let s go to michelle franzen and with a good morning to you, i know bode miller wasn t able to get that gold in the super-g. what s the reaction there? bode miller has a pretty good attitude at these games. he s going after his personal best. it is night and day from the bode miller in vancouver and the bode miller in torino. he didn t win any medals there. and he was admittedly doing more partying. it s not only in the downhill where he got the silver, but yesterday, of course, in the men s super-g. he earned another silver. very close to getting that gold. no problem. bode miller says he as well as the entire u.s. ski team is looking for more excitement than filling the pressure. it s pretty cool. i mean, you know, the u.s. team right now, once you start
bode miller s comeback story continues with a run in the super g making him the most decorated u.s. skier. teammate andrew weibrecht followed up with a bronze. for more i m joined by andrew lawrence of sports illustrated. good morning to you, drew. good morning. good morning, your take on things so far? are we exceeding the expectations? we re well exceeding expectations. i feel like at the magazine we kind of projected germany and switzerland to be the big medal winners. and we re way ahead of the pace. a lot of it has to do with our success on the slopes so far. so far, real i had because that s something that we haven t really had much success on like this for sometime. up against the italians, the austrians, the swiss. sbl we were kind of mortgaging our success on top like skiers like vonn and like miller. but we re getting a lot of team effort here. you re seeing a lot of the younger skiers coming up. and showing that they can
from tiger s lips to ears, can the golfing graeft great recapture his family, friends and fans? and a father s self-less act to protect his son during an armed robbery. and a homeowner destroys his beautiful house to send a message to big business. good morning, thanks for joining us. here s what s happening. we re getting right to the top olympic headlines for you. two medals now for bode miller after he took silver in the super-g. after the first round of the ice round, two americans are in contention. meryl davis and charlie white are in third, belbin and agosto. and lindsey vonn is looking to win another gold medal today.
this one step further. we filed today a request for injunction so we can get a court order to prevent the school district from continuing to activate the web cam. well, saturday, february 20, day nine of competition in the vancouver olympics. team usa continues on top in the medal count with 20, including six gold medals, germany is coming in second with 13, in third place norway with ten medals. and today, lindsey vonn is one of the favorites in the women s super g or giant slal ol. she has one gold medal in these games and a wipe-out in thursday s super combined. in speed skating, apolo ohno could become the most-decorated u.s. olympic athlete ever with a win tonight. on tuesday he won a silver, tying bonnie blair s record. and shani davis faces chad hedrick and marciano.
super g or super combined as well but julia mancuso, also a silver in the downhill. she also earned a silver in the super combined. so a lot of good news coming out of the ski team. and there was a surprise on the slopes yesterday. alex, with andrew weibrecht of course he came away with the bronze as well. so a lot ahead. we ve got the men s super combined comes up tomorrow, it was rescheduled from earlier in the week. thank you very much, michelle franzen. we ll talk with you again and get more updates from vancouver. let s take a look at the current medal count. the u.s. is in first place with 20 medal, including six golds six silvers and eight bronze, next germany with 13, norway with ten. canada with eight and france rounds out the top five with seven medals so far. a nasty crash during the men s super g, sweden s patrick jarvin lost control.