The top 5 teams are only separated by 11 points - the remaining team are still in striking distance with big team points still in play.
Long Track - Kjeld Nuis of Russian Ministry of Sport barely edged out Havard Lorentzen of Team Mark to win gold.
Figure Skating - The marquee event crowned the princess of the games - the Ladies free skate concluded as expected with Russians closing it out to compete for gold. Unexpectedly the results were reversed - Alina Zagitova of Suk-hee year took the Gold, with Evegina Medvedeva of Luge Yourself narrowly getting silver. Katelyn Osmond of Canada was the best of the rest and got the bronze for Run DMZ.
Curling - After getting wiped all over the ice by top seed Sweden, Switzerland men's curling team bounced back to shock Canada and grab the Bronze medal. Incheon Closer will covet any points out of that shocking result. Run DMZ shockingly gets 0 points for finishing off the podium with Canada being the favorites entering the competition.
Note: The OAR mixed doubles team had their bronze medal STRIPPED for doping (seriously....in curling). Norway then claims the Bronze, but this doesn't affect our standings as neither team was chosen.
Biathlon - The men's 7.5km relay had Sweden stealing the Gold (no selections), Norway getting Silver (Johannes Thingnes Bo, Soohorang Success; Tarjei Bo and Emil Hegle Svendsen, both of Run DMZ), and Germany took bronze, led by Arnd Pfeiffer (Incheon Closer)
NOW, we head into the final 2 days of the games - sports are wrapping up but there are some big fish out there - here's what to watch for:
MEDAL EVENTS TOMORROW:
- Alpine Skiing
- Cross-Country Skiing
- Curling (USA USA USA - Luge Yourself is chanting all night as they try to beat out Sweden of Russian Ministry of Sport) (Team Mark has Team GB women going for Bronze)
- Hockey (Incheon Closer has Canada trying to salvage the Bronze after a disappointing defeat to Germany)
- Snowboard
- Long Track Speed Skating
MEDAL EVENTS SUNDAY:
- Bobsled (Incheon Closer's Friedrich 4-man team is in the lead after the first day of runs, Walther of Red White and Luge and Lochner of Team Mark are all in the mix)
- Cross-Country Skiing
- Curling (Red White and Luge have the Swedish women's team going for gold against the home team South Korea)
- Hockey (Seoul Searching is going for Gold with OAR facing the upstart Germany)
Many of the sports have concluded - let's take a look at the best picks and net gains in each of these:
Biathlon - only 3 athletes posted net gains on the projected point totals. Johannes Thingnes Bo being the biggest loser, but hard to be sad about the 20 points earned. Martin Fourcade was the best overall pick with 30 points earned and only 5 points under projected
Figure Skating - Virtue/Moir Ice Dancing Twizzled to the top. Nathan Chen was a massive disappointment.
Freestyle Skiing - This was ROUGH - basically so many events we all got to pick favorites, but only 5 of us come away with any points:
Nordic Combined - Jan Schmid sucked it up and Eric Frenzel threw it down big
Short Track Speed Skating - South Korea massive disappointment
Skeleton - not many events so not lots of points, especially with the upsets:
Ski Jumping - Forfang sunk his teeth into these hills
The pictures were hard to get to post at a better readable resolution, so check out the spreadsheet on the google drive link if you want to analyze any sport and your teams.
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