The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, has fascinated me each and everyday. The first event that impressed me was the woman's downhill moguls. At first I never heard of "moguls", but it is pretty easy to figure out. The mogul race is when you ski down a hill and turn around mounds of snow, and perform tricks off ramps. The scoring is based on how well you turn, your time, and a trick score. Hannah Kearney won the gold from the USA, and I was glad because she was by far my favorite mogul skier. Another event I wanted to see was the speed skating with Apolo Anton Ohno and J.R. Celski. I have never seen or even heard of speed skating until this Olympics. The was was very thrilling. Apolo was in fourth during the final lap until a terrible pass by the Koreans which knocked them over, and out of the race. Korea took the gold, Ohno took the silver, and Celski got the Bronze. It was the craziest race I have ever seen in my life.
The next event I couldn't wait to see was Lindsey Jacobellis in The Woman's Downhill Snowboard Cross. The snowboard cross is just a race to the finish on a snowboard. I was excited to see Jacobellis, compete again in the downhill cross after the 2006 Olympics in Torino where she fell down on the last jump and lost the gold medal and received the silver. Jacobellis made it through the preliminary rounds, but during the medal she went off coarse after the first jump. I was devastated to see that Lindsey came in 5th but was excited that Canada's Maelle Ricker took home the gold.
Speaking of gold, in Men's Figure Skating United States, Evan Lysacek, took home the gold after spectacular performance. He beat the Russia's, Yevgeny Plyushchenko, who was expected to win after his short program. Plyushcenko was Torino's gold medalist destroying the competition with a 10 point lead! That is amazing considering he only lost by 1 point this time around.
Lastly, I saw the Women’s Downhill Skiing with Linsdey Vonn. I heard she was amazing, but I had to see it for myself. She was the last to go,and I knew she had a bruised shin going into the race, so I was very nervous for her sake. It was a wonderful run, and she dominated the competition and took the gold, and the silver medalist was also from USA, Julia Mancuso. In conclusion, I can’t wait for even more Olympic activity this week.