Friday's Winter Olympic Schedule

Friday's Winter Olympics schedule

Friday, February 26
All Times Pacific

Alpine Skiing
At Whistler Creekside
 Women’s Slalom First Run, 10 a.m.
 Women’s Slalom Second Run, 1:30 p.m.

 Biathlon
At Whistler Olympic Park
Men’s 4X7.5Km Relay, 11:30 a.m.

Bobsled
At The Whistler Sliding Centre
 Men’s Four-man Run 1, 1 p.m.
 Men’s Four-man Run 2, 2:30 p.m.

 Curling
At Vancouver Olympic Centre
Women’s Bronze Medal, 9 a.m.
 Women’s Gold Medal, 3 p.m.

 Ice Hockey
Men
At Canada Hockey Place
 Semifinal, Noon
 Semifinal, 6:30 p.m.

Short-Track Speedskating
At Pacific Coliseum
Men’s 500 Quarterfinals, 6 p.m.
 Women’s 1000 Quarterfinals, 6:14 p.m.
 Men’s 500 Semifinals, 6:45 p.m.
 Women’s 1000 Semifinals, 6:53 p.m.
 Men’s 500 Finals, 7:16 p.m.
 Women’s 1000 Finals, 7:26 p.m.
 Men’s 5000 Relay Finals, 7:52 p.m.

 Snowboard
At Cypress Mountain
 Women’s Parallel Giant Slalom Qualification, 10 a.m.
 Women’s Parallel Giant Slalom Elimination Run, 10:34 a.m.
 Women’s Parallel Giant Slalom First Round, 12:15 p.m.
 Women’s Parallel Giant Slalom Quarterfinals, 12:51 p.m.
 Women’s Parallel Giant Slalom Semifinals, 1:13 p.m.
 Women’s Parallel Giant Slalom Finals, 1:27 p.m.

 Speedskating
At Richmond Olympic Oval
 Men’s Team Pursuit Quarterfinals, 12:30 p.m.
 Women’s Team Pursuit Quarterfinals, 1:20 p.m.
 Men’s Team Pursuit Semifinals, 2:07 p.m.

ski like a girl will be watching the Ladies' Slalom.  Yes, Lindsey Vonn is hurt but she is racing!  The Women's  Parallel Giant Slalom should be awesome!  And Apolo Ohno is at it again tonight.
Ohno will skate in the 500 m and the 5,000 m team relay final, in what may be his final Olympic competitions.  You don't want to miss it!

xoxo,
ski girl
p.s.  Winter Games: Medal Count

			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.		United States	8	12	12	32
2.		Germany	8	11	7	26
3.		Norway	7	6	6	19

Thursday's Winter Olympic Schedule

Thursday's Winter Olympics Schedule

Thursday, February 25
All Times Pacific


Giant Slalom (rescheduled from 2/24)
At Whistler Creekside
Ladies' 2nd run, 9:30 a.m.

Cross-Country Skiing
At Whistler Olympic Park
Women’s 4X5Km Relay Classic/Free, 11 a.m.

 Curling
At Vancouver Olympic Centre
 Women’s Semifinals, 9 a.m.
 Men’s Semifinals, 2 p.m.

 Figure Skating
At Pacific Coliseum
Women’s free program, 5 p.m.

 Freestyle Skiing
At Cypress Mountain
  Men’s Aerials, Final-Jump 1, 6 p.m.
 Men’s Aerials, Final-Jump 2, 6:28 p.m.


Ice Hockey
Women
At Canada Hockey Place
 Bronze Medal, 11 a.m.
 Gold Medal, 3:30 p.m

 Nordic Combined
At Whistler Olympic Park
 Individual jump (large hill), 10 a.m.
 Individual 10Km, 1 p.m.

Julia Mancuso from facebook 

"Run #2 at 930. These 2010 Olympics are almost done for me. This last run is for CR Johnson. Gonna rip it for you!!! CR was in Salt Lake City at my first Olympics, cheering for me. I know your here now and with everyone when they ski and push their limits. RIP."

Julia is heading into the second run 18th after yesterday's drama and disappointment.  She finished 1.3 seconds behind race leader Elisabeth Goergl of Austria. That's a lot of time to make up on the second run but not impossible.  Elizabeth took the bronze in the Ladies' Downhill on February 17th, to Julia's silver medal.

ski like a girl is cheering for you Julia!  I'm looking forward to you rockin' the podium in your tiara once again.  Click HERE to follow along or wait 10 plus hours for NBC's coverage tonight.  Your choice.  You know what I'll be doing.

xoxo, 

ski girl

p.s.  Winter Games: Medal Count

			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.		United States	7	9	12	28
2.		Germany	7	10	7	24
3.		Norway	6	6	6	18

ski like a girl: "Let your inner princess shine!" says, Olympian Julia Mancuso

Julia Mancuso says, "Let your inner princess shine!"


Why ski like a girl likes Julia Mancuso

• 2006 Olympic champion in the women's giant slalom 
• One of the most out-going and popular skiers on the Alpine tour
• Travels with several lucky charms, including a Tiara, that she wore in competition at the 2006 Games
• Has a ski run named after her in her hometown
• Splits her residence between California and Hawaii
• Avid surfer
• Climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in 2008.
• She's a Lange Girl

Julia's Events in Vancouver

• Women's Downhill
• Women's Giant Slalom
• Women's Super-G

More on Julia's Lucky charms from her Bio at NBC Olympics
"At the 2006 Games, Mancuso caught the attention of fans when she wore a tiara on her ski helmet for the slalom portion of the women's combined event. What started out as a gag gift from her coach became a good luck charm that she always took out with her on the course, for all to see. She did not don the tiara for the giant slalom - which she won - but wore it at the medal ceremony that evening, providing images of a ski queen with her gold. Today, the tiara - or any extraneous objects -- is not allowed, so she has one painted on her helmet. The original tiara, she keeps at home. "It's very valuable," she says. "I'm keeping it as a good luck charm and bringing it to Vancouver." Other lucky charms include a blanket "that she takes everywhere", her charm pouch with good energy crystals and random stones and shells from beaches she has been to."

Solar-powered surfer girl
"In the off season, Mancuso spends most of her time on the island of Maui. Far from the nearest ski slope, she stays active and builds up her core with biking, stand-up paddling and surfing. She is convinced that ocean sports are a useful tool for her winter profession. "Being with the forces of nature is something that I can really relate to. Surfing big waves or small waves, just feeling the momentum pulling you forward. It is kind of one of those skills that suddenly crosses over."

Watching Julia's training video makes me homesick for Hawaii!  I need to bump up my training on the Big Island to keep up with Julia's Maui style workouts.

xoxo,
ski girl
p.s.  Julia may have a new underwear line coming out soon called Kiss My Tiara.  Stay updated by following her Blog.

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