The XXII Sochi Winter Olympic Games / Ski And Skate Against Hate
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Fixed2BeBroken
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She wont only if they dick her on her score like they did on her short program
I actually feel bad for Mao though, it would have been nice to see a real final showdown as these 2 are going to retire.
firehawk12
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The Olympic hockey thread is so salty that it makes all the stupid ice dancing stuff seem tame. lol
I still wish Latvia had won that game though, just because it would have been an exciting Olympic story. Almost in the same way that I hope anyone beats the US team in Olympic basketball.
I still wish Latvia had won that game though, just because it would have been an exciting Olympic story. Almost in the same way that I hope anyone beats the US team in Olympic basketball.
Why does Asada insist on doing that stupid triple axel? It's not like the judges wouldn't give her 70+ points without it.
I too kinda wanted Latvia to win in the end. Would have been a nice story and the overreaction in Canada would have been hilarious.
I too kinda wanted Latvia to win in the end. Would have been a nice story and the overreaction in Canada would have been hilarious.
firehawk12
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It would have been glorious. lol
I guess I'm back aboard the Canada train now, since it's all pros, but I love a great underdog story.
criesofthepast
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Kaetlyn Osmond is damn cute. *googles age*
18.
All good.
18.
All good.
Fixed2BeBroken
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Usa vs canada... Epic match will be epic, and I dont even really like hockey
criesofthepast
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I know that feel. I've fallen in love with like 283648282727 Olympian women this past week.I'm in love
Not only that, she did the Olympic record in the components. I was surprised but she is one of the best in the world, she was World Champion in 2012 (second in 2013,2008 and third in 2011,2005) and five time European Champion (2013,2012,2010,2008,2007 and second in 2011,2009 and third in 2014,2006).
is Kosnter, not Costner
But this might be real!
SuperSonic1305
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That was a Canadaesque choke in the bobsled.
I've already claimed her. I propose a duel. A duel in a real and manly sport. A duel in
curling. kekekek
Curling?!!?!
No, I request a straight up manly barn brawl! You set the date I'll rent the barn!
not psycho
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Are there any statistics on how often the team with the hammer in the first end has won in curling this olympics?
From randomly searching around, it seems to be a 60% advantage overall to start with the hammer. And an almost unbelievable 74.1% advantage in 27 Brier finals.
If the coin flip at the beginning of the game can give you a 2/3 chance to win the game, I think they need to look at changing that rule. From watching it, it feels like the team that doesn't start with the hammer is behind the 8 ball from the start, while the team which wins the toss can play a very defensive game and try to coast to victory.
From randomly searching around, it seems to be a 60% advantage overall to start with the hammer. And an almost unbelievable 74.1% advantage in 27 Brier finals.
If the coin flip at the beginning of the game can give you a 2/3 chance to win the game, I think they need to look at changing that rule. From watching it, it feels like the team that doesn't start with the hammer is behind the 8 ball from the start, while the team which wins the toss can play a very defensive game and try to coast to victory.
Just watched the 10th end of the SWE/GBR semifinal. Oh myyy goooodddddd feels so bad for Niklas Edin. That shot he missed was sooooooooooooooooo close, and it ended up in the literally worst possible outcome. Took out his own rock and gave GBR backing for an easy draw to win. YIKES
criesofthepast
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This thread is surprisingly dead. I know Summer Olympics are more popular but Winter Olympics will always be more interesting than Summer for me.
thecouncil
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tonight is short program, tomorrow is long / medals...
People talk when its live, I think. Not on NBCs schedule.
Time change is killing discussion for North Americans.
The Grim Heaper
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Yuna Kim is so pretty.
Yeah, I typically love paying attention to the Olympics, winter and summer, but everything is live between something like 2-11am or so, and that's entirely when I am sleeping, waking up, or travelling to work. I have no interest in watching things on tape, and I'm not good at avoiding "spoilers" so I just kind of follow the results and that's it.
I'm pretty sure for Brier and Olympics playoffs the team with the better record gets first end last rock. Only round robin games do the coin toss. So that 74% Brier final advantage is partially due to the better team always getting first end last rock.
There are tournaments (and maybe even the World Curling Tour, I'm not sure) where they don't do a coin toss at all. The skips each throw one rock after warmup and closest to the pin gets first end last rock.
MMBosstones86
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basically.
I try to check in after the events air here in the States, but by then the discussions are mostly over. Oh well.
Onion_Relish
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Canada ratio is going to get a whole lot smaller when those double gold medals come in for curling what what. Not to mention guaranteed silver in chick hockey. Can't wait for the girls hockey final as well it will be an absolute barn burner
Isn't she the one that said "bullshit" last week?
Fixed2BeBroken
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yea…
and that gif makes it look like she is mocking all the other ice skaters with the double hand waving thing since so many ice skaters do that….but I saw it live and it didn't come across that way….just the gif makes it seem that way for some reason
Cuts about 300k off the medals/population amount if you include the three clinched medals for Curling and Hockey. 21 medals divided by 35,236,000 population equals 1,677,905 citizens per medal.
Norway is doing amazing as a percentage of total population, but Netherlands is killing it as compared to total number of athletes sent. 22 medals from 41 athletes.
bonesmccoy
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This thread would be much more lively if Quick hadn't made a separate one for hockey.
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Hopin' for that double curling gold.
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