The 23rd Winter Olympic Games begin this week in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The Opening ceremony is Friday, with a few events beginning on Thursday.
Here a couple useful links for following the Olympics:
Wikipedia Olympic Calendar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Winter_Olympics#Calendar
NBC TV coverage listings: http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv-listings
If it ain't curling, I don't care.
Unless some ice skater gets clubbed in the knee, I'm not interested.
Quote from: jeffandnicole on February 05, 2018, 02:46:21 PM
If it ain't curling, I don't care.
On that topic, there's a new curling event making its Olympic debut this year called Mixed Doubles. I've never seen that before and am looking forward to it.
Also, John Shuster is once again the skip of the US Men's team. Here's hoping he can do a hell of a lot better than his last 2 Olympic appearances. It's never good when your name becomes a verb.
If they aren't in Pyeongyang, I don't care. :bigass:
If it isn't skiing, I don't care. :bigass:
If they aren't in the US, I don't care (summer is different).
Quote from: Hurricane Rex on February 05, 2018, 04:11:11 PM
If they aren't in the US, I don't care (summer is different).
Huh? You're probably going to have to wait quite a while for the Winter Olympics to be hosted by the US (2026 at least). Why does it matter which country hosts it anyway? I agree that the "quality" (for lack of a better term) of the past Olympics have varied a bit partially due to the management, but really the only thing that should matter are the sports...
I'll be watching (at least a bit) of the 2018 Olympics. The time difference though will likely make it difficult for me to watch events live.
Quote from: Buck87 on February 05, 2018, 02:58:11 PM
Also, John Shuster is once again the skip of the US Men's team. Here's hoping he can do a hell of a lot better than his last 2 Olympic appearances. It's never good when your name becomes a verb.
Meaning to designate an Interstate through legislation instead of the way it's supposed to be done? :bigass:
Quote from: 1 on February 05, 2018, 05:24:12 PM
Quote from: Buck87 on February 05, 2018, 02:58:11 PM
Also, John Shuster is once again the skip of the US Men's team. Here's hoping he can do a hell of a lot better than his last 2 Olympic appearances. It's never good when your name becomes a verb.
Meaning to designate an Interstate through legislation instead of the way it's supposed to be done? :bigass:
You know, Newfoundland's only Olympic gold medalists (to my knowledge) have a short freeway (which isn't finished) named after them. They were a curling team.
(https://i.cbc.ca/1.2143744.1382418253!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_620/nl-highway2.jpg)
Very bad signage I know, but that's Newfoundland for you.
Wasn't planning on watching, but I will be watching the slalom. That Mikaela Shiffrin :-o -- saw a doco on her last week. Almost had a heart attack.
Quote from: SignGeek101 on February 05, 2018, 04:45:52 PM
Quote from: Hurricane Rex on February 05, 2018, 04:11:11 PM
If they aren't in the US, I don't care (summer is different).
Huh? You're probably going to have to wait quite a while for the Winter Olympics to be hosted by the US (2026 at least). Why does it matter which country hosts it anyway? I agree that the "quality" (for lack of a better term) of the past Olympics have varied a bit partially due to the management, but really the only thing that should matter are the sports...
I'll be watching (at least a bit) of the 2018 Olympics. The time difference though will likely make it difficult for me to watch events live.
It will be longer than 2026, with the U.S. hosting the 2028 Summer Olympics there's no way we will be hosting the Winter games for a while, I doubt they'll have the same country host the Olympics in the span of two years. Canada on the other hand....
Speaking of hosts, I thought this might be good for the geographic oddities thread but I'll mention it here. North Korea borders the countries that have/will have hosted the 2014, 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics.
Quote from: tdindy88 on February 05, 2018, 08:30:32 PM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on February 05, 2018, 04:45:52 PM
Quote from: Hurricane Rex on February 05, 2018, 04:11:11 PM
If they aren't in the US, I don't care (summer is different).
Huh? You're probably going to have to wait quite a while for the Winter Olympics to be hosted by the US (2026 at least). Why does it matter which country hosts it anyway? I agree that the "quality" (for lack of a better term) of the past Olympics have varied a bit partially due to the management, but really the only thing that should matter are the sports...
I'll be watching (at least a bit) of the 2018 Olympics. The time difference though will likely make it difficult for me to watch events live.
It will be longer than 2026, with the U.S. hosting the 2028 Summer Olympics there's no way we will be hosting the Winter games for a while, I doubt they'll have the same country host the Olympics in the span of two years. Canada on the other hand....
Speaking of hosts, I thought this might be good for the geographic oddities thread but I'll mention it here. North Korea borders the countries that have/will have hosted the 2014, 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics.
Technically North Korea shares a maritime border with Japan, so you can add 2020 in there.
And more on the host: the South Korean government actually build a brand new high-speed railway from Seoul to the Olympic venues, which are fairly high in the mountains, and all the way across to the seaside town where the infrastructure for the Games is being staged. It's impressive: only 2 hours from Incheon Airport (on the west coast of the country) to Gangeung (on the east coast), a distance of nearly 100 miles. Trains travel at a top speed of 155 mph (not the fastest, but still damn fast), and there will be 51 daily trains that travel between Seoul and the venues.
The better olympics, IMHO. The winter ones are fun, but the summer ones are a major yawner.
(https://i.imgflip.com/23xvsk.jpg)
Snowboarding, hockey, and the slalom!
Quote from: Brandon on February 05, 2018, 09:25:07 PM
The better olympics, IMHO. The winter ones are fun, but the summer ones are a major yawner.
+1, the Winter Olympics are great!
Apparently curling starts a day before Opening Cermonies. Current score is Norway 7 - Canada 6
Quote from: SignGeek101 on February 05, 2018, 04:45:52 PM
Quote from: Hurricane Rex on February 05, 2018, 04:11:11 PM
If they aren't in the US, I don't care (summer is different).
Huh? You're probably going to have to wait quite a while for the Winter Olympics to be hosted by the US (2026 at least). Why does it matter which country hosts it anyway? I agree that the "quality" (for lack of a better term) of the past Olympics have varied a bit partially due to the management, but really the only thing that should matter are the sports...
I'll be watching (at least a bit) of the 2018 Olympics. The time difference though will likely make it difficult for me to watch events live.
You realize I'm trying to joke, I love anything with skiing or anything downhill on the snow/track.
Quote from: Hurricane Rex on February 08, 2018, 12:39:04 AM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on February 05, 2018, 04:45:52 PM
Quote from: Hurricane Rex on February 05, 2018, 04:11:11 PM
If they aren't in the US, I don't care (summer is different).
Huh? You're probably going to have to wait quite a while for the Winter Olympics to be hosted by the US (2026 at least). Why does it matter which country hosts it anyway? I agree that the "quality" (for lack of a better term) of the past Olympics have varied a bit partially due to the management, but really the only thing that should matter are the sports...
I'll be watching (at least a bit) of the 2018 Olympics. The time difference though will likely make it difficult for me to watch events live.
You realize I'm trying to joke, I love anything with skiing or anything downhill on the snow/track.
It's hard to tell if someone is being serious or not without vocal inflection (ie hearing someone say the phrase in person). Sarcasm is best avoided!
Quote from: jakeroot on February 08, 2018, 01:15:00 AM
Quote from: Hurricane Rex on February 08, 2018, 12:39:04 AM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on February 05, 2018, 04:45:52 PM
Quote from: Hurricane Rex on February 05, 2018, 04:11:11 PM
If they aren't in the US, I don't care (summer is different).
Huh? You're probably going to have to wait quite a while for the Winter Olympics to be hosted by the US (2026 at least). Why does it matter which country hosts it anyway? I agree that the "quality" (for lack of a better term) of the past Olympics have varied a bit partially due to the management, but really the only thing that should matter are the sports...
I'll be watching (at least a bit) of the 2018 Olympics. The time difference though will likely make it difficult for me to watch events live.
You realize I'm trying to joke, I love anything with skiing or anything downhill on the snow/track.
It's hard to tell if someone is being serious or not without vocal inflection (ie hearing someone say the phrase in person). Sarcasm is best avoided!
Either that, or at least post an emoticon or something. Goes for anything being posted online.
NBC is awful. Absolutely awful.
They butchered every Korean pronunciation (even the host city's name, Pyeongchang), got several key facts wrong, and ruined emotional moments (like the performance of Arirang) with boring commentary. They should take cues from BBC and show, not tell.
I'm trying to find where the country of "Olympic Athletes from Russia" is. I know where Chinese Taipei is (since I decided to adopt that as the shorthand name for the Republic of China), but OAR...
Quote from: Bruce on February 09, 2018, 10:46:45 PM
NBC is awful. Absolutely awful.
They butchered every Korean pronunciation (even the host city's name, Pyeongchang), got several key facts wrong, and ruined emotional moments (like the performance of Arirang) with boring commentary. They should take cues from BBC and show, not tell.
Thankfully NBC now allows for you to watch the live feed for the ceremony. If you can put up with being up at an early hour it was actually nice to watch the "natural sounds" feed of the ceremony. No commercials and no commentary, it was like a breath of fresh cold air.
Wow, I just finished watching Slopestyle. Redmond Gerrard (USA) comes from the back to steal 1st place from Mark McNorris (CAN) on his third run. Mark looked set to take 1st place back but ended up falling on the last jump (tragic!). Max Perrot (CAN) switched up his second jump and finally made a good run to reach 2nd. Man, my heart was beating the entire time!
I can't complain with two Canadians on the podium, but it hurts a little to know that gold was within reach. It was a great game though, and congrats to the US on their deserved gold.
Nice to see that American kid win gold, and I heard them say he was originally from Ohio. He's now the youngest snowboarder to win gold and also the first Olympic gold medalist born in the year 2000.
VS988
Quote from: Buck87 on February 10, 2018, 11:10:54 PM
Nice to see that American kid win gold, and I heard them say he was originally from Ohio. He's now the youngest snowboarder to win gold and also the first Olympic gold medalist born in the year 2000.
VS988
Does anyone know where I can find a video of the podium for that?
Is anyone else partially Dissapointed with this year's coverage amount?
Quote from: Hurricane Rex on February 11, 2018, 08:29:49 PM
Is anyone else partially Dissapointed with this year's coverage amount?
What do you mean by "disappointed"? Seems about normal coverage. I'm personally more annoyed that Comcast has made Olympics 4K coverage only available through OnDemand. Wish it were just a channel.
Quote from: jakeroot on February 11, 2018, 08:56:43 PM
Quote from: Hurricane Rex on February 11, 2018, 08:29:49 PM
Is anyone else partially Dissapointed with this year's coverage amount?
What do you mean by "disappointed"? Seems about normal coverage. I'm personally more annoyed that Comcast has made Olympics 4K coverage only available through OnDemand. Wish it were just a channel.
I didn't see the downhill skiing last night on at all and I heard they cut a portion of the opening ceremony out more than usual.
Quote from: Hurricane Rex on February 11, 2018, 09:07:14 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on February 11, 2018, 08:56:43 PM
Quote from: Hurricane Rex on February 11, 2018, 08:29:49 PM
Is anyone else partially Dissapointed with this year's coverage amount?
What do you mean by "disappointed"? Seems about normal coverage. I'm personally more annoyed that Comcast has made Olympics 4K coverage only available through OnDemand. Wish it were just a channel.
I didn't see the downhill skiing last night on at all and I heard they cut a portion of the opening ceremony out more than usual.
Downhill was canceled due to wind last night.
Quote from: Hurricane Rex on February 11, 2018, 08:29:49 PM
Quote from: Buck87 on February 10, 2018, 11:10:54 PM
Nice to see that American kid win gold, and I heard them say he was originally from Ohio. He's now the youngest snowboarder to win gold and also the first Olympic gold medalist born in the year 2000.
VS988
Does anyone know where I can find a video of the podium for that?
I tried a couple times today with no success, best I could find online was the little on-site "here's a stuffed animal" ceremony they do before the official medal ceremonies that happen later at a central location. I did find an article stating that his medal ceremony was aired at 5am Eastern on the Olympic channel, so now I know I need to DVR the Olympic channel at 5am if I want to see the ceremony for Jamie Anderson who just won the Women's Slopestyle gold.
Best moment so far: Shawn White 98.5 in qualifying.
Quote from: Hurricane Rex on February 13, 2018, 02:42:03 AM
Best moment so far: Shawn White 98.5 in qualifying.
Mine was so far Men's Singles Luge on Sat. US winning it's first medal and Austria beating out powerhouse Germany for gold
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on February 10, 2018, 04:11:28 AM
I'm trying to find where the country of "Olympic Athletes from Russia" is. I know where Chinese Taipei is (since I decided to adopt that as the shorthand name for the Republic of China), but OAR...
Yea, the Russian national Olympic team was DQed for doping last year, but the IOC allowed individual Russians to compete if they tested clean, only that they cannot compete under the Russian national flag.
Mike
Shaun White wins the 100th gold medal in US Winter Olympic history
Quote from: Buck87 on February 13, 2018, 10:50:23 PM
Shaun White wins the 100th gold medal in US Winter Olympic history
Could have been a better moment than his qualifier. But there have been some dang good moments already. North Korea skating a flawless pairs program tonight is one.
Quote from: Alps on February 13, 2018, 11:57:56 PM
Quote from: Buck87 on February 13, 2018, 10:50:23 PM
Shaun White wins the 100th gold medal in US Winter Olympic history
Could have been a better moment than his qualifier. But there have been some dang good moments already. North Korea skating a flawless pairs program tonight is one.
97.5 score though, hard to beat that.
ON the snowboard cross, the announcers are calling the last portion the I-5 Corridor.
Patrick Chan again falls on the triple axel. He's such a graceful skater, and clearly top-notch. It just hurts to see him fall when the rest of his skating is so great.
Mikaela Shiffrin won the gold in the giant slalom but missed the podium in the slalom, which is her best event. She got so nervous yesterday that she puked before the race. It'll be interesting to see how she does in the combined.
VS988
Quote from: Buck87 on February 16, 2018, 06:28:53 AM
Mikaela Shiffrin won the gold in the giant slalom but missed the podium in the slalom, which is her best event. She got so nervous yesterday that she puked before the race. It'll be interesting to see how she does in the combined.
She actually indicated that the vomiting was not "nerve" induced (https://goo.gl/DThCq9), but rather related to a "virus"...
Quote from: USA Today Sports
"It almost felt like a virus, less about nerves," she told NBC. "We will see. I'm not super far off. It's nice to have that first round out of the way."
Britain has a Winter Olympic medal on skis! :O
That's now two medals on snow ever! (not counting the one removed due to Americans putting trace amounts of performance-enhancing drugs in vapo-rub meaning out first one, at SLC, had his one lost). Everything else we've won on ice.
And two bronzes this games - already a good one for us and it's still a couple of hours until our best gold medal hopes (and actually gold, not merely hoping to get a medal) have their finals. Our best ever games were Chamonix and Sochi with 4: gold, silver, 2xbronze and we've only got two medals or more 7 times in 23 games (including this time). And we might get 4 today!
And Spain has a Winter Olympic medal on ice! Also two on the same Winter Olympics, which has never happened before. We doubled our total number of Winter Olympic medals in just a couple days.
Quote from: english si on February 17, 2018, 05:11:45 AMAnd we might get 4 today!
Well, we've lost that insane hope. Christie pulled a Sochi and got disqualified from the 1500m (at least she wasn't penalised in the 500m this time - merely taken out by a competitor). Still, she's hopefully only injured as bad as they say, and can do the 1000m: which she's also World Champion in and certainly capable of gold if she's not disqualified for a 5th time in 9 attempts for Olympic short track medals!
And we still enter the final round of woman's skeleton in 2nd and 4th, so still have lots to play for today, including the possibility of a Brit with more than one Winter Olympic medal.
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on February 17, 2018, 06:08:29 AMAnd Spain has a Winter Olympic medal on ice! Also two on the same Winter Olympics, which has never happened before. We doubled our total number of Winter Olympic medals in just a couple days.
Huzzah! It's always good to see countries without the right geographical and meterological conditions stopping the others from hogging all the medals!
Edit - and that's it: Gold and Bronze
First time a Brit has won two Winter Olympic gold medals (I've found that another Brit won a bronze and a gold)
First time Britain has got two medals from the same event at the Winter Olympics
First time Britain has won two medals in a day at the Winter Olympics, and we have three!
First time we've had a total medal haul in the skeleton that isn't 1 (we've never come away empty) - and again it's 3!
Quote from: english si on February 17, 2018, 05:11:45 AM
Britain has a Winter Olympic medal on skis! :O
That's now two medals on snow ever! (not counting the one removed due to Americans putting trace amounts of performance-enhancing drugs in vapo-rub meaning out first one, at SLC, had his one lost). Everything else we've won on ice.
Actually, the ski racing events aren't really on snow. Those downhill courses are basically a sheet of ice.
http://time.com/5159419/next-winter-olympics-2026/
Update now speculation of the 2026 games are at play.
Quote from: bing101 on February 17, 2018, 09:44:53 PM
http://time.com/5159419/next-winter-olympics-2026/
Update now speculation of the 2026 games are at play.
My predictions:
2026: Canceled due to WWIII
2030: Somewhere in southern Chile (they're farther south than we are north)
2034: Boston, MA
2038: Olympus Mons, Mars
I wish the Winter Olympics were on TV live. Nowadays, leaks ruin everything.
Quote from: bing101 on February 17, 2018, 09:44:53 PM
http://time.com/5159419/next-winter-olympics-2026/
Update now speculation of the 2026 games are at play.
In other words, it's up for Los Angeles to save the Olympic movement again like they did in 1984.
Generally, in most cases, Olympic Games staged in the US are sure winners for not having any cost overruns.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on February 17, 2018, 11:02:45 PM
I wish the Winter Olympics were on TV live. Nowadays, leaks ruin everything.
Yeah, I looked at tape from Friday overnight and it was all the same stuff we saw live on Friday night. Come on, I know there are ongoing events all during our wee hours of the AM, why can't you show those live even if no one's up to watch?
Quote from: Alps on February 18, 2018, 01:38:17 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on February 17, 2018, 11:02:45 PM
I wish the Winter Olympics were on TV live. Nowadays, leaks ruin everything.
Yeah, I looked at tape from Friday overnight and it was all the same stuff we saw live on Friday night. Come on, I know there are ongoing events all during our wee hours of the AM, why can't you show those live even if no one's up to watch?
Are you at least able to stream them online through NBC.
As we speak at 2:30 AM Eastern, we have women's curling CAN vs SUI live. Men's Cross Country 4 x 10 km relay both on separate channels. When the curling match is over they will start men's hockey CZE vs SUI
Quote from: roadguy2 on February 17, 2018, 06:04:38 PMActually, the ski racing events aren't really on snow. Those downhill courses are basically a sheet of ice.
OK, nominally on snow.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on February 17, 2018, 11:02:45 PMI wish the Winter Olympics were on TV live. Nowadays, leaks ruin everything.
They aren't leaks - the information wasn't being kept secret - they are merely spoilers as others have been able to see it live as they live in countries without incompetent TV coverage.
Quote from: MisterSG1 on February 18, 2018, 02:36:32 AM
Quote from: Alps on February 18, 2018, 01:38:17 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on February 17, 2018, 11:02:45 PM
I wish the Winter Olympics were on TV live. Nowadays, leaks ruin everything.
Yeah, I looked at tape from Friday overnight and it was all the same stuff we saw live on Friday night. Come on, I know there are ongoing events all during our wee hours of the AM, why can't you show those live even if no one's up to watch?
Are you at least able to stream them online through NBC.
As we speak at 2:30 AM Eastern, we have women's curling CAN vs SUI live. Men's Cross Country 4 x 10 km relay both on separate channels. When the curling match is over they will start men's hockey CZE vs SUI
I can only stream live if I have TV service, which really defeats the purpose of having content online.
Quote from: MisterSG1 on February 17, 2018, 11:07:05 PM
In other words, it's up for Los Angeles to save the Olympic movement again like they did in 1984.
They can have Hollywood CGI all the snow.
Quote from: triplemultiplex on February 18, 2018, 04:38:56 PM
Quote from: MisterSG1 on February 17, 2018, 11:07:05 PM
In other words, it's up for Los Angeles to save the Olympic movement again like they did in 1984.
They can have Hollywood CGI all the snow.
I was referring to the 2028 summer games, that being said, a Winter Olympics with LA as the host city may be doable, I'm sure within an hour or two you can find a slope that's high enough for the Alpine Downhill event.
Speaking of which, I once hypothesized that a NYC winter games should do this exact structure. Have the indoor sports in NYC venues but have the outdoor events up in Lake Placid, this can be an excuse to widen both the Thruway and Northway the whole distance.
US Men's Curling had a clutch win over Canada today, nice to see for John Shuster. Meanwhile the women's team took down China 10-3 in 8 ends.
Canada tied Germany for gold in men's two-man bobsleigh (what are the odds?)
https://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/kripps-kopacz-secure-man-bobsleigh-gold-for-canada.html (https://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/kripps-kopacz-secure-man-bobsleigh-gold-for-canada.html)
Quote from: Buck87 on February 19, 2018, 07:51:37 PM
US Men's Curling had a clutch win over Canada today, nice to see for John Shuster. Meanwhile the women's team took down China 10-3 in 8 ends.
Shuster has taken a lot of shit from people (my iPad tried to change his name to "Shyster" after I typed it). Great to see him with that ecstatic reaction after the final stone.
Quote from: 7/8 on February 19, 2018, 08:21:14 PM
Canada tied Germany for gold in men's two-man bobsleigh (what are the odds?)
https://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/kripps-kopacz-secure-man-bobsleigh-gold-for-canada.html (https://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/kripps-kopacz-secure-man-bobsleigh-gold-for-canada.html)
The same thing with Canada oddly enough happened in the exact same event in Nagano "˜98 but in that case, they tied for gold with an Italian bobsled team.
Quote from: Buck87 on February 19, 2018, 07:51:37 PM
US Men's Curling had a clutch win over Canada today, nice to see for John Shuster. Meanwhile the women's team took down China 10-3 in 8 ends.
It was luck, Team Shuster wouldn't have a chance in hell at qualifying for the Brier if they could. Tell me if Team Shuster is playing in the semifinals a few days from now.
Quote from: MisterSG1 on February 19, 2018, 09:35:03 PM
Quote from: Buck87 on February 19, 2018, 07:51:37 PM
US Men's Curling had a clutch win over Canada today, nice to see for John Shuster.
It was luck, Team Shuster wouldn't have a chance in hell at qualifying for the Brier if they could. Tell me if Team Shuster is playing in the semifinals a few days from now.
Um, ok? It was just a comment about the US getting a clutch win (it was the first of a stretch of 3 must win games), which was nice to see given Shuster's poor history in the Olympics and the shit he has taken for it (as 1995hoo pointed out.) I wasn't declaring them as worldbeaters or anything.
Quote from: Buck87 on February 19, 2018, 11:30:27 PM
Quote from: MisterSG1 on February 19, 2018, 09:35:03 PM
Quote from: Buck87 on February 19, 2018, 07:51:37 PM
US Men's Curling had a clutch win over Canada today, nice to see for John Shuster.
It was luck, Team Shuster wouldn't have a chance in hell at qualifying for the Brier if they could. Tell me if Team Shuster is playing in the semifinals a few days from now.
Um, ok? It was just a comment about the US getting a clutch win (it was the first of a stretch of 3 must win games), which was nice to see given Shuster's poor history in the Olympics and the shit he has taken for it (as 1995hoo pointed out.) I wasn't declaring them as worldbeaters or anything.
I think someone was a sore loser.
Quote from: MisterSG1 on February 19, 2018, 09:35:03 PM
Quote from: 7/8 on February 19, 2018, 08:21:14 PM
Canada tied Germany for gold in men's two-man bobsleigh (what are the odds?)
https://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/kripps-kopacz-secure-man-bobsleigh-gold-for-canada.html (https://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/kripps-kopacz-secure-man-bobsleigh-gold-for-canada.html)
The same thing with Canada oddly enough happened in the exact same event in Nagano "˜98 but in that case, they tied for gold with an Italian bobsled team.
Quote from: Buck87 on February 19, 2018, 07:51:37 PM
US Men's Curling had a clutch win over Canada today, nice to see for John Shuster. Meanwhile the women's team took down China 10-3 in 8 ends.
It was luck, Team Shuster wouldn't have a chance in hell at qualifying for the Brier if they could. Tell me if Team Shuster is playing in the semifinals a few days from now.
It's curling..... don't need to be that sore about it
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on February 17, 2018, 11:02:45 PM
I wish the Winter Olympics were on TV live. Nowadays, leaks ruin everything.
They are live, but Korea is 14 hours ahead of EST, so 9am in Korea is 7pm in EST and 11pm in Korea is 9am EST so if you want to watch live you have to do it between 7 pm and 9 am. Some of what airs in primetime is live but some of it is things that happened overnight while most people were sleeping but many still want to see.
NBCSN runs live events most of the overnight hours and the NBC app has just about every event available to view live.
It's about the best you can expect with a 14 hour time difference. Really sucks that we get 3 straight Olympics in East Asia.
Here's a funny Olympic story of an athlete who participated in the Women's Halfpipe:
https://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics/2018/02/20/how-an-american-skier-competed-for-hungary-at-the-olympics-despite-not-being-very-good.html (https://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics/2018/02/20/how-an-american-skier-competed-for-hungary-at-the-olympics-despite-not-being-very-good.html)
She went to enough events and consistently finished in the top 30 to gain sufficient points to reach the Olympics, despite never doing any tricks (just doing small hops on each side of the halfpipe) :-D
Quote from: ET21 on February 20, 2018, 01:49:15 PM
Quote from: MisterSG1 on February 19, 2018, 09:35:03 PM
Quote from: 7/8 on February 19, 2018, 08:21:14 PM
Canada tied Germany for gold in men's two-man bobsleigh (what are the odds?)
https://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/kripps-kopacz-secure-man-bobsleigh-gold-for-canada.html (https://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/kripps-kopacz-secure-man-bobsleigh-gold-for-canada.html)
The same thing with Canada oddly enough happened in the exact same event in Nagano "˜98 but in that case, they tied for gold with an Italian bobsled team.
Quote from: Buck87 on February 19, 2018, 07:51:37 PM
US Men's Curling had a clutch win over Canada today, nice to see for John Shuster. Meanwhile the women's team took down China 10-3 in 8 ends.
It was luck, Team Shuster wouldn't have a chance in hell at qualifying for the Brier if they could. Tell me if Team Shuster is playing in the semifinals a few days from now.
It's curling..... don't need to be that sore about it
I'm not being sore, I'm just pointing out by this post (and probably by jingoistic NBC) that this was a fluke win and nothing more. This doesn't amount to some curling equivalent of the Miracle On Ice as it seems like the original post was saying.
If for whatever reason, Team Shuster does face the Canadian team in a tiebreaker or semi, and they lose, then I'll fully give Team Shuster credit.
Unlike Bob Costas of the NBC, I can lose gracefully....sigh Olympic nationalism, gotta love it, it's essentially the complete opposite of what the Olympics are supposedly about.
Quote from: MisterSG1 on February 20, 2018, 06:49:29 PM
This doesn't amount to some curling equivalent of the Miracle On Ice as it seems like the original post was saying.
Miracle On Ice? You obviously read way more into that post than what was written.
Anyway, the US men's team defeated Switzerland Tuesday to stay alive, and needs a win Wednesday against Great Britain to get to a tiebreaker.
Meanwhile the US women's team lost Tuesday to the surprising South Korean team, and needs a win Wednesday over Sweden plus a Japanese loss to Switzerland to get to a tiebreaker.
I'm watching the Men's Snowboard Big Air qualifiers right now, and the CBC commentary with Chris Craig McMorris is hilarious. You can tell he's a snowboardsr just from the way he talks (I mean that in a good way :D). Here's just a few paraphrases I can remember:
"He stomped, stomped, stomped it"
"Boom, boom, boom, shots fired"
"He tried to push the envelope, and the envelope pushed back"
"They [the judges] would be psycho not to"
"I was going to say the definition of verb, but I couldn't remember what that is"
"The molasses was left outside, and slowed down" -> "I'm confused on the reference here"
"What footwear is most chosen by British snowboard teams? I would assume snowboard boots"
"Everyone is waiting for the wind. That could be a song, 'Waiting for the Wind' "
"I like both of them" -> "You're like a mom with twins"
Quote from: Buck87 on February 21, 2018, 12:03:15 AM
Quote from: MisterSG1 on February 20, 2018, 06:49:29 PM
This doesn't amount to some curling equivalent of the Miracle On Ice as it seems like the original post was saying.
Miracle On Ice? You obviously read way more into that post than what was written.
Anyway, the US men's team defeated Switzerland Tuesday to stay alive, and needs a win Wednesday against Great Britain to get to a tiebreaker.
Meanwhile the US women's team lost Tuesday to the surprising South Korean team, and needs a win Wednesday over Sweden plus a Japanese loss to Switzerland to get to a tiebreaker.
If you said from the beginning of the tournament that the US would win gold in men's curling, it would be a shock but not near the level of the Miracle on Ice. However, given that the team was 2-4 with games remaining against Canada, Switzerland and Great Britain, at that moment you could say that winning gold was less likely than the 1980 hockey team. Yet here they are, in the medal round, having to beat Canada again in order to play for gold.
Last 3 games for Shuster have been as close to perfect as I've ever seen. Scored 2+ points 8 times while allowing it only twice.
US vs Canada women hockey is on. Who will win?
Quote from: Hurricane Rex on February 21, 2018, 11:11:09 PM
US vs Canada women hockey is on. Who will win?
I wish I could watch it, but I need to get some sleep before skiing tomorrow. I guess I'll find out the results tomorrow morning.
I hate shootouts, but it seemed the USA women controlled the OT and deserved the Gold.
Quote from: davewiecking on February 22, 2018, 02:17:03 AM
I hate shootouts, but it seemed the USA women controlled the OT and deserved the Gold.
I'll say that even speaking as a Canadian. And I congratulate the US Women's hockey team in the game.
This was the first Olympic game the Canadian Women lost since the gold medal game against the US back at Nagano "˜98.
What's happened to Canadian curling? The men not in the final, and the women not even in the semis. Well, I guess they got gold in the mixed doubles, and can still get bronze with the men, but...
Quote from: english si on February 22, 2018, 08:54:24 AM
What's happened to Canadian curling? The men not in the final, and the women not even in the semis. Well, I guess they got gold in the mixed doubles, and can still get bronze with the men, but...
US played a pretty damn near perfect game. Canada made one mistake in the 8th that cost them. Shuster has become superhuman since their 2-4 start. Still, Sweden is scorching hot right now and it will be a tall order to beat them in the final.
That was a sweet looking goal by Lamoureaux to give the US women the lead in the shootout. Here's a nice view of it:
https://twitter.com/PeteBlackburn/status/966571968916058112
And it's awesome to see that Team Shuster got the win this morning. Looking forward to watching the replay of it this evening on CNBC. No matter what happens against Sweden on Saturday this will be the best finish in US curling history.
I'm also very happy for Jessica Diggins and Kikkan Randall, who became the first Americans to win gold in cross country skiing (and first American women to medal in that sport)
Quote from: Buck87
And it's awesome to see that Team Shuster got the win this morning. Looking forward to watching the replay of it this evening on CNBC. No matter what happens against Sweden on Saturday this will be the best finish in US curling history.
Yeah, I take back what I said earlier. I give Team Shuster credit for that win. A real shocker, but they deserved to win. Perhaps the beauty of curling is that it's truly a merit based game, there is pretty much 0% influence from judges or referees.
Quote from: english si on February 22, 2018, 08:54:24 AM
What's happened to Canadian curling? The men not in the final, and the women not even in the semis. Well, I guess they got gold in the mixed doubles, and can still get bronze with the men, but...
I'd like to know myself, perhaps competitive curling around the world has gotten more internal? To be fair, most curling competitions seen on TV here like the Brier and Tournament of Hearts are domestic championships and thus I can't really judge how they perform against curling teams around the world.
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Quote from: 7/8 on February 20, 2018, 05:03:54 PM
Here's a funny Olympic story of an athlete who participated in the Women's Halfpipe:
https://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics/2018/02/20/how-an-american-skier-competed-for-hungary-at-the-olympics-despite-not-being-very-good.html (https://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics/2018/02/20/how-an-american-skier-competed-for-hungary-at-the-olympics-despite-not-being-very-good.html)
She went to enough events and consistently finished in the top 30 to gain sufficient points to reach the Olympics, despite never doing any tricks (just doing small hops on each side of the halfpipe) :-D
Thanks for posting that...I caught a teaser for this story somewhere but never got to hear about it.
It's kinda like some people I know: They put a lot of effort into not trying, whereas they could put about the same amount of effort into something and succeeding. I have coworkers that'll spend 30 minutes to avoid a 5 minute job. She clearly put in a lot of energy, money and miles traveling the globe competing in events, and she spent a helluva lot of time looking these events up, determining what other events were going on elsewhere, and figuring out if she would 'qualify' by default.
It's great to say you were an Olympic athlete. But do you really want people looking up your name and finding stories like this?
Bizarre Olympics for Canada. Men's curling lost the bronze medal game and men's hockey lost to Germany in the semifinals.
Team Shuster gets it done! USA has a gold medal in curling!
This being called the "Micacurl on Ice"
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstmedia.stimg.co%2F1519475542_08%2B1005455990%2B05OLY02xx18.JPG%3Fw%3D525%26amp%3Bh%3D400&hash=ea65232e34b56f6eb16ee6912db3cde76a0829a7)
So it appears the great country of Olympic Athletes from Russia has won a gold medal. I still have to find their anthem...
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on February 24, 2018, 11:37:27 AM
So it appears the great country of Olympic Athletes from Russia has won a gold medal. I still have to find their anthem...
They probably don't have one yet. The country has only existed for a few weeks.
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on February 24, 2018, 11:37:27 AM
So it appears the great country of Olympic Athletes from Russia has won a gold medal. I still have to find their anthem...
it goes like this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jro7dIoVcz4
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/02/ban-the-olympics/553250/
This has come out today.
Here's a nice little highlight video of the USA's 9 Gold Medals in PyeongChang
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN-eypMQ7Q0
As for Canada, despite winning 29 medals, it's been kind of a disappointment.
They FAILED to win hockey gold or men and women's curling medals at all.
I should mention, that this is Hockey Canada's FOURTH time being screwed by the shootout. The way the IIHF has been very arrogant about the persistence of the shootout existing, I think it's time for Hockey Canada to withdraw from IIHF until they remove the shootout from hockey altogether.
This isn't sour grapes, I'm sure if the game saw a fifth period, that the US team still would have won, but it would have seen more fair. With a shootout, you may as well tell the captains of either team to pick a number between 1-10 to decide who wins.
Team Shuster won the gold, but what's amusing about this, is that even winning the gold, his team isn't considered one of the Top 12 in the world and thus as of now, WILL NOT participate at the Players' Championship held at Ryerson University in April (in the legendary Maple Leaf Gardens)
http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling/playerschampionship/ (http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling/playerschampionship/)
Quote from: MisterSG1 on February 25, 2018, 08:06:14 PM
As for Canada, despite winning 29 medals, it's been kind of a disappointment.
They FAILED to win hockey gold or men and women's curling medals at all.
I should mention, that this is Hockey Canada's FOURTH time being screwed by the shootout. The way the IIHF has been very arrogant about the persistence of the shootout existing, I think it's time for Hockey Canada to withdraw from IIHF until they remove the shootout from hockey altogether.
This isn't sour grapes, I'm sure if the game saw a fifth period, that the US team still would have won, but it would have seen more fair. With a shootout, you may as well tell the captains of either team to pick a number between 1-10 to decide who wins.
Team Shuster won the gold, but what's amusing about this, is that even winning the gold, his team isn't considered one of the Top 12 in the world and thus as of now, WILL NOT participate at the Players' Championship held at Ryerson University in April (in the legendary Maple Leaf Gardens)
http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling/playerschampionship/ (http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling/playerschampionship/)
IMO it should be sudden death until a team scores. Elimination round/medal games only. I think all of us can agree they were evenly matched.
http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/2018-winter-olympics-low-1202709993/
Here is an update for the Olympics.
Quote from: MisterSG1 on February 25, 2018, 08:06:14 PM
As for Canada, despite winning 29 medals, it's been kind of a disappointment.
They FAILED to win hockey gold or men and women's curling medals at all.
I should mention, that this is Hockey Canada's FOURTH time being screwed by the shootout. The way the IIHF has been very arrogant about the persistence of the shootout existing, I think it's time for Hockey Canada to withdraw from IIHF until they remove the shootout from hockey altogether.
This isn't sour grapes, I'm sure if the game saw a fifth period, that the US team still would have won, but it would have seen more fair. With a shootout, you may as well tell the captains of either team to pick a number between 1-10 to decide who wins.
Team Shuster won the gold, but what's amusing about this, is that even winning the gold, his team isn't considered one of the Top 12 in the world and thus as of now, WILL NOT participate at the Players' Championship held at Ryerson University in April (in the legendary Maple Leaf Gardens)
http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling/playerschampionship/ (http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling/playerschampionship/)
He's in the Humpty's Champions Cup, whatever that is. Hey, you don't just qualify by winning one event, you need a solid body of work. If Shuster can keep playing at his 2nd-half-of-Olympics level, he'll have plenty of opportunities next year.
Also, I'm sorry that your grapes went sour. Try refrigeration next time.
Quote from: Hurricane Rex on February 26, 2018, 02:45:14 AMIMO it should be sudden death until a team scores.
It should be noted that soccer introduced this ('Golden Goal'), tweaked it ('Silver Goal') and then returned to plain 2 short halves of overtime and the team with the most goals at the end of it wins.
Quote from: Hurricane Rex on February 26, 2018, 02:45:14 AM
Quote from: MisterSG1 on February 25, 2018, 08:06:14 PM
As for Canada, despite winning 29 medals, it's been kind of a disappointment.
They FAILED to win hockey gold or men and women's curling medals at all.
I should mention, that this is Hockey Canada's FOURTH time being screwed by the shootout. The way the IIHF has been very arrogant about the persistence of the shootout existing, I think it's time for Hockey Canada to withdraw from IIHF until they remove the shootout from hockey altogether.
This isn't sour grapes, I'm sure if the game saw a fifth period, that the US team still would have won, but it would have seen more fair. With a shootout, you may as well tell the captains of either team to pick a number between 1-10 to decide who wins.
Team Shuster won the gold, but what's amusing about this, is that even winning the gold, his team isn't considered one of the Top 12 in the world and thus as of now, WILL NOT participate at the Players' Championship held at Ryerson University in April (in the legendary Maple Leaf Gardens)
http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling/playerschampionship/ (http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling/playerschampionship/)
IMO it should be sudden death until a team scores. Elimination round/medal games only. I think all of us can agree they were evenly matched.
Just remember that this event doesn't exist in a vacuum. The venue may be scheduled for another event later the same day, and many of those in attendance may have tickets for other events later in the day. Allowing the game to go on indefinitely, while perhaps the most fair, is not really practical in an Olympics.