2022 Winter Games Sim Thread

[SecretAgentMan 37]

[A note to anybody reading: you can still play along if you would like! Just follow the instructions below!]

Greetings! Thank you for joining in on the Winter Games Sim! Some important instructions you will need!

Downloading the Game
We're going to get started by making sure that everyone has a working download of the game. If you have previously downloaded a stable release of GFG (such as Going for Gold 2020 Edition v 1-6-1), you shouldn't need to re-download. If, however, you have not (or if you need a new copy), you can download here:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wpwHs7CQL52sLXpf2UY1MX8UWo9-EPBe/

Extract that to a folder on your desktop, and then find and run the .exe file (Going for Gold 2020 Edition). Right now, I believe it should be in a functional state for "Winter Games Only" mode. Feel free to play with that, start a new game, and try it out to see how the program runs! (Be aware that it will show the 2018 Games when you do this).

Setting Up the League File for Multiplayer
Once you are ready, we should be able to start the multiplayer setup. Here's what to do: download the league file from this link, simply titled "2022 Winter Games Sim.zip". https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hmPw9y0O_h4mGv_RaV01qLhoyFbpx05S/view?usp=sharing 

Then go to "Winter Games Only", click "Import", and find the "2022 Winter Games Sim.zip" that you should have downloaded to your computer. The game will load the files, then prompt you to select your country. Then the league file will load up on February 2nd. You will know that it's the correct file if, when you click Schedule/Results for the 2nd, the 1st screen looks like this:

Running Training/ Submitting Your Files
IF that is working, you are ready to run your training and submit it. How does that work? You will find the button that says "Set" under Training, and click on it to be taken to the training points menu. You will then be able to put up to 200 points on your various athletes/teams as "bonus" points to boost them up. (Basically a coaching bonus) There is a max of 10 points per athlete per event. Once you have finished the training points, please make sure to click "Save".

Then, to generate the file for setting up the training, you need to click "Export", save that file to your computer, and send it to me at this e-mail address

You can use all of your training points at once, or you can update throughout the games- completely your choice!

Viewing Results/Updating the Games
After we begin actually simming the games (which won't begin until at least Monday, to give everyone a chance to do their training points properly), I will update the results daily. How do you see the results? Quite simple. You just press "Import" within the save file, and it will update automatically from the web! (Also, I will post results on the forums if that's more your preference

Final Thoughts/ Questions
Please let me know what questions you have! I do not promise everything will work correctly (my standard reminder: I am an untrained amateur hobbyist programmer!), but I do promise that I will be available to help and work out any issues that occur during the games! 

Speaking of which...there is one known issue to be aware of:
-Game crashes if you try to Set Training on February 4th (the date of the Opening Ceremony) or the date of the Closing Ceremony. This can't be patched out right now, so just please avoid doing that.

Thanks, and I am looking forward to this!
-Jeff

[SecretAgentMan 37]

Update #1: Wednesday February 2nd- Saturday February 5th
Let the games begin! With a joyous, glorious, opening......

wait? The Opening Ceremony doesn't kick things off? Nope! Two days of mixed doubles curling and women's hockey preceded the actual opening ceremony. The US got off to a surprisingly strong start in curling, while Canada struggled. On the other hand, Russia, Canada, and the USA have all stayed unbeaten in women's hockey and look to be on a collision course in the medal rounds. 

Then, the Opening Ceremonies actually got the games underway officially, followed by the first full day of competition. 

After that day Saturday, February 5th, the medal table looked like this

A highlight of the day was the mixed team short track speed skating, which concluded with Canada holding off Italy and Hungary for the gold. Other big winners of the day included Russia (Women's Skiathlon), Japan (Men's Moguls), Slovenia (Women's Ski Jumping, much like real life) and Norway (Women's 3000m speed skating). Keep an eye over the next couple of days on team figure skating, where an upset is brewing as highly ranked USA is just 7th after 1 day.

[SecretAgentMan 37]

Update #2: Sunday Feb. 6th- Wednesday Feb. 9th

With competition underway, the Games showcased a signature event, the Men's Downhill Skiing on Sunday the 6th. The winning country was a bit of a surprise, as Canada got the gold with Lucas Wilson taking a commanding victory over Germany's Luca Meyer and Austria's Florian Kolowrat.
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The Czech Republic won a mixed relay biathlon gold, while USA's Josh Rogers won a gold medal in the men's skiathlon. Canada got a 2nd gold medal on the day in the women's moguls, with Japan finishing 2nd and 3rd. Germany went 1-2 in Men's Luge, meanwhile, and Australia and Russia and China also pulled in gold medals on the day.

On Monday the 7th, Japan got a big gold medal, holding off Canada and a resurgent USA in the final day of team figure skating. Meanwhile, Great Britain took out top-seeded USA in the mixed doubles curling semifinals, Italy got a gold medal in women's Giant Slalom, while Switzerland got a biathlon gold. Japan won yet another gold, taking the Men's slopestyle gold medal. Austria topped Japan, though, in the mixed team ski jumping, with Slovenia in 3rd.  Italy grabbed yet another gold in 1500m speed skating, with Cristiana de Luca holding off a pair of Canadian skaters. Canada got their revenge in short track speed skating, though, sweeping golds in both of the day's events.

On Tuesday the 8th, Austria celebrated after Phillip Fuchs took home a Super G gold, with Slovenia and Switzerland also making the podium. The Czech Republic's Felix Sedlaek, a biathlete, became the first double gold-medal winner of the games, taking home the 20km individual event after having previously been part of the winning mixed relay team. Italy took another gold in Men's Cross-Country Sprint. Norway's women won big in the Cross-Country sprint, sweeping the top 4 spots on the podium. Great Britain got the mixed doubles curling gold, but came in 2nd to the US's Linda Martinez in Freestyle Skiing's Big Air competition. 

Latvia's Marija Krumins won the country's first medal of the Olympics, a gold, in luge. Switzerland, meanwhile, dominated men's parallel giant slalom snowboarding, taking both gold and silver.  Italy won gold and bronze in the women's version of the same event, with Germany sandwiched in between. The Dutch got Gold and Silver as well in one of their signature events, Men's 1500m speed skating.

And finally, that brings us to today, Wednesday February 9th. 
Germany won doubles luge and added a silver. Meanwhile, New Zealand got its' first gold medal of the games. South Korea, France, and Slovenia also won golds on the day, while Switzerland took home the men's snowboardcross.

Here's a look at the medal table:

[SecretAgentMan 37]

Feb. 10th
Things continued coming up golden for Canada and Italy today, with Switzerland getting in on the party as well. Swiss skier Nico Vonlanthen kicked things off by winning the combined, while Canada's Lucas Wilson followed up his downhill victory with a silver. Switzerland won a second gold medal on the day in the women's 10km classical cross-country skiing. Canada's Aiden Williams won the men's gold medal, followed Italy and Canada once again. Germany got the gold in Luge mixed team relay, but there's Canada again, this time notching a silver. Belarus got a gold in mixed team aerials, their first gold and first medal in the 2022 games. Canada won yet another gold in the Women's halfpipe, while Italy took down a gold in Snowboardcross. The final gold of the day went to the Netherlands, notching the women's 5000m speed skating gold. (Again, imitating reality)

Here's the medal table:

[SecretAgentMan 37]

Feb. 11th
Kind of a slow day in terms of number of events on the day, but try telling that to anyone who won gold- it's a big day for them! Probably the biggest winner of the day was the USA, which saw Josh Rogers win his second gold of the games in the cross-country skiing 15km classical event, in an exact repeat of the finish order of the 30km skiathlon. (Norway's Alex Nilsen was 2nd in both events, and Russia's Alexei Vinogradov was 3rd in both events) They also won gold in one of their signature events, the Men's Snowboarding Halfpipe. However, disappointed prevailed in the women's hockey quarterfinals, with both the USA and Canada suffering shocking losses. Great Britain got a gold medal in men's skeleton, while the Netherlands won another speed skating gold, this time in the Men's 10000m, a grueling 13 minute long test of endurance. South Korea took a gold in the (much) shorter 1000m short track speed skating. Meanwhile, France took the Women's Super G in Alpine Skiing, continuing a long-standing tradition of French alpine skiiers. Poland got a gold as well, in the women's Biathlon 7.5km sprint. 

Here's today's look at the medal table!

[SecretAgentMan 37]

Feb. 12th
Yes, they Can-ada! Yes, that is right...more Gold for Canada on Feb. 12th. Today's first triumph was in the Women's skeleton event, where Haley Hill and Emma McKinley went 1-2. The other was the men's 500m speed skating gold for Liam Clark in a race that featured dual bronze medalists. Italy also got another gold with Men's Biathlon 10km sprint. They were also gold medals handed out in Women's 4x5km cross-country skiing (Sweden), Mixed Team Snowboardcross (USA), and Ski Jumping Men's Large Hill (Norway). It was a light night in terms of medal events, but it's becoming more and more clear that Canada and Italy are going to continue to lead the medal count.

More tomorrow! See you then!

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[SecretAgentMan 37]

Feb. 13th
Day 9 saw the medals get spread around quite a bit, and that meant that the top of the table (Canada and Italy) didn't do much to pad their lead. Teams that did have a good day, though, included Sweden, which took 1st and 3rd in Men's Giant Slalom, Germany, which went 1-2 in the Men's Biathlon pursuit, Latvia, which got a Biathlon gold for its' second gold medal of the games, Norway (which won the 4x10 km cross-country relay, one of the country's signature events), the Netherlands (which won women's 500m speed skating), Great Britain (a short track gold), China (a short track relay gold), and South Korea (two short-track medals).

Here's the full table as we approach the 2nd and final week of competition:

 

 

[SecretAgentMan 37]

Feb. 14th
Only 5 medals handed out today, but the big winner of the day was the USA, which took gold in two (Ice Dancing and Freeski Slopestyle). Russia had a big day as well, winning Women's Monobob and taking a silver in women's aerials, which was won by China. Germany had the day's other big win, in Men's Team ski Jumping, holding off Italy and Norway for the gold. 

The Medal table, please.......

[SecretAgentMan 37]

Feb. 15th
Here comes Germany! With a big day, the Germans are pushing towards the top of the medal table. The medals came in two events: Men's 2-man bobsleigh, where a Canadian silver broke up what was nearly a German podium sweep, and Nordic Combined, where Germany went 1-2. Multi-medal combos happened in several sports, actually. Japan went 1-2 in Men's Snowboarding Big Air, while Switzerland went 1-3 in the Women's Downhill skiing. Men's and Women's Speed Skating Team Pursuit ended with Japan and Netherlands each taking a gold and silver, and Canada taking both bronzes. France, USA, and Canada also took home gold medals on the day. 

With 5 days left, it looks like Canada still has a major hold on the medal count, but USA and Germany could still make a late push.

[SecretAgentMan 37]

Feb. 16th

We have a podium sweep! (I believe it's our first of the games?) Austria took all 3 places in the men's alpine skiing slalom, one of their country's signature events. Russia was the other big winner of the day, as they went 1-2 in Men's Aerials and beat out Norway to win the women's team sprint in cross-country skiing. (Norway did, however, get the win in men's team sprint for cross-country skiing). Ukraine won their first gold medal of the games as they took the women Biathlon 4x6km relay, while China took took their 4th gold medal by winning the women's 1500m short track. The Netherlands got the day's other gold medal, winning the men's 5000m relay in Short Track speed skating. Canada only got a silver medal on the day, but still leads the overall medal count by a good margin.
 

[SecretAgentMan 37]

Feb. 17th
Is it possible that Canada might not win the medal count? It's been looking like a done deal for days, but Germany and the USA are suddenly down by only 6 medals. The Germans in particular had a great day with 2 gold medal performances: women's 1000m Speed skating and Men's Team Nordic Combined. Might they still have a chance to catch up? It's not impossible, especially with two bobsleigh events still to go.

Japan had another great performance, winning Gold and Silver in Ladies' Figure Skating. Russia got a gold medal in Skicross, while Finland won gold in women's hockey (over Germany, actually). France also had a big day, with 3 medals, including gold in the women's combined alpine skiing. The US also racked up multiple medals, and could add to their total  in men's and women's ski halfpipe, an area of strength for them. Going to be a fun last few days!

[SecretAgentMan 37]

Feb. 18th
Not so fast! Reports of Canada's demise have, in fact, been greatly exaggerated. The Canucks picked up two medals on the day, though neither were Gold, and fortified their medal lead. The USA actually passed Germany, thanks in part to a gold in Women's Freeski Halfpipe. Switzerland won gold and silver in Men's Skicross (and nearly picked up a podium sweep by adding 4th), and had another bronze on the day as well. The Czech Republic isn't a name we have called often, but they got a Gold in the Men's Biathlon 15km Mass Start. The other gold on the day came from Men's 1000m speed skating, which was won by Japan.

The medal table:

[SecretAgentMan 37]

Feb. 19th

One day to go! With a burst of events on the second-to-last day, we have a good sense of what the final medal totals are going to look like. Right now, Canada looks to take the top spot, while the USA is going to get close but likely come up a bit short, and Germany and Italy will also end with strong totals.

Today, Austria kicked off the day with a Gold medal, as expected, in the team alpine skiing event, followed unsurprisingly by Switzerland and Italy.  Italy got another medal (silver) in the women's biathlon mass start, but the big surprise there was Latvia storming their way to a Gold and Bronze medal as they doubled their medal table for the games to 4. Germany also garnered an expected victory in the Women's 2-man bobsled, followed by Russia and Switzerland. Russia's Alexei Vinogradov broke through after two bronzes to win the Men's 50km cross country ski race, finally dethroning USA's Josh Rogers, who had won two previous events in these games. Oleg Volkov of Russia, after previously missing the podium despite gold medal expectations, finished 3rd.

Switzerland won the men's curling tournament over Norway, while Sweden defeated Canada to take the bronze. Canada did get a gold medal in Pairs figure skating, holding off Russia and the USA for the win. Switzerland's Simon Kuhn won gold in a blistering freestyle ski halfpipe run, with Great Britain gaining a silver and the USA getting a bronze. The Netherlands went 1st and 3rd in the Men's Speed Skating Mass Start (Germany was 2nd), while Japan took Gold and Silver in the Women's Speed Skating Mass Start (the USA was 3rd). 

[SecretAgentMan 37]

Feb. 20th- The final day
Here's the final day of the games....let's see what happened for the final 4 gold medals.

First was 4-man Bobsleigh. Germany, in a result that will surprise nobody, took 1st, 3rd, and 4th, while Canada squeezed their way into 2nd. Given that this was the same result as 2-man bobsleigh, nobody should be all that surprised by this. Next was women's 30km Cross-country skiing, which was won by Switzerland's Emma Neumann. Russia came in 2nd and Sweden was 3rd. Switzerland actually had a shot at 2 golds on the day, but was defeated by the USA in the women's curling final, giving the US an additional gold medal in these games. Great Britain was 3rd. Finally, there was ice hockey, where the Czech Republic took down Austria to win gold, and Finland slipped by the United States for the bronze.

With that, the games have concluded. 28 countries won at least 1 medal, while 24 countries took home at least 1 gold. (Those number, I'm happy to report, are similar to real-life, where 29 countries medaled and 23 countries had at least 1 gold) Canada sits atop the sim medal table with 35 medals won, while the US was in second with 31. 11 golds were taken by Canada and Germany, while USA and Switzerland each won 10. 

There will be at least one more post in this thread, showcasing some of the multi-medal winners and biggest surprises of these games. There's also going to be a new project of mine that will launch on the forums tomorrow, so be on the lookout for that.

For now...here's the final medal table!

[SecretAgentMan 37]

Wrap-Up Post #1
Now that the 2022 Winter Games Sim has come to a close....let's take a look more closely at the results. Here's a sport by sport breakdown, along with a look at each of the multiple medal winners, starting with....

Alpine Skiing

Country	G	S	B
Austria	3	3	4
Switzerland	2	2	2
Italy	1	2	1
Slovenia	1	1	2
France	2	0	0
Canada	1	1	0
Sweden	1	0	1
Germany	0	2	0
Russia	0	0	1

Overview
Austria and Switzerland, as would be expected, battled for supremacy on the mountain. Austria came out on top, thanks in large part to Andreas Leuger, a multiple medalist, and a deep team that competed hard throughout the games. Italy and Slovenia had great games as well, while Canada's Lucas Wilson was a master of the speed events, winning a gold and silver. Russia was a surprise medalist, while Sweden got both their medals in the same event.

Multiple Medalists
Andreas Leuger (Austria) - 2 Golds and 1 Silver
Lucas Wilson (Canada)- 1 Gold and 1 Silver
Sebastian Schicklgruber (Austria)- 1 Gold and 1 Bronze
Marie Fiser (Austria)- 1 Gold and 1 Bronze
Martina Mancini (Italy)- 1 Gold and 1 Bronze
Sara Zupan (Slovenia)- 1 Gold and 1 Bronze

Big Events
Podium sweep for Austria in Men's Slalom
Marie Mercier had a surprise, unexpected win in Women's Super G
Slovenia outperformed expectations as well, as only Sara Zupan was expected to medal and was joined by two other teammates, Ziga Bozic and Eva Bizjak

Edited February 23, 2022 by SecretAgentMan

[SecretAgentMan 37]

Wrap-Up Post #2
Some more results and recaps!

Country	G	S	B
Czech Republic	3	2	0
Ukraine	1	2	2
Italy	1	2	1
Germany	1	2	1
Latvia	2	0	1
Switzerland	1	1	0
France	1	0	1
Slovakia	0	2	0
Norway	0	0	2
Austria	0	0	2
Poland	1	0	0
Kazakhstan	0	1	0

Overview
Surprises always abound in the sport of Biathlon anyways, and this week was no different than normal, with Czech Republic leading the way on the medal count (the only sport in which they did so). Biathlon was also the best sport for Ukraine and Latvia, while Norway had a rough week (at least compared to real life, where the Norwegians won 14 medals).

Multiple Medalists
Felix_Sedl?ček (Czech Republic)- 2 Golds, 1 Bronze
Klara_Jelinek (Czech Republic)- 1 Gold, 1 Silver
Melissa Kuhn (Switzerland) - 1 Gold, 1 Silver
Mattia Russo (Italy) - 1 Gold, 1 Silver
Ekaterina_Klitvintsev (Ukraine)- 1 Gold, 1 Silver
Elizaveta_Khudzhamov (Ukraine)- 1 Gold, 1 Silver
Vavřinec_Hrb?ček (Czech Republic)- 1 Gold, 1 Bronze
Artem_Shokovskiy (Ukraine) - 2 Silvers
Ilya_Altman (Ukraine) - 2 Silvers

Big Events
Ukraine won medals in the mixed team event, men's team event, and women's team event: the only country to do so
Latvia far outperformed expectations
Kazakhstan won their only medal of the Olympics in the Biathlon
Poland, we believe, won its' only gold medal in Biathlon

[SecretAgentMan 37]

Wrap-Up Post #3
It's Bobsleigh time!

Bobsleigh

Country	G	S	B
Germany	3	1	2
Canada	0	2	1
Russia	1	1	0
Switzerland	0	0	1

Overview
The bobsleigh competitions were remarkably consistent, as both the 2-man and 4-man bobsleigh events ended the same way: Elias Wagner of Germany in first, Logan Anderson of Canada in second, and David Meyer of Germany in 3rd. The only variability happened in the women's events, where Russia's Yekaterina Solovyov prevented the Germans from sweeping the Bobsleigh Gold medals.

Multiple Medalists
Elias Wagner (Germany)- 2 Golds
Paul Meyer (Germany)- 2 Golds
Logan Anderson (Canada)- 2 Silvers
Patrice Li (Canada)- 2 Silvers
Alexander Fischer (Germany)- 1 Gold and 1 Bronze
David Meyer (Germany)- 2 Bronzes

Big Events
Germany's Alexander Fischer was the only athlete whose two medals were different from each other, owing to the fact that he was a brakeman on Elias Wagner's 4-man team but David Meyer's 2-man team.

[SecretAgentMan 37]

Wrap-Up Post #4
How did things go on the cross-country course?

Cross-Country Skiing

Country	G	S	B
Norway	3	5	2
Russia	3	3	4
USA	2	1	1
Switzerland	2	0	2
Sweden	1	0	2
Italy	1	1	0
Canada	0	1	0
Finland	0	1	0
Kazakhstan	0	0	1

Overview
LOTS of individual stars in cross-country skiing at these games, and there were 4 athletes who each won 4 medals. In the cases of Joshua Rogers of the USA and Emma Neumann of Switzerland, they had a hand in every single medal for their country in cross-country skiing. It was a great games for Cross-Country skiing!

Multiple Medalists
Joshua Rogers (USA)- 2 Golds, 1 Silver, 1 Bronzea
Emma Neumann (Switzerland)- 2 Golds, 2 Bronzes
Natalia Sokolov (Russia)- 1 Gold, 2 Silvers, 1 Bronze
Alexei Vinogradov (Russia) - 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronzes
Alexander Nilsen (Norway)- 1 Gold, 2 Silvers
Yelizaveta_Ivanov (Russia)- 1 Gold, 1 Silver
Ingrid Andersen (Norway)- 1 Gold, 1 Silver
Nilla Jonsson (Sweden) -1 Gold, 1 Bronze
Thea Haugen (Norway)- 2 Silvers
Silje Hagen (Norway)- 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
Oleg Volkov (Russia)- 1 Silver, 1 Bronze

Big Events
Norway had a podium sweep in Women's Individual Sprint
Logan Taylor of Canada was a surprise 2nd place finisher in the Men's Sprint
Oleg Volkov is the #1 men's skier by far, but left without a gold medal.

[SecretAgentMan 37]

Wrap-Up Post #5
Curling in the house! (I swear, that's funny if you know curling)

Curling

Country	G	S	B
Switzerland	1	1	0
Great Britain	1	0	1
USA	1	0	1
Russia	0	1	0
Norway	0	1	0
Sweden	0	0	1

Overview
Curling provided a lot of different results throughout the week, and things seemed very balanced throughout the different teams. Great Britain and the USA had multiple medalists, as both medaled in mixed doubles and women's. (Britain won the mixed doubles and USA won the women's). Switzerland, meanwhile, was technically the most successful nation as they won the men's tournament and finished as a runner-up in the women's tourney.

Multiple Medalists
Jade Evans (Great Britain)- Gold and Bronze  
Madison Mitchell (USA) - Gold and Bronze

[SecretAgentMan 37]

Wrap-Up Post #6
Figure skating, one of the Winter Games' premiere events, wrapped up with 6 teams getting a medal. Let's take a closer look!

Figure Skating

Country	G	S	B
Canada	2	1	1
Japan	2	1	0
USA	1	0	3
Italy	0	2	0
Russia	0	1	0
China	0	0	1

Overview
The world's newest ice princess is Japan's Saori Nakagawa, who won dual gold medal in Ladies' Singles and the team event. Canada also won two gold medals, while the USA won an event as well

Multiple Medalists
Saori Nakagawa (Japan)- 2 Golds
Ethan Wood & Leah Bailey (USA)- 1 Gold and 1 Bronze
Frank MacKinley (Canada)- 1 Silver and 1 Bronze
Aiden Diaz & Maria Lopez (USA)- 2 bronzes
Madison Campbell (USA)- 2 bronzes

Big Events
Russia's skaters struggled, winning just a single medal during the games. (MUCH different than real life)
Italy, one the other hand, had two shocks, winning a silver medal in Men's Singles AND in Ice Dance
Top-ranked skaters struggled a bit, with only US Ice Dance winning the expected gold medal. (In fact, the top rated women and pairs skaters didn't even medal!)

[SecretAgentMan 37]

Wrap-Up Post #7
The sport of freestyle skiing has many subdisciplines, from aerials to ski cross to park and pipe events, so there were a LOT of different medalists in freeski. Let's take a look!

Freestyle Skiing

Country	G	S	B
USA	4	1	3
Russia	2	3	0
Switzerland	2	1	1
Great Britain	0	2	2
Canada	1	2	0
Japan	1	1	1
China	1	0	2
Belarus	1	0	1
France	0	2	0
Austria	0	0	2
New Zealand	1	0	0
Finland	0	1	0
Norway	0	0	1

Overview
13 different countries won medals, which might be the biggest spread for any sport in the games. The US is clearly king of the mountain, but Russia also did well on the basis of a strong aerials team, and Belarus (which won very few medals overall) did well here. 

Multiple Medalists
Linda Martinez (USA)  - 2 Golds
Matthew Morales (USA) - 1 Gold, 1 Silver
Aleksandr Petrov (Russia)- 1 Gold, 1 Silver
Yelizabeta Kuznetsov (Belarus) - 1 Gold, 1 Bronze
Yun Young (China)- 1 Gold, 1 Bronze
Natalia Novikov (Russia)- 2 Silvers
Jade Wilson (Great Britain) - 1 Silver, 1 Bronze

Big Events
Must be something about being named Jade? Jade Evans of Great Britain won multiple medals in curling, while Jade Wilson won multiple medals in freestyle skiing
Oscar Voss was a surprise win to give New Zealand a historic gold medal

[SecretAgentMan 37]

Wrap-Up Post #8
Let's check the ice hockey results!

Ice Hockey

Country	G	S	B
Finland	1	0	1
Czech Republic	1	0	0
Germany	0	1	0
Austria	0	1	0
Norway	0	0	1

Overview
I'll just say this. Hockey and the other team events are still getting some unusual results that I need to work on.....

Big Events
Austria and Germany and Norway were ALL big surprises in hockey, as none of those countries have much of a background in hockey
Finland, meanwhile, will be delighted to have won medals in both tournaments
Missing the medals entirely were USA, Canada, AND Russia

[SecretAgentMan 37]

Wrap-Up Post #9
Luge- More fun than you can shake a sled at

Luge

Country	G	S	B
Germany	3	2	0
USA	0	1	1
Italy	0	0	2
Latvia	1	0	0
Canada	0	1	0
Slovakia	0	0	1

Overview
It's a sliding sport, so Germany was dominant. That's not exactly a surprise, though. What is interesting is that all 4 events were won by the top-ranked athlete in the sport.

Multiple Medalists
Elias Schmidt (Germany - 2 Golds
Alexander Weber and Elias Schulz (Germany- 2 Golds)

Big Events
Germany nearly swept the podium in Men's Singles, which happened in multiple different sliding sports
Italy got a surprise medal in Women's singles (though they have had plenty of luge success in the past)
Slovakia, however? That's a truly spectacular and truly surprising development

[SecretAgentMan 37]

Wrap-Up Post #10
Nordic Combined is the unique event that asks competitors to both ski jump and cross-country ski. Let's see how it went!

Nordic Combined

Country	G	S	B
Germany	2	1	1
France	1	2	1
Norway	0	0	1

Overview
Nordic Combined was basically a battle between France and Germany, but what is most interesting is the depth of both teams. 3 of the 4 members of the French team won individual medals in addition to the team silver, while Germany had two different individual medalists, including Luca Weber, who medaled in all 3 events and won a complete set of the medals.

Multiple Medalists
Luca Weber (Germany)- 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
Luca Schulz (Germany)- 2 Golds
Gilles Robert (France) - 1 Gold, 1 Silver
Maxime_Andrè (France)- 2 Silvers
Charles Joubert (France)- 1 Silver, 1 Bronze

Big Events
Nordic Combined had a shocking # of multiple medalists for having had only 3 events, but that's what happens when all of the individual medalists are German or French