Snowboarding, women's skiing, speedskating and short track

Big Olympics night for NBC; Shaun White, Lindsay Vaughn, Shandi Davis, Apolo Anton Ohno... one of these things doesn't belong. Unfortunately, yet another delay for speedskating due to ice conditions for Davis.

Shows his qualifying run, he's not going all out but gets 45.8 out of a possible 50, the announcers, who are not professional in any way, are stoked. Next, Louie Vito, who bobbled his first try, rips off a nice second try; he's a small guy, like Shaun seemingly addicted to texting, 41.8, announcers are shouting. Jeez. Shaun's second run, messing around, bobbles and goes down, kicks it back in.

Back with speedskating, men's 1,000M, NBC having some audio problems so it's actually a nice first minute, just nat sound as an American and a Dutch get ready to skate. Alas, goes away all too soon....

Chad Hedrick, who won big in Torino, up against Mo Tae-Bum, one of the new stars here. Man, Mo is totally powerful at the start, looks totally loose and relaxed. Told the media after his 500M win, "I like scary stuff. I like dares." So smooth, focused; has a good look to him, but his speed is dropping, Chad is making up some time; 1-2 at the moment, good race for Mo. 1:09.12 time to beat.

Canadian versus Dutch; Shani has an apartment here, apparently, part of his unorthodox training methods -- he does it all on his own. Favored to win his second straight gold, getting comfortable with the venue seems pretty smart to me.

Shani warming up, looks totally thin, not super-muscular; he apparently gave Mo some advice the other day, he's well-respected and well-liked on the circuit. "Great natural talent," says the announcer, first time I've heard that said of anyone here. Hmm, also the first black competitor I've seen.... Mun Joon, another Korean, matched with him, doesn't seem like a threat. Based on the time they're airing this, I think Shani takes silver; but based on his rep, we're expecting gold. 8:40 EST.

He's almost running out there, totaly different than everyone else; on a good pace Dan says, looks a lot bigger on the ice. And he's totally focused. Barely behind, now on pace, now we'll see -- and he wins gold! Again!!!!! Awesome! Chad Hedrick gets bronze, nice; gold/silver/bronze in Torino too! Huge smile, 18/100s faster than Mo. 1:08.94.

Shaping up to be a huge night for the U.S.; Germany went past us in the overall medals total with 4 yesterday, we've got 2 already, with 3 more events to go.

Wow, bunch of urban kids in DC skate center thrilled watching Shani, it's fun to watch.

Short track now, Travis Jayner in the first qualifying heat, born to American parents in Canada, adopted by a club in Midland Michigan. Smooth inside pass, from third to first, cruising now, the Chinese competitor right behind him. Chinese guy passes him, Travis stumbles, Jayner finishes third! Lack of concentration says the analyst, somehow the British guy advances. Ugh.

Apolo's heat, hanging out in third for a while. 1000M. passes on the outside, into second, Chinese guy ahead, moves into first, just qualifies easily. What a pro, final 16 for the Saturday night race.

J.R. Celski's heat, with the Korean who won Saturday and talked trash against Apolo Ohno. He's trapped in back, moves to third, trying to get past, does at the last minute, qualifies; wow.