Things may be a little truncated, as I've got an activity scheduled later today.
Back to Prime Time last night---Torico sends us straight to a Men's Giant Slalom rerun. Tucci reminds us that it's Valentine's Day and visits Verona, where Romeo and Juliet is set (didn't Carrillo already do that?). Verona is the site of the closing ceremonies, BTW. Over to the women's skeletons rerun--Bree Schaaf uses a laser pointer to show us some of the finer features of the track.
The dual “Events of the Night” are Women's Dual Moguls and Men’s 500m Speed Skating--both of which I watched yesterday. Skip. Jordan Stolz gets what I believe is his his third video package (he's called the “Firejet”) ”before” his winning run. The “wrapping yourself in the flag” post-win has become more of a rote activity. Tirico moves onto Men’s 1500m Short Track--there’s a lot of waiting during the race to see who sprints first.
Prime time wraps it up with Colin Jost, reporting from Lake Placid. He went down the bobsled (with a driver). Jost and Tirico also discuss “Crotchgate”. Male Ski Jumpers, whose outfits must be skintight to avoid extra fabric and hence more lift, were caught injecting something that caused--well, let’s say a rise. It was done before uniform fitting, so when the “effect” ended, they could get up to 5 feet more distance. What people do to win a gold. Medal Count--no change.
Onto Late Night--they do the SNL bit again at the start. Taylor at the Duomo sends us to a rerun of the Women’s 4x7.5km Cross-Country Relay. Later, Taylor and Adam Rippon report on how people aren’t allowed to NOT smile in Milan--it’s the law. Over to a Big Air rerun, then wrapping it up with an interview with Laila Edwards, a US Hockey player.
Over to Daytime--Lowe sends us straight to the finale Men’s 4x7.5km Cross-Country Relay. Klaebo is now the all time Winter gold leader with 9.
Then it’s Women’s Giant Slalom and Shiffrin in her first run, doing fairly well (7th). A Hockey drop-in before the second Slalom run, with a competitor crashing just as the announcer was talking about Vonn’s unrelated crash. Shiffrin completed both runs, but wound up 10th (it’s not her best event), with Italy winning another gold. Even with timing down to a thousandth of a second, there was a tie for silver.
Then it’s Mixed Team Snowboardcross (can we make name this any longer?). The men go first, then the women, with the total time determining the winner--which was Great Britain, putting them past their all-time Winter total and their first on snow. Another drop-in on Hockey, with Switzerland winning in overtime.
Over to Women’s Biathlon 10k Pursuit, where a miss on a shot can easily take you out of the running. Italy wins it in a rout. Then it’s Women’s “MonoBob” (Mono=one, and Bob=bobsled. And that completes our intensive three-week course.)
A quick Curling drop-in, and then it’s Speed Skating--Team Pursuit. This a fascinating event, with synchronized groups, crouched like matching Groucho Marxes, working their way down the track to maximize efficiency. Back to MonoBob.
A. J. Mleczko (NBC women’s hockey commentator) stops by the Duomo to talk to Lowe about the sport (and social media) at the games. Over to Women’s 500m Speed Skating. Erin Jackson is the US star, but finishes out of the medals. Off to the Men’s 12.5km Biathlon Pursuit Speed Skating. I prefer the Mass Start--you don’t have to watch the timer to know what’s going on. This event is even more obtuse because your start is based on your results in an earlier event.
Kornacki drops by to talk Women’s Hockey (and other rivalry) stats, followed by Mixed Team Skeleton. The women go first, followed by the men. Unlike the luge version, there’s no pad to start the second part of the run (it would be difficult when you’re lying down on your stomach). There’s also a set of lights reminiscent of a drag race.
Well, as I said earlier, I had an activity this afternoon, so I only got through part of the Daytime coverage. I’ll try to catch back up tomorrow.
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