Day One Standings

Day 1 wraps up with a tight race, and some disappointments for some team members.

Ryan's team was bolstered by a strong performance from Sven Kramer, the flying dutchman, who captured the gold. However, his ringer, Lee Oh-Suk, was disqualified when he wiped out his own teammate trying to go for the silver medal. What a sucky performance by Suk. Wolfgang Loitzl looked more like a wolf-pup in faltering through the ski jump. Even Olga Medvedtseva, his #4 pick, slid to a pitiful 22nd place in the biathlon. At least Sven was svelte.

Kristin D's team was carried by two silver medal performances from Apolo Anton Ohno in the short track race, and Jennifer Heil in the moguls competition. However, both were gold medal hopefuls and lost out on an additional 10 points. Also suffering in the biathlon, Helena Jonsson faltered to 12th place, though ahead of Ryan's Olga.

Kristin J's team also is tied for first, with Lee Jung-Su speeding to the win ahead of both Ryan and Kristin D's short track skaters. Also suffering in the biathlon, Svetlana Slepstova was edged by Kristin D's Helena for 13th place. Too bad there's no points for 13th place. Shani Davis skated, but this was not his top event and still looks to win some bling.

Trent's team jumped out to an early lead, with the first medals being given out to the ski jumpers. His Adam Malysz rode the Polish cheers to a silver medal. Later, his Charles Hamelin of Canada captured a finals win! However, it was the short track Finals B, which decides 8th place. Good job on 8th place. Also bit by the biathlete bug, Kati Wilhem bumbled to 30th. Bummer. Bob de Jong skated for Holland, but couldn't defeat Ryan's fellow countryman Sven.

Jimmy also jumped for joy with his ski jumping bronze medal win. Gregor Schlierenzauer jumped well for the Austrians and made it on the medal stand. His biathlete must have been weighed down by too long of a name, as Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek fell to 20th place. Enrico Fabris tried to sew together a strong performance, but again was turned back on the speed track by Ryan's Sven.

Kara's team was looking to the future, and not getting distracted by the events that began today. I don't believe any of her athletes competed on Day 1, so she has much to look forward to with the upcoming events.

After an exciting first day, there's still plenty of Olympics to go! Good luck to all!