At this juncture of the Games, we have reached what some on the NBC team call the "Crown Jewel of the Games". Yup, we've finally started the heats in Women's Figure Skating. It's almost sad in a way, because this is also one of the last times we'll be seeing the Iceberg. It's almost like saying goodbye to an old friend. Well, we can't get too depressed, because there's still a bevy of Olympic Action to take place, so lets get to it.
As we said, the Ladies Figure Skating started off, and it started off with a bang, as the first skater up was 15-year old Polina Edmunds got things started off. She skated well, but ended up 2 spots below a fellow 15-year old phenom, Russia's Julia Lipnitskaya. However, the most wowing performance of the night was turned in by Yuna Kim from South Korea. The defending Gold Medalist from Vancouver came back to defend her title in style, proving why she is worthy of being called an Olympic Champion.
Elsewhere in Sochi, it turned out to be a good day for American Firsts when it comes to Medals. On the Men's Giant Slalom course, Ted Ligety became the first American Man to win the event in consecutive Olympics, while at the Sanki Sliding Center, the USA-2 Sled took the Silver, giving Lauryn Williams a medal in both the Summer and Winter Olympics, a feat which has only been done by 4 other people ever(and 1 other American). Suffice it to say that even as these Games round the final stretch, there are still plenty of reasons to watch.
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