Congratulations to all Our Olympics 2014 winners!

Gold Medal: Netherlands (Pam Keller)
Prize: Medal and Sochi Bear

Silver Medal: Russia (Alex Castro)

Prize: Medal and Sochi Tiger

Bronze Medal: Norway (Amy Brennan)

Prize: Medal and Sochi Rabbit

Spirit Awards

Gold Spirit Award: Slovakia (Gary Keller)

Prize: Medal and 2 Ice Skating Public Skate Tickets

A picture of our Golden Couple

Silver Spirit Award: Czech Republic (Graydon Cress)

Prize: Medal and 2 Ice Skating Public Skate Tickets

Bronze Spirit Award: Australia (Stephanie Colby)

Prize: Medal and 2 Ice Skating Public Skate Tickets

Middle of the Road Prize: Great Britain (Brittany Cress)

Prize: Olympic Gumballs

Random Drawing Prize: Spain (Carrie Stockton)
Prize: Glass Bottle Coca-Cola and Shaun White Gum

Coal Prize: Estonia (Jessica Marshall)
Prize: Framed Photo of Putin Shirtless

Here are the official standings for all 50 competitors:

Rank	Country	Representative	Total Points
1	Netherlands	Pam Keller	410
2	Russia	Alex Castro	405
3	Norway	Amy Brennan	371
4	Canada	Danielle Gibbs	332
5	Germany	Brian Cress	259
6	Sweden	Tina Torres	217
7	Switzerland	Lisa Blair	210
8	France	Alix Boyd	206
9	Austria	Lori Cress	205
10	Czech Republic	Graydon Cress	185
11	Slovakia	Gary Keller	142
12	China	Mike Stoops	141
13	Belarus	Dakota Decker	121
14	Japan	Marshall Cress	115
15	Finland	Erin Cress	114
16	South Korea	Brian Hughes	112
17	Australia	Stephanie Colby	98
18	Slovenia	Emilie Torres	96
19	Poland	Steve Keller	93
20	Italy	Amanda Winningham	74
21	Great Britain	Brittany Cress	66
22	Croatia	Kathy Smith	63
23	Andorra	Hannah Burlew	54
	Bulgaria	Lacey Gaitan	54
25	Ireland	Kim Klingaman	53
26	Ukraine	Janae Castro	50
27	Latvia	Simona Harwer	45
28	Hungary	Elyse Jarvis	44
29	Argentina	Tom Meslovich	25
	Chile	Konrad McKeague	25
	Liechtenstein	Quinn Shurian	25
32	Brazil	Troy Townsend	20
	New Zealand	Palmer McKeague	20
34	Iceland	John McKeague	19
35	Romania	Morgan McKeague	18
36	Greece	Elvin Miali	16
37	Belgium	Greyson Castro	15
38	Azerbaijan	Kathy Staley	14
	Kazakhstan	Melody Dale	14
40	Turkey	Andrew Harmon	12
41	Serbia	Kevin Rafferty Jr.	11
42	Spain	Carrie Stockton	10
43	Armenia	Garrett Wycoff	9
	Georgia	Jen Holst	9
	Israel	Jenna Wycoff	9
46	Lithuania	Sharon McKeague	8
47	Jamaica	Ralphie Giron	7
48	Estonia	Jessica Marshall	1
	Denmark	Rob Almond	0
	Monaco	Andy Roddam	0

Congratulations everyone to a great 22nd Winter Olympics! I had a spectacular time hosting and loved interacting with each and everyone of you! Best of luck and see you in 2016 for Rio!

Road to Gold and Road to Spirit Gold will post soon.

Check out the blog tomorrow night for the full list of final standings, prizes, pictures of the medals and the road to Gold and Spirit Gold! Congratulations to another great Olympics!

Every time the USA wins a medal, you win points!

In Men's Bobsled today the USA took home Bronze!

Steven Holcomb - Carrie Stockton (Spain) - 10 Points
Curt Tomasevicz - Switzerland (Lisa Blair) - 10 Points
Steve Langton - Bulgaria (Lacey Gaitan) - 10 Points
Chris Fogt - Chile (Konrad McKeague) - 10 Points

Congratulations!

Final Random Drawing of the Winter Games:

- China (Mike Stoops) - 10 Bonus Points

- New Zealand (Palmer McKeague) - 10 Bonus Points

- Finland (Erin Cress) - 10 Bonus Points

Congratulations!

Pam Keller (Netherlands) sent in a countdown to the next three Olympics for those of us who say a sad goodbye to the Winter Olympics and are already looking forward to the next three!

http://www.theolympicgamescountdown.com/

2 Bonus points to Pam Keller (Netherlands)

Pam Keller (Netherlands) sent in this video preview of Rio De Janeiro who will be hosting the 2016 Summer Olympics.

2 Bonus points to Pam Keller (Netherlands) - Want a fun preview!

Pam Keller (Netherlands) sent in this article titled, "Chronological Summary of the 2014 Olympics."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronological_summary_of_the_2014_Winter_Olympics

2 Bonus points to Pam Keller (Netherlands)

Pam Keller (Netherlands) sent in an article about, "The 14 Most Fascinating Facts About the Final 2014 Winter Olympics Medal Count."

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/02/olympics-medal-count-russia-sochi-united-states-most/#sthash.G0NyjOoc

2 Bonus points to Pam Keller (Netherlands) - What a great article!

Amy Brennan (Norway) sent in this fascinating article about the Best and Worst host cities for the Olympics and a link to a free class about the Olympics from Michigan State University. Amy says, "Interesting article about best and worst Winter Olympics, based not on medals, etc. but on how well prepared and well run the Olympics were in the host cities. Both Norway's and California's games are in the "best" category."

http://news.discovery.com/adventure/best-and-worst-olympic-cities-140128.htm

https://www.canvas.net/courses/mega-events-inside-the-winter-olympics

4 Bonus points to Amy Brennan (Norway) - This is so interesting!!!

Pam Keller (Netherlands) sent in this article about the Norwegian Ski Wax.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304914204579397030866024654?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304914204579397030866024654.html

2 Bonus points to Pam Keller (Netherlands)

Spirit points submissions will officially close at 8:30PM tonight with the beginning of the Closing Ceremony! However, keep an eye on the blog today and tomorrow for a look at prizes, winners and final posts! Thanks for all of your dedication and enthusiasm. And yes, it's ok to tear up a little!

Pam Keller (Netherlands) sent in Jimmy Fallon's most recent edition of Thank You Notes with some nods to the Olympics!

2 Bonus points to Pam Keller (Netherlands) - Love Thank You Notes!!!!

Pam Keller (Netherlands) sent in this article showing "17 Faces Showing Olympic Defeat." Some of these are more classy (Shaun White) and some less classy (Women's hockey).

http://mashable.com/2014/02/20/olympic-defeat/

2 Bonus points to Pam Keller (Netherlands) - So sad!

Pam Keller (Netherlands) sent in this article with a summary of the Sochi Ice Skating Gala and the Olympians showing their fun side!

http://www.canada.com/olympics/news/skating-stars-show-their-fun-side-in-sochi-gala-skate

2 Bonus points to Pam Keller (Netherlands) - I liked watching this a lot!

Amy Brennan (Norway) sent in these photos of 1984 Olympics' Mugs. She says, "My husband and I are both big fans of the 1984 Summer Olympics memorabilia, Who doesn't love Sam the Eagle?! My husband found too good a deal to pass up on eBay, so we now own 10 beer steins from the Los Angeles games. Not sure what we're going to do with them, but they are pretty cool."

4 Bonus points to Amy Brennan (Norway) - What dedication to not just this year's Olympics but for all Olympics!

Pam Keller (Netherlands) sent in this article about Hockey icon Teemu Selanne and his final tournament!

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=706060

2 Bonus points to Pam Keller (Netherlands)
6 Bonus points to Erin Cress (Finland) for having Teemu on her team for 26 years and 1 point for each Olympics that he participated in!