Vancouver 2010 Memories-Part II

As promised, here's Part II of my favorite moments from the 2010 Olympics.  Since I only featured Americans and Canadians the other day, this post will only include athletes from other countries.  One again, they're not in any particular order:


China swept the women's short track competition,
including three gold medals for Wang Meng.



South Korea's Kim Yu-Na dominated the ladies'
figure skating competition, setting a world record
and winning the gold medal by more than 20 points.



German Maria Reisch, Lindsey Vonn's best
friend, captured a pair of gold medals.

Dutch speed skater Sven Kramer set an Olympic record
in the 5000 meters, then thought he had a second gold in
the 10,000, but he was disqualified because his coach told
him the wrong lane when he was supposed to change.

Torah Bright, who lives in Utah and competes for Australia,
took the gold medal in women's halfpipe snowboarding.

 

Gratuitous shot of German Magdalena Neuner, who
won three medals in biathlon and made my list of
"Hottest Olympians of 2010."

The married Chinese pair of Shen Xue and Zhao
Hongbo, the bronze medalists at the previous two
Olympics, capped their careers with an Olympic gold.

Switzerland's Simon Ammann, a two-time gold medalist
in Salt Lake City in 2002, won two more in Vancouver to
become the most decorated ski jumper in Olympic history.

Norway's Marit Bjoergen won more medals in Vancouver than
anybody--five, including a gold in the sprint and a silver in the
30K classical, the longest women's event in cross country skiing.


So there you go, my look back at Vancouver 2010 is now complete.  My usual blogging will resume on Thursday with a Daytona 500 preview.