Women's Sports Take Center Stage

Alpine skiing's Men's Super Combined has been postponed due once again to weather issues, but three more medals will be given out this afternoon.

10:30 AM PST - BiathlonWomen's biathlon resumes with the 10k Pursuit. Biathlon is unique in that start times for the pursuit are determined by the finishes in the sprint, so the winners of that event can start with a huge advantage.

My pick once again is the six-time World Champion, German Magdalena Neuner (Adam Claus/Ice Lugers), starting second. She wom silver in the 7.5k Sprint and clearly has a lot of talent.
I think Sweden's Helena Jonsson (Dave Spence/Paragons), who failed to medal in the 7.5k, will come back to take silver despite starting 12th. Slovakia's Anastazia Kuzmina (Brittany B./Buck-Toothed Rabbit Bitches), who won the first ever gold for her country and for her fantasy team, is my pick for bronze out of the first position.

Also starting in the first five are France's Marie Dorn (Zach Chromiak/Banker's Club), Russian Anna Boulygina (Ellis Kunka/Cornballers), and Kazakhstan's Elena Khrustaleva (undrafted).

12:40 PM PST - SnowboardingWomen's snowboarding begins with the Cross Finals. The USA's Lindsey Jacobellis (Tim Lavoie/Fightin' Ovechkins), who memorably blew a sure gold in this event at Turin by trying a pointless trick, is my choice for silver again.

While an American gold would be another huge 16.7 point gold medal for Tim Lavoie, for gold I'm taking Canadian Maëlle Ricker (Joy Sadaly/Olympic Ring Worm Wood Stock Market District Attorney). How hot is that double dotted E? She leads the snowboarding World Cup and was born in Whistler, British Columbia.
My choice for bronze is Norwegian Helene Olafsen (Nordique Combined). Canada's Dominique Maltais is another contender to medal.

12:45 PM PST - BiathlonAfter running the 10k Sprint in poor conditions, competitors hope for better weather for the Men's 12.5k Pursuit. Like in the women's pursuit, start times are determined by the Sprint performance.

Norway's Emil Hegle Svendsen (John Binz/Da Nang Dynamos), starting second, is a heavy favorite for gold.

Frenchman Vincent Jay (Zach Chromiak/Banker's Club), starting first, is my pick for silver. Bronze is a tough one, especially for this prognosticator who just found out what events are in the biathlon a week ago. I'll go with the Ukraine's Andriy Deryzemlya (undrafted), starting fifth.

Norwegian Ole-Einar Bjørndalen was the favorite going into the Games, but he missed three shots in the Sprint and will start just 17th making him a longshot to medal. Still, he's the best skier in the competition and can't be counted out.

Also starting in the top five are Croatian Jakov Fak (undrafted) and Slovenia's Klemen Bauer (undrafted).