• USA Alpine Skiing Men’s Super-G
• USA Biathlon Men’s 15K
• USA Cross-Country Skiing Men’s Relay
• USA Snowboarding Men’s Boarder-Cross
• USA Speed Skating Women’s 1500 metres

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,
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With thanx to NBC Olympic Talk’s Nick Zaccardi who sent me off on this database query, let’s look at which brothers and sisters have won the most medals at the Olympic Games. Nick came up with this wondering about Ivica Kostelić (CRO), competing in the men’s Alpine super combined today, and going for his 4^th Olympic medal. His sister, Janica, has 6 so that would give them 10. Nick was wondering how this stood on the all-time sibling medal list, with both siblings winning medals.

Well, oddly, the Winter record is held by the same guy (and his brother) who has the most Winter Olympic medals – Norway’s Ole Einard Bjørndalen. He has 12, equal to his countryman Bjørn Dæhlie, but Ole Einar’s brother, Dag, has one Olympic medal, so that gives them 13.

That is equal 3^rd all-time behind the Mangiarotti’s, Italian fencing brothers with 16, and the Katos, Japanese gymnastic brothers with 14. The 2^nd best at the Winter Olympics is 10 by brother/sister Di Centa.

Manuela and Giorgio Di Centa hold the record for a brother/sister pair at the Winter Olympics with their 10 medals, which the Kostelićs could equal today. Only Shirley and Jack Babashoff, with 11, have more brother/sister medals at the Summer Olympics.

And who has the most among sisters at the Olympics? You might not think it, but it’s the Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, in tennis, with 8 medals. And most sisters medals at the Winter Olympics? It’s a 3-way tie with 5 medals (not in the list below) – Marielle & Christine Goitschel (FRA-ASK), Ann Elen Skjelbreid & Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée (NOR-BIA), and Manuela & Andrea Henkel (GER-CCS/BIA).

Here’s all the Olympic siblings with 6 or more medals, with both siblings winning a medal.

 

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SibTotal,Siblings,Pair,Ssn,NOC,Sport

16,Edoardo & Dario Mangiarotti,Bros,S,ITA,FEN

14,Sawao & Takeshi Kato,Bros,S,JPN,GYM

13,Vilhelm & Eric Carlberg,Bros,S,SWE,SHO

13,Ole Einar & Dag Bjørndalen,Bros,W,NOR,BIA

12,Raimondo & Piero D’Inzeo,Bros,S,ITA,EQU

11,Shirley & Jack Babashoff,Bro/Sis,S,USA,SWI

10,Nedo & Aldo Nadi,Bros,S,ITA,FEN

10,Manuela & Giorgio Di Centa,Bro/Sis,W,ITA,CCS

9,Janica & Ivica Kostelić,Bro/Sis,W,CRO,ASK

8,Géo & Gustave Buchard,Bros,S,FRA,FEN

8,Pavol & Peter Hochschorner,Bros,S,SVK,CAN

8,Serena & Venus Williams,Sisters,S,USA,TEN

7,Reggie & Laurie Doherty,Bros,S,GBR,TEN

7,Torben & Lars Grael,Bros,S,BRA,SAI

7,Jackie & Al Joyner-Kersee,Bro/Sis,S,USA,ATH

6,Sergey & Aleksandr Belov,Bros,S,URS,BAS

6,Alwin & Paul Schockemöhle,Bros,S,FRG/GER,EQU

6,Daniel & Axel Norling,Bros,S,SWE,EQU/GYM

6,Bernd & Jörg Landvoigt,Bros,S,GDR,ROW

6,Agostino & Carmine Abbagnale,Bros,S,ITA,ROW

6,Andreas & Wolfgang Linger,Bros,W,AUT,LUG

6,Doina Liliana & Anişoara Snep-Bălan,Sisters,S,ROU,ROW

6,Gérard & Maurice Blitz,Bros,S,BEL,SWI/WAP

6,Artur & Tymur Taymazov,Bros,S,UZB-EUN/UKR,WRE/WLT

6,Tamara & Irina Press,Sisters,S,URS,ATH

6,Giorgio & Bice Vanzetta,Bro/Sis,W,ITA,CCS

6,Saku & Mikko Koivu,Bros,W,FIN,ICH

6,Eric & Beth Heiden,Bro/Sis,W,USA,SSK

6,Duke & Sam Kahanamoku,Bros,S,USA,SWI

6,Arne & Åke Borg,Bros,S,SWE,SWI

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• Alpine Skiing Women’s SuperG
• Cross-Country Skiing Women’s Relay
• Men’s Skeleton
• Short-Track Speed Skating Men’s 1000 metres
• Ski Jumping Men’s Large Hill
• Speed Skating Men’s 1500 metres

USA Yesterday at the Olympics

• American men swept the medals in the men’s freestyle slopestyle event, an event new to the Winter Olympics. Joss Christensen won gold, Gus Kenworthy took silver, and Nick Goepper won the bronze medal. This was the 3^rd medal sweep by the United States at the Winter Olympics, after the 1956 men’s figure skating, won by Hayes Alan Jenkins, followed by Ronnie Robertson and Jenkins’ brother, David; and the 2002 men’s snowboarding halfpipe, won by Ross Powers, with Danny Kass second, and JJ Thomas third.
• The USA has swept the medals 150 times at the Summer Olympics, by way of contrast.
• This was the 3^rd medal sweep of the 2014 Winter Olympics, after the Dutch men speed skaters swept the 500 and 5,000 metres
• In men’s biathlon 20 km, Lowell Bailey placed 8^th, the best finish by an American biathlete at the Winter Olympics, male or female.

 

USA Today at the Olympics

• Alpine Skiing Men Combined – USA has 2 wins – Bode Miller (2010) and Ted Ligety (2006), and 3 medals – Miller also winning silver in 2002. Other top 10s: Ligety (5th-2010), Will Brandenburg (10th-2010), Tommy Moe (5th-1994), Dick Durrance (10th-1936). USA 2 golds medals is equal most ever for an NOC, equal with Austria and Norway. USA ranks 4th all-time with 3 medals, trailing, in order, Austria (6), Norway (5), Switzerland (3). Durrance later became one of the key developers of Aspen as a ski resort, and he then moved to Alta, Utah and developed that ski resort.
• Biathlon Women 15 km – best finish ever 14th by Joan Smith in 1994. Other top 20 finish was 17th by Jan Guetschow in 1994.
• Cross-Country Skiing Men 15 km – best finish ever 6th by Bill Koch in 1976. Next best finish 12th by John Bauer in 2002. Other top 20 finishes: Sigurd Overby (19th-1924) (18 km), Bill Koch (16th-1980), Dan Simoneau (18th-1984), Patrick Weaver (16th-2002).
• Figure Skating Men Singles – USA has 15 medals in this event, 3rd best event ever for USA at Winter Olympics, trailing men’s speedskating 500 metres (16), and women’s figure skating singles (23). USA has 7 gold medals in the event, most of any event for USA at Winter Olympics, equal to the same 2 events as above. USA leads medal table in this event both for gold medals and total medals. Dick Button won 2 gold medals in the event in 1948 and 1952. David Jenkins also won 2 medals, a bronze in 1956 and gold in 1960. Jenkins’ brother, Hayes Alan Jenkins, also won gold in 1956. Hayes Alan Jenkins later married Carol Heiss, 1960 women’s gold medalist. Heiss is also known for her starring role in the movie “Snow White and the Three Stooges.”
• Freestyle Skiing Women Aerials – USA has one medal in this event, a gold by Nikki Stone in 1998. Other top 10 finishes: Tracy Evans (7th-1994), Lacy Schnoor (9th-2010), Ashley Caldwell (10th-2010).
• Skeleton Women – Katie Uhlaender will be competing in her 3rd WOG (2002/2006/2014), equalling the record of Maya Pedersen (SUI) for most appearances in women’s skeleton. USA has won 2 medals, both in 2002, a gold by Tristan Gale and a silver by Lea Ann Parsley. Uhlaender’s father, Ted, played 8 seasons of Major League Baseball from 1965-72 with the Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds.

 

This Day at the Olympics

400 Olympians were born

64 Olympians died

99 Olympic events were held

 

USA Births and Death on this Day at the Olympics

Born

[table]

Date,Name,Sport,Years

14 Feb 1873,Allan Briggs,SHO,1912

14 Feb 1874,Lou Handley,SWI/WAP,1904

14 Feb 1885,John Jackson,SHO,1912

14 Feb 1898,Walter Whalen,ATH,1920

14 Feb 1899,Francis Chapin,ART,1932

14 Feb 1905,Frank Hussey,ATH,1924

14 Feb 1908,Gordon Smith,ICH,1932-36

14 Feb 1910,Willard Schmidt,BAS,1936

14 Feb 1912,Jimmy Urso,BOX,1936

14 Feb 1915,Paul Austin,ROW,1936

14 Feb 1929,Harry Sindle,SAI,1960

14 Feb 1932,Pete Blair,WRE,1956

14 Feb 1932,Karol Kennedy,FSK,1948-52

14 Feb 1933,John Mashburn,ATH,1956

14 Feb 1941,Earl Young,ATH,1960

14 Feb 1942,Mike Manley,ATH,1972

14 Feb 1947,David Higgins,ROW,1968

14 Feb 1949,Joel Glucksman,FEN,1984

14 Feb 1951,JoJo Starbuck,FSK,1968-72

14 Feb 1952,James Busceme,BOX,1972

14 Feb 1956,Howard Davis Jr.,BOX,1976

14 Feb 1956,Valerie McClain-Ward,ROW,1984

14 Feb 1959,John Frackelton,ROW,1988

14 Feb 1961,Mark Whitehead,CYC,1984

14 Feb 1963,John Marzano,BSB,1984

14 Feb 1964,John Riley Jr.,ROW,1992

14 Feb 1970,Sean Hill,ICH,1992

14 Feb 1970,Elaine Youngs,BVO/VOL,1996-08

14 Feb 1973,Deena Drossin-Kastor,ATH,2000-08

14 Feb 1981,Kara Lawson,BAS,2008

14 Feb 1982,Steve Kasprzyk,ROW,2012

14 Feb 1983,Chris Estrada,TMP,2008

14 Feb 1983,Sada Jacobson,FEN,2004-08

14 Feb 1989,Callan Chythlook-Sifsof,SNB,2010

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Died

[table]

Date,Name,Sport,Years

14 Feb 1929,Tom Burke,ATH,1896

14 Feb 1943,Oscar Friede,TOW,1904

14 Feb 1944,Ted Kara,BOX,1936

14 Feb 1980,Frank Holmes,ATH,1908

14 Feb 1989,Duncan Gregg,ROW,1932

14 Feb 1992,Gene Venzke,ATH,1936

14 Feb 1999,Raymond Thompson,SWI,1932

14 Feb 2003,Fritz Pollard,ATH,1936

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Previous USA Olympic Medalists on This Day

[table]

Medalist,Sport,X,Event,Medal,Date

Andi Mead-Lawrence,ASK,F,GS,Gold,14 Feb 1952

Terry McDermott,SSK,M,500 m,Silver,14 Feb 1968

Bonnie Blair,SSK,F,1000 m,Gold,14 Feb 1992

Timothy Goebel,FSK,M,Singles,Bronze,14 Feb 2002

Ted Ligety,ASK,M,Combined,Gold,14 Feb 2006

Bryon Wilson,FRS,M,Moguls,Bronze,14 Feb 2010

Johnny Spillane,NCO,M,Normal,Silver,14 Feb 2010

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Medal Standings after Day #7

[table]

Day #8 – 13 Feb 2014,G,S,B,Total,Rank (US)

Nation,G,S,B,TM

Norway,4,3,6,13,1

Netherlands,4,3,5,12,2

United States,4,2,6,12,3

Russia,2,5,4,11,4

Germany,7,2,1,10,5

Canada,4,4,2,10,6

Austria,1,4,-,5,7

Sweden,-,4,1,5,8

Switzerland,3,-,1,4,9

France,2,-,2,4,10

Slovenia,1,1,2,4,11

China,2,1,-,3,12

Czech Republic,-,2,1,3,=13

Japan,-,2,1,3,=13

Italy,-,2,1,3,=13

Poland,2,-,-,2,16

Korea,1,-,1,2,17

Latvia,-,-,2,2,18

Belarus,1,-,-,1,=19

Slovakia,1,-,-,1,=19

Finland,-,1,-,1,=21

Australia,-,1,-,1,=21

Great Britain,-,-,1,1,=23

Ukraine,-,-,1,1,=23

Totals (38 events),39,37,38,114

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[table]

Day #7 – 18 Feb 2010,G,S,B,Total,Rank (US)

United States,6,5,7,18,1

Germany,4,4,3,11,2

Norway,3,3,2,8,3

Canada,3,3,1,7,4

France,2,1,4,7,5

Korea,3,2,-,5,6

Austria,1,2,2,5,7

Switzerland,3,-,1,4,8

China,2,1,1,4,9

Russia,1,2,1,4,10

Italy,-,1,3,4,11

Sweden,2,-,1,3,12

Netherlands,1,1,1,3,13

Japan,-,1,2,3,14

Australia,1,1,-,2,=15

Slovakia,1,1,-,2,=15

Czech Republic,1,-,1,2,17

Poland,-,2,-,2,18

Belarus,-,1,1,2,19

Estonia,-,1,-,1,=20

Finland,-,1,-,1,=20

Kazakhstan,-,1,-,1,=20

Latvia,-,1,-,1,=20

Croatia,-,-,1,1,=24

Slovenia,-,-,1,1,=24

Totals (34 events),34,35,33,102

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[table]

Day #7 – 16 Feb 2006,G,S,B,Total,Rank (US)

Norway,1,6,6,13,1

Russia,5,2,4,11,2

Germany,5,4,1,10,3

United States,6,2,1,9,4

Canada,1,3,4,8,5

Austria,3,2,1,6,6

China,1,2,3,6,7

Italy,2,-,3,5,8

Finland,-,2,3,5,9

Sweden,2,1,1,4,10

France,2,-,2,4,11

Netherlands,1,2,1,4,=12

Switzerland,1,2,1,4,=12

Korea,1,1,1,3,14

Estonia,2,-,-,2,15

Australia,1,-,-,1,16

Bulgaria,-,1,-,1,=17

Croatia,-,1,-,1,=17

Czech Republic,-,1,-,1,=17

Great Britain,-,1,-,1,=17

Slovakia,-,1,-,1,=17

Latvia,-,-,1,1,=22

Ukraine,-,-,1,1,=22

Totals (34 events),34,34,34,102

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[table]

Day #7 – 14 Feb 2002,G,S,B,Total,Rank (US)

Germany,4,7,4,15,1

Norway,7,3,1,11,2

United States,3,5,3,11,3

Austria,2,2,6,10,4

Russia,2,2,2,6,5

Finland,2,1,1,4,=6

Italy,2,1,1,4,=6

Switzerland,2,-,1,3,8

France,1,1,1,3,9

Sweden,-,-,3,3,10

Korea,1,1,-,2,=11

Netherlands,1,1,-,2,=11

Canada,1,-,1,2,=13

Estonia,1,-,1,2,=13

Japan,-,1,1,2,=15

Poland,-,1,1,2,=15

Croatia,1,-,-,1,17

Czech Republic,-,1,-,1,18

Bulgaria,-,-,1,1,=19

China,-,-,1,1,=19

Totals (28 events),30,27,29,86

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[table]

Day #7 – 13 Feb 1998,G,S,B,Total,Rank (US)

Germany,5,4,4,13,1

Norway,4,6,3,13,2

Austria,1,2,6,9,3

Russia,4,3,-,7,4

United States,2,1,3,6,5

Finland,2,1,2,5,6

Netherlands,1,2,1,4,7

Italy,-,3,1,4,8

Japan,2,1,-,3,9

Canada,1,1,1,3,10

France,2,-,-,2,11

Switzerland,1,-,1,2,12

Czech Republic,-,1,1,2,13

Bulgaria,1,-,-,1,14

Ukraine,-,1,-,1,15

Belgium,-,-,1,1,=16

Belarus,-,-,1,1,=16

Kazakhstan,-,-,1,1,=16

Totals (26 events),26,26,26,78

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• USA Alpine Skiing Men’s Combined
• USA Cross-Country Women’s Relay
• USA Short-Track Speed Skating Men’s 1000 metres
• USA Men’s Skeleton
• USA Ski Jumping Men’s Large Hill
• USA Speed Skating Men’s 1500 metres

The USA will also play Russia in men’s ice hockey. The USA and Russia have played 3 times at the Winter Olympics, splitting the series as follows:

• 2002 Semi-Final Match       USA d. Russia                          3-2      Feb 22
• 2002 D Pool Match                Russia tied USA                     2-2      Feb 16
• 2006 B Pool Match                 Russia d. USA                         5-4      Feb 21

Against the former Soviet Union, the USA played 8 Olympic matches, losing 6. The two wins were quite dramatic, defeating them 3-2 in the 1960 Final Round en route to the gold medal, and again in 1980, winning 4-3 in the Final Round, before winning the gold medal by defeating Finland in the final match.

In 1992 the USA also played the Unified Team, losing 5-2 in the semi-finals.

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,
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Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) has now won 12 medals in biathlon and is going for 13 today in the men’s 20 km. He is tied with his countryman Bjørn Dæhlie for the most medals won at the Winter Olympics with 12, and is trying to break that record. So how does he stand all-time among all Olympians and who are the all-time leaders for most medals and most gold medals won. We’ll give you the lists, including those for Winter Olympics, both Winter and Summer, and also look at individual medals and individual gold medals. In all the lists, women are presented first, followed by the men.

Most Medals, Winter Olympics

[table]

Name,Gdr,Ssn,NOC,Sport,TM

Raisa Smetanina,F,W,EUN/URS,CCS,10

Stefania Belmondo,F,W,ITA,CCS,10

Lyubov Yegorova,F,W,EUN/RUS,CCS,9

Claudia Pechstein,F,W,GER,SSK,9

Uschi Disl,F,W,GER,BIA,9

Galina Kulakova,F,W,URS,CCS,8

Karin Enke-Kania,F,W,GDR,SSK,8

Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann-Kleemann,F,W,GER,SSK,8

Larisa Lazutina,F,W,EUN/RUS,CCS,7

Marit Bjørgen,F,W,NOR,CCS,7

Kati Wilhelm,F,W,GER,BIA,7

Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen,F,W,FIN,CCS,7

Yelena Välbe,F,W,EUN/RUS,CCS,7

Manuela Di Centa,F,W,ITA,CCS,7

Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich,F,W,GDR,SSK,7

Bjørn Dæhlie,M,W,NOR,CCS,12

Ole Einar Bjørndalen,M,W,NOR,BIA,12

Sixten Jernberg,M,W,SWE,CCS,9

Ricco Groß,M,W,GER,BIA,8

Kjetil André Aamodt,M,W,NOR,ASK,8

Sven Fischer,M,W,GER,BIA,8

Apolo Anton Ohno,M,W,USA,STK,8

Clas Thunberg,M,W,FIN,SSK,7

Ivar Ballangrud,M,W,NOR,SSK,7

Veikko Hakulinen,M,W,FIN,CCS,7

Eero Mäntyranta,M,W,FIN,CCS,7

Felix Gottwald,M,W,AUT,NCO,7

Bogdan Musiol,M,W,GDR/GER,BOB,7

Vladimir Smirnov,M,W,KAZ/URS,CCS,7

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Most Gold Medals, Winter Olympics

[table]

Name,Gdr,Ssn,NOC,Sport,G

Lyubov Yegorova,F,W,EUN/RUS,CCS,6

Lidiya Skoblikova,F,W,URS,SSK,6

Claudia Pechstein,F,W,GER,SSK,5

Larisa Lazutina,F,W,EUN/RUS,CCS,5

Bonnie Blair,F,W,USA,SSK,5

Raisa Smetanina,F,W,EUN/URS,CCS,4

Galina Kulakova,F,W,URS,CCS,4

Janica Kostelić,F,W,CRO,ASK,4

Wang Meng,F,W,CHN,STK,4

Jeon I-Gyeong,F,W,KOR,STK,4

Bjørn Dæhlie,M,W,NOR,CCS,8

Ole Einar Bjørndalen,M,W,NOR,BIA,7

Clas Thunberg,M,W,FIN,SSK,5

Thomas Alsgaard,M,W,NOR,CCS,5

Eric Heiden,M,W,USA,SSK,5

Sixten Jernberg,M,W,SWE,CCS,4

Ricco Groß,M,W,GER,BIA,4

Kjetil André Aamodt,M,W,NOR,ASK,4

Sven Fischer,M,W,GER,BIA,4

Ivar Ballangrud,M,W,NOR,SSK,4

Gunde Svan,M,W,SWE,CCS,4

Yevgeny Grishin,M,W,URS,SSK,4

Johann Olav Koss,M,W,NOR,SSK,4

Matti Nykänen,M,W,FIN,SKJ,4

Nikolay Zimyatov,M,W,URS,CCS,4

Aleksandr Tikhonov,M,W,URS,BIA,4

André Lange,M,W,GER,BOB,4

Kevin Kuske,M,W,GER,BOB,4

Simon Ammann,M,W,SUI,SKJ,4

Thomas Wassberg,M,W,SWE,CCS,4

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Most Individual Medals, Winter Olympics

[table]

Name,Gdr,Ssn,NOC,Sport,ITM

Claudia Pechstein,F,W,GER,SSK,8

Karin Enke-Kania,F,W,GDR,SSK,8

Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann-Kleemann,F,W,GER,SSK,8

Raisa Smetanina,F,W,EUN/URS,CCS,7

Stefania Belmondo,F,W,ITA,CCS,7

Lyubov Yegorova,F,W,EUN/RUS,CCS,7

Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich,F,W,GDR,SSK,7

Lidiya Skoblikova,F,W,URS,SSK,6

Bonnie Blair,F,W,USA,SSK,6

Janica Kostelić,F,W,CRO,ASK,6

Kateřina Neumannová,F,W,CZE,CCS,6

Anja Pärson,F,W,SWE,ASK,6

Bjørn Dæhlie,M,W,NOR,CCS,9

Ole Einar Bjørndalen,M,W,NOR,BIA,9

Kjetil André Aamodt,M,W,NOR,ASK,8

Sixten Jernberg,M,W,SWE,CCS,7

Clas Thunberg,M,W,FIN,SSK,7

Ivar Ballangrud,M,W,NOR,SSK,7

Apolo Anton Ohno,M,W,USA,STK,6

Vladimir Smirnov,M,W,KAZ/URS,CCS,6

Johan Grøttumsbråten,M,W,NOR,CCS/NCO,6

Roald Larsen,M,W,NOR,SSK,6

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Most Individual Gold Medals, Winter Olympics

[table]

Name,Gdr,Ssn,NOC,Sport,IG

Lidiya Skoblikova,F,W,URS,SSK,6

Bonnie Blair,F,W,USA,SSK,5

Lyubov Yegorova,F,W,EUN/RUS,CCS,4

Claudia Pechstein,F,W,GER,SSK,4

Janica Kostelić,F,W,CRO,ASK,4

Bjørn Dæhlie,M,W,NOR,CCS,6

Ole Einar Bjørndalen,M,W,NOR,BIA,5

Clas Thunberg,M,W,FIN,SSK,5

Eric Heiden,M,W,USA,SSK,5

Kjetil André Aamodt,M,W,NOR,ASK,4

Ivar Ballangrud,M,W,NOR,SSK,4

Yevgeny Grishin,M,W,URS,SSK,4

Johann Olav Koss,M,W,NOR,SSK,4

Simon Ammann,M,W,SUI,SKJ,4

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Most Medals, Summer and Winter Olympics

[table]

Name,Gdr,Ssn,NOC,Sport,TM

Larysa Latynina,F,S,URS,GYM,18

Birgit Fischer-Schmidt,F,S,GDR/GER,CAN,12

Jenny Thompson,F,S,USA,SWI,12

Dara Torres,F,S,USA,SWI,12

Natalie Coughlin,F,S,USA,SWI,12

Věra Čáslavská,F,S,TCH,GYM,11

Ágnes Keleti,F,S,HUN,GYM,10

Polina Astakhova,F,S,URS,GYM,10

Raisa Smetanina,F,W,EUN/URS,CCS,10

Stefania Belmondo,F,W,ITA,CCS,10

Franziska van Almsick,F,S,GER,SWI,10

Michael Phelps,M,S,USA,SWI,22

Nikolay Andrianov,M,S,URS,GYM,15

Borys Shakhlin,M,S,URS,GYM,13

Edoardo Mangiarotti,M,S,ITA,FEN,13

Takashi Ono,M,S,JPN,GYM,13

Paavo Nurmi,M,S,FIN,ATH,12

Bjørn Dæhlie,M,W,NOR,CCS,12

Sawao Kato,M,S,JPN,GYM,12

Aleksey Nemov,M,S,RUS,GYM,12

Mark Spitz,M,S,USA,SWI,11

Matt Biondi,M,S,USA,SWI,11

Viktor Chukarin,M,S,URS,GYM,11

Ole Einar Bjørndalen,M,W,NOR,BIA,12

Carl Osburn,M,S,USA,SHO,11

Ryan Lochte,M,S,USA,SWI,11

Carl Lewis,M,S,USA,ATH,10

Aladár Gerevich,M,S,HUN,FEN,10

Hubert Van Innis,M,S,BEL,ARC,10

Akinori Nakayama,M,S,JPN,GYM,10

Vitaly Shcherbo,M,S,BLR/EUN,GYM,10

Gary Hall Jr.,M,S,USA,SWI,10

Aleksandr Dityatin,M,S,URS,GYM,10

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Most Gold Medals, Summer and Winter Olympics

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Name,Gdr,Ssn,NOC,Sport,G

Larysa Latynina,F,S,URS,GYM,9

Birgit Fischer-Schmidt,F,S,GDR/GER,CAN,8

Jenny Thompson,F,S,USA,SWI,8

Věra Čáslavská,F,S,TCH,GYM,7

Lyubov Yegorova,F,W,EUN/RUS,CCS,6

Valentina Vezzali,F,S,ITA,FEN,6

Lidiya Skoblikova,F,W,URS,SSK,6

Kristin Otto,F,S,GDR,SWI,6

Amy Van Dyken,F,S,USA,SWI,6

Michael Phelps,M,S,USA,SWI,18

Ray Ewry,M,S,USA,ATH,10

Paavo Nurmi,M,S,FIN,ATH,9

Mark Spitz,M,S,USA,SWI,9

Carl Lewis,M,S,USA,ATH,9

Bjørn Dæhlie,M,W,NOR,CCS,8

Sawao Kato,M,S,JPN,GYM,8

Matt Biondi,M,S,USA,SWI,8

Ray Ewry,M,S,USA,ATH,8

Nikolay Andrianov,M,S,URS,GYM,7

Borys Shakhlin,M,S,URS,GYM,7

Ole Einar Bjørndalen,M,W,NOR,BIA,7

Viktor Chukarin,M,S,URS,GYM,7

Aladár Gerevich,M,S,HUN,FEN,7

Edoardo Mangiarotti,M,S,ITA,FEN,6

Hubert Van Innis,M,S,BEL,ARC,6

Akinori Nakayama,M,S,JPN,GYM,6

Vitaly Shcherbo,M,S,BLR/EUN,GYM,6

Gert Fredriksson,M,S,SWE,CAN,6

Reiner Klimke,M,S,FRG/GER,EQU,6

Chris Hoy,M,S,GBR,CYC,6

Pál Kovács,M,S,HUN,FEN,6

Usain Bolt,M,S,JAM,ATH,6

Nedo Nadi,M,S,ITA,FEN,6

Rudolf Kárpáti,M,S,HUN,FEN,6

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Most Individual Medals, Summer and Winter Olympics

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Name,Gdr,Ssn,NOC,Sport,ITM

Larysa Latynina,F,S,URS,GYM,14

Věra Čáslavská,F,S,TCH,GYM,8

Claudia Pechstein,F,W,GER,SSK,8

Karin Enke-Kania,F,W,GDR,SSK,8

Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann-Kleemann,F,W,GER,SSK,8

Michael Phelps,M,S,USA,SWI,13

Nikolay Andrianov,M,S,URS,GYM,12

Borys Shakhlin,M,S,URS,GYM,10

Takashi Ono,M,S,JPN,GYM,10

Aleksey Nemov,M,S,RUS,GYM,10

Paavo Nurmi,M,S,FIN,ATH,9

Bjørn Dæhlie,M,W,NOR,CCS,9

Sawao Kato,M,S,JPN,GYM,9

Ole Einar Bjørndalen,M,W,NOR,BIA,9

Viktor Chukarin,M,S,URS,GYM,9

Vitaly Shcherbo,M,S,BLR/EUN,GYM,9

Martin Sheridan,M,S,USA,ATH,9

Carl Lewis,M,S,USA,ATH,8

Akinori Nakayama,M,S,JPN,GYM,8

Aleksandr Dityatin,M,S,URS,GYM,8

Ray Ewry,M,S,USA,ATH,8

Kjetil André Aamodt,M,W,NOR,ASK,8

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Most Individual Gold Medals, Summer and Winter Olympics

[table]

Name,Gdr,Ssn,NOC,Sport,IG

Věra Čáslavská,F,S,TCH,GYM,7

Larysa Latynina,F,S,URS,GYM,6

Lidiya Skoblikova,F,W,URS,SSK,6

Nadia Comăneci,F,S,ROU,GYM,5

Krisztina Egerszegi,F,S,HUN,SWI,5

Bonnie Blair,F,W,USA,SSK,5

Michael Phelps,M,S,USA,SWI,11

Ray Ewry,M,S,USA,ATH,8

Carl Lewis,M,S,USA,ATH,7

Nikolay Andrianov,M,S,URS,GYM,6

Borys Shakhlin,M,S,URS,GYM,6

Paavo Nurmi,M,S,FIN,ATH,6

Bjørn Dæhlie,M,W,NOR,CCS,6

Sawao Kato,M,S,JPN,GYM,5

Ole Einar Bjørndalen,M,W,NOR,BIA,5

Viktor Chukarin,M,S,URS,GYM,5

Vitaly Shcherbo,M,S,BLR/EUN,GYM,5

Martin Sheridan,M,S,USA,ATH,5

Gert Fredriksson,M,S,SWE,CAN,5

Clas Thunberg,M,W,FIN,SSK,5

Eric Heiden,M,W,USA,SSK,5

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The USA men just swept the medals in the freestyle slopestyle. This is the 3^rd USA medal sweep at the Olympic Winter Games, after 2002 men’s snowboard halfpipe and 1956 men’s figure skating. It is the 42^nd medal sweep overall in Winter Olympic history.

This is the 3^rd medal sweep at Sochi after the speed skating men’s 500 and 5,000, both done by the Netherlands. This is equal to the most ever medal sweeps for men at a Winter Olympics, with this only occurring before at St. Moritz in 1928, with the men’s cross-country 15 km (NOR), men’s cross-country 50 km (SWE), and men’s Nordic combined (NOR). The record overall is 5 at Innsbruck in 1964. The last time there were 3 medal sweeps at a WOG was in 1998 in Nagano.

Here are all the previous medal sweeps at the Winter Olympic Games:

 

[table]

Year,Sport,Event,NOC,Gender

1908,FSK,Singles,SWE,M

1924,CCS,50 km.,NOR,M

1924,NCO,Individual,NOR,M

1928,CCS,15 km.,NOR,M

1928,CCS,50 km.,SWE,M

1928,NCO,Individual,NOR,M

1932,NCO,Individual,NOR,M

1932,SKJ,Large hill,NOR,M

1936,CCS,50 km.,SWE,M

1936,NCO,Individual,NOR,M

1948,CCS,15 km.,SWE,M

1948,SKJ,Large hill,NOR,M

1952,CCS,10 km.,FIN,F

1956,ASK,Giant slalom,AUT,M

1956,FSK,Singles,USA,M

1960,CCS,10 km.,SOV,F

1964,ASK,Downhill,AUT,F

1964,CCS,10 km.,SOV,F

1964,LUG,Singles,GER,F

1964,SSK,500 metres,SOV,F

1964,SSK,5000 metres,NOR,M

1972,LUG,Singles,GDR,F

1972,LUG,Singles,GDR,M

1972,SKJ,Normal hill,JPN,M

1984,LUG,Singles,GDR,F

1984,SSK,3000 metres,GDR,F

1988,LUG,Singles,GDR,F

1988,CCS,20 km.,SOV,F

1992,CCS,30 km.,NOR,M

1992,SSK,5000 metres,GER,M

1994,ASK,Combined,NOR,M

1998,ASK,Combined,GER,F

1998,SSK,10000 metres,NED,M

1998,SSK,3000 metres,GER,M

2002,LUG,Singles,GER,F

2002,SNB,Halfpipe,USA,M

2006,LUG,Singles,GER,F

2006,ASK,Slalom,AUT,M

2010,LUG,Singles,GER,F

2014,SSK,5000 metres,NED,M

2014,SSK,500 metres,NED,M

2014,FRS,Slopestyle,USA,M

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Yesterday at the Olympics

• The USA won 2 medals in women’s snowboarding halfpipe, with Kaitlyn Farrington winning gold and Kelly Clark coming thru for bronze. This was Farrington’s 1^st Winter Olympics. It was Clark’s 4^th Winter Olympics and her 3^rd medal, after a gold in 2002 and a bronze in 2010. Clark also finished 4^th in 2006 in halfpipe. Clark also became one of 5 women to compete in their 4^th Winter Olympics in snowboarding at Sochi, joined by Maëlle Ricker (CAN, 1998-2010), Kjersti Buaas (NOR, 2002-2010), Tomoka Takeuchi (JPN, 2002-2010), and Nicolien Sauerbreij (NED, 2002-2010).
• By winning 2 medals in women’s halfpipe, the United States put two Americans on the podium for the 42^nd time at the Winter Olympics, but for the first time in Sochi. This was the 14^th time Americans have won a gold and bronze medal in the same event at the Winter Olympics, and the 7^th time it has been done by women.
• In the women’s downhill, Julia Mancuso placed 8^th, with Laurenne Ross 11^th and Stacey Cook 17^th. While Mancuso did not add to her medal totals, it was her 7^th top 10 finish in Olympic Alpine skiing, trailing only Bode Miller’s 8 among USA Alpine skiiers (or skiiers of any type). Mancuso’s 7 top 10s in the sport are =5^th all-time among women, trailing Martina Ertl-Renz (GER) with 10, and three with 8 top 10s – Katja Seizinger (GER), Anita Wachter (AUT), and Janica Kostelić (CRO).

USA Today at the Olympics

• Biathlon – Men – 20 kilometres: never won a medal, our best finish is 10th by Jay Hakkinen in 2006. Our other top 20 finishes were as follows: 1960 – John Burritt/14; 1964 – Charlie Akers/16; 1972 – Peter Karns/14; 2002 – Jeremy Teela/14.
• Cross-Country Skiing – Women – 10 kilometres: never won a medal, our best finish is 16th by Martha Rockwell in 1972. Our other top 25 finishes were as follows: 1980 – Alison Owen-Spencer/22; 1980 – Beth Paxson/25. Best finish in any CCS event for USA women is 6th by Sophie Caldwell in 2014 sprint (on 11 Feb). Otherwise best is 8th (2010) and 9th (2006) in sprint by Kikkan Randall, and 15th by Nina Kemppel in 2002 30 km.
• Short-Track Speed Skating – Women – 500 metres: USA has won 2 golds and 3 medals in this event. The 2 golds were by Cathy Turner in 1992-94, and the bronze was by Amy Peterson in 1994. We have not had a finalist in the event since 1994.
• Speed Skating – Women – 1,000 metres: USA has won the most medals in this event with 11 or 42 awarded. USA has won 3 golds medals – Bonnie Blair (1992-94) and Chris Witty (2002). Blair also won a bronze in 1988 and she is the only woman to have won 3 medals in this event. Two USA athletes have won 2 medals in the event – Witty (1998/2002-110) and Leah Poulos-Mueller (1976/80-020)
• Freestyle Skiing – Men – Slopestyle: never held before at the Olympics – no historical / statistical data
• Luge – Mixed – Relay: never held before at the Olympics – no historical / statistical data

This Day at the Olympics

334 Olympians were born

74 Olympians died

96 Olympic events were held

 

USA Births and Death on this Day at the Olympics

Born

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Date,Name,Sport,Years

13 Feb 1886,Curt Rottmann,GYM,1924

13 Feb 1909,Jack Garrison,ICH,1932-36

13 Feb 1910,George Kratina,ART,1936

13 Feb 1912,Joe de Capriles,FEN,1936-52

13 Feb 1915,Harriet Bland,ATH,1936

13 Feb 1936,Leamon King,ATH,1956

13 Feb 1937,Marley Shriver,SWI,1956

13 Feb 1945,Don Behm,WRE,1968

13 Feb 1945,Ken Sitzberger,DIV,1964

13 Feb 1950,Louis Theimer,SHO,1976

13 Feb 1951,Pat Hayes,ROW,1976

13 Feb 1958,Pat Powers,VOL,1984

13 Feb 1960,Kelly McCormick,DIV,1984-88

13 Feb 1961,Gregory Springer,ROW,1984-92

13 Feb 1965,Kenny Harrison,ATH,1996

13 Feb 1970,Vernon Patao,WLT,1992-96

13 Feb 1970,Chip Van Os,HAN,1996

13 Feb 1971,Todd Williams,BSB,2000

13 Feb 1987,Rau’Shee Warren,BOX,2004-12

13 Feb 1995,Lia Neal,SWI,2012

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Died

[table]

Date,Name,Sport,Years

13 Feb 1908,David Hesser,SWI/WAP,1904

13 Feb 1931,Frank Wright,SHO,1920

13 Feb 1934,Ellen Ridgway,GOL,1900

13 Feb 1953,Manfred Curry,SAI,1928

13 Feb 1963,Gloria Russell,ATH,1932

13 Feb 1964,Paddy Ryan,ATH,1920

13 Feb 1992,Warren Westlund,ROW,1948

13 Feb 1993,Henry Duey,WLT,1932

13 Feb 1996,George Jefferson,ATH,1932

13 Feb 1998,Michael Budrock,CAN,1952

13 Feb 2001,Owen Torrey,SAI,1948

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Previous USA Winter Olympics Medals on This Day

[table]

Medalist,Sport,X,Event,Medal,Date

John O’Neil Farrell,SSK,M,500 m,Bronze,13 Feb 1928

USA Team,ICH,M,Ice Hockey,Silver,13 Feb 1932

USA Team,ICH,M,Ice Hockey,Silver,13 Feb 1972

Dorothy Hamill,FSK,F,Singles,Gold,13 Feb 1976

Debbie Armstrong,ASK,F,GS,Gold,13 Feb 1984

Christin Cooper,ASK,F,GS,Silver,13 Feb 1984

Nelson Carmichael,FRS,M,Moguls,Bronze,13 Feb 1992

Donna Weinbrecht,FRS,F,Moguls,Gold,13 Feb 1992

Tommy Moe,ASK,M,Downhill,Gold,13 Feb 1994

USA Team,LUG,M,Doubles,Silver,13 Feb 1998

USA Team,LUG,M,Doubles,Bronze,13 Feb 1998

Bode Miller,ASK,M,Combined,Silver,13 Feb 2002

Hannah Teter,SNB,F,Halfpipe,Gold,13 Feb 2006

Gretchen Bleiler,SNB,F,Halfpipe,Silver,13 Feb 2006

Joey Cheek,SSK,M,500 m,Gold,13 Feb 2006

Hannah Kearney,FRS,F,Moguls,Gold,13 Feb 2010

Shannon Bahrke,FRS,F,Moguls,Bronze,13 Feb 2010

Apolo Anton Ohno,STK,M,1500 m,Silver,13 Feb 2010

J. R. Celski,STK,M,1500 m,Bronze,13 Feb 2010

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Medal Standings after Day #6

[table]

Day #6 – 12 Feb 2014,Gold,Silver,Bronze,Total,Rank (US)

Norway,4,3,5,12,1

Canada,4,4,2,10,2

Netherlands,4,2,4,10,3

United States,3,1,5,9,4

Germany,6,1,1,8,5

Russia,2,4,3,9,6

Austria,1,4,-,5,7

Switzerland,3,-,1,4,8

Slovenia,1,1,2,4,9

Sweden,-,3,1,4,10

France,1,-,2,3,11

Czech Republic,-,2,1,3,12

Japan,-,2,1,3,13

Italy,-,1,1,2,14

Belarus,1,-,-,1,=15

Korea,1,-,-,1,=15

Poland,1,-,-,1,=15

Slovakia,1,-,-,1,=15

China,-,1,-,1,=19

Finland,-,1,-,1,=19

Australia,-,1,-,1,=19

Great Britain,-,-,1,1,=22

Latvia,-,-,1,1,=22

Ukraine,-,-,1,1,=22

Totals (32 events),33,31,32,96

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[table]

Day #6 – 17 Feb 2010,Gold,Silver,Bronze,Total,Rank (US)

United States,5,3,6,14,1

Germany,3,4,3,10,2

France,2,1,4,7,3

Canada,2,3,1,6,4

Korea,3,2,-,5,5

Austria,1,2,2,5,=6

Norway,1,2,2,5,=6

Switzerland,3,-,1,4,8

China,2,1,1,4,9

Italy,-,1,3,4,10

Russia,1,1,1,3,11

Sweden,2,-,-,2,12

Slovakia,1,1,-,2,13

Czech Republic,1,-,1,2,14

Poland,-,2,-,2,15

Japan,-,1,1,2,16

Netherlands,1,-,-,1,17

Australia,-,1,-,1,=18

Estonia,-,1,-,1,=18

Finland,-,1,-,1,=18

Latvia,-,1,-,1,=18

Croatia,-,-,1,1,=22

Slovenia,-,-,1,1,=22

Totals (28 events),28,28,28,84

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[table]

Day #6 – 15 Feb 2006,Gold,Silver,Bronze,Total,Rank (US)

Norway,1,5,5,11,1

Russia,4,2,3,9,2

United States,5,2,1,8,3

Germany,4,3,1,8,4

China,1,2,3,6,5

Austria,2,2,1,5,6

Canada,1,1,2,4,7

Italy,1,-,3,4,8

Finland,-,2,2,4,9

Sweden,2,-,1,3,10

Netherlands,1,2,-,3,11

Korea,1,1,1,3,12

France,1,-,1,2,13

Switzerland,-,1,1,2,14

Australia,1,-,-,1,=15

Estonia,1,-,-,1,=15

Bulgaria,-,1,-,1,=17

Croatia,-,1,-,1,=17

Czech Republic,-,1,-,1,=17

Latvia,-,-,1,1,20

Totals (26 events),26,26,26,78

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[table]

Day #6 – 13 Feb 2002,Gold,Silver,Bronze,Total,Rank (US)

Germany,4,6,2,12,1

United States,3,5,2,10,2

Norway,5,3,1,9,3

Austria,2,1,6,9,4

Finland,2,1,1,4,=5

Italy,2,1,1,4,=5

Russia,1,1,2,4,7

Switzerland,2,-,1,3,8

France,1,1,1,3,9

Korea,1,1,-,2,=10

Netherlands,1,1,-,2,=10

Estonia,1,-,1,2,12

Japan,-,1,1,2,=13

Poland,-,1,1,2,=13

Sweden,-,-,2,2,15

Czech Republic,-,1,-,1,16

Bulgaria,-,-,1,1,=17

Canada,-,-,1,1,=17

China,-,-,1,1,=17

Totals (24 events),25,24,25,74

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[table]

Day #6 – 12 Feb 1998,Gold,Silver,Bronze,Total,Rank (US)

Germany,4,4,4,12,1

Norway,4,4,3,11,2

Russia,4,3,-,7,3

Austria,-,2,4,6,4

Finland,2,1,2,5,5

United States,2,-,2,4,6

Netherlands,1,2,1,4,7

Italy,-,3,1,4,8

Japan,2,1,-,3,9

Canada,1,1,1,3,10

Switzerland,1,-,1,2,11

Czech Republic,-,1,1,2,12

Bulgaria,1,-,-,1,=13

France,1,-,-,1,=13

Ukraine,-,1,-,1,15

Belgium,-,-,1,1,=16

Belarus,-,-,1,1,=16

Kazakhstan,-,-,1,1,=16

Totals (23 events),23,23,23,69

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