Early Results for Thursday, February 16

(Note: Multiple last-place finishes by an athlete simply means that they're tough, courageous and qualified enough to enter more than one event. Kudos to them that are even capable of finishing last more than once.)
Cross-country Skiing: In the women's 10-kilometre classical, 20-year-old Vedrana Vučićević of Bosnia-Herzegovina finished 70th with a time of 42:45.8 -- nearly 15 minutes behind the gold medallist and nearly nine minutes behind the 69th-place finisher. There was one disqualification (Beckie!) and one DNF.
Nordic Combined: In the team event, the Russian team of Ivan Fesenko, Anton Kamenev, Dimitry Matveev and Sergej Maslennikov, sixth after jumping, were less successful in the cross-country ski relay and finished ninth. Two teams withdrew during the jumping portion.

Standings to date: Russia moves into third place, Chile moves into fifth, and Bosnia and Germany join the race.
Later today: women's skeleton, women's and men's team pursuit in speed skating, and men's figure skating.
Labels: biathlon, bosnia-herzegovina, chile, cross-country skiing, germany, nordic combined, russia, snowboarding, torino 2006