Cuplul Virtue/Moir (patinaj artistic) a adus Canadei primul aur olimpic din istorie in proba de dans, la Jocurile Olimpice de iarna de la Vancouver 2010, devansandu-i pe americanii Davis White si rusii Domnina/Shabalin. In competitia de schi fond sprint pe echipe, romanii Pepene si Hogiu au ratat accederea in finala.
Sarituri cu schiurile - trambulina mare, echipe (masculin):
1. Austria (Wolfgang Loitzl, Thomas Morgenstern, Gregor Schlierenzauer, Andreas Kofler) 1107.9
2. Germania (Michael Neumayer, Andreas Wank, Martin Schmitt, Michael Uhrmann) 1035.8
3. Norvegia (Anders Bardal, Tom Hilde, Johan Remen Evensen, Anders Jacobsen) 1030.3
4. Finlanda (Matti Hautamaeki, Janne Happonen, Kalle Keituri, Harri Olli) 1014.6
5. Japonia (Daiki Ito, Taku Takeuchi, Shohei Tochimoto, Noriaki Kasai) 1007.7
6. Polonia (Stefan Hula, Lukasz Rutkowski, Kamil Stoch, Adam Malysz) 996.7
7. Cehia (Antonin Hajek, Roman Koudelka, Lukas Hlava, Jakub Janda) 981.8
8. Slovenia (Primoz Pikl, Mitja Meznar, Peter Prevc, Robert Kranjec) 958.8
Eliminate in prima runda:
9. Franta (Vincent Descombes Sevoie, David Lazzaroni, Alexandre Mabboux, Emmanuel Chedal) 419.8
10. Rusia (Pavel Karelin, Denis Kornilov, Ilja Rosliakov, Dimitry Ipatov) 414.1
11. SUA (Anders Johnson, Peter Frenette, Taylor Fletcher, Nicholas Alexander) 340.0
12. Canada (Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes, Trevor Morrice, Eric Mitchell, Stefan Read) 294.6
Schi fond - Sprint pe echipe (feminin):
1. Germania (Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle, Claudia Nystad) 18:03.7
2. Suedia (Charlotte Kalla, Anna Haag) +0.6
3. Rusia (Irina Khazova, Natalia Korosteleva) +4.0
4. Italia (Magda Genuin, Arianna Follis) +10.5
5. Norvegia (Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen, Celine Brun-Lie) +29.1
6. SUA (Caitlin Compton, Kikkan Randall) +47.9
7. Canada (Daria Gaiazova, Sara Renner) +48.1
8. Finlanda (Ritta-Liisa Roponen, Rikka Sarasoja) +52.9
9. Polonia (Kornelia Marek, Sylwia Jaskowiec) +55.4
10. Franta (Karine Laurent Philippot, Laure Barthelemy) +1:00.5
Schi fond - Sprint pe echipe (masculin):
1. Norvegia (Oeystein Pettersen, Petter Northug) 19:01.0
2. Germania (Tim Tscharnke, Axel Teichmann) +1.3
3. Rusia (Nikolay Morilov, Alexey Petukhov) +1.5
4. Canada (Devon Kershaw, Alex Harvey) +6.3
5. Kazakhstan (Nikolay Chebotko, Alexey Poltaranin)+6.5
6. Cehia (Dusan Kozisek, Martin Koukal) +12.8
7. Franta (Vincent Vittoz, Cyril Miranda) +17.7
8. Italia (Cristian Zorzi, Renato Pasini) +20.1
9. SUA (Torin Koos, Andrew Newell) +20.6
10. Finlanda (Lasse Paakkonen, Ville Nousiainen) +49.8
Echipa Romaniei (Paul Constantin Pepene si Petrica Hogiu) au ratat accederea in finala, dupa ce au ajuns pe locul 19 in semifinala, cu un timp de 19 minute si 09.2 secunde.
Patinaj artistic - perechi, programul liber:
Cuplul Virtue/Moir a adus Canadei prima medalie de aur din istorie, in proba de dans, devenind si prima pereche non-europeana ce castiga aceasta proba, de la introducerea ei la Olimpiada, in 1976. Prestatia cuplului canadian pe Simfonia a cincea (Adagietto) a lui Gustav Mahler a fost apreciata de juriu, Tessa si Scott acumuland 221.57 puncte.
1. Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir (Canada) 221.57
2. Meryl Davis/Charlie White (SUA) 215.74
3. Oksana Domnina/Maxim Shabalin (Rusia) 207.64
Clasament medalii, potrivit site-ului oficial al competitiei:
1. SUA - 25 (7 aur, 8 argint, 10 bronz)
2. Germania - 21 (7 aur, 9 argint, 5 bronz)
3. Norvegia - 14 (6 aur, 3 argint, 5 bronz)
4. Rusia - 11 (2 aur, 3 argint, 6 bronz)
5. Canada - 10 (5 aur, 4 argint, 1 bronz)
6. Coreea - 9 (4 aur, 4 argint, 1 bronz)
6. Austria - 9 (3 aur, 3 argint, 3 bronz)
8. Franta - 8 (2 aur, 2 argint, 4 bronz)
9. Elvetia - 7 (5 aur, 2 bronz)
9. Suedia - 7 (3 aur, 2 argint, 2 bronz)
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