Day 11: Flying to the Finish

 In Freestyle Skiing, one of the best events of the day was in the Big Air final, which saw a mega showdown among competitors throwing tricks that had never before been performed in competition. The final three competitiors set three straight olympic records to finish out the final round! In my opinion, Mac Forehand (what a name) was ROBBED, as Norway, and Tormod Frostad (another great name, especially for a Norwegian) threw some "butter" trick in there and grabbed the gold.  It was one of the most extreme events I have seen!

Falling, with style

Unfortunately, no one drafted these guys.

Around the Games:

• Nordic Combined - Monopolies reign, as Oftebro secures his second gold for Blades of Glory-ish, and Lamparter gets the silver again for Schrimscetti Skis. Herola gets the Bronze for Ice Ice Penne
  
  
• Biathlon - the men's relay finished with France getting the gold for Ice Ice Penne, and Silver to My Verona and Norway (which included bad boyfriend getting his 4th medal!)
  
  
• Long Track Speed Skating -
  Men's team pursuit - GOLD - Ghiotto, Italy, Blades of Glory-ish
  Women's team pursuit - GOLD - Blondin, Canada, TASMWTAM; Silver - Groenewoud and Rijpma-de Jong, Netherlands, Ice Ice Penne and John the Baptist; Bronze - Takagi, Japan, Schrimscetti Skis
  
  
• Bobsleigh - a German SWEEP in the 2-man - Lochner takes Gold for Blades of Glory-ish, and Friedrich takes Silver for My Verona

Some events were delayed today because of weather, so overall medals were a bit lower.  Here's the score update! Back to a tie for first! 
Blades of Glory-ish had a glorious day, skating into 4th place and in range of the podium! Lots of points out there, still, but looking like a 2 way race at the moment for the Gold.

As a reminder - total medal count will determine tiebreakers:

Italy is currently outperforming expectations as the home team - 24 total medals so far!  Germany did get a boost with Bobsleigh today, but trails with 20. We'll see where the standings finish!