Tag: Winter Olympics
-
USA and Canada Out: Team USA and Canada lose in the Men’s Hockey Quarterfinals
The men’s hockey teams from the USA and Canada’s Olympic journeys have been cut short. Team USA and Canada have lost in the Olympic Men’s hockey quarterfinals. Canada lost 2-0 to team Sweden, and The United States lost to Slovakia 3-2 in the shootout. Neither team represented the best of each country since the best…
-
Olympic Men’s Hockey Update: End of the Preliminary Round
The preliminary round of men’s hockey has ended, and what a great ending! The United States won Group A and joined ROC, Finland, and Sweden in getting byes into the quarterfinals. It is a massive upset as team USA was not a top-four favorite going into the tournament. So let’s look at the other games…
-
Olympic Men’s Hockey Update: The Preliminary Round Kicks Off
The Olympic Men’s Hockey tournament started on the 9th. Because of how much larger the team pool is in the Men’s tournament, these recaps will be focused on team USA and the four favorites in the tournament: The Russian Olympic Committee, Finland, Sweden, and Canada. These teams had big starts to the tournament, even if…
-
USA and Canada Advance to the Women’s Hockey Semi-Finals
Yesterday and Early this morning the first set of women’s quarter-finals games were played; the match-ups included USA vs. Czechia and Canada vs. Sweden. Team USA and Team Canada are the favorites to make the finals this year, and they are both on track to do just that as they are both advancing to the…
-
Russian Figure Skater, Kamila Valieva, Tests Positive for Performance-Enhancing Drugs
Kamila Valieva was this year’s Olympic Ice Princess. The 15-year-old Russian figure skater broke two world records in her free skate for the Olympic team skating competition. She is a member of the “Quad Squad,” a group of three young women trained by Eteri Tutberidze who can complete quad jumps. Her free skate broke world…
-
Olympic Women’s Hockey Update: USA gets back to back shutouts, Canada remains dominant, and China upsets Japan
These past three days have brought the world of hockey phenomenal games. The USA and Canada both remain undefeated. Team USA got back-to-back shutouts with two different goalies and have held their opponents to only 12 shots on goal. Team Canada scored 17 goals across two games. There was also the first shootout of the…
-
Eteri Tutberidze and the Price of Gold: The cost of Russia’s figure skating dominance
Once every four years, the world turns into figure skating fans, and I am definitely among them. Yes, I will admit it, even with my devotion to hockey, I love figure skating. Since I was little, I have been absolutely obsessed with Olympic figure skating. I would watch, my eyes locked to the screen, as…