It's fair to say that NBC lavished more attention on U.S. short-track skaters and even its skeleton riders than it did on all the cross-country skiers and biathletes combined.
The track at Whistler, which is shared by the sports of luge, skeleton and bobsleigh, already has a reputation as one of the fastest - and most dangerous - in the world.
British skeleton's performance director, Andi Schmid, said before the Games that a lack of track time for athletes in the run-up to the Games had increased the risk of accidents.
Skeleton looks like something straight out of Willy Wonka: Hurtling face-first down a frozen track on a sled that resembles a cafeteria tray, Ms. Uhlaender often tops out at 80 miles per hour with her chin inches from the ice.