It's rivalry week in the play

The first week of the Olympic Games was all about the individual stars. Now it's all about the team sports.

Apart from the occasional ski race and, of course, ladies figure skating relays and competitions of national teams dominate the second week of the Olympic Games in Vancouver. While a single medal certainly proud can bring to a nation, it is flag and the geopolitical subtext that goes along with the may put from the nationalist Strip in the toughest Olympic Viewer about flag vs..

War, or at least its cold version was the subtext really too many Olympic battles between, of course.

It was match in Melbourne, against the background of the Hungarian revolution, in which there was blood in the water literally the 1956 Hungary-Soviet Union water polo. The miracle on ice game in Lake Placid meant so much to American not only due to the extent that disrupt American hockey players, but rather because of the big bad Soviet team represented in the United States years 30 ago

So for anyone who yearns for these rivalries of yore or who gets even today goose bumps the Finnish and Norwegian, who fight to see can see wave their flags the the highest or the loudest ring your cow bells is a field guide to the large team rivalries of the games here second week.

Associated press; Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Canada vs Russia, men's ice hockey. Or is it Sidney O. really vs.? The blood feud between Canada's Sidney Crosby (left) and Russia Alex Ovechkin (right) is from the National Hockey League for the Olympic Games. You can bet that Mr Ovechkin hopes Canada Gets by Germany Tuesday so that he took a run at Ralph d. Crosby can take in Friday's quarter-finals. -Ian Johnson Agence France-Presse. Getty Images Sweden vs. Norway, cross country skiing. Revenge is sweet, or at least Norway hopes they will be. The Sweden have two medals in men's 30 km pursuit until the Norwegians in Vancouver, won Saturday (including Johan Olsson, links), the injured badly beaten. The same applies to the women side, where the Sweden, favored a gold in an event Norway and a silver in another (although Norway's Marit Bjørgen, law, won a gold). Expect two more relays. -Matthew Futterman AP; Reuters Germany vs. Germany, four-man bobsled. This week, the primary challenge for the team known as Germany 2 is...Germany 1. Later on this week against drive the two German controlled a two man sled on Sunday with silver. Loser buy the Bitburger. -Kevin Helliker Getty Images; Press Photo Agency Germany vs. Austria, ski jumping. The German 2014 wait for Sochi. Austria's dominant jumpers, Gregor Schlierenzauer, right including whipped cream Michael watch men, links, and the courageous German in the team competition Monday. -Matthew Futterman

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