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[Parch]

Ultimately, all of the top Canadian teams can win at the international level when they're playing at their best, so the key is being able to deliver on the big day. So far Jacobs and team have been struggling a bit, but they've more than proven their abilities to pull it off.

Have they? They couldn't win the Worlds.

I wonder if experience should factor more than simply qualifying for the olympic trials tourney. Would Howard or Martin have the same problem with nerves, composure, or trouble adjusting? There's no replacement for experience.

You gotta consider how other countries are chosing their teams too. Some create an all-star team. Others just pick a team and give them full support for a year. A lot of countries do not have a national tournament to decide the rep. The goal is to win, and sending the best possible representatives to win.

It's like Canada is too good and that makes chosing the rep an incredibly difficult decision when there are so many teams that could. Having one tournament to decide is almost a cop out for that decision.

 

[DrM]

Wooo, second bronze today, this is just insane

 

[Peru]

Great pursuit. Amazing race by Domracheva. Not bad by Tora.

Wooo, second bronze today, this is just insane

Not bad! Great last round there.

 

[R10Neymarfan]

Watching Halfpipe, Figure Skating, and Speed Skating. So many so little time

 

[zroid]

yeah we're definitely getting 4th and 5th in women's luge, lol. only way one of them will sneak into 3rd is if Erin Hamlin fucks up something fierce on the 4th run.

Have they? They couldn't win the Worlds.

2nd after Sweden is not a bad finish by any stretch.

 

[jonnyp]

Right, I get that. From my perspective it's not something that is talked about here in the States. That's all I'm saying. It's great to be able to see sports like that. It's not huge in the States to my knowledge.

Yeah, it's a small sport but I think it's one of the most fun and exciting winter sports because so much can change after every shooting.

It deserves to be more popular than it is.

 

[indigo-cyclops]

Yeah, it's a small sport but I think it's one of the most fun and exciting winter sports because so much can change after every shooting.

It deserves to be more popular than it is.

Definitely does!

 

[lamaroo]

Just watching the slopestyle skiing right now, lol at the American girl going "really?" after she messed up her first trick.

 

[Parch]

Biathlon may seem "weird", but it's a pretty traditional event with a long history in the olympics.

Probably more fair to say that the first time slopestyle event is the weird event.

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

Margot Boer with an unexpected bronze! Love it.

Great run by Lee, just turned it on.

Just heard that this was our first medal ever on the women's 500.

 

[Pedrito]

Nice win Lee.

Another medal for the Dutch.

Another tough day for Germany. No medal for Wolf and Herrman and the biathletes way back. Thank god for luge!

 

[bud]

olga fatkulina

the ass

it is fat

these skaters have the most magnificent glutes

 

[DrM]

What is happening with German biathlon?

 

[soepje]

Really happy for Boer

Edit: and the other ones too of course!

 

[Peru]

What is happening with German biathlon?

This happened

Would've been great to have her in the games.

 

[Linius]

Margot Boer with an unexpected bronze! Love it.

Great run by Lee, just turned it on.

Just heard that this was our first medal ever on the women's 500.

So cool whe get sprint medals too this year!

 

[Oersted]

Biathlon may seem "weird", but it's a pretty traditional event with a long history in the olympics.

Probably more fair to say that the first time slopestyle event is the weird event.

Skiing and shooting. Pretty normal.

 

[Peru]

Biathlon - also featured in James Bond

 

[R10Neymarfan]

This Great Britain skating pair. oops she fell

 

[Parch]

Skiing and shooting. Pretty normal.

Military history, so extremely normal.

More normal than doing some whoop-de-do loop-da-loop on a snowboard.

 

[lazybones18]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olymp...on-primetime-nbc-olympics-duty-133953720.html

 

[lamaroo]

Man that slopestyle course was terrible. Glad the Canadian put that great run together in the first run.

 

[Betta Lines]

I wish they would ski and shoot at the same time. Massive targets and automatic rifles. They'd need to do individual runs for safety... but it would be awesome.

 

[zroid]

god damn, Eve Muirhead just tore the Americans to shreds in that end. 7 points to go up 9-1.

 

[Wes]

god damn, Eve Muirhead just tore the Americans to shreds in that end. 7 points to go up 9-1.

That was incredible. She needed something like this after the Swedish game.

And then Anna Sloan just takes out their own stone. Oh boy.

 

[shadowkat]

That fall by Yuki Tsubota though D:

I haven't seen that yet.

 

[Arkos]

I think I either missed the biathlon or NBCSP didn't show it live in the US will watch tonight hopefully

 

[Juicy Bob]

I wish they would ski and shoot at the same time. Massive targets and automatic rifles. They'd need to do individual runs for safety... but it would be awesome.

10km Grenade Launcher Individual Pursuit IMO

 

[Buba Big Guns]

Canadian men choking hard in curling...or maybe the team just sucks.

It is pretty embarassing.

 

[lamaroo]

I haven't seen that yet.

It was hard, really hard.

Her run starts at 51:50 here: http://olympics.cbc.ca/videos/live/video/freestyle-skiing-women-slopestyle-run-webcast.html

 

[kris.]

It was hard, really hard.

Her run starts at 51:50 here: http://olympics.cbc.ca/videos/live/video/freestyle-skiing-women-slopestyle-run-webcast.html

canada, i thought we were bros doesn't work in the US

 

[Palmer_v1]

I'm stuck at work and disappointed by the lack of gifs in here.

 

[R10Neymarfan]

canada, i thought we were bros doesn't work in the US

Geoblocking because NBC monopoly.

Use Hola Unblocker

 

[Megasoum]

Btw is it me or is the motto "Hot. Cool. Yours." sounds really ridiculous? lol

 

[Brinbe]

Wow, that save in luge

 

[MetatronM]

Just saw the score in the GBR-USA women's curling match. How the fuck did GBR put up a SEVEN in a single end? WTF ladies?

 

[Mission]

Btw is it me or is the motto "Hot. Cool. Yours." sounds really ridiculous? lol

I think it's Russian short form for :

It's hot outside.
It's cool inside.
Yours best sports are impacted but ours aren't.
Hahaha.

 

[Covfan]

USA concede the Curling match after Team GB go 12-3 up.

Woop woop!

 

[DarkJediKnight]

Did anyone expect Canada to do this well in the olympics? They might go home with the most Golds again for a 2nd straight olympic.

 

[lazybones18]

that final run just now from the Ukrainian luger....damn

 

[MutFox]

It was hard, really hard.

Her run starts at 51:50 here: http://olympics.cbc.ca/videos/live/video/freestyle-skiing-women-slopestyle-run-webcast.html

OUCH!

 

[DarkJediKnight]

Well, our tax dollars I suppose. Canadian Olympic athletic training is federally funded.

This isn't the US. Our Athletes get very little support. I remember a Gold medal winner from the 2008 summer games who said he had no sponsors and only made 28,000 a year after winning gold.

American gold medalists usually become millionaires or close to it. Guys like Michael Phelps, Shaun White are multi-millionaires.

US has a great history with amateur sports. Canada does not. Hell, considering how popular hockey is, barely anyone follows the junior leagues.

Whereas in US, NCAA basketball and football are the stuff of GODS!

 

[zroid]

Russia vs Japan hockey game has been awesome (well the third period at least, which is when I tuned in)

 

[lamaroo]

Is 5MB really big for a gif?

I'll link it in case, here is Tsubota's slam: http://i.minus.com/i5LEghytxFYOK.gif

 

[DarkJediKnight]

Also whats with the Canada / Quebec thing? They hate themselves?

Think Union vs the evil confederate states.

 

[Parch]

Did anyone expect Canada to do this well in the olympics? They might go home with the most Golds again for a 2nd straight olympic.

Might be tough. Probably not enough medals in speed skating and alpine and probably none in cross country.

The argument about "winning" the games is complex. A country has to rack up those individual medals in sports with a lot of events, both men and women. How do you compare sports where they give out dozens of medals to the hockey players who bust their ass for two weeks to win one medal.

 

[Solo]

Is 5MB really big for a gif?

I'll link it in case, here is Tsubota's slam: http://i.minus.com/i5LEghytxFYOK.gif

Oh fuck :/

 

[ryan-ts]

Might be tough. Probably not enough medals in speed skating and alpine and probably none in cross country.

The argument about "winning" the games is complex. A country has to rack up those individual medals in sports with a lot of events, both men and women. How do you compare sports where they give out dozens of medals to the hockey players who bust their ass for two weeks to win one medal.

Most golds = winning, no? Canada has enough top flight people that they could come close.

 

[Zeeman]

Did anyone expect Canada to do this well in the olympics? They might go home with the most Golds again for a 2nd straight olympic.

Canada was always predicted to do well, and it seems like a decent number of events Canada's good at are early this time through (or didn't exist last Olympics, like slopestyle). I don't think they've had any really unexpected results yet (maybe the Dufour-Lapointe sisters beating Kearney, but them medaling wasn't shocking)

e: Also Hamelin winning the 1500 was pretty boss considering that's not even his best distance

 

[Blader]

Wow, that save in luge

yeah, crazy she finished first considering she was moving sideways for a second.