Men’s moguls

Gold Dale Begg-Smith Australia
Silver Mikko Ronkainen Finland
Bronze Toby Dawson United States

When I read this, my first thought was “good for Toby Dawson.” My second thought was “what happened to Jeremy Bloom?” My third thought was “how does someone from Australia win the moguls?”

Well, Dale Begg-Smith holds dual citizenship in Australia and CANADA, which is where he actually lives. So, that makes a lot more sense. He’s a pretty interesting guy, who splits his time between skiing and his multi-million dollar company that hi started when he was 13.

Men’s luge doubles

Gold Andreas Linger, Wolfgang Linger Austria
Silver Andre Florschuetz, Torsten Wustlich Germany
Bronze Oswald Haselrieder, Gerhard Plankensteiner Italy

Yes, the Lingers are brothers.

Is it just me, or do the Italians’ names not look Italian? I can’t find biographical information on them, but those names sound more German than Italian. Another case of dual citizenship?

By the way, the Ukranian, Roman Yazvinskyy, who was injured earlier today has a head injury but was conscious. He was taken by a helicopter to a hospital in Pinerolo.