but it looked like the French guy interfered with the Dutch skater. In a shocking upset, the French guy didn’t hold up a white flag immediately after.
7:31 – Hockey check. It’s 6-0 Canada now. Obviously they’re one of the best two teams in the tournament, but Slovakia isn’t much resistance. Puts a nice message into Team USA’s head though.
7:35 – One thing I like that I’m sure no one else does: the fluff pieces.
7:41 – Canada/Slovakia ends the first period with Canada up 7-0
7:42 – Canadian fans with “Heil” signs for Jenn Heil. Kind of an unfortunate coincidence.
7:44 – This girl’s cute. She’s also 17. Fair enough.
7:48 – Heil with a great run. Into 1st place.
7:55 – Hannah Kearney with an absolute sick run to go into first place
8:03 – Montana native Heather McPhee, in her first Olympics, posts one of the fastest times. Not a bad first jump, good middle section, and a great second jump.
8:04 – She’s into 3rd and will qualify for the medal round.
8:07 – The Americans qualify 1st, 3rd, 6th and 7th.
8:08 – One reason why I don’t want ABC/ESPN to get the games: NBC’s music is awesome. Sorry, west coasters.
8:16 – Apolo Ohno has four 2 hour workouts per day? What the hell?
8:23 – Olympic torch lighter Steve Nash just won the skills competition at the NBA All-Star game
8:28 – The guy doing color sort of sounds like Todd McShay to me
8:30 – Ohno with a little push on the South Korean guy. Might be DQed but doesn’t look like a big deal.
8:37 – And Olivier crashes! The Canada home soil curse lives.
8:40 – I’m passing this comment from Mole along. Just epic: “The patented Korean pass = passing me in a Daewoo without using turn signals.”
8:41 – They just showed video of JR Celski’s crash. I could go without seeing that for the rest of my life.
8:58 – Yeah I’m moving to British Columbia when I grow up. Most beautiful place on Earth.
8:59 – And the luge has started. American Chris Mazdzer leads it off. 48 seconds or so. Not bad.
9:05 – American Tony Benshoof into 2nd.
9:05 – As a refresher, my medal picks:
Gold – Albert Demchenko, Russia
Silver – Felix Loch, Germany (currently in 2nd)
Bronze – Armin Zoeggler, Italy
9:14 – Well, Canada won their opener 18-0. Not bad.
9:20 – Bengt Walden of the US hits the barrier, but makes it across safely and in 13th place.
9:26 – And it’s Apolo Ohno time.
9:29 – Really, there is a B final? How stupid.
9:37 – What a sick race. Two Koreans knock themselves out and it allows Americans Apolo Ohno and JR Celskie to medal.
9:42 – So Ohno ties Bonnie Blair for most medals by a US Winter Olympian, and has a chance to pass her later. Also watch out for JR Celskie in coming years. He probably has two olympics left and will be a star.
9:45 – Not to steal all my commentary from Moleman, but short track really is the vice presidency of sports: You’re one catastrophe away from the top.
9:47 – I believe I just set my record for views in one day, so thanks everyone.
9:57 – Back to the moguls. 8 Left.
10:06 – Michelle Roark crashes, will likely finish last. Right after her, Shannon Bahrke knocks one out of the park and she is your new leader.
10:21 – Jenn Heil is in first with just one skiier to go. She could be the first Canadian to win gold on her home soil.
10:24 – Holy shit. Hannah with a huuuuuuge run to win gold and steal one from Canada!
10:46 – I’ll probably just do some sparse updates in the comments since NBC has switched back to tape delay. Thanks for joining me tonight, see you tomorrow.
At the end of Day 1, the United States leads the medal count with four. One gold.
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What are Ohno’s chances?
He’s definitely a medal threat in this race.
Need both tv’s hooked up side by side tonight. Olympics on one and KU on the other.
KU isn’t on TV here so I have it on my laptop. I need one TV for NBC and one for CNBC though.
Woo! USA! USA! USA!
What is your avatar?
It’s the album cover of Rush’s Fly By Night.
I’m raising the Terror Threat from “blackwatch plaid” to the cover of Rush’s seminal album “Moving Pieces.”
WOW
Holy shit that was awesome.
Is he that good or was that a fairly weak heat?
A little bit of both
These streamlined suits make my package look huge.
… uh, hugER than normal that is.
Show some freaking sports NBC
That Aborigine chick could get it.
Fluff pieces wouldn’t be awful if they accompanied actual freaking competition.
How is bad weather delaying shit in the winter olympics?
As far as I know, the downhill skiing has each been pushed back a day.
Yeah, look at the time.
/helps if there’s a clock on the screen, NBC
The womens moguls are getting me hard, I don’t know why.
Must be the bouncing up and down
That and everything but the hips/genitalarea is bouncing, so it’s like, well I don’t know what it’s like, but it’s working for me.
Yeah she’s tight … get dirty for me.
Bark like a dog.
Does the mogul course get faster as more people ski it? Or is it pretty much like a highway by this point anyway
I think it’s about as fast as it’s going to get cause they do practice runs and stuff.
Only 25% of your score is the time though so it’s not a huge deal.
Wow I want this Hot Topic looking bitch to crash.
Communist
She looks like a pornstar with that hair, a pornstar named Zophia. Google here you come.
Seriously, more sports please.
You don’t like profile pieces by Cris Collinsworth?
/nobody does
See, I like them. Obviously I like the sports, but I am a fan of the profile pieces.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS
“Apolo Ohno has four 2 hour workouts per day? What the hell?”
Duffy dropped his monocle and TBL stopped choking his doorman at the suggestion that top athletes have time to work out.
Steroids.
I have zero 2 hour workouts per day.
Actually that’s a lie I workout like 5 times a week. But I’m not exactly an olympic athlete.
Yeah fetch I like the profile pieces, but not when they’re done by Cris Collinsworth.
Ok I can get down with that.
He’s gonna crash.
That was tense.
Ballsy, stupid, but ballsy. Don’t fuck us judges.
EAT IT CANADA
Why would he be dq’d? Both of those guys qualified for the next heat? He didn’t knock him out of contention.
anytime there is contact like that the judges take a look and can DQ the person.
I’d see the point if he caused that guy to fall back.
There appears to be a ten year old kid in this one.
just a Chinaman
The patented Korean pass = passing me in a Daewoo without using turn signals.
Haha that was phenomenal
Here’s a bunch of rich white kids doing rich white people sports, and their non working moms who stave off the urge of fucking the pool boy by becoming a sports mom.
When Fetch grows up he wants to be a fireman.
There has to be a University of BC right? I can teach there.
Yes there is. My law school teleconferenced classes on Canadian Law with them.
I’m in. If it wasn’t such a hassle I’d try to go to school there.
Holy shit that is the most intimidating helmet I’ve seen.
So basically slowing down the track ruined the event. Good work.
Man Apolo is beast.
HHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA YES
“Soggy but doable”
heh heh heh heh heh
twss?
Fetch this narration kicks ass too.
What you mean hassle to go teach in Canada? Go for it and you will get better health insurance coverage too at that …hell I know I could cut it in Alberta the way this winter has gone in Philly should I be able to find work up there.
No, to go to school, my bad. The requirements to get in are all different.
I see Moleman is here then back to his self and vicious ways if I’m right that is who it is! Carpe diem cheers! Please share some more poop tales when things get slow too.
Goddamn. … Russian with pigtails … American women getting shown up by these classy broads.
And folks wonder why guys like me have not gone for American women except the few spicy ones for years now? Damn ninnies!
Nice recovery from that faceplant …
Fetch other than avoiding the chipping of teeth and the embarassment of perhaps letting go a shart, other than air time and trick quality and speed what is the object otherwise if any of the moguls skiing competition?
You said before that time is only 25% so what is the composition of the rest?
Are there penalties for anything else besides falls or going off course?
25% is time
25% is tricks
25% is form on the moguls
The other twenty five? You guessed it, Frank Stallone!
I wiki’ed Frank Stallone and it still goes over my head here in Metro Philly:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Stallone
Now it’s already near Newark …Fetch the other 25% please?
Really dry humour there Moleman I guess.
Sorry, 50% is the moguls. My mistake
How badass do you have to be to crash and then finish the damn moguls? I’d be waiting for the skiers to come get me with the sled
Looks like the only gold medal for Team USA on day one but we’ll take it and hats off.
http://www.nbcolympics.com/medals/2010-standings/index.html
(not yet updated with the new winner)
Wow Katherine Reutter almost got boned.