I am going to be brief. A great day for the USA as four Torino gold medalists return to the podium. As expected, Shaun White and Shani Davis repeat, but Julia Mancuso and Chad Hedrick capture surprise medals in events that are not their best.
The highlight of the day was Lindsey Vonn's first gold medal, winning the downhill after injuring her shin less than two weeks ago. Mancuso, the defending champion in the giant slalom, has not recently been know for her success in downhill. Both Vonn and Mancuso seem poised for more success in the Olympics. German Maria Reisch had an extremely tentative run and Swede Anja Paerson had a frightenting (although not injuring) crash.
Of note: Finland won their first medal of the Games, Peetu Piiroinen took the silver in the halfpipe and Russia finally won their first gold medal of the Games, bringing their total to three.
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