Welcome to the 2014 Sochi Olympic Challenge.
The 2014 Sochi Winter Games are officially underway with the Opening Ceremonies starting around 11 a.m. local time in Sochi, Russia on Friday. Qualifying events have started, and on Saturday the first medals will be handed out.
In total, 98 gold medals will be given out over 16 days. To make the competition that much more intense, we here at the blog has devised the Olympic Challenge. Maybe we stole the idea, but we're making it our own anyway.
Each competitor chooses 12 athletes and/or teams. They can be from any country or in any event. If you pick wins a gold medal, you are awarded three points. For a silver, two points, and for a bronze, one point. The highest totals from their 12 athletes at the end of the Games will earn four-year bragging rights and an award to be named later.
For a the tiebreaker, playing by Price is Right rules, each contestant guessed how many gold medals they think the U.S. will take home.
Let's see what the line-ups are looking like for the inaugural Three if By Strike Olympic Challenge.
Jon
4 CAN - W Curling
5 Shani Davis - USA - M Speed Skating
6 NED - M Speed Skating Team Pursuit
7 NED - W Speed Skating Team Pursuit
8 Aksel Lund Svindal - NOR - M Skiing
9 Nick Goepper - USA - M Skiing
10 CAN - W Hockey
11 David Wise - USA - M Skiing
12 Petter Northug - Norway - M XC Skiing
Jay
1 USA - M Hockey
2 CAN - W Hockey
3 Alexis Pintaurault - FRA - W Skiing
4 Bode Miller - USA - M Skiing
5 Ole Einar Bjorndalen - NOR - M Biathlon
6 Marit Bjorgen - NOR - W XC Skiing
7 CAN - W Curling
8 Yuna Kim - KOR - W Figure Skating
9 Felix Loch - GER - M Luge
10 J.R. Celski - USA - M Speed Skating
11 Noelle Pikus - USA - W Skeleton
12 Shaun White - USA - M Snowboard
Tiebreak is 9
Cara
Cara
1 SWE - M Hockey
2 RUS - M Hockey
3 Mikaela Shiffrin - USA - W Skiing
4 Ted Ligety - USA - M Skiing
5 Olga Zaitseva - RUS - W Biathlon
6 Kikkan Randall - USA - W XC
7 GBR - W Curling
8 Mao Asada - JAP - W Figure Skating
9 Kate Hansen - USA - W Luge
10 CHN - M Speed Skating Relay
11 Lizzy Yarnold - GBR - W Skeleton
12 Sarah Hendrickson - USA - W Ski Jump
Tiebreak is 10
Jim
Jim
1 USA - W hockey
2 USA - M hockey
3 Aksel Lund Svindal - NOR - M Skiing
3 Aksel Lund Svindal - NOR - M Skiing
4 Petter Northug - NOR - M XC Skiing
5 Gregor Schlierenzauer - AUT - M Ski Jumping
5 Gregor Schlierenzauer - AUT - M Ski Jumping
6 Felix Loch - GER - M Luge
7 Natalie Geisenberger - GER - W Luge
8 J.R. Celski - USA - M Speed Skating
8 J.R. Celski - USA - M Speed Skating
9 Shani Davis - USA - M Speed Skating
10 CAN - M Curling
11 SWE - W Curling
12 Anna Gasser - AUT - W Snowboard
Tiebreak is 31...hahahahahahaha
Dan
Dan
1 Petter Northug - NOR - M XC Skiing
2 Shaun White - USA - M Snowboarding
3 Gregor Schlierenzauer - AUT - M Ski Jumping
3 Gregor Schlierenzauer - AUT - M Ski Jumping
4 Shani Davis - USA - M Speed Skating
5 Hannah Kearney - USA - W Skiing
6 CAN - W Two-man Bobsled
7 Emil Hegle Svendsen - NOR - M Biathlon
8 Aksel Lund Svindal - NOR - M Skiing
9 Marit Bjoergen - NOR - W XC Skiing
10 Charles Hamelin - CAN - M speed skating
11 Martin Fourcade - FRA - M Biathlon
12 Jorrit Bergsma - NED - M Speed Skating
Tiebreak is 10
Pat
Tiebreak is 10
Pat
1 RUS - M Hockey
2 USA - W Hockey
3 CAN - W Hockey
4 Shaun White - USA - M Snowboarding
5 Sven Kramer - NED - M Speed Skating
6 Charles Hamelin - CAN - M Speed Skating
7 Shani Davis - USA - M Speed Skating
8 Ted Ligety - USA - M Skiing
9 Julia Mancuso - USA - W Skiing
10 Kikkan Randall - USA - W XC Skiing
11 Mikaela Shiffrin - USA - W Skiing
12 USA - Four-man Bobsled
Tiebreak is 16
Max
Max
1 USA - M Hockey
2 USA - W Hockey
3 Shaun White - USA - M Snowboarding
4 Shani Davis - USA - M Speed Skating
5 Lindsey Jacobellis - USA - W Skiing
6 Germany - M Two-man Bobsled
7 Eric Frenzel - M Nordic Combined
8 USA - Team Nordic Combined
9 Yuna Kim - KOR - W Figure Skating
10 Aksel Lund Svindal - NOR - M Skiing11 Mikaela Shiffrin - USA - W Skiing
12 NOR - Team Nordic Combined
Tiebreak is 10
Richard
1 Patrick Chan - CAN - M Figure Skating
2 Mikaela Shiffrin - USA - W Skiing
3 Shani Davis - USA - M Speed Skating
4 Aksel Lund Svindal - NOR - M Skiing
5 Shaun White - USA - M Snowboarding
6 USA - M XC Relay
7 USA - M Hockey
8 Ted Ligety - USA - M Skiing
9 Kikkan Randall - USA - W XC Skiing
10 Li Nina - CHN - W Skiing
11 Hannah Teter - USA - W Snowboarding
12 Kim Yuna - KOR - W Figure Skating
Tiebreak is 11
Pete
1 Shaun White - USA - M Snowboarding
2 NOR - W 4x5 XC Relay
3 Marit Bjorgen - W XC Skiing
Pete
1 Shaun White - USA - M Snowboarding
2 NOR - W 4x5 XC Relay
3 Marit Bjorgen - W XC Skiing
4 GER - M Team Luge
5 Natalie Geisenberger - GER - W Luge
6 GER - M Luge Doubles
7 Sven Kramer - GER - M Speed Skatin
8 Martina Sablikova - CZE - W Speed Skating
9 Lee Sang-Hwa - KOR - W Speed Skating
10 Netherlands - M Speed Skating Team Pursuit
11 Sara Takanashi - JPN - W Skiing
12 Canada - M Curling
Tiebreak is 1212 Canada - M Curling
Noah
1 Wolfgang Kindl - AUT - M Luge
2 Shaun White - USA - M Snowboarding
3 USA - Two-man Bobsled
4 Ted Ligety - USA - M Skiing
5 Ole Einar Bjorndalen - NOR - M Biathlon
6 CAN - M Hockey
7 NOR - W Curling
8 Robert Kranjec - SLO - M Ski Jumping
9 Todd Lodwick - USA - M Nordic Combined
10 Christoph Beller - AUT - M Nordic Combined
11 Charles Hamelin - CAN - M Speed Skating
12 Dara Howell - CAN - W Snowboarding
Tiebreak is 15
Stay tuned, we'll be keeping up with medal counts as often as possible.
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