Day 11 saw the Russian lead over Norway halved with the USA also clawing back ground on the top nation. Whilst the 1st 6 teams now seem to be decided, 7th to 10th are now separated by just 7 points. A new name to the table is that of New Zealand who come straight in at 26th.

The scoring table is as follows;
1st 8 points
2nd 7
3rd 6
4th 5
5th 4
6th 3
7th 2
8th 1
If countries are level on points their single best result is the tiebreak.
No 8th place in women’s short track relay as the Dutch were disqualified from the event.

[table]
Rank, Nation,Points,Tie breaker
1, RUS, 232,
2, NOR, 220,
3, USA, 211,
4, CAN, 184,
5, GER, 177, 8 x 1st
6, NED, 177, 6 x 1st
7, AUT, 110,
8, CHN, 108,
9, ITA, 105,
10, FRA, 103,
11, SUI, 96,
12, SWE, 94,
13, JPN, 89,
14, CZE, 68,
15, SLO, 67,
16, POL, 53,
17, BLR, 47,
18, KOR, 45,
19, FIN, 40,
20, AUS, 37,
21, LAT, 28,
22, GBR, 27,
23, KAZ, 19,
24, UKR, 17,
25, SVK, 15,
26, NZL, 10,
27, BEL, 9,
28, CRO, 7, 2nd
29, ESP, 7, 4th
30, HUN, 5,
31, BUL, 4,
[/table]

Only 5 sets of medals decided but the results that arrived could mark a turning point in the fortunes of the top 3 nations. Russia’s lead extended to 24 points and the USA has closed to within a point of 2nd place Norway. No speed skating means no points for Holland so Canada moves up to 4th place.

The scoring table is as follows;
1st 8 points
2nd 7
3rd 6
4th 5
5th 4
6th 3
7th 2
8th 1
If countries are level on points their single best result is the tiebreak

[table]
Rank, Nation,Points,Tie breaker
1, RUS, 216,
2, NOR, 192,
3, USA, 191,
4, CAN, 165,
5, NED, 156,
6, GER, 155,
7, CHN, 106,
8, AUT, 97,
9, SUI, 96,
10, ITA, 91,
11, SWE, 86,
12, JPN, 82,
13, FRA, 74,
14, CZE, 62,
15, SLO, 54,
16, POL, 53,
17, BLR, 47,
18, FIN, 39,
19, AUS, 37,
20, KOR, 32,
21, LAT, 28,
22, GBR, 27,
23, KAZ, 19,
24, UKR, 17,
25, SVK, 15,
26, CRO, 7,
28, BEL, 5, 4th
28, ESP, 5, 4th
29, BUL, 4,
30, HUN, 2,
[/table]

Only 4 sets of medals were awarded on Sunday and, whilst Norway and the USA closed the gap on Russia, the top 3 remained unchanged. The Dutch brilliance at speed skating pushes them into 4th place ahead of Canada and Germany with Bulgaria being the 30th and latest country to score.

The scoring table is as follows;
1st 8 points
2nd 7
3rd 6
4th 5
5th 4
6th 3
7th 2
8th 1
If countries are level on points their single best result is the tiebreak

[table]
Rank, Nation,Points,Tie breaker
1, RUS, 193,
2, NOR, 183,
3, USA, 172,
4, NED, 156,
5, CAN, 149,
6, GER, 141,
7, CHN, 95,
8, AUT, 90,
9, SUI, 89,
10, ITA, 88,
11, SWE, 86,
12, JPN, 76,
13, FRA, 69,
14, CZE, 53,
15, SLO, 46,
16, POL, 45,
17, FIN, 36,
18, KOR, 32,
19, BLR, 30, 1st
20, AUS, 30, 2nd
21, GBR, 27,
22, LAT, 24,
23, KAZ, 19,
24, SVK, 15,
25, UKR, 13,
26, CRO, 7,
27, BEL, 5, 4th
27, ESP, 5, 4th
29, BUL, 4,
30, HUN, 2,
[/table]

The middle Saturday of the Sochi Olympics saw a fundamental change to the points table. Since Day 1 Norway have led, usually with a sizeable lead, but today Russian speed skaters and skeleton sliders teamed up to push the host country into a 13 point lead. Positions 3 to 6 are now separated by only 2 points with the USA hanging in there ahead of Germany, Canada and the Netherlands. Despite winning their 1st gold of 2014, Sweden dropped out of the top ten.

The scoring table is as follows;
1st 8 points
2nd 7
3rd 6
4th 5
5th 4
6th 3
7th 2
8th 1
If countries are level on points their single best result is the tiebreak

[table]
Rank, Nation,Points,Tie breaker
1, RUS, 181,
2, NOR, 168,
3, USA, 150,
4, GER, 141,
5, CAN, 136,
6, NED, 130,
7, CHN, 95,
8, SUI, 87,
9, AUT, 83,
10, ITA, 80,
11, SWE, 78,
12, JPN, 76,
13, FRA, 57,
14, SLO, 46,
15, CZE, 44,
16, POL, 42,
17, FIN, 33,
18, KOR, 32,
19, BLR, 30,
20, AUS, 29,
21, GBR, 27,
22, LAT, 24,
23, KAZ, 19,
24, SVK, 15,
25, UKR, 13,
26, CRO, 7,
27, BEL, 5, 4th
27, ESP, 5, 4th
29, HUN, 2,
[/table]

At the end of day 7 Norway’s lead over Russia closes again in what was a relatively quiet day for all of the top six nations. China and Switzerland leap up the table whilst Croatia and Spain are new to the list.

The scoring table is as follows;
1st 8 points
2nd 7
3rd 6
4th 5
5th 4
6th 3
7th 2
8th 1
If countries are level on points their single best result is the tiebreak

[table]
Rank, Nation,Points,Tie breaker
1, NOR, 156,
2, RUS, 140,
3, USA, 136,
4, CAN, 124,
5, GER, 120,
6, NED, 108,
7, CHN, 78,
8, SUI, 77,
9, ITA, 73,
10, SWE, 70,
11, JPN, 69,
12, AUT, 66,
13, FRA, 52,
14, CZE, 44,
15, SLO, 36,
16, BLR, 30,
17, AUS, 29,
18, GBR, 26, 1st
19, FIN, 26, 2nd
20, POL, 24,
21, KOR, 22,
22, KAZ, 19,
23, SVK, 15,
24, UKR, 13,
25, LAT, 12,
26, CRO, 7,
27, BEL, 5, 4th
28, ESP, 5, 4th
29, HUN, 2,
[/table]

At the end of day 6 Norway’s lead has grown again and now stands at 22 points.
Behind the leaders there’s been a major shuffle in positions 2 to 5 with Canada dropping 3 places after a disappointing day at Sochi. Russia move back into 2nd with the USA making a 1st appearance in the top 3. Also notable is that the Dutch long track speed skating team have passed a century of points on their own.

The scoring table is as follows;
1st 8 points
2nd 7
3rd 6
4th 5
5th 4
6th 3
7th 2
8th 1
If countries are level on points their single best result is the tiebreak

[table]
Rank, Nation,Points,Tie breaker
1, NOR, 147,
2, RUS, 125,
3, USA, 119,
4, GER, 118,
5, CAN, 115,
6, NED, 108,
7, ITA, 67,
8, AUT, 66,
9, CHN, 60,
10, SWE, 55,
11, JPN, 54,
12, SUI, 53,
13, FRA, 48,
14, SLO, 36,
15, CZE, 30,
16, POL, 24,
17, KOR, 22,
18, AUS, 21, 2nd
18, FIN, 21, 2nd
20, GBR, 18,
21, LAT, 12,
22, SVK, 11,
23, UKR, 10, 3rd
24, KAZ, 10, 5th
25, BLR, 8,
26, BEL, 5,
27, HUN, 2,
[/table]

Day 5 ends with the same countries in the top 3 positions although a quieter day for Norway has allowed Canada and Russia to close the points gap. Germany overtake the USA to claim 4th in the table whilst Sweden drop out of the top 10. Latvia and, more surprisingly, Hungary join the table.

The scoring table is as follows;
1st 8 points
2nd 7
3rd 6
4th 5
5th 4
6th 3
7th 2
8th 1
If countries are level on points their single best result is the tiebreak. 8 points awarded to both Slovenia and Switzerland following the dead heat in the downhill.

[table]
Rank, Nation,Points,Tie breaker
1, NOR, 128,
2, CAN, 108,
3, RUS, 105,
4, GER, 100,
5, USA, 91,
6, NED, 85,
7, ITA, 56,
8, AUT, 55,
9, JPN, 54,
10, SUI, 53,
11, SWE, 45,
12, FRA, 37,
13, SLO, 36,
14, CHN, 35,
15, CZE, 30,
16, AUS, 20,
17, KOR, 16,
18, POL, 15, 1st
19, FIN, 15, 2nd
20, GBR, 13,
21, SVK, 11,
22, UKR, 10, 3rd
23, KAZ, 10, 5th
24, BLR, 8,
25, LAT, 6,
26, BEL, 5,
27, HUN, 2,

[/table]

On day 4 Norway extended their lead on the points table mostly via cross country skiing successes.
Canada overtook Russia to move into 2nd place whilst a quieter day for the Dutch at speed skating ensured that the USA move into 4th place.
Belarus is the latest country to appear on the list.

The scoring table is as follows;
1st 8 points
2nd 7
3rd 6
4th 5
5th 4
6th 3
7th 2
8th 1
If countries are level on points their single best result is the tiebreak.

[table]
Rank, Nation,Points,Tie breaker
1, NOR, 115,
2, CAN, 90,
3, RUS, 83,
4, USA, 70,
5, NED, 68,
6, GER, 64,
7, AUT, 48,
8, SWE, 45,
9, JPN, 43,
10, ITA, 39,
11, FRA, 35,
12, SUI, 34,
13, CZE, 30,
14, SLO, 28,
15, CHN, 25,
16, KOR, 16,
17, POL, 15, 1st
18, FIN, 15, 2nd
19, GBR, 13, 3rd
20, AUS, 13, 4th
21, SVK, 11,
22, UKR, 10,
23, BLR, 8, 1st
23, KAZ, 8, 5th
25, BEL, 5,
[/table]

After the 3rd day of competition, the top of the points table has closed up with only 12 points separating the top 4 nations. A good day for Canada sees them overtake the Netherlands and move into 3rd behind Norway and Russia. Korea debut on the table today.

The scoring table is as follows;
1st 8 points
2nd 7
3rd 6
4th 5
5th 4
6th 3
7th 2
8th 1
If countries are level on points their single best result is the tiebreak.

[table]
Rank, Nation,Points,Tie breaker
1, NOR, 74,
2, RUS, 66,
3, CAN, 64,
4, NED, 62,
5, USA, 48,
6, AUT, 39,
7, GER, 34,
8, ITA, 31,
9, FRA, 29,
10, CZE, 25,
11, SUI, 22,
12, SWE, 21,
13, JPN, 19,
14, POL, 15, 1st
15, FIN, 15, 2nd
16, CHN, 13,
17, SLO, 12,
18, GBR, 11,
19, SVK, 8, 1st
20, KOR, 8, 4th
21, AUS, 8, 5th
22, KAZ, 8, 5th
23, UKR, 6,
24, BEL, 5,
[/table]

So after two days of competition Norway lead the points table from Russia with Holland’s speed skaters also racking up the points.

The scoring table is as follows;
1st 8 points
2nd 7
3rd 6
4th 5
5th 4
6th 3
7th 2
8th 1
If countries are level on points their single best result is the tiebreak.
Joint 7th place in ski jumping – both score 2 points

[table]
Rank, Nation,Points,Tie breaker
1, NOR, 64,
2, RUS, 50,
3, NED, 41,
4, CAN, 36,
5, USA, 34,
6, ITA, 31,
7, AUT, 28,
8, GER, 23,
9, SWE, 21,
10, SUI, 18, 1st
11, CZE, 18, 2nd
12, POL, 15, 1st
13, FIN, 15, 2nd
14, FRA, 13,
15, JPN, 12,
16, GBR, 9,
17, SVK, 8,
18, SLO, 7,
19, UKR, 6, 3rd
20, AUS, 6, 5th
21, BEL, 5,
22, KAZ, 2, 7th
22, CHN, 2, 7th

[/table]