Yesterday at the Olympics
- American Sage Kotsenburg won the first gold medal of the Sochi Olympics, winning the men’s snowboarding slopestyle event. This made Kotsenburg the fourth American to win the first gold medal at a Winter Olympics. Charlie Jewtraw won the first Winter Olympic event ever held, the speed skating 500 metres at Chamonix in 1924. In 1932, Jack Shea won the same event to open the Lake Placid Olympics, winning that race shortly after taking the Oath of the Athletes at the Opening Ceremony. And in 1952 Andi Mead-Lawrence won the women’s giant slalom in Alpine skiing, the first gold medal won at the Oslo Winter Olympics.
- Hannah Kearney won a bronze medal in women’s freestyle moguls, her second Olympic medal in the event, having won a gold medal in 2010. Kearney’s two Olympic medals in freestyle skiing ties her with Shannon Bahrke for the most medals won by an American in freestyle skiing.
- Kearney trailed Canadians Justine and Chloe Dufour-Lapointe, who became the 6th siblings to finish 1-2 in an individual event at the Winter Olympics. See https://olympstats.com/2014/02/08/siblings-going-1-2-in-winter-olympic-individual-events/ for more details.
- Jessica Diggins placed 8th in the women’s cross-country skiathlon, equalling the best ever finish by an American woman in Olympic cross-country skiing individual event. Kikkan Randall also finished 8th in the sprint at Vancouver.
- Tim Burke placed 19th in the men’s biathlon 10 km, the second best finish ever by an American in that event, after Jeremy Teela placed 9th in 2010.
- Ole Einar Bjørndalen won the men’s biathlon 10 km event, giving him 12 Olympic medals and 7 gold medals. This ties Bjorndalen with Norwegian Bjørn Dæhlie who won 12 medals in cross-country skiing. It also moves Bjørndalen to #2 all-time in gold medals won, trailing only Dæhlie’s 8. Bjørndalen also became the oldest Winter Olympic gold medalist in an individual event, at age 40 years, 12 days.
Today at the Olympics
- Medals today for the USA – look for Bode Miller in men’s Alpine downhill, who has been at the top of his recent form in the past few weeks. The USA figure skating team is in 3rd in the team trophy competition, and has a good shot to win a bronze medal, with silver a long shot, and gold seemingly out of the question. Those are probably two best shots at a medal for Sunday.
This Day at the Olympics
320 Olympians were born
75 Olympians died
69 Olympic events were held
USA Births and Death on this Day at the Olympics
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Date,Name,Sport,Years
9 Feb 1868,Joseph Charles,TEN,1904
9 Feb 1872,Charles Klauder,ART,1928-32
9 Feb 1888,Alexander Kruse,ART,1932
9 Feb 1894,Moose Goheen,ICH,1920
9 Feb 1908,Jackie Fields,BOX,1924
9 Feb 1927,Ruth Topalian,GYM,1952
9 Feb 1936,Robert Bartholomew,WLT,1968
9 Feb 1943,Jim King,BAS,1968
9 Feb 1947,Francie Kraker,ATH,1968-72
9 Feb 1949,Lyle Nelson,BIA,1976-88
9 Feb 1950,Butch Keaser,WRE,1976
9 Feb 1950,Greg Losey,MOP,1984
9 Feb 1956,Phil Ford,BAS,1976
9 Feb 1959,Greg Morava,HAN,1984
9 Feb 1964,Antonio McKay,ATH,1984-88
9 Feb 1966,Arlene Limas,TKW,1988
9 Feb 1967,Chris Kappler,EQU,2004
9 Feb 1967,Venus Lacey,BAS,1996
9 Feb 1979,Brenda Taylor,ATH,2004
9 Feb 1980,Lauren McFall,SYN,2004
9 Feb 1987,Henry Cejudo,WRE,2008
9 Feb 1988,Chelsea Hayes,ATH,2012
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Date,Name,Sport,Years
9 Feb 1904,Mary Abbott,GOL,1900
9 Feb 1968,Ed Moore,ROW,1920
9 Feb 1969,John Schereschewsky,AFB,1932
9 Feb 1975,Ed Jennings,ROW,1924-32
9 Feb 1991,Henry Oehler,HAN,1936
9 Feb 1992,Joseph Shimmon,WRE,1920
9 Feb 1995,Muriel Guggolz,FEN,1932
9 Feb 1997,Edward Bennett,ROW,1936
9 Feb 1997,Taylor Drysdale,SWI,1936
9 Feb 2000,Lenore Kight-Wingard,SWI,1932-36
9 Feb 2012,Bob Baker,ICH,1948
9 Feb 2012,Peggy Crowe,SSK,1976
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Previous USA Winter Olympic Medals on This Day
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Medalist,Sport,X,Event,Medal,Date
USA Team,BOB,M,Two,Gold,9 Feb 1932
USA Team,BOB,M,Two,Bronze,9 Feb 1932
Jenny Fish,SSK,F,500 m,Silver,9 Feb 1968
Dianne Holum,SSK,F,500 m,Silver,9 Feb 1968
Mary Meyers,SSK,F,500 m,Silver,9 Feb 1968
Dianne Holum,SSK,F,1500 m,Gold,9 Feb 1972
USA Team,FSK,X,Dance,Bronze,9 Feb 1976
Shannon Bahrke,FRS,F,Moguls,Silver,9 Feb 2002
Derek Parra,SSK,M,5K,Silver,9 Feb 2002
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Events Finishing Today
- Alpine Skiing – Men’s Downhill
- Biathlon – Women’s 7.5 km
- Cross-Country Skiing – Men’s Skiathlon
- Figure Skating – Mixed Team Trophy
- Luge – Men’s Singles
- Ski Jumping – Men’s Normal Hill Individual
- Snowboarding – Women’s Slopestyle
- Speed Skating – Women’s 3,000 metres
Medal Standings after Day #2
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Day #2 – 8 Feb 2014,Gold,Silver,Bronze,Total,Rank (US)
Norway,2,1,1,4,1
Canada,1,1,1,3,=2
The Netherlands,1,1,1,3,=2
United States,1,-,1,2,4
Austria,-,1,-,1,=5
Sweden,-,1,-,1,=5
Czechoslovakia,-,-,1,1,7
Totals (5 events),5,5,5,15
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Day #2 – 13 Feb 2010,Gold,Silver,Bronze,Total,Rank (US)
United States,1,1,2,4,1
Republic of Korea,1,1,-,2,2
The Netherlands,1,-,-,1,=3
Switzerland,1,-,-,1,=3
Slovakia,1,-,-,1,=3
Canada,-,1,-,1,=6
Germany,-,1,-,1,=6
Poland,-,1,-,1,=6
Austria,-,-,1,1,=9
France,-,-,1,1,=9
Russian Federation,-,-,1,1,=9
Totals (5 events),5,5,5,15
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Day #2 – 11 Feb 2006,Gold,Silver,Bronze,Total,Rank (US)
Norway,-,2,2,4,1
Germany,2,-,-,2,2
Canada,1,-,-,1,=3
United States,1,-,-,1,=3
Austria,-,1,-,1,=5
The Netherlands,-,1,-,1,=5
France,-,-,1,1,=7
Italy,-,-,1,1,=7
Totals (4 events),4,4,4,12
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Day #2 – 9 Feb 2002,Gold,Silver,Bronze,Total,Rank (US)
Austria,1,1,-,2,1
Norway,1,-,1,2,2
United States,-,2,-,2,3
Italy,1,-,-,1,=4
The Netherlands,1,-,-,1,=4
Czech Republic,-,1,-,1,6
Germany,-,-,1,1,=7
Japan,-,-,1,1,=7
Russian Federation,-,-,1,1,=7
Totals (4 events),4,4,4,12
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Day #2 – 8 Feb 1998,Gold,Silver,Bronze,Total,Rank (US)
The Netherlands,1,1,-,2,=1
Russian Federation,1,1,-,2,=1
Canada,1,-,-,1,3
Italy,-,1,-,1,4
Belgium,-,-,1,1,=5
Norway,-,-,1,1,=5
Switzerland,-,-,1,1,=5
Totals (3 events),3,3,3,9
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