Day 1: February 8, 2014

The first day of medals being awarded has come and gone.  Even though there was an additional day of prelims prior to the opening ceremonies, we're now accumulating points with the first event finals occurring.

Sochia Pet adds some fertilizer and grows into the early lead by being the only team to collect two medal winners on Day 1.  He has to credit our Canadian friends, as Justine Dupour-Lapointe stomed to the Moguls gold after Hannah Kearney (much to the disappointment of Silver Sputniks, and the US team) slipped to the bronze after a slight separation of the knees on one mogul.  Mark McMorris was also favored for gold in the Slopestyle event, but only produced a bronze for Sochia Pet.

Elsewhere, Putin on the Ritz scored a gold from Marit Bjoergen in Cross-Country, and Cuban Missle Crisis scored a Wild Card Gold from the Biathlete Ole Einar Bjordalen.  Cold Runnings correctly chose a Dutch speed skater, which swept the podium, but only received the bronze medal for Jorrit Bergsma.

Onto day 2 and more events to occur.  If anyone is interested in following along with your team, the primary website I use to track the medal winners is on the official Sochi 2014 website.  It has a page which lists the Daily Medal Winners.  Be wary to check if you are waiting to enjoy the drama in prime time.