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Yay Charlotte first Swedish gold, no question! Marit silver and Kristi Pärmakoski bronze. Great first cross country competition.... pretty big audience in the stands. I'm exhausted...
Whilst it would have been nice for her to carry the flag yesterday, I'm sure she's much happier to win the first medal of the Olympics!
She timed pulling the pin perfectly.
Felt sorry for Bjoergen not being able to get away with her. But, let's be honest, if it was anybody else in the same situation, we would be going on about what an achievement it was for her to get a silver. So, let's focus on that.
The women will be back in action on Tuesday with the Sprint. And there will be a good chance of another Swedish Gold there too, with Nilsson also in the mix.
Norway will be desperate to stop that happening.
CaroLiza_fan
I watched the race on TV. When it was over eurosport switched to UK commentators(do you know their names?). I found it interesting to listen to them for a change, instead of hyped nordic experts. For what it's worth, they thought Bjørgen was relieved with the silver. I agree. Now she knows she is in the game. Lots of chances left. The most disappointed must be Norwegian Weng(9th) who leads the world cup.
Glad you enjoyed Patrick and Mike on commentary. I expect that they will be back in an hour and a half from now for the Women's Sprint in Biathlon, if you want to join them again.
CaroLiza_fan
Just wanted to see what was going on so I turned on my TV and who do I see? Tonga Man!!!
He came 115th out of 115th skiers but he finished and only 22 minutes behind the winner! He certainly skis better than me.
:clapper: Congrats Tonga Man!
Firstly, before the race started, our commentators were saying that Bjoergen was going to be at a big disadvantage as she was the first of the seeded racers, and so wouldn't be getting split times for the other big guns, and be able to adjust how hard she was going based on how they were getting on.
And that is exactly how it turned out. Everybody in the top 12 apart from Nechaevskaya in 10th started after her. But, at least she still got a medal out of it.
CaroLiza_fan
She is the only mother out of 244 athletes on the US Olympic team while there are 20 fathers competing.
Mother Marit two medals already! Love how she was a role model and later a friend to 7 years younger Charlotte.
Kikkan Randall, Katja Visnar(SLO , father olympic champion Hattestad) and Kaisa Saarinen(FIN) also back from child birth. Not the same results as Marit yet, but kudos! What will be of all these babies
Are you trying to start rumours?
CaroLiza_fan