Salt Lake City ? For the second consecutive day, there were logistical problems that prevented spectators from reaching an Olympic event on time.

Sunday it was traffic congestion that created chaos on the roads to the men’s downhill in Snowbasin, Utah.

Saturday night, lengthy security checks were the culprit as thousands of fans missed part of the figure skating pairs short program at the Ice Center. People stood in line more than an hour.

Tardy ticket-holders at both venues were not happy. At the downhill, there were an estimated 3,000 frustrated fans, holding $300,000 worth of tickets, couldn’t get to their seats on time because traveling from Salt Lake City to Snowbasin took three hours nearly two hours longer than expected.

Those fans missed seeing the top finishers, such as gold medalist Fritz Strobl of Austria.

Jet intercepted: Air Force fighters intercepted a private jet flying into restricted Olympic airspace Sunday, the third such incident since the games began. Two other private jets were intercepted on Friday, with F-16 fighters escorting one to the ground at the Salt Lake International Airport and forcing another to change its route and land in nearby Brigham City.

“The good news for us is that there was no malicious intent,” said Maj. Ed Thomas of the North American Aerospace Defense Command.

In the week leading up to the Winter Games, a dozen small planes were intercepted by U.S. Customs Service helicopters for entering the no-fly zone above the Olympic Village.

In all the cases, officials said, pilots were simply unaware of the airspace restrictions or had failed to go through security checks at gateway airports before approaching Salt Lake City.

Iceland out in cold: You would think a country called “Iceland” would be good at winter sports. The country may be the only one in the world with a Winter Olympics playing surface as part of its name. But Iceland has never won a medal at the Games. By comparison, the The United States, has won 161 winter medals.

Dave’s golden: The medals plaza was packed with more than 18,000 people for the first presentation ceremonies, and silver-winning speedskater Derek Parra realized all the fans weren’t there to see athletes.

“We’re not sure if they’re here for us or for the band,” Parra joked as the Dave Matthews Band blared on stage.

Passing grades: So far, so good for athletes’ drug tests. There have been no positives in more than 800 tests.

Flag furor: Residents of a Salt Lake City condominium complex chipped in $11 each for 200 flags from 90 different nations so they could display them as a goodwill gesture. Two Taiwanese flags instead brought complaints and a visit from Chinese diplomats. Although Taiwan competes in the Olympic Games, it’s national flag is banned at events under a long-established agreement to placate China.

Officials from China’s Washington embassy visited the complex and asked that the Taiwanese flags be removed.