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Magic 11. Sweden finishes up…. Luck, Skill, and Norberg. Sweden’s women’s curling team took home gold. In the semis, they beat China 9-4 In the finals, Sweden needed to score two points in the final end to force an 11 th end.
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Magic 11 Sweden finishes up….
Luck, Skill, and Norberg • Sweden’s women’s curling team took home gold. • In the semis, they beat China 9-4 • In the finals, Sweden needed to score two points in the final end to force an 11th end. • Canada had a chance to wipe them out, but their last shot gave skip Annette Norberg a chance to make the game continue. She did. • In the 11th end, Sweden had the 2 closest stones. Canada, however, had the hammer. • Canada’s throw hit Sweden’s stones, but Canada’s slid out of the house, giving Sweden the gold.
Olsson Strikes Again • On the final day of competition, Johan Olsson scored his third medal of the games (a bronze) in the 50K mass start, just 1 second out of the lead. • PetterNorthug (Norway) won gold. • Marcus Hellner led the first half of the race, had trouble on a ski exchange, and slowed down. He finished 1:27 out. • Olsson sprinted into third when Swiss skier Dario Cologna fell on the final strait away. • Swedes Daniel Richardsson (7th) and Anders Soedergren (9th) finished in the top ten. Cologna finished 10th.
Alpine Upset • Andre Myhrer won bronze in men’s slalom. • Gold: GiulianoRazzoli(Italy) • Silver: IvicaKostelic (Croatia) • Myhrer finished just .05 over Austrian Benjamin Raich, who was favored to win the event. • Myhrer was in 10th after the first run, but had the best 2nd run of anyone.
Medal Count in Detail • 11 medals • 5 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze • Cross-Country skiing: 7 (3 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze) • Alpine Skiing: 2 (2 bronze) • Biathlon:1 (gold) • Curling: 1 (gold)
Medal Details • Most medals won: Johan Olsson (3) • Most golds: Marcus Hellner (2) • My opinions… • Most dominant: Charlotte Kalla • Toughest: AnjaPaerson • Best Recovery: Andre Myhrer • Best clutch preformance: Bjorn Ferry
The Biggest Surprises? • Marcus Hellner defeats PetterNorthug Jr. in the 30K pursuit. • Bjorn Ferry takes gold in his 3rd Olympics. • Women’s curling upsets China and Canada en route to gold. • Charlotte Kalla takes a gold and picks up Anna Haag for a silver. • Andre Myhrer’s come-from behind bronze
The Biggest Disappointments? • Helena Jonsson wins zero medals. • Emil Jonsson doesn’t qualify for the final in the men’s sprint. • Men’s team sprint doesn’t qualify for the final. • Men’s hockey team loses to Slovakia, eliminating them from medal contention.
SHOWDOWN • How many of Sweden’s medals came in cross-country skiing? • Name one athlete who was a surprise. • Who did the curling team upset in the semi-finals? • In what event did Andre Myhrer win a bronze medal?
Tiebreaker Question 1 • True/False • If true, stand. If false, sit. • Helena Jonsson and Johan Olsson were disappointments at the Olympics.
Tiebreaker Question 2 • Write as many as you can and walk to the front of the room. If you run, you will be DQed. • Last names are fine. • Two numbers will be written at the top of your paper. The first is the amount you got correct. The second is when you showed me the paper. • i/e: if you have 3/6, that means you got three right and you were the sixth person to turn it in.
In the slide titled: Medal Details, 6 athletes were mentioned. Name them.