2022 Winter Olympics

[Tank]

15 minutes ago, Lou said:

I used to do puzzles with my mom.  

You're a good father.

[Tank]

I don’t like watching slalom skiing. There are way too many places where I have no idea where they’re supposed to ski. It doesn’t set up well for tv viewing.

[PattyD22]

Slovakia ties the damn game up with 43 seconds left after Slovakia pulled the goalie.  Now it’s a real nail biter.

10 mins of OT

[PattyD22]

US mens hockey loses in the shootout 1-0.

Arguably the worst way to end a contest.  Shoot outs suck

[gotbeer]

9 hours ago, PattyD22 said:

US mens hockey loses in the shootout 1-0.

Arguably the worst way to end a contest.  Shoot outs suck

 

Good for regular season.  Never good for anything important, in any sport.

[Lou]

Big game for the men's curling team coming up. Win and they advance to the semis. Lose and it'll go to a tie-breaker. Shyster really fucked up yesterday going for a very risky shot that failed miserably. 

Women have been eliminated. 

[PattyD22]

Another huge game tonight is the US Women's Hockey going for gold against Team Canada.

No surprise here, as they are both the cream of the crop when it comes to women's hockey.

I'm hoping for a little payback tonight from pool play.  Come on ladies, bring home the Gold!!

[Jay]

I didn't know you could challenge offside.

Great action in this game.

[PattyD22]

3 minutes ago, Jay said:

I didn't know you could challenge offside.

Great action in this game.

It was a great reversal on the call.

For about 35 seconds 

[Lou]

I bet Canada 

[PattyD22]

5 minutes ago, Lou said:

I bet Canada 

Always bet with your mind, not with your heart @Lou.  I don’t have to tell a saavy bettor like you though.

Im rooting against you though.

[PattyD22]

I honestly have no words for what’s going on with Mikaela Shriffin.  It’s heartbreaking for her.  The girl hasn’t completed a competitive run yet.

Hell, every run I’ve seen from her, she’s gone down in less than 15 seconds.  Huge disappointment from her in this Olympics.

[Lou]

1 minute ago, PattyD22 said:

I honestly have no words for what’s going on with Mikaela Shriffin.  It’s heartbreaking for her.  The girl hasn’t completed a competitive run yet.

Hell, every run I’ve seen from her, she’s gone down in less than 15 seconds.  Huge disappointment from her in this Olympics.

I saw her complete one run. 

One. 

[Tank]

disappointing to say the least. 

i wonder if she has the skiing version of the twisties.

[Tank]

tonight is the ladies final of figure skating with their long program.

still lots of controversy over letting this 15 year russian chick keep skating, and the commentators have not held back on their unhappines over her being allowed to skate after a positive PEDs test. it seems pretty black and white in this sport - test positive for a banned substance and you're suspended. the rules are being bent for her in two ways - first, she's allowed to compete even though her country has been banned for a statewide doping program, and two, they're citing that she's only 15. None of this passes the smell test no matter how you try to dress it up. 

this is wrong, and a slap in the face to all the other competitors who've tested clean. if she wins a medal, it should be contested as vigorously as possible.

and yes, i'd feel the same way if it was one of our skaters.

[gotbeer]

Olympic Photographer Catches Bullets in Mid-Air with the Sony Alpha 1

Shutter speed of 1/32000 second.  LOL.

[Lou]

Damn, i thought he caught it with his hand. 

What a letdown.

[Tank]

3 hours ago, Lou said:

Damn, i thought he caught it with his hand. 

What a letdown.

Wide World of Sports used to have guys that caught bullets with their teeth. As a kid, I thought it was legit.

[Tank]

Womens figure skating final results are in. There’s a certain amount of justice/karma in it.

[PattyD22]

4 minutes ago, Tank said:

Womens figure skating final results are in. There’s a certain amount of justice/karma in it.

And a shit ton of tears also….

So much crying

[Tank]

22 minutes ago, PattyD22 said:

And a shit ton of tears also….

So much crying

The girl who finished second is a spoiled little child. 

[Lou]

I can't watch figure skating. 

[Tank]

14 hours ago, Lou said:

I can't watch figure skating. 

i tire pretty quickly of all the queens being overly dramatic. 

i feel the same way about the female skaters, too.

[Angel Oracle]

On 2/18/2022 at 12:43 PM, Tank said:

i tire pretty quickly of all the queens being overly dramatic. 

i feel the same way about the female skaters, too.

 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

On 2/15/2022 at 10:49 PM, PattyD22 said:

US mens hockey loses in the shootout 1-0.

Arguably the worst way to end a contest.  Shoot outs suck

They smack of the minor leagues. I don't know why the NHL ever adopted them.

I got heavily into curling during the Olympics. At first I watched it as kind of a joke, because curlers are among the least athletic-looking people in the games. However, I found that there is a lot of strategy to it, and pushing a 40-plus pound stone 150 feet down the ice and getting it to go exactly where you want is not an easy feat. There is a curling tournament here in April, and I may catch a session just to see it live.

A curious aside: Of the four men on the Canadian national team, three of them are from my mother's home town (St. John's, NL). I don't recall anyone mentioning curling during the times when I visited there.

Edited February 21, 2022 by Vegas Halo Fan