3 Skiing Medals Up Tuesday Afternoon

1 PM PST - Alpine SkiingCornballers (Ellis Kunka) have a chance to extend their lead if American Bode Miller can take another gold in the Men's Giant Slalom.

Historically this has been an Austrian dominated event. Austria (Brittany B./Buck-Toothed Rabbit Bitches) has won every gold since Nagano and have the two favorites again this year, Marcel Kirscher and Benjamin Raich.

However, I think the Austrians will settle for silver and bronze. Bode Miller clearly relishes the underdog role and would love to get another gold. He's my pick for gold. Italian Massimiliano Blardone (Tim Lavoie/Fightin' Ovechkins) is another strong contender. Suprisingly there are only two pictures online of Bode Miller in any kind of a compromising pose and I have already posted them, forcing me to run this Bode Miller political cartoon.

2 PM PST - Nordic CombinedNordique Combined (Brian Schwartz) needs a big rebound from their namesake team Norway in the Team 4x5k Relay. They won't get it.

The relay team consists of four athletes, each of whom jumps once on the large hill and skis a 5k. Team USA (Brittany B./Buck-Toothed Rabbit Bitches) hasn't medaled in this event since Nagano but has to be the choice for gold. They had three of the top six finishers in the individual Nordic combined event, Johnny Spillane, Todd Lodwick and Bill Demong.

Austria (Zach Chromiak/Banker's Club), the only other team which placed all of its competitors in the top 25 of the individual event, is my pick for silver.
In a shocking upset, I'm predicting that none of the plus sign countries will even medal. Germany (Dave Spence/Paragons) had all four team members in the top 28 of the individual event and is my choice for bronze.

2:03 PM PST - Freestyle SkiingOphélie David of France (inexplicably undrafted) is my pick to take gold in the Women's Ski Cross. This is the first time the event has been contested at the Olympics, but Ophelie has won gold at the last four Winter X Games.

After Ophélie David, the Canadians Ashleigh McIvor, Kelsey Serwa and Julia Murray (Adam Claus/Ice Lugers) are the best at this event. Normally I would pick Julia Murray to medal but her status recovering from an injury is questionable. I'm picking McIvor, the extremely talented defending world champion pictured at right, for silver.

Fanny Smith of Switzerland (Joy Sadaly/Olympic Ring Worm Wood Stock Market District Attorney) is supposedly a contender but I'm saying she won't medal because she's apparently at least 130 years old.