The Nuclear Winter Olympics, Day 7: IOC Member Sent Off

• Adam Pengilly, a British member of the IOC, has been expelled from the Games and sent home after an incident with a security guard in which Korean officials claim Pengilly may have knocked down a security officer who ordered Pengilly, even after his credentials had been presented, to leave an area Pengilly thought he was entitled to be at.  (Inside the Games)
• A Russian bobsledder is claiming that, even with all of the different stories about Russians flaunting in the face of the OAR restrictions, that Russian athletes are on course to march as Russian athletes in the Closing Ceremony.  (Inside the Games)
• To that end, Dick Pound is accusing the IOC of letting Russia "shoot the messenger" about all this, and it appears as if the IOC has no merit in actually enforcing it's edicts against Russia.  It is believed Pound is boycotting the Closing Ceremony because of the Russian controversy -- and it's also believed that the IOC is trying to undercut Pound about his protest.  (Inside the Games)
• Perhaps a lot of this is happening because of regret at the Russian disqualification, now knowing they would have to do the same to the United States if they followed any kind of similar criteria?
• Sixteen people have been injured by the damaging winds which have wreaked havoc on Gangneung Olympic Park -- biathlon events have been postponed as well as the complete rewrite of the Alpine skiing schedule.  And, one afternoon and evening, the entire park was cleared due to concerns the whole shebang might come down or something.  (Inside the Games)
• The International Paralympic Committee has registered a Russian neutral team (a "Paralympic Athletes From Russia") for the Paralympic Games next month.  (Inside the Games)
• Medal Count:  Though NBC is happy about another featured American athlete gaining gold, as Mikaela Shiffrin won the women's Giant Slalom yesterday, the Germany-Norway battle lines are being drawn.  Germany now has nine gold medals to top the Olympic standard table, and 15 total.  Norway leads the total, however, with 17.  Canada, with four golds, is third in the total with 13.  The Netherlands have 12.  And even though the United States has five gold medals so far, they have only three others, for a total of eight -- fifth in the total by an increasing distance.