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Norway already has three wins. The Germans have nothing.

The early round and only three games in it. The televised one is the Norway-Germany duel. The front end of our neighbours is playing inaccurately for most of the game, and that makes the Norwegians' job easier... Nergaard and Ulsrud make mistakes right at the end, and that's why the finish is close... Last take out and a win for the Norwegians. China scores against the Swiss and the USA against the Danes. So far the predictions are coming true, at least in the men's section. Little gems from the action include a wonderful line from the Russians from the game, namely, "Mne nrávit sa dró", which is a cute mix of Russian and English. The Czech TV crew works well, perhaps only the Michal Dusik incident is worth mentioning. Apparently they thought Michal was the Black Widow. A phone call costs about 60 CZK per minute, which is still only half the price of a pint of average beer. It's a bit of a rip-off here, but then again, it is the Olympics after all.