Men's hockey gets going today. US and Canada start their tournaments tomorrow.
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they are gonna be slobber knockers
Women's hockey evidently already started; there was a few minutes of it tacked onto the end of the mixed doubles curling gold medal game (both Sweden and the U.S. peaked early, in their semifinal games; the finals had a lot more mistakes on both sides).
Regular team curling also gets underway today.
Yeah the Women's hockey tournament is going into the Quarterfinals and USA looks like a lock for the gold. They embarrassed Canada yesterday.
I tend not to pay much attention to hockey: I spent nearly a decade working part-time in an ice rink, and hockey was always something to babysit, rather than to watch. If I was on duty for a hockey game, the main thing I was interested in was whether I'd be able to do the next ice cut on time, or whether I'd have to disappoint whoever had the ice next, whether it was a rental, or ISI, or serious figure skating, or a public session.
Even though I have a figure skating background, I've pretty much stopped following it. The elimination of school figures from high-level competition had the predicted effect of reducing it to a matter of "who's got the biggest jumps." ISI took the right approach to figures: they treat it as an entirely separate event, and expanded it to allow for some creativity. And I remember back when Dorothy Hamill or Brian Boitano could take moves that I eventually learned to do myself, and turn them into works of art.
Once I saw curling in real life, via Olympic broadcasts, it became my favorite team sport, because it's arguably the most civilized of team sports. It's far more than just a combination of lawn bowling, shuffleboard, and janitorial work. But I have a distinct feeling that even though I have a background of both skating, and walking out onto the ice, if I were to step out onto a curling sheet with one Teflon shoe and one rubber shoe, the next thing to hit the ice would be my head. Not that my head isn't pretty much equivalent to a curling stone.
Even though I have a figure skating background, I've pretty much stopped following it. The elimination of school figures from high-level competition had the predicted effect of reducing it to a matter of "who's got the biggest jumps." ISI took the right approach to figures: they treat it as an entirely separate event, and expanded it to allow for some creativity. And I remember back when Dorothy Hamill or Brian Boitano could take moves that I eventually learned to do myself, and turn them into works of art.
Once I saw curling in real life, via Olympic broadcasts, it became my favorite team sport, because it's arguably the most civilized of team sports. It's far more than just a combination of lawn bowling, shuffleboard, and janitorial work. But I have a distinct feeling that even though I have a background of both skating, and walking out onto the ice, if I were to step out onto a curling sheet with one Teflon shoe and one rubber shoe, the next thing to hit the ice would be my head. Not that my head isn't pretty much equivalent to a curling stone.
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Was watching the Women's Super G and there were a lot of Did not finishes today. The Conditions looked awful, but watching these Events, Super G might be the hardest of the disciplines. So many sharp turns going like 60-80 MPH.
Depending on your point of view, GS and Super-G combine either the best features of downhill and slalom, or the worst.
I wonder: are there any notable skiers who compete in both at least one Alpine discipline and at least one Nordic discipline? The question came to me last night, over dinner, with a women's cross-country race of some sort on TV.
Yesterday's US/Switzerland men's curling round-robin game was a complete and utter train-wreck for the US team. The only good thing was that the US team swapped in their alternate at the 8th end. They shook off after that end (honorable concession of a hopeless situation is yet another parallel between curling and chess), and I don't blame them.
I wonder: are there any notable skiers who compete in both at least one Alpine discipline and at least one Nordic discipline? The question came to me last night, over dinner, with a women's cross-country race of some sort on TV.
Yesterday's US/Switzerland men's curling round-robin game was a complete and utter train-wreck for the US team. The only good thing was that the US team swapped in their alternate at the 8th end. They shook off after that end (honorable concession of a hopeless situation is yet another parallel between curling and chess), and I don't blame them.
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norway and italy are both still in the lead in the total medals counts
Gut punching performance from Malinin. His first jump which ended being a single really set the stage to what was to come. It was kind of hard to watch.
i heard that the pairs figure skating finals has a cheating scandal
where the france beat usa but many think that france cheated
where the france beat usa but many think that france cheated
That was the ice dance. Pairs is next week.
I usually don't watch the Winter Olympics, but decided to view some of the coverage this year, as I'm pretty much homebound and on leave from work for sometime. I've mostly enjoyed the figure skating competitions and seen the snowboarding events.
What really touched me was watching Ilia Malinin's performance in the men's individual figure skating. Dubbed the Quad God, he was obviously a fan favorite, and many rooted for him, but he stumbled a few times and ended up in 8th place. I felt so sorry for him when I saw the look of agony on his face. Still, he held his head up high, congratulated the gold winner from Kazakhstan, and poised himself well during an interview with a sportscaster.
I have such great admiration for these young athletes. To make it to the Olympics is a great honor and achievement in and of itself. Ilia Malinin is young and has already accomplished so much in his life.
Only 21, he's still one of the greatest to have graced the Olympics and the ice skating world. One failure doesn't define someone's entire being. It can even be a teacher to come back much better and stronger.
Regardless of his performance, Ilia is a great Olympic skater who embodied sportmanship, grace, and professionalism.
#IliaMalinin #Olympics #MilanoCortina
What really touched me was watching Ilia Malinin's performance in the men's individual figure skating. Dubbed the Quad God, he was obviously a fan favorite, and many rooted for him, but he stumbled a few times and ended up in 8th place. I felt so sorry for him when I saw the look of agony on his face. Still, he held his head up high, congratulated the gold winner from Kazakhstan, and poised himself well during an interview with a sportscaster.
I have such great admiration for these young athletes. To make it to the Olympics is a great honor and achievement in and of itself. Ilia Malinin is young and has already accomplished so much in his life.
Only 21, he's still one of the greatest to have graced the Olympics and the ice skating world. One failure doesn't define someone's entire being. It can even be a teacher to come back much better and stronger.
Regardless of his performance, Ilia is a great Olympic skater who embodied sportmanship, grace, and professionalism.
#IliaMalinin #Olympics #MilanoCortina
oh ok
Last night, I watched the US Women's curling team give the Japanese team a complete drubbing. 7-3, as I recall, and the Japanese team very reluctantly shook off after the 9th end.
The US Women's team has something that the Men's team (and the Japanese women's team) lack: they have Cory Thiesse. If you saw her in mixed doubles, you know she can nail shots with nobody painting her targets for her with a better percentage than most can with somebody (usually the skip) serving as target designator.
The US Women's team has something that the Men's team (and the Japanese women's team) lack: they have Cory Thiesse. If you saw her in mixed doubles, you know she can nail shots with nobody painting her targets for her with a better percentage than most can with somebody (usually the skip) serving as target designator.
Watching the Mens Slalom today and there were so many "Did Not Finishes". Felt really bad for the last DNF guy as he was going for gold. Watching him walk off by himself was heart breaking.
imagine if there was more mixed sports events
Ice skiing? Bisledathon? Snow Hockey?
On my lunch break, I saw Miura Riku and Kihara Ryuichi's gold-medal-winning long program. Pairs and dance at least don't seem to have turned into "who's got the biggest jumps."
I have a few old friends (whom haven't seen in years) who skated pairs. I knew Scott Wendland and Jenni Meno, for example, "back in the day."
I have a few old friends (whom haven't seen in years) who skated pairs. I knew Scott Wendland and Jenni Meno, for example, "back in the day."
norway is in the lead of the in total medals count
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