Four years ago, Canadians Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir became one of the youngest ice dance teams and first Canadian team to win Olympic gold, when they ascended to the top spot in Vancouver. Standing beside them, one step down…
By Adelaide Ponte Usdin and Wendy Ponte February 18, 2014 So Long Sochi! This morning we had to get up early-ish and get ready to head to the airport. This didn’t go over well with Adelaide, who had to be…
by Adelaide Ponte Usdin and Wendy Ponte February 17, 2014 Ok, let’s just cut right to the chase! We (as in Adelaide and Wendy) went into the Free Dance event tonight thinking that we knew exactly what would happen. Davis…
Since 2010, Meryl Davis & Charlie White of the United States and Canadians Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir have been locked in a head-to-head battle over the top spot. Each has won two world titles, with Virtue & Moir claiming…
by Adelaide Ponte Usdin and Wendy Ponte February 15, 2014 Getting up this morning was difficult for us late-nighters. We had event tickets to see the Ladies Super-G on the mountain and that required waking up at 8:00 A.M. It…
by Adelaide Ponte Usdin and Wendy Ponte February 16, 2014 Today has been a good day! Two good things have happened: a new hotel and Ice Dancing! What more could a person need? This morning we moved to the Radisson Blu…
by Adelaide Ponte Usdin and Wendy Ponte February 14, 2014 We want to start off today by saying Happy Valentines Day to everyone! Today we saw no live skating but we did watch it in a very cool place! It…
by Adelaide Ponte Usdin and Wendy Ponte We took yesterday off! We saw no events, entered no trains, and just stayed in our hotel complex. Adelaide did homework, we worked out (it’s funny that the towels are tiny and you…
by Adelaide Ponte Usdin and Wendy Ponte February 11, 2014 Today the United States won its first ever Gold in Luge singles, and it was by a woman, Erin Hamlin of Remsen, New York. Woo hoo! This has been a…
By Adelaide Ponte Usdin and Wendy Ponte We slept until 3:00 P.M. today! This isn’t really surprising when you consider the type of day we had yesterday and the fact that we didn’t really close our eyes until around 4:00…