Shaun White~ Wins halfpipe Gold
Snowboarding superstar and defending champion Shaun White won the Olympic men’s halfpipe gold today (Wednesday), finishing ahead of Finland’s Peetu Piiroinen and Scott Lago of the United States.

Shani Davis~Speed Skating Davis defends men’s 1,000m title
Shani Davis of the United States became the first man to win back-to-back 1,000-metre Olympic speedskating gold medals, defending his title on Wednesday at the Vancouver Winter Games.Davis won in 1min 8.94secs with South Korean Mo Tae-Bum, Monday’s surprise 500m champion, second in 1:09.12 and American Chad Hedrick third in 1:09.32.
Davis, who set the world record of 1:06.42 last March in Salt Lake City, became the first black Olympic champion in an individual event when he captured 1,000m gold at Turin and celebrated his repeat with a victory lap.

Lindsey Vonn ~ Alpine Skiing Vonn Wins women’s downhill Gold
Alpine speed queen Lindsey Vonn lived up to expectations by winning the United States’ first ever Olympic gold in the women’s downhill on Wednesday.