{"id":39178,"date":"2014-02-14T07:46:41","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T13:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=39178"},"modified":"2014-02-14T11:49:33","modified_gmt":"2014-02-14T17:49:33","slug":"olympic-update-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=39178","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb 14, 2014<\/p>\n<p>Update on the latest in Olympic Medals:<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At\u00a0 Sochi,\u00a0 Russia\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 (4\u00a0 of\u00a0 6\u00a0 events\u00a0 Friday)<br \/>\n\u00a0(42\u00a0 of\u00a0 44\u00a0 total\u00a0 events)<br \/>\n\u00a0Nation\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0G S B Tot<br 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Medals will be handed out following the last two runs of the women&#8217;s skeleton after the men&#8217;s competition begins.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The U.S. added to its medal count by pulling off a Sochi sweep in men&#8217;s slopestyle skiing on Thursday.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Americans swept the medals with Joss Christensen grabbing the gold, Gus Kenworthy the silver and Nick Goepper (GEH&#8217;-pur) the bronze.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The sweep is just the third for the U.S. in Winter Olympic history, joining men&#8217;s figure skating in 1956 and men&#8217;s halfpipe in 2002.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Conditions for the race were so warm that fellow American Bobby Brown, who finished ninth, competed his final run in short sleeves.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In other Olympics news:<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; The U.S. men&#8217;s hockey team has won its first game of the Olympic tournament, blitzing Slovakia 7-1. Colorado&#8217;s Paul Stastny scored twice in a six goal second period, while L.A. Kings goalie Jonathan Quick made 22 saves.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; The host Russians scored an easy 5-2 win over Slovenia in their opening game. Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals had a goal and an assist.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Finland&#8217;s Teemu Selanne (TEE&#8217;-moo seh-LAH&#8217;-nee) was forced to leave his country&#8217;s 8-4 win against Austria with an upper-body injury. The 43-year old Anaheim Ducks forward is the oldest player in the tournament. He&#8217;s expected to be okay for the Finns second game.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; American Noelle Pikus-Pace is in good position to medal in Friday&#8217;s final of women&#8217;s skeleton. She trailed the leader, Lizzy Yarnold of Britain, by just 0.44 seconds after the first two runs. This event marks the last time Pikus-Pace will compete before retirement.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Japan&#8217;s Yuzuru Hanyu leads after the short program with a record breaking performance. He earned 101.45 points to become the first skater ever to top the 100-point mark. Canada&#8217;s Patrick Chan is second and Spain&#8217;s Javier Fernandez third. The leading American is Jason Brown, who finished sixth.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; The U.S. now has 12 medals overall, four gold, two silver and six bronze. 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