2010 Games: ESPN.com predictions
The Winter Olympics kick off Friday in British Columbia, and ESPN.com's Howard Bryant, Jim Caple and Bonnie D. Ford are giving their predictions for the top events in Vancouver and Whistler:
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Feb. 13
Men's alpine skiing, downhillGold: Carlo Janka, Switzerland
Silver: Didier Cuche, Switzerland
Bronze: Andrew Weibrecht, United States
Men's speedskating, 5,000 meters
Gold: Sven Kramer, The Netherlands
Silver: Bob de Jong, The Netherlands
Bronze: Carl Verheijen, The Netherlands
Women's freestyle moguls
Gold: Jennifer Heil, Canada
Silver: Hannah Kearney, United States
Bronze: Heather McPhie, United States
Feb. 14
Women's skiing, super-combined (race date may change)Gold: Maria Riesch, Germany
Silver: Anja Paerson, Sweden
Bronze: Emily Brydon, Canada
Men's luge
Gold: Armin Zoggeler, Italy
Silver: Felix Loch, Germany
Bronze: David Moeller, Germany
Men's freestyle moguls
Gold: Dale Begg-Smith, Australia
Silver: Guilbaut Colas, France
Bronze: Bryon Wilson, United States
Feb. 15
Figure skating, pairs
Gold: Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao, China
Silver: Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy, Germany
Bronze: Qing Pang and Jian Tong, China
Men's speedskating, 500 meters
Gold: Kang-Seok Lee, South Korea
Silver: Kyou-Hyuk Lee, South Korea
Bronze: Tucker Fredricks, United States
Feb. 16
Women's lugeGold: Tatjana Huefner, Germany
Silver: Erin Hamlin, United States
Bronze: Natalie Geisenberger, Germany
Men's skiing, super-combined
Gold: Benjamin Raich, Austria
Silver: Ivica Kostelic, Croatia
Bronze: Bode Miller, United States
Feb. 17
Women's skiing, downhillGold: Lindsey Vonn, United States
Silver: Emily Brydon, Canada
Bronze: Maria Riesch, Germany
Men's speedskating, 1,000
Gold: Shani Davis, United States
Silver: Kyou-Hyuk Lee, South Korea
Bronze: Chad Hedrick, United States
Luge doubles
Gold: Christian Oberstolz and Patrick Gruber, Italy
Silver: Patric Leitner and Alexander Resch, Germany
Bronze: Andreas and Wolfgang Linger, Austria
Men's snowboarding, halfpipe
Gold: Shaun White, United States
Silver: Scotty Lago, United States
Bronze: Louie Vito, United States
Feb. 18
Men's figure skatingGold: Brian Joubert, France
Silver: Evan Lysacek, United States
Bronze: Evgeni Plushenko, Russia
Women's snowboarding, halfpipe
Gold: Gretchen Bleiler, United States
Silver: Kelly Clark, United States
Bronze: Torah Bright, Australia
Feb. 19
Men's skeletonGold: Jon Montgomery, Canada
Silver: Martins Dukurs, Latvia
Bronze: Tomass Dukurs, Latvia
Men's skiing, super-G
Gold: Michael Walchhofer, Austria
Silver: Aksel Lund Svindal, Norway
Bronze: Didier Cuche, Switzerland
Feb. 20
Men's speedskating, 1,500Gold: Shani Davis, United States
Silver: Chad Hedrick, United States
Bronze: Jay Morrison, Canada
Women's skiing, super-G
Gold: Fabienne Suter, Switzerland
Silver: Lindsey Vonn, United States
Bronze: Nadia Styger, Switzerland
Men's speedskating, 1,000
Gold: Apolo Ohno, United States
Silver: Charles Hamelin, Canada
Bronze: Jung-Su Lee, South Korea
Women's speedskating, 1,500
Gold: Yang Zhou, China
Silver: Katherine Reutter, United States
Bronze: Eun-Byul Lee, South Korea
Cross-country skiing, 30K pursuit
Gold: Petter Northug, Norway
Silver: Marcus Hellner, Sweden
Bronze: Kris Freeman, United States
Feb. 21
Men's skiing, giant slalom
Gold: Benjamin Raich, Austria
Silver: Ted Ligety, United States
Bronze: Massimiliano Blardone, Italy
Men's skiing, giant slalom
Gold: Ted Ligety, United States
Silver: Carlo Janka, Switzerland
Bronze: Benjamin Raich, Austria
Men's skicross
Gold: Chris Del Bosco, Canada
Silver: Michael Schmid, Switzerland
Bronze: Andreas Matt, Austria
Feb. 22
Figure skating, ice dancingGold: Meryl Davis and Charlie White, United States
Silver: Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, Canada
Bronze: Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto, United States
Feb. 23
Women's skicrossGold: Ophelie David, France
Silver: Ashleigh McIvor, Canada
Bronze: Kelsey Serwa, Canada
Feb. 24
Women's skiing, giant slalomGold: Kathrin Hoelzl, Germany
Silver: Kathrin Zettel, Austria
Bronze: Tina Maze, Slovenia
Women's freestyle skiing, aerials
Gold: Li Nina, China
Silver: Lydia Lassila, Australia
Bronze: Zhang Xin, China
Women's bobsled
Gold: Cathleen Martini and Romy Logsch, Germany
Silver: Shauna Rohbock and Michelle Rzepka, United States
Bronze: Kaillie Humpries and Heather Moyse, Canada
Feb. 25
Women's hockeyGold: Canada
Silver: United States
Bronze: Sweden
Women's figure skating
Gold: Yu-Na Kim, South Korea
Silver: Joannie Rochette, Canada
Bronze: Mao Asada, Japan
Men's freestyle skiing, aerials
Gold: Jeret Peterson, United States
Silver: Anton Kushnir, Belarus
Bronze: Qi Guangpu, China
Feb. 26
Women's curlingGold: Canada
Silver: Great Britain
Bronze: United States
Men's short-track speedskating, 500
Gold: Charles Hamelin, Canada
Silver: Francois-Louis Tremblay, Canada
Bronze: Si-Bak Sung, South Korea
Women's short-track speedskating, 1000
Gold: Katherine Reutter, United States
Silver: Meng Wang, China
Bronze: Yang Zhou, China
Feb. 27
Men's skiing, slalomGold: Reinfried Herbst, Austria
Silver: Marcel Hirscher, Austria
Bronze: Julien Lizeroux, France
Men's bobsled, four-man
Gold: Steven Holcomb, United States
Silver: Andre Lange, Germany
Bronze: Ivo Ruegg, Switzerland
Men's curling
Gold: Canada
Silver: Great Britain
Bronze: United States
Feb. 28
Men's hockeyGold: Canada
Silver: Russia
Bronze: Czech Republic
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