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[RC]

Hamelin! That was worth staying up for.

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

They will without fail make a move on the last lap if they're not in the lead, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't.

Now for the moment of truth.

Recreational skating for 10 rounds and then go for first in the final round.

/shorttrack

 

[Pedrito]

That was surprisingly easy. Yeah Charles!

 

[criesofthepast]

Hamelin looked like he barely broke a sweat through all those 1500m races.

 

[Oersted]

Dafuq at so many koreans choking

 

[NetMapel]

Hamelin looked like he barely broke a sweat through all those 1500m races.

I remember him being hyped up back in Vancouver 2010 and he kind of choked on a couple of events. Really glad to see him did well in his first medal event this time and barely broke a sweat.

 

[Peru]

Recreational skating for 10 rounds and then go for first in the final round.

/shorttrack

Eh, there's a lot of strategy going into placement earlier in the race and outguessing the others on when to attack etc. If anything makes it more tense. Nothing beats relay though, full-on from the start and chaotic switching

 

[Pedrito]

Dafuq at so many koreans choking

Really disastrous for them. They used to sweep the 1500m.

And fake russian An in third.

 

[Kifimbo]

Hamelin looked like he barely broke a sweat through all those 1500m races.

That pass from third to first was something else.

 

[Peru]

Really disastrous for them. They used to sweep the 1500m.

And fake russian An in third.

Seems like their women's team is stronger this year. Young talent as well.

 

[Maidenpool?]

It's like they've been trained by Pastor Maldonado.

The correct pronunciation is Crashtor

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

Eh, there's a lot of strategy going into placement earlier in the race and outguessing the others on when to attack etc. If anything makes it more tense. Nothing beats relay though, full-on from the start and chaotic switching

Sure, it just looks really boring.

500m speed skating coming up! EXCITE

 

[DasDamen]

I remember him being hyped up back in Vancouver 2010 and he kind of choked on a couple of events. Really glad to see him did well in his first medal event this time and barely broke a sweat.

If memory serves me correctly, he was sick with cold or flu during the last olympics.

 

[NetMapel]

That pass from third to first was something else.

Oh yeah I saw that and that move was probably the biggest one that allowed him to stay in the front the whole time. What an awesome pass.

 

[Oersted]

nvm

 

[Pedrito]

The men 500 m should be good. It's wide open.

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

LOL our king and queen got bored to shit by Groothuis' performance. He's sleeping and she's messing around on her phone.

 

[Solo]

Hamelin is a GOD. That is all. Made it look easy.

 

[lamaroo]

Mens moguls time!

Let's go Bilodeau and Kingsbury!

 

[zroid]

missed the short track

oh well I'm sure CBC will be repeating it all day

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

Smeekens great time!

Poor Aussie skater fell, he looked really sad about it

 

[Pedrito]

The poor australian skaters just did a whoterspoon.

 

[shadowkat]

WOOOO! Woke up to see that Hamelin won gold and Jones and Jacobs won their matches.

Now to watch some moguls before I go to work.

 

[Randdalf]

Ouch, that moguls crash.

 

[Samyy]

Oh god that looked bad

 

[shadowkat]

OMG look at that crash. That looks really bad.

 

[MBR]

Oh crap, bad crash on moguls.
EDIT: Back up.

 

[Brinbe]

Brutal crash damn

 

[kottila]

30 minutes to the mens Biathlon pursuit. Highlight of the day!

 

[DrM]

30 minutes to the mens Biathlon pursuit. Highlight of the day!

Without any doubt

and what a choke from T. Maze... she is totally lost this season.

 

[shadowkat]

That was a solid run, except for that small mistake.
Edit: another good run


Edit2: good run by Alex


Now I have to leave for work.

 

[Silexx]

Bilodeau is beasting again.

 

[zroid]

beastdeau

 

[Solo]

Finals are at 1pm est, right? Might have to take a late lunch and watch that for our Canadian boys.

 

[zroid]

oh man that fall by the Kazakh looked rough

edit: another wipeout! god damn

 

[Brinbe]

All these mogul falls

 

[Maidenpool?]

this moguls course is way, way too quick

 

[Samyy]

So many falls those looked like decent runs too...

Canadian besting

 

[Skab]

Man, just saw Sarka Pancochova's fall during the Slopestyle finals again on TV. I'm still surprised she was okay after that. Wear your helmets, kids!

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

Second 500m skate starting!

Very excite

 

[Peru]

Aight - biathlon pursuit with tons of guys right behind OEB. This could get messy.

 

[Silexx]

Curling coming up! Get hype!

 

[Betta Lines]

I heard the mogul run is entirely artificial snow? If that's true, what does that mean exactly?

 

[Maidenpool?]

I heard the mogul run is entirely artificial snow? If that's true, what does that mean exactly?

It gets a lot icier, a lot faster than real snow

 

[Betta Lines]

It gets a lot icier, a lot faster than real snow

Is it also just water?

 

[Talon]

Is it also just water?

...snow is water.

 

[Peru]

Solid shooting.

 

[Betta Lines]

...snow is water.

I know >_<

That's why I'm asking if the 'artificial' snow is also just water.

 

[NH Apache]

I know >_<

That's why I'm asking if the 'artificial' snow is also just water.

Yes.

 

[Maidenpool?]

Is it also just water?

Yup... but snow falls in flakes, and man made snow is just water particles sprayed into cold air that become snow particles... so man made snow is a bit more "watery" than the "flakier" real snow... if that makes sense...
I'm guessing temps might have dipped a bit when the sun went down in Sochi too, quickly freezing the snow a bit more than they wanted, just a hunch.