Anastasiania at the First Winter Olympics

The United States of Anastasiania, a nation interested in winter sports for climactic and cultural reasons, sent a squad of 102 athletes to the First Winter Olympic Games in Aeropag, Commerce Heights.

Anastasiania won nine gold, 13 silvers and six bronze medals in the Games, and thus became the highest ranked nation on the medal tally, largely thanks to excessive participation in nordic events for women.

Contents 1 Medals 2 Events 2.1 Alpine skiing 2.1.1 Men 2.1.2 Women 2.2 Biathlon 2.2.1 Men 2.2.2 Women 2.3 Bobsleigh 2.4 Cross-country skiing 2.4.1 Men 2.4.2 Women 2.5 Curling 2.6 Figure skating 2.7 Freestyle skiing 2.8 Ice hockey 2.9 Luge 2.10 Nordic combined 2.10.1 Men 2.11 Women 2.12 Short track 2.13 Skeleton 2.14 Ski jumping 2.14.1 Men 2.14.2 Women 2.15 Snowboarding 2.16 Speed skating 2.16.1 Men 2.16.2 Women

Medals

				Total
Anastasiania (ANS)	9	13	6	28

Events

Alpine skiing

Total: One gold, two silver medals, one bronze. Sanna Nikkola bounced back from a poor Super-G run to win the gold in downhill, Mikael Morgansson won the only medal on the men's side after two solid giant slalom runs, Mary Robson won a silver medal in Super-G, and the star of Anastasianian alpine skiing, Liina Sirkiä, took bronze in Super-G but made a huge mistake in the first run of giant slalom and crashed out of the combined.

Men

• Ian Edwards
  • Downhill: 21st of 25 finishers, 1:49.79
• Ilpo Hukka
  • Giant slalom: 7th (1:17.81-1:18.56) 6th first run
  • Super-G: 5th
  • Downhill: 6th, 1:47.91
  • Combined: 16th overall, huge mistake in second run slalom (3rd time in downhill)
• Mikael Morgansson
  • Slalom: 16th first run, dnf second run
  • Giant slalom: Silver (1:17.60-1:16.74). 3rd first run, 3rd second run
  • Combined: 12th of 23 first run, dnf second run slalom
• Jeffrey Semphill
  • Slalom: dnf first run
• Andreas Silfvergren
  • Super-G: dnf
  • Downhill: 4th place, 1:47.83

Women

• Jenny Hartstedt
  • Slalom: withdrew
• Sanna Nikkola
  • Super-G: 18th place of 21, 1:24.87
  • Downhill: Gold, 1:43.08
• Mary Robson
  • Giant slalom: 15th place (2:40.32)
  • Super-G: Silver, 1:22.08
• Martina Rosenwald
  • Downhill: 19th, 1:54.04
• Liina Sirkiä
  • Giant slalom: 6th place (2:35.54, 14th 1st run, 2nd 2nd run)
  • Super-G: Bronze, 1:22.34
  • Downhill: 18th of 22, 1:45.03
  • Combined: dnf 1st slalom run

Biathlon

Total: Two silver medals, two bronze medals. Equally split between men and women: Arvi Laine (mass start) and the relay team won medals in men's biathlon, while Rosalind Bean took silver in the individual and Karen Algeo bronze in her only start, the mass start.

Men

• Mark Manning
  • Individual: 15th place (of 26), 1:00:15.8
• Peter Moodie
  • Sprint: 15th place of 28, 28:34.1
  • Pursuit: 13th place, 38:23.7
• Arvi Laine
  • Mass start: Silver, 47:45.6
  • Sprint: 26th place, 29:34.4
  • Pursuit: 15th place, 38:35.8
• Dennis Hansson
  • Mass start: 17th place of 22, 49:01.6
  • Sprint: 22nd place, 29:20.3
  • Pursuit: 12th place, 38:12.0
• Relay: bronze medal:
  • 1st leg: Manning (0+2–0+3) 21:51.1, 4th place
  • 2nd leg: Moodie (0+0–1+3) 21:28.2, 3rd place
  • 3rd leg: Laine (0+2–0+1) 20:55.3, 3rd place
  • 4th leg: Hansson (0+1–0+0) 21:05.1, 3rd place

Women

• Jacqueline Taylor
  • Sprint: 20th place, 25:14.9
  • Individual: 8th place of 24, 53:40.8
  • Pursuit: 5th place of 24, 40:17.1
  • Mass start: 13th place of 15, 43:56.9
• Melissa Roberts
  • Sprint: 15th place of 24, 24:39.8
  • Pursuit: not placed, lapped
• Karen Algeo
  • Mass start: Bronze, 42:13.9 (+1:20)
• Rosalind Bean
  • Sprint: 17th place, 24:44.2
  • Pursuit: 16th place, 42:15.1
  • Individual: Silver, 52:47.4
• Relay: 5th place of five, 1:22:45.1

Bobsleigh

No medals.

• 2-man: Fredrik Mikaelsson/Charles Hudson:
  • 1st run: 11th place of 34, 56.49
  • 2nd run: 12th place, 56.52
  • 3rd run: 23rd place, 56.95
  • Final run: 17th place, 56.40 (3:46.36)

Cross-country skiing

The women won five medals, the men only one. Jan Bergström took the medal on the men's 30 km double pursuit, finishing 25 seconds behind the winner, while Penny Hay won the only gold medal on the 15 km double pursuit. She also finished fifth on the 10 km classical, where Sara Tillwald won silver and Donna Longhurst bronze, and the women's teams took two silver medals in the relay and team sprint.

Men

• Jan Bergström
  • 15 km classical: 17th place, time: 42:29.6
  • 30 km double pursuit: Silver, 1:18.50.8 (+25)
  • 50 km mass start: 8th place of 17 finishers, 2:07.21.5 (+1:39.9)
• Adam Kellie
  • Sprint: 2nd in QF 4, 2:25.65. 4th in SF 1. Overall 7th, 2:26.46 in B final
• Erik Klintby
  • 30 km double pursuit: 14th place, 1:21:09.5
  • 50 km mass start: 13th place, 2:08:20.5
• Andy Ogilvie
  • 15 km classical: 7th place, time: 41:11.0 (+1:34.3)
  • Sprint: 4th in QF 1, 2:36.40 (+13 secs)
• Veli-Matti Tykkyläinen
  • 15 km classical: 10th place, time: 41:23.9
  • 30 km double pursuit: 12th place of 15, 1:20:27.5

• Relay (Tykkyläinen/Ogilvie/Bergström/Klintby): 6th of 7, 1:43:17.1
• Team sprint (Tykkyläinen/Kelvie): 4th of 5, 17:59.9

Women

• Penny Hay
  • 15 km double pursuit: Gold, 44:58.7
  • 10 km classical: 5th place of 17, 30:17.1
• Yvonne Leach
  • 15 km double pursuit: 11th place, 47:50.7
  • 30 km mass start: dnf
• Donna Longhurst
  • 10 km classical: Bronze, 30:09.0
• Patricia Smith
  • Sprint: 3rd in QF 1, time 2:21.52
• Sara Tillwald
  • Sprint: 4th (of 5) in QF 4, time 2:29.90
  • 15 km double pursuit: dnf
  • 10 km classical: Silver, 29:58.4
• Lena Wahlkvist
  • Sprint: 4th in QF 1, time 2:23.79

• Relay (Longhurst/Tillwald/Hay/Leach): Silver, 54:52.5
• Team sprint (Smith/Longhurst): Silver of 5, 17:42.1 (+39.3)

Curling

The men's team were eliminated in the group stages.

Men's team: Olavi Mäkelä (skip), Janne Kauppinen (third), Matthew Semphill (second), Per Jansson (lead), Forbes Howe (alternate).

Group D opponents:

• 7–6 v Tynelia (Anderson)
• 6–7 v Crna Gora Liv Eng
• 5–6 v Ceorana (Kyles)
• 8–5 v The Resurgent Dream (Waddell)
• 5–6 v Liverpool England (Calabrese)
  • With a win in this match, Anastasiania would have qualified for the quarter-finals. Instead, finished 12th of 24

Figure skating

No medals, best placing 11th.

Men's individual:

• Johan Liljenér: Short program: 33rd (of 44 entrants), 59.54 points. Did not qualify for the free skate

Women's individual:

• Carolina Gangflod: Short program: 36th (of 53 entrants), 33.16 points. Did not qualify for the free skate.
• Susan Almby: Short program: 52nd, 27.07 points. Did not qualify for the free skate

Pairs:

• Anthony Spencer/Miia Ristimäki:
  • Short program: 4th (of 27 entrants), 63.64.
  • Free skate: 11th place, 111.62.

Freestyle skiing

No medals. Best placing 9th.

Moguls men:

• Peter Alpin: 9th place: 23.38 (2nd best air score)
• Anders Nilsson: 20th place: 22.03

Aerials men:

• Kari Ojala: Qualifying: Did not qualify, 13th place of 23 (140.30 pts)

Aerials women:

• Anna Duvdahl: Qualifying: Did not qualify, 22th and last place (131.52 pts)

Ice hockey

Eliminated in quarter-finals. Joint fifth.

Women's team of 20:

Keepers (2):

• 1 Vera Fredriksson, Uddingsvall, first choice
• 32 Bella Pettersson, Ulfskoga

Backs (7):

• 2 Olla Haltsonen, Ruumu
• 8 Carol Lindsay, Obchurch
• 12 Bente Thorborg, Järvtuna
• 15 Margareta Göransson, Älvskog
• 21 Sara Persson, Sveaborg
• 24 Amanda Maguire, Foreville
• 25 Runa Sörensson, Olsö

Forwards (11):

• 5 Jacquie Thomas, Riversbrook
• 7 Jane Haffie, Ribbersback
• 9 Julia Persson, Krakshamn
• 10 Kelly Harris, Bambury
• 11 Christina Gunnarsson, Krakshamn
• 13 Maija Korhonen, Launavaara
• 14 Liisa Hietaniemi, Pukkukoski
• 16 Deborah Fear, Foreville
• 22 Emma Högborg, Björntorp
• 33 Joanna Ashburn, Ufford
• 42 Linda Tall, Gardwick

Line ups

• First line: Persson, Göransson; Haffie, Ashburn, Fear
• Second line: Sörensson, Maguire; Tall, Korhonen, Gunnarsson
• Third line: Lindsay, Haltsonen; Harris, Persson, Hietaniemi
• Subs: Pettersson (k); Thorborg (b); Högborg, Thomas (f)

Results Group B

• Day One: bye
• Day Two: W 3–2 (Spaam)
• Day Three: W 3–2 (Domnonia)
• Day Four: L 1–4 (Jonquiere-Tadoussac)
• Day Five: W 3–2 (Kelse)
• Quarter-Final: L 2–3 to Andossa Se Mitrin Vega

Luge

No medals. Best placing fourth.

Men's singles:

The lugers arrived too late to compete in the scheduled first run of the men's singles; however, after deliberation between the organisational committee and the Anastasianian Olympic Committee, they were allowed to complete the first run later than the other athletes. None of them achieved good results, however.

• Jonas Swärdbratt
  • 1st run: 23rd place (of 41), 52.631.
  • 2nd run: 18th place, 1:44.799
  • 3rd run: 16th place, 2:36.868
  • Final run: 17th place, 3:29.305
• Fredrik Alfvén
  • 1st run: 18th place, 52.530
  • 2nd run: 31st place, 1:45.644
  • 3rd run: 31st place, 2:37.818
  • Final run: 23rd place, 3:29.617 (4th fastest time)
• Gareth Williams
  • 1st run: T24th place, 52.637
  • 2nd run: 32nd place, 1:45.703
  • 3rd run: 35th place: 2:38.305
  • Final run: 33rd place, 3:30.506.

Women's singles:

• Sharon Williams:
  • 1st run: 5th place, 47.182
  • 2nd run: 3rd place, 1:34.309
  • 3rd run: 5th place, 2:21.972
  • Final run: 4th place, 3:09.411

Nordic combined

A total of eight medals were won by Anastasianian athletes, six of them by women. The team was dominant: they won the relay 2:47 ahead of Commerce Heights, they took teh three first places in the women's sprint, and Nina Joelsson and Sofia Ketomäki took silver and bronze respectively in the Gundersen. In the men's event, Hans Hjertlind won silver in the sprint, and the team also won silver.

Men

• Kyösti Hartikainen
  • Sprint: 4th place, 18:05.1. 6th ski jump (+33)
• Hans Hjertlind
  • Gundersen: 9th, 43:33.1. 9th ski jump (+1.46)
  • Sprint: Silver, 17:39.2 (+36.8) 2nd ski jump (+1)
• James Gourdin
  • Gundersen: 4th, 41:50.7 (+33). 8th of 10 ski jump (+1.42)
• Pelle Tillmar
  • Gundersen: 6th, 42:47.6. 5th ski jump (+1.08)
  • Sprint: dnf. 8th of 10 ski jump (+49)

• Team: Silver of 4 (+1:51.4) 2nd place of 4 after ski jump (+1:23)

Women

• Pia Herbom
  • Sprint: Silver, 17:43.3, 2nd ski jump (+5)
• Sofia Ketomäki
  • Gundersen: Bronze, 40:51.6 (+39). 6th ski jump (+1.06)
  • Sprint: Bronze, 18:23.1, 3rd ski jump (+28)
• Nina Joelsson
  • Gundersen: Silver, 40:46.6 (+34). 5th ski jump (+0.12)
  • Sprint: Gold, 17:22.1, 1st ski jump
• Desiree Porter
  • Gundersen: 6th of 8, 44:24.4. 3rd of 8 ski jump (+0.08)

• Team: Gold, 2:47 ahead of Commerce Heights, only competitor

Short track

• 1500 m men: Don Brookfield: 4
• 500 m women: Kira Pettersson: 5th and last in heat 8 of 8, time: 47.286

Skeleton

Women's individual:

• Karen Barrow: 25th place of 30, 2:02.10

Ski jumping

Four gold medals were secured by the ski jumpers, the largest haul. Antti Hyvärinen won the most prestigious event, large hill for men, while Ada Bradley won large hill for women. In addition, Annette Trankvist shared the gold in the normal hill, and the team won gold in competition with Commerce Heights only. The silver medal came in the men's team event.

Men

• Max Daniel
  • Large hill: 22nd place (133.6, 19th place 1st run)
• Jens Falk
  • Large hill: 8th place (170.9, 14th place 1st run)
  • Normal hill: 16th place (108.5 15th-103)
• Antti Hyvärinen
  • Large hill: Gold (195.3, 12 points ahead, 2nd place 1st run)
  • Normal hill: 7th place (107 16th-115)
• Juhani Laukkunen
  • Normal hill: 18th place (106 18th-104)

• Team: Silver, 789.1 points

Women

• Ada Bradley
  • Large hill: Gold (99.9 1st-80.1 = 180.0)
  • Normal hill: 6th place of 13 (109-108)
• Lisa Hansson
  • Large hill: 6th (60.1 7th-89.4 = 149.5)
• Jeanette Stjärnér
  • Normal hill: 7th place (105.5-110.5)
• Annette Trankvist
  • Large hill: 4th place (76.9 5th-81.2 = 158.1)
  • Normal hill: Shared gold, 226.5 (116 2nd-110.5)

• Team: Gold, 799.9 points (two competitors)

Snowboarding

No medals. Best placing 23rd.

Parallel giant slalom men

• Pelle Törnhult: Qualifying: 23rd place (of 29 finishers), time: 1:12.93. Did not qualify for final.
• Jani Ilola: Qualifying: 27th place (of 29 finishers), time: 1:14.40. Did not qualify for final.

Halfpipe women

• Henna Heikkinen: Qualifying run 1: 33rd place of 44 (17.2 points). Qualifying run 2: 26th place of 38 (18.6)

Snowboard cross women:

• Jennifer Burrows: Qualifying: 27th place (of 29 finishers), time: 1:36.48. Did not qualify for final.

Speed skating

One gold medal, three fourth places. Ville Hänninen won the gold in the men's 500 medals, among 54 competitors, while the teams finished 4th in both team pursuits and Marie Harrison took fourth place on 1000 metres.

Men

• Stephen Ashworth
  • 5000 m: 22nd of 27, 6:34.67
• Scott Harvey
  • 1500 m: did not finish
• Ville Hänninen
  • 500 m: Gold (35.51-35.30 OR)
  • 1000 m: 19th place, 1:10.36
• Johan Ragnarsson
  • 500 m: 25th place (35.67-35.98)
  • 1000 m: 14th place of 36, 1:10:19
• Roger Rosendahl
  • 500 m: 46th of 54 (36.42-35.66)
• Jörgen Sundlund
  • 1500 m: 11th place of 27, 1:48.40
  • 5000 m: 5th place, 6:23.36
  • 10000 m: 15th place of 15, time 13:41.41

• Team pursuit (Harvey/Sundlund/Ashworth): 4th in prelims (3:47.71). Won quarter-final. Lost to Commerce Heights in semi-final. Lost to Krytenia in B final to finish 4th.

Women

• Agnes Blomtorp
  • 1500 m: 16th place of 29, 2:01.40
  • 3000 m: 19th place, 4:15.77
• Marie Harrison
  • 1000 m: 33rd place of 38, 1:18.14
  • 1500 m: 4th place, 1:59.82
• Louise Oskarsson
  • 3000 m: 10th place of 26, 4:11.55
• Rakel Örngren
  • 500 m: Disqualified race 1
  • 1000 m: 36th place, 1:18.47

• Team pursuit (Blomtorp/Harrison/Jane Edwards): 1st in prelims (3:04.77). Advanced directly to semi. Lost SF to Krytenia with 3:09.89. Lost B final to Malabra. 4th overall.

First Winter Olympics</dt>

Host city: Aeropag (Commerce Heights)</dd>

Other candidates: Bloco’yce City (Raging Penguins) | Marshalliston (Oliverry) | Ungava (Domnonia)</dd>

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