The Olympics Lists (6 of 10): Those who Finished Fourth

In the summer of 2012, I read a great article in "The Washington Post" about the devastation of finishing fourth, especially in sports like the marathon! Psychologically, finishing fourth at the Olympics can have a very adverse effect, given all the years of training involved.

So, we compiled a list of fourth place finishers at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. The most famous fourth-place finisher at the 2014 Sochi Olympics is Shaun White, but he has won gold in men's snowboarding at the two prior Olympics.

Lolo Jones, who was a fourth -place finisher in a sprint at the 2012 London Olympics, turned her attention to bobsledding; she is now part of the American delegation in Russia.

Here are the fourth-place finishers:

1) Simon Eder (pictured). Age 30. Austria. Biathlon.

2) Alex Gough. Age 26. Canada. Women's Luge.

3) Sven Thorgen. Age 19. Sweden. Men's Snowboarding.

4) Hannah Teter. Age 27. USA. Women's Snowboarding.

5)  Andi Langerhan. Age 29. Germany. Men's Luge.

6) Sina Candrian. Age 25. Switzerland. Women's Snowboarding.

7) Anton Shipulin. Age 28. Russia. Men's Biathlon.

8) Eliza Outtrim. Age 28. USA. Free-style Skiing.

9) J.R. Celski. Age 23. USA. Men's Short-track Speed-skating.

10) Daniela Merighetti. Italy. Women's Alpine Skiing.


http://www.danielamerighetti.it/ (In Italian)

http://www.ussnowboarding.com

http://olympics.cbc.ca/

Top 10 Olympic Lists (3 of 10): Athletes from Former Soviet Republics

Here are ten athletes competing for former Soviet Republics; one of the more interesting ones is Patrick Brachner, who skis for Azerbaijan, but he is an Austrian. Brachner was originally slated to be Azerbaijan's flag-bearer.
Our image is of Yulia Galysheva, a free-style skier from Kazakhstan.

Here is our list:

1. Roman Krech. 24. Kazakhstan. Speed-skating.

2. Yulia Galysheva. 21. Kazakhstan. Free-style Skiing.

3) Yosef Penyak. 20. Ukraine. Snowboarding.

4) Patrick Brachner. 22. Azerbaijan. Alpine Skiing.

5) Hanna Huskova. 21. Belarus. Free-style Skiing.

6) Lelde Gasuna. 23. Latvia. Women's Alpine Skiing.

7) Andris Sics. 28. Latvia. Men's Luge.

8) Katya Galstyan. 21. Armenia. Cross-country Skiing.

9) Kadri Lehta. 28. Estonia. Biathlon.

10) Dmitry Treleveski. 30. Kyrgyzstan. Alpine Skiing.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/ (Shaun White is going for gold number three today)

http://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-olympics/2014 (Curling is among the sports that is of most interest in Great Britain).

Silly Picture to Fill Space- Beer-Serving Girl

Since today is Friday, a holy day to Muslims, I don't expect there are women serving Petra Beers at bars in Amman, Jordan, today (Petra is a Jordanian brew). And, if they do, they probably would be a bit less revealing. But, of course, this is purely a presumption on my part!

In fact, having been to Istanbul, Turkey, many times, I know there are lots of guys who can chug an Efes Pilsen (the national beer of Turkey) quicker than a visiting college kid from Madison, Wisc.!

I also expect flamboyant American snowboarder Shaun White, aka "The Animal," is having some Canadian Molsons to celebrate his gold medal win at the Vancouver Olympics.

For more Olympic coverage, go to our sister blog http://www.nocturnalguy38.blogspot.com

UPDATE: The Toledo Walleye won the midnight hockey game against the Charlotte Checkers in Charlotte, NC, that we reported on earlier by a 7-o margin.