The winter Olympics have come and gone. The games were here, and in a flash, were gone.
The games are over, but the medals and memories will last a lifetime. The United States ended fourth on the medal stand with 23 medals, including nine gold. Norway took the top spot with 39 medals, with Germany (31) and Norway (29) rounding out the top-three.
Although the USA didn’t come out on top, I, for one, still loved every bit of the Olympics. During the high time of the games, I was recording three channels of events and watching them every waking second I was at home. In fact, I may still have some recorded events that I still haven’t got around to yet. Watching competitors at the height of the athletic universe is unparalleled in my eyes.
I tuned in to just about everything that was aired. Curling, hockey, biathlon, speed skating, figure skating, snowboarding, skiing, luge, bobsled – you name it, I probably caught at least a couple of minutes of it during the 19 days of competition.

We may not have had a Miracle on Ice like the 1980 Olympics, but we definitely got some memorable moments. The United States women’s hockey team picked up a gold medal, beating Canada for the first time in 20 years. America took a gold medal in the men’s curling for the first time ever.
Snowboarding! Between Chloe Kim, Shaun White, Red Gerard and Jamie Anderson, the United States brought home plenty of snowboarding gold. Between White and Kim, I think it’s safe to say the red, white and blue dominated the snowboarding halfpipe this year.
On the figure skating rink, I watch night after night of different styles between the men, women and pairs. Nathan Chen did not have the best Olympics, but he definitely turned some heads during his long program, mine included.
Not all of the Olympics was great. Mikeala Shiffrin was expected to dominate the slopes, with some American help from Lindsey Vonn, but things didn’t exactly pan out. Shiffrin won a gold and silver, while failing to make the podium in her best event and withdrawing from a fourth event. Vonn did pick up a bronze medal on the slopes.
Whether an event went in favor of the red, white and blue or not, the entire Olympics was mesmerizing. Like I mentioned, watching athletes compete at the highest level is incredible. Politics, like the union of North and South Korea, aside, this year’s games were ones to remember, as each and every Olympics is.
It’s hard to believe that we have to wait four years to watch another winter Olympics, but luckily the summer Olympics in Tokyo are only two short years away.