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The XXII Sochi Winter Olympic Games / Ski And Skate Against Hate

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Canada may have defeated us today, but we showed the best teamwork!

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DrM

Redmond's Baby
No falls on last three training jumps on large hill. Snow turned into mush and workers are on it 24/7 to keep it as good as they can in 13° Celsius.

Men super combination downhill will begin one hour earlier
 

Solo

Member
Patrick Chan has a 7 point buffer over third. He may not catch first, but as long as he doesn't fall he's probably guaranteed a medal tomorrow..
 

zroid

Banned
Patrick Chan has a 7 point buffer over third. He may not catch first, but as long as he doesn't fall he's probably guaranteed a medal tomorrow..

With our history in men's figure skating medal hopefuls, I have zero expectations
 

RC

Banned
Patrick Chan has a 7 point buffer over third. He may not catch first, but as long as he doesn't fall he's probably guaranteed a medal tomorrow..

That means he's going to fall tomorrow. Chan always finds a way to screw it up.
 
A new sport tomorrow: Aerials. We may see a Chinese sweep, for a change.

You mean new for these particular Games, or has Aerials been out of the games without me noticing, or am I just imagining Aerials ever being part of the Games?

Boss sport, boss photos (Martin Fourcade)
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Biathlon really is the greatest winter sport imo. Beautiful and exciting. Much more layered than cross-country skiing. If people haven't already done so, I strongly recommend you check out these events. Especially the mass-start and the relays. That said, I'm a little disappointed by the Norwegian biathletes so far. I can live without the medals, but not impressed by the effort from anyone but Bjørndalen and Berger so far. I seriously hope Svendsen and the ski... waxers?
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step up their game. Bjørndalens gold was fucking fantastic and all, but Svendsen is who I expect to be right up there, neck and neck with Fourcade. T. Bø also to some extent, but he's never really recovered his full form after his illness or injury.
 

Linius

Member
So what's this crap, we got silver and bronze today? How can we celebrate not winning gold? We need to up our game!

At least the weekend is coming, I can finally see some stuff live again :)
 
I'm pessimistic about Chan as well. I've been pessimistic about Chan forever. My pessimism is usually good luck because I end up being wrong most times. Let's hope!
 

Trojita

Rapid Response Threadmaker
I nominate that for NHL-GAF GIFof the year. Yeah it's Sochi, but fuck it, nothing will top that,

The fact that the player, no the ref, fell down and the push and sliding on his knees makes me laugh.
 

lenovox1

Member
Plushenko withdrawing and crowd falling to silence, then applauding is something to watch. And reading that he's retired. Devastating.
 

lenovox1

Member
God damnit, Jeremy Abbott. Phenomenal skater, but boy can he choke hard. Beautiful, aggressive round afterwards, though. Hopefully just a bruise so he can do his freeskate.
 

zroid

Banned
Just saw Kevin Reynolds short program which I missed earlier. Fuckin' badass routine, such a shame he couldn't land those jumps.

edit: Brian Orser was completely flipping out during (and after) Hanyu's performance, haha
 
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