Winter Olympics recap: Big Ten wins five gold medals

BTN.com staff, February 23, 2014

Wondering how Big Ten names in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics fared? In all, Big Ten products brought home five gold medals, including Michigan products Meryl Davis and Charlie White teaming up for the title in ice dancing. See all the Big Ten results in this post.

Bobsled	Country	School	Result
Aja Evans	U.S.A.	Illinois	Won bronze in two-women bobsled.
Curtis Tomasevicz	U.S.A.	Nebraska	Won bronze in four-man bobsled.
Curling	Country	School	Result
Erika Brown	U.S.A.	Wisconsin	Finished 1-8 and was eliminated in the early rounds.
Ice Dancing	Country	School	Result
Evan Bates	U.S.A.	Michigan	Finished eighth overall with Madison Chock.
Meryl Davis	U.S.A.	Michigan	Won gold in ice dancing with Charlie White & bronze in the team competition.
Alex Shibutani	U.S.A.	Michigan	Finished ninth in ice dancing with Maia Shibutani.
Maia Shibutani	U.S.A.	Michigan	Finished ninth in ice dancing with Alex Shibutani.
Charlie White	U.S.A.	Michigan	Won gold in ice dancing with Meryl Davis & bronze in the team competition.
Men?s Ice Hockey	Country	School	Result
Carl Hagelin	Sweden	Michigan	Sweden took silver after losing to Canada in the gold medal game.
Duncan Keith	Canada	Michigan State	Canada beat Sweden to win the gold medal.
Ryan Kesler	U.S.A.	Ohio State	Team USA lost to Finland in bronze medal game.
Phil Kessel	U.S.A.	Minnesota	Team USA lost to Finland in bronze medal game.
Brian Lebler	Austria	Michigan	Austria was eliminated by Slovenia.
Paul Martin	U.S.A.	Minnesota	Team USA lost to Finland in bronze medal game.
Ryan McDonagh	U.S.A.	Wisconsin	Team USA lost to Finland in bronze medal game.
Ryan Miller	U.S.A.	Michigan State	Team USA lost to Finland in bronze medal game.
Max Pacioretty	U.S.A.	Michigan	Team USA lost to Finland in bronze medal game.
Joe Pavelski	U.S.A.	Wisconsin	Team USA lost to Finland in bronze medal game.
Derek Stepan	U.S.A.	Wisconsin	Team USA lost to Finland in bronze medal game.
Ryan Suter	U.S.A.	Wisconsin	Team USA lost to Finland in bronze medal game.
Thomas Vanek	Austria	Minnesota	Austria was eliminated by Slovenia.
Blake Wheeler	U.S.A.	Minnesota	Team USA lost to Finland in bronze medal game.
Women?s Ice Hockey	Country	School	Result
Megan Bozek	U.S.A.	Minnesota	Team USA took silver after losing to Canada in the gold medal game.
Brianna Decker	U.S.A.	Wisconsin	Team USA took silver after losing to Canada in the gold medal game.
Meghan Duggan	U.S.A.	Wisconsin	Team USA took silver after losing to Canada in the gold medal game.
Mira Jalosuo	Finland	Minnesota	Finland lost in the quarterfinals.
Amanda Kessel	U.S.A.	Minnesota	Team USA took silver after losing to Canada in the gold medal game.
Hilary Knight	U.S.A.	Wisconsin	Team USA took silver after losing to Canada in the gold medal game.
Gigi Marvin	U.S.A.	Minnesota	Team USA took silver after losing to Canada in the gold medal game.
Meaghan Mikkelson	Canada	Wisconsin	Canada beat Team USA in OT to win the gold medal.
Noora Räty	Finland	Minnesota	The goalie played in all games; Finland lost in the quarterfinals.
Anne Schleper	U.S.A.	Minnesota	Team USA took silver after losing to Canada in the gold medal game.
Natalie Spooner	Canada	Ohio State	Canada beat Team USA in OT to win the gold medal.
Lee Stecklein	U.S.A.	Minnesota	Team USA took silver after losing to Canada in the gold medal game.
Emma Terho	Finland	Ohio State	Finland lost in the quarterfinals.
Minttu Tuominen	Finland	Ohio State	Finland lost in the quarterfinals.
Jessie Vetter	U.S.A.	Wisconsin	Team USA took silver after losing to Canada in the gold medal game.
Speed Skating	Country	School	Result
Jonathan Kuck	U.S.A.	Illinois	Finished 19th in the 5000M and 37th in the 1500M.