Olympics Underway

The 2010 Vancouver Games are underway, and not disappointing. The time for National pride is here, and boy am I excited. I absolutely love the Olympics. From Hockey to Figure Skating (yeah I watch that, what of it?) I watch as much of the games that I possibly can. And after three days, the good ol US of A are in the medal lead with 6 medals. We stole the hearts of the home crowd when Hannah Kearney won the gold on the last run of woman's moguls, beating Canadian Jennifer Heil, who almost became the first Canadian to win a gold on Canadian soil. But no worries, as Alexandre Bilodeau brought that gold medal home to Canada, beating out Dale Begg-Smith, the Vancouver native skiing for Australia and the defending gold medal winner.

Some excitement came out of the speed skating. Our favorite olympian, Apolo Anton Ohno was going for his 6th medal, which would tie him for the most decorated Winter Olympian for USA. He was in second or third place, about to make his move, when a Korean passed him, cut him off. Apolo hit the planting hand of the Korean with is skate, and had a bit of a stumble... which cost him. He slowed so much that he fell to 4th, behind 3 Koreans. But call it Karma, or whatever for the shady pass by the leader, but on the final turn the 2nd and 3rd place Koreans collided. One made a pass, on his own teammate, and they just bit it. Apollo Ohno takes Silver and fellow American JR Celski took the Bronze. A costly mishap in the final turn took two medals away from Korea, and gave two medals to America. USA USA All the Way!

I would also like to note that USA took its first medal ever in Nordic Combined. Johnny Spillane took the first ever medal in this sport for the Americans, taking the silver medal. He had the lead with a few meters left, but lost it to Frenchman Jason Lamy Chappuis.

So from Biathlon, to Luge, to Skeleton, to Hockey, I love the Olympics. I'll watch whatever NBC or its affiliates put on because I have a national pride. I want to see the US take as many medals as possible. Me and the guys went nuts when those Koreans tanked, and Ohno got the silver. That's what I love about the Olympics, the unifying of a nation with the sense of pride for our athletes.