The Comm and Gender Spot

Saturday, February 11, 2006

Day 1

Today marked the first day of competition at the Winter Olympics. Only four events awarded medals. Here are the complete list of medal winners for today’s events.

Biathlon
Men’s 20km Individual
Gold Michael Greis (Germany)
Silver Ole Einar Bjoerndalen (Norway)
Bronze Halvard Hanevold (Norway)

Freestyle Skiing
Women’s Moguls
Gold Jennifer Heil (Canada)
Silver Kari Traa (Norway)
Bronze Sandra Laoura (France)

Nordic Combined
Individual
Gold Georg Hettich (Germany)
Silver Felix Gottwald (Austria)
Bronze Magnus Moan (Norway)

Speed Skating
Men’s 5000m

Gold Chad Hedrick (United States)
Silver Sven Kramer (Netherlands)
Bronze Enrico Fabris (Italy)

And here are the medal standings, by country, and the end of day one.

Norway
4 medals total
0 Gold
2 Silver
2 Bronze




Germany
2 medals total
2 Gold
0 Silver
0 Bronze




Canada
1 medal total
1 Gold
0 Silver
0 Bronze




United States
1 medal total
1 Gold
0 Silver
0 Bronze




Austria
1 medal total
0 Gold
1 Silver
0 Bronze




Netherlands
1 medal total
0 Gold
1 Silver
0 Bronze




France
1 medal total
0 Gold
0 Silver
1 Bronze




Italy
1 medal total
0 Gold
0 Silver
1 Bronze

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