My eyes are getting itchy just looking at it
The XXII Sochi Winter Olympic Games / Ski And Skate Against Hate
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My eyes are getting itchy just looking at it
We can't take any chances. Quarantine him until we're sure he's not patient zero. I'm on to you, Putin.
If Russia was looking for revenge on us via our Olympic commentators, they would have targeted Al Michaels first.
criesofthepast
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Watching the mogul repeat & Jenn Heil is really annoying as a commentator. She needs to tone it down a bit.
Poor guy
I like her, but those inflections are too crazy
questionmark
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She's pretty gorgeous. Dating one of the Norwegian hockey players unfortunately.
That little laugh she did with nearly everything she said was annoying. On the other hand, Craig McMorris was great during the slopestyle in what I assume was his first broadcast job.
lol good point. I still hold out hope that Bob will continue Olympic coverage while being observed in a decontamination chamber.
She was really repetitive for the women's. Every single time, she would say "BIG backflip!" in exactly the same way, same inflection, same tone. They could have just recorded her once and replayed it over and over.
So many feels.
ConsumerSquare
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That Bilodeau family is the type of family I wish I had.
AyaisMUsikWhore
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Am I crazy or is an AZN guy speed skating for Russia? They said he raced for Korea (his hone) but what? This is weird.
Korea didn't want him so he jumped ship to Russia
AyaisMUsikWhore
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Are you serious? What dumbasses they are. Sucks Apolo is done but this new kids racing for America is pretty good. I can't believe Korea allowed Russia to take their best.
Well, by didn't want him, I mean he didn't qualify
Hehehe
This is why no one likes French Canadians.
Lion Heart
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I've stared at this for 7 minutes.
DarkJediKnight
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Hehehe
How about we change that to ZERO medals for Quebec - since all the top training facilities are in Vancouver (Whistler) and Calgary - home of the 1988 and 2010 games.
What are these guys going to train on - hopes and dreams?
Puppet Shadow
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Well, our tax dollars I suppose. Canadian Olympic athletic training is federally funded.
Most athletes get little federal support directly.
criesofthepast
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I'm not from Quebec but its hard not to notice the majority of winners every Olympics are from there. Obviously it is a country wide effort with federal funding and facilities in all parts of Canada so it is a Canadian win, but no harm in saying they must have something special in the water over in Quebec. Maybe they're doing something better over there than other provinces in terms of getting younger kids into winter sports? I don't know.
Hehehe
Political claims aside, there is no denying that Quebec is impressive these winter games.
One of the commentators mentioned he specifically changed his name to Viktor (from Hyun-Soo) because it sounded like "victory".
Maybe it has more to do with the national identity? In the 90s, I couldn't think of any of my friends being all that excited about national pride on the Olympic stage, it's something pretty new as far as I can tell. I remember Quebec having enough pride that they considered forming their own nation.
unknownstranger
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Haven't watch much of the Olympics yet but my highlight so far is hearing Costas say pussy riot.
speculawyer
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Oh man, that is the best thing about that band . . . getting to hear everyone have to say "pussy riot" on TV & Radio. NPR, PBS, the networks, even Fox news . . . they all have to say "Pussy Riot"
That downhill run was crazy. She's gonna be a huge threat for gold on the downhill event.
Ontarians will always have curling, lol
If you haven't yet, find Colbert's interview with them from last week's show. It was glorious.
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