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[Covfan]

The short track officials have been slightly odd these Olympics.

The gold medalist from one of the races on Thursday managed to blatantly push someone over in the semi finals and get away with it.

 

[Pedrito]

Norway struggling in the relay. Bjoergen will have to push it hard.

 

[Peru]

Wow these are really the olympic games from hell. Media crying about bad skis but if they have a big team working for weeks on just one thing how could they even get it so wrong compared to the others. Seems the program leading up to this tournament has just been out of whack.

 

[2Crisis]

LOL, how did Han not get penalized for that. whatever

 

[nny]

LOL, how did Han not get penalized for that. whatever

Yeah, that seemed like a big shove...he came from the inside, so he had priority, maybe?

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

Yeah, that seemed like a big shove...he came from the inside, so he had priority, maybe?

What he did is allowed as long as it's not on a turn.

 

[Madness]

I could never do short track speed skating, all the jostling and blocking, I'd get pissed lol.

 

[nny]

What he did is allowed as long as it's not on a turn.

Oh, I see; thanks!

 

[Pedrito]

What a comeback from Kalla!

No medal for Norway. Shocking.

 

[IdleRover]

What a race by Kalla. Amazing! Well deserved win for Sweden.

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

OMG Hamelin crashed.

 

[Jamie OD]

BBC just said Elise Christie was given a DNF because she skated off track right before the finish line. Her skates did not cross over the line.

 

[nny]

Oops, the ones that didn't fall go through.

 

[Pedrito]

Hamelin brothers can't stay on their feet.

 

[Wes]

People have been threatening Christie online. This interview hurts to watch

 

[2Crisis]

Jesus christ no adv for Alvarez, wtf is going on

 

[Peru]

What a comeback from Kalla!

No medal for Norway. Shocking.

National crisis. Bookmakers gave us 1.05 for winning.

Nice run by Sweden though.

 

[Madness]

Jesus christ no adv for Alvarez, wtf is going on

Will probably advance him after all the runs are done.

 

[Elvin Atombender]

That was an absolutely epic race by Kalla!

 

[Zeknurn]

Kalla is no doubt the best of this Olympics. What a performance.

 

[Pedrito]

Jesus christ no adv for Alvarez, wtf is going on

You don't get advanced when you were not in position to advance when the fall happened.

 

[nny]

Another man down.

 

[questionmark]

I have no words.

 

[PjotrStroganov]

Semen huehuehue.

 

[2Crisis]

Snowboard cross, you're our only hope now

 

[Madness]

Wow, the US "next apolo anton ohno" JR Celski went down too.

 

[DrM]

Our cross country skier just said that she felt like she will be roasted from inside when she finish with her race today.

 

[Big-E]

Damn, back to back fails by Canada in short track.

 

[electristan]

Amazing last lap by Kalla, well deserved gold and great to see Finland up there too.

 

[Juicy Bob]

BBC just said Elise Christie was given a DNF because she skated off track right before the finish line. Her skates did not cross over the line.

Well, that is a fairly basic error...

 

[Tworak]

norway with the massive failures. what in the fuck is going on.

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

Yay Dutch medal chance on short track!

See rest of world? We're also good at a different kind of speed skating!

 

[Juicy Bob]

BBC just mentioned that a woman's been seriously injured in an accident in the skii cross practice and is currently undergoing surgery. Can't find any other sources at the moment.

EDIT: It's Maria Komissarova.

 

[questionmark]

norway with the massive failures. what in the fuck is going on.

The waxing. There is no nation in the world that spends as much money on waxing as Norway, and they manage to fuck it up so royally on the most important event, which only comes around every 4 years. People are going to get fired, because this is fucking pathetic. Money is obviously being thrown out the window.

I'm fucking seething right now. Just remember I owe someone 100$ too... Just pm me with the paypal info.

 

[Pedrito]

That canadian short track team just isn't very good. Worst one since the sport was added to the games.

 

[nny]

Flying Li! Korean penalized by the push and the "pushee" goes through!

 

[Elvin Atombender]

The waxing. There is no nation in the world that spends as much money on waxing as Norway, and they manage to fuck it up so royally on the most important event, which only comes around every 4 years. People are going to get fired, because this is fucking pathetic. Money is obviously being thrown out the window.

I can't be the waxing only. Bjørgen looked really tired after just 1-2 km. She can usually do much longer races without looking tired at all at the end.

 

[Madness]

The waxing. There is no nation in the world that spends as much money on waxing as Norway, and they manage to fuck it up so royally on the most important event, which only comes around every 4 years. People are going to get fired, because this is fucking pathetic. Money is obviously being thrown out the window.

I'm fucking seething right now. Just remember I owe someone 100$ too... Just pm me with the paypal info.

Damn, I'm reading that Norway were the unquestioned favorites in this race and that they've won every cross country relay since 2009 including gold in Vancouver 2010, and that the women who make up their team are the top 4 women in the world standings.

 

[nny]

Semen started the race precociously.

:X

 

[SecretMoblin]

what a roller coaster ride for Norway on skis these Games :/

 

[Majine]

Gold! Kalla is goddess.

 

[Forsete]

Gold! Kalla is goddess.

HRH Silvia is leaving the throne so Kalla can take it.

She was like the hulk, really impressed.

 

[Acorn]

Poor Elise Christie, what a terrible few days for her.

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

You got 4th out of 4 Ter Mors, that was really bad.

I don't even care how the commentator is saying how 4th is decent, that was some passive bullshit. God that sucked.

 

[Pedrito]

Poor Elise Christie, what a terrible few days for her.

Her best distance is still to come. Redemption maybe.

 

[Cuddler]

Another medal for Arianna Fontana, so good.

 

[repeater]

I can't be the waxing only. Bjørgen looked really tired after just 1-2 km. She can usually do much longer races without looking tired at all at the end.

Agreed. Someone like Björgen, who is usually in a class of her own completely in the world, would still be doing better than this if the only problem was the waxing. I'm not buying that as the complete explanation for why Norway has not been performing as expected. It is a bit of a mystery, but I'm not sure they'll be doing much better in the rest of the competitions with all the pressure and all the scapegoating apparently going on over there right now.

But Charlotte Kalla. Charlotte fucking Kalla. What a herculean performance, I was blown away completely. She is now the most successful olympic woman cross-country skier in Swedish history (three medals in these games alone - so far). Well earned. Kudos to the rest of the team as well, they all performed admirably.

 

[2Crisis]

way too much RNG in short track. Not much fun to watch

 

[Acorn]

Her best distance is still to come. Redemption maybe.

Hopefully, but her confidence will be in tatters.

 

[Madness]

Hopefully, but her confidence will be in tatters.

Not to mention she took a lot of shit from cyber bullies. A few of the ones I saw before they were taken down were like "you cost our skater gold you *bleep*". I can't imagine Korean fans were too happy with her, but that's the nature of short track speed skating, and she lost her medal. Why hold such a grudge.