Coming into Monday's action in Sochi, there were several things that Team USA had never done in an Olympics in a while, such as medal in the 2-man Bobsled, or take the Gold in Ice Dancing. By the end of the day, both of those accomplishments would be notched as completed.
But first, lets go to Rosa Khutor and watch some more freestyle skiing. Monday was the day of the Men's Aerials heats. How Aerials works is pretty much the same as Slopestyle, except that there's only 1 jump. In 2010, Belarus won the Gold in Men's Aerials, and up till now no country has ever repeated Gold. Until this year, when Anton Kushnir walked up and turned in a record-breaking performance that captured Gold for Belarus for the second consecutive Olympics.
Leaving Rosa Khutor for the Sanki Sliding Center, time for the Bobsled heats. Entering the heats, Team USA hadn't medaled in 2-Man Bobsled since 1952. Steve Holcomb and his team were out to change that, and change that they did. Their performance was good enough for Bronze, and a 62-year drought was broken. And the Americans weren't the only ones breaking droughts either. The Russians had never won Gold in the 2-man event, but they were going to change that. And through the efforts of Alexander Zubhov, they were able to change that.
After all of that drama, it's finally time to head over to the Iceberg. The big story here is that the United States had never won an Ice Dancing Gold. With Meryl Davis and Charlie White, our odds improved, but we still had the 2010 winners Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir to contend with. However, after the skates, Team USA managed to pull through and take the first ever Ice Dancing Gold for the USA. Just one more reason why these Sochi Games are shaping up to be so historic.
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