Day 2: Feb 11 - What a Bunch of Lugers

Day 2 is in the books and some dramatic developments have had a high impact on so many teams!

So many excellent dramatic finishes, but none altered the outcome of this competition more than the men's luge finals - a complete sweep on the medal stand of unexpected winners.  Felix Loch, the two-time defending gold medalist was the last slider to hit the ice, sitting in first and essentially needs to coast to victory.  He hits a wall, loses speed and finishes FIFTH.  OFF the stand. Team Mark is certainly regretting selecting the German, especially when ignoring Team USA Chris Mazdzer who slid in for an unthinkable silver medal. 

The other giant upset was the #1 pick, expected dominant biathlete, Johannes Thingnes Bo, did not medal in the 10km sprint.  Soohorang Success is sweating the selection as she finds that Bo doesn't know Biathlon as much as expected.  Celebrating overcoming the odds was Incheon Closer to the Title, as late selection Arnd Peiffer of Germany claimed the gold in the event.  Martin Fourcade, whom the commentators spoke of as "the best shooter on the planet, maybe ever" proceeded to immediately miss 3/5 shots and finished off the podium. 

Other highlights include:

• The Dutch powerhouse, Sven Kramer, skating to gold in Long track for Luge Yourself, with Incheon's wild card selection of Ted-Jan Bloeman grabbing the silver.
• Red Gerard of the USA landing some massive tricks on the last run in slopestyle to go from 10th to GOLD for Soohorang Success.
• Martin Johnsrud Sundby skiing across the country to silver for Lindsey Vonn-miting
• Justine Dufour-Lapointe securing a silver in moguls for Incheon Closer

Expect more shake-ups in the standings as so many events are still to come.  Russian Ministry of Sport, Suk-Hee Year, and Team Mark are all hoping to get on the board and rally.

Twizzle forth to Day 3!