Day 14

Day thirteen saw a record setting data for the nation of Japan. With Shizuka Arakawa’s gold medal in the women’s figure skating event Japan not only had their first medal at these Winter Games but their first figure skating gold medal ever. Also interesting to note is the lack of medalists from the United States in any of the aerials events in freestyle skiing, a sport with origins in the United States. Here are the results from today’s medal events:

Alpine Skiing
Women’s Giant Slalom
Gold Julia Mancuso (United States)
Silver Tanja Poutiainen (Finland)
Bronze Anna Ottosson (Sweden)

Cross-Country Skiing
Women’s 30km Freestyle
Gold Katerina Neumannova (Czech Republic)
Silver Yulia Tchepalova (Russia)
Bronze Justyna Kowalczyk (Poland)

Curling
Men’s
Gold Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Russ Howard, Jamie Korab & Mike Adam (Canada)
Silver Markku Uusipaavalniemi, Wille Makela, Kalle Kiiskinen, Teemu Salo & Jani Sullanmaa (Finland)
Bronze Pete Fenson, Shawn Rojeski, Joe Polo, John Shuster & Scott Baird (United States)

Speed Skating
Men’s 10,000m
Gold Bob De Jong (Netherlands)
Silver Chad Hedrick (United States)
Bronze Carl Verheuen (Netherlands)

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


Germany
24 medals total
9 Gold
10 Silver
5 Bronze




United States
23 medals total
8 Gold
9 Silver
6 Bronze




Russia
20 medals total
8 Gold
4 Silver
8 Bronze




Canada
20 medals total
6 Gold
8 Silver
6 Bronze




Austria
19 medals total
8 Gold
6 Silver
3 Bronze




Norway
18 medals total
2 Gold
8 Silver
8 Bronze




Switzerland
13 medals total
5 Gold
4 Silver
4 Bronze







Sweden
12 medals total
5 Gold
2 Silver
5 Bronze




Italy
10 medal total
4 Gold
0 Silver
6 Bronze




France
9 medals total
3 Gold
2 Silver
4 Bronze




Netherlands
9 medals total
3 Gold
2 Silver
4 Bronze




China
9 medals total
2 Gold
3 Silver
4 Bronze




South Korea
8 medals total
4 Gold
3 Silver
1 Bronze




Finland
8 medals total
0 Gold
5 Silver
3 Bronze




Estonia
3 medal total
3 Gold
0 Silver
0 Bronze




Croatia
3 medals total
1 Gold
2 Silver
0 Bronze




Czech Republic
3 medals total
1 Gold
2 Silver
0 Bronze



Australia
2 medals total
1 Gold
0 Silver
1 Bronze


Ukraine
2 medals total
0 Gold
0 Silver
2 Bronze




Japan
1 medal total
1 Gold
0 Silver
0 Bronze



Belarus
1 medal total
0 Gold
1 Silver
0 Bronze



Bulgaria
1 medal total
0 Gold
1 Silver
0 Bronze




Great Britain
1 medal total
0 Gold
1 Silver
0 Bronze


Slovakia
1 medal total
0 Gold
1 Silver
0 Bronze




Latvia
1 medal total
0 Gold
0 Silver
1 Bronze


Poland
1 medal total
0 Gold
1 Silver
0 Bronze