February 19, 2018, 01:14 AM
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Originally posted by TMats:
Men’s Ski Jumping is on now. They are calling this the “Large Hill,” and made reference to the “Normal Hill.”
I’m quite certain that for years the two ski jumping events were the 90 Meter and 70 Meter Ski Jumps.
It was simplified to be more complicated.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_size
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Feeding Trolls Since 1995 February 19, 2018, 06:55 AM
Ronin1069Russian caught doping in CURLING? You've got to be shitting me!
Nope. LOL
Russian Curling Bronze Medalist Aleksandr Krushelnitckii Busted For Doping
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February 19, 2018, 08:11 AM
Balzé Halzéquote:
Originally posted by Ronin1069:
Russian caught doping in CURLING? You've got to be shitting me!
Nope. LOL
Russian Curling Bronze Medalist Aleksandr Krushelnitckii Busted For Doping
Oh give me a break. That drug couldn't possibly have enhanced his performance in curling. That's just retarded.
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February 19, 2018, 08:19 AM
GeorgeairTwo good quotes on curling doping, first by Dutch team member, second by a Canadian team member:
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Asked if she thought the sport’s reputation could be harmed, Dupont said: “I think most people will laugh and be like, ‘What would you possibly need doping for?’”
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“Outside of beer and Advil, that’s the only painkillers I’ve ever heard of for curling,” Laird said.
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February 19, 2018, 02:24 PM
Ronin1069I don’t care enough about the Olympics to get riled up about this, but it is fucked that these folks are here in place of someone else and are choosing not to do an event because they don’t want to.
http://dailym.ai/2obefVMAmerican Olympic skiers are slammed for shunning inaugural team event
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February 19, 2018, 02:42 PM
Georgeairquote:
inaugural team event
A team event in skiing is pretty stupid to begin with. Alpine skiing is about as individual and objective an event that is left in an Olympics full of either true team sports or value/points judgement individual items. I'm not saying ariel and freestyle wasn't cool to watch, but it was after all 5 unknown people sitting in a booth making minute judgement calls on scoring.
What the heck was the point anyway?
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February 19, 2018, 07:18 PM
old rugged crosswe suck at bobsled every single olympics.
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February 19, 2018, 08:34 PM
TMatsWomen’s Freestyle Skiing Halfpipe is on. I’m struck by the Grand Canyon that separates men’s and women’s freestyle skiing and snowboarding. In the men’s events, every aerial maneuver has to be high and difficult. In the women’s, there are two or three maneuvers that are throw-aways, setting up for one or two 1080s.
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February 19, 2018, 08:51 PM
Balzé HalzéI still like watching the women though. They get better and better every year. But yes, the men are light-years bigger and simply more awesome than the women which of course why we have women events and men events. It's a perfect illustration of the difference between guys and gals.
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February 19, 2018, 09:40 PM
Georgeairquote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
I still like watching the women though. They get better and better every year. But yes, the men are light-years bigger and simply more awesome than the women which of course why we have women events and men events. It's a perfect illustration of the difference between guys and gals.
I'm really curious how much of that is athletic ability and how much is mass. The mass helps hold way better speed, but even with that the height and speed of the women isn't that much different. In my uneducated opinion.
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February 19, 2018, 10:21 PM
DakorHoly crap. Just saw the greatest Winter Olympic performance ever... the Canadians ice dancing. I’m certain they’ll get the gold (their fifth medal). I’m also certain the performance will be on YouTube. It’s a must watch.
February 19, 2018, 10:30 PM
old rugged crossI thought it came down to who skated last. I think had the French been last, they probably would of won. Both were outstanding.
The last American team skated great until the end when he lost it. I enjoyed their skate a bunch and was sorry to seem them lose a medal at the end of their routine.
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February 19, 2018, 10:37 PM
Gustoferquote:
Originally posted by Dakor:
Holy crap. Just saw the greatest Winter Olympic performance ever... the Canadians ice dancing.
That was an amazing routine, and yep they got the gold...deservedly.
The Canadians have a history of great figure skating couples. I'm reminded of Sale and Pelletier getting screwed a few years back by the judges after skating the performance of their lives.
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February 20, 2018, 06:28 AM
Balzé HalzéIce dancing? I'd rather jog home from my own vasectomy than watch a minute of that.
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February 20, 2018, 06:45 AM
BisleyblackhawkI would rather jog home after doing a vasectomy on myself with a Rapala fillet knife than to watch a minute of that...even my wife hated it.
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February 20, 2018, 06:56 AM
erj_pilot******** SPOILER ALERT!!!!! ********
I FINALLY watched some Olympics last night. Aside from hockey, I really like all the sledding competitions. The men's bobsled medal runs were AWESOME! From what I could see and with my limited knowledge of bobsled, Latvia looked like they ran the cleanest run I've seen ever. They didn't touch a THING...just ran that sled smack dab in the middle of the track both entering and exiting the turns. Pretty cool that Canada and Germany TIED for the gold...good stuff.
Ice Dancing? Yeah...
Let's get all excited and go to a yawning festival.
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Balzé HalzéApparently--as I just learned--a French ice dancer had her boob out during her performance last night. That may have enticed me to watch. Wardrobe malfunction, sure. A likely plot to influence the judges I'm thinking. At least the male judges.
And yeah, the bobsled was pretty awesome this last go around.
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February 20, 2018, 07:11 AM
RAMIUSquote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
Apparently--as I just learned--a French ice dancer had her boob out during her performance last night. That may have enticed me to watch. Wardrobe malfunction, sure. A likely plot to influence the judges I'm thinking. At least the male judges.
I didn't see it. I did hear there was fully visible under boob.
Under boob is good boob. Better than side boob.
February 20, 2018, 09:24 AM
RightwireI saw the entire show where they had a wardrobe malfunction, I never saw anything but it coming loose around her neck. Grated, I did blink a few times but definitely no bare chest. Even the commentators noted that it was clearly distracting enough to impact performance.
Ok, a little google-fu found the images. From 10' away on a 28" TV, I didn't see it. I'm guessing no one did until someone went through the video frame by frame. This wasn't even revealed until a day later, prior to that it was just her top was disconnected around the neck.
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Balzé HalzéThe mixed biathlon relay is on right now. Pretty cool race. 2 men and 2 women teams.
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