2022 Winter Olympics

[Tank]

32 minutes ago, Lou said:

I'm watching US vs Sweden in men's curling. We beat Russia earlier today in a good match. (it went to an extra end)

FREE CURLING!!

[Tank]

after watching the men's figure skating finals, they showed the three medalists on the podium where each received a stuff animal and a wreath. they then left the podium to take pictures for all the media assembled there.

what was weird was none of them received their medals and there was no playing of the anthem. what happened to that part? 

[Lou]

26 minutes ago, Tank said:

FREE CURLING!!

It's always free

[Tank]

22 minutes ago, Lou said:

It's always free

that's so gangster of you.

i respect that more than i can tell you.

[Lou]

1 minute ago, Tank said:

that's so gangster of you.

i respect that more than i can tell you.

You can always PM me. 

[St1ck]

5 hours ago, Tank said:

after watching the men's figure skating finals, they showed the three medalists on the podium where each received a stuff animal and a wreath. they then left the podium to take pictures for all the media assembled there.

what was weird was none of them received their medals and there was no playing of the anthem. what happened to that part? 

They did it later. 

[Slegnaac]

8 hours ago, Tank said:

nathan chen wins gold for the US men in figure skating. i believe he set a new scoring record in the process.

men's snowboard cross is on now. this sport has really grown on me. younger me would've liked giving this a try.

Nathan Chen was amazing. 

Jason Brown, while not attempting any quads, had a very artistically perfect performance. In the pre-quad era it probably was medal worthy.

[Tank]

4 hours ago, St1ck said:

They did it later. 

are they no longer awarding medals at the sight? did they move them to one central location?

[St1ck]

3 minutes ago, Tank said:

are they no longer awarding medals at the sight? did they move them to one central location?

Looks like it might be outside.

https://youtu.be/JN_qrLVddS8

 

[Tank]

14 hours ago, Lou said:

You can always PM me. 

Can't. I have you on ignore.

[Tank]

4 hours ago, St1ck said:

Looks like it might be outside.

https://youtu.be/JN_qrLVddS8

 

thanks, stick.

i think there are several moments in sports that exceed just playing or winning - walking off 18 at augusta and hugging your family after winning the masters; skating around the ice with the stanley cup; maybe a few others. but i think the greatest possible sports moment would be standing on the podium with a gold medal around your neck and hearing your national anthem being played. i'd bawl like a baby at that point.

[Lou]

Meet the Chinese Olympic hockey team:

https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/33246445/winter-olympics-2022-odd-olympic-journey-china-men-hockey-team?platform=amp

[Tank]

8 hours ago, Lou said:

Meet the Chinese Olympic hockey team:

https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/33246445/winter-olympics-2022-odd-olympic-journey-china-men-hockey-team?platform=amp

i don't think i could play for some other country's national team. 

[Lou]

7 minutes ago, Tank said:

i don't think i could play for some other country's national team. 

If I had no chance to make the US team, I'd do it in a heartbeat. 

[Tank]

5 minutes ago, Lou said:

If I had no chance to make the US team, I'd do it in a heartbeat. 

yeah, i get the argument. my internal arguments with myself would be pretty time consuming.

[Lou]

On 2/5/2022 at 12:29 PM, PattyD22 said:

How someone in Short Track Speed Skating doesn’t end up being sliced like a Thanksgiving turkey is beyond me.  That event is pretty nuts.

Learned that most wear kevlar undergarments. Next year, they will be mandatory.

[PattyD22]

What a great story for Lindsey Jacobellis and Nick Baumgartner to team up and win the gold medal in mixed doubles snowboard cross.  Both of these athletes have suffered heart breaking defeat in their Olympic careers and both were finally able to break through.

And both are the oldest US Olympic athletes at the games which makes it even more awesome.  Pretty cool for both of them.

[Lou]

I would think Sweden would have at least one hot chick on their curling team. 

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They don't

 

[Tank]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

I would think Sweden would have at least one hot chick on their curling team. 

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They don't

 

[Tank]

cheer up, mate.

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[Tank]

i'm trying to understand why there needs to be style points for the ski jumping contest. I'm coming up empty on the logic behind this unnecessary element. this should be about one thing, pure and simple - distance. i don't care how awesome or how goofy you look while doing it.

[Lou]

4 minutes ago, Tank said:

cheer up, mate.

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But can they curl? 

[Tank]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

But can they curl? 

does it matter?

[Lou]

1 minute ago, Tank said:

i'm trying to understand why there needs to be style points for the ski jumping contest. I'm coming up empty on the logic behind this unnecessary element. this should be about one thing, pure and simple - distance. i don't care how awesome or how goofy you look while doing it.

I'd go a step further and say that the jumper who flails around while in flight should get bonus points. 

[Lou]

1 minute ago, Tank said:

does it matter?

Only every 4 years.