Winter Olympics

lol....there's two different techniques/styles in cross-country skiing, and I can't tell the difference at all

posted by gut

lol....there's two different techniques/styles in cross-country skiing, and I can't tell the difference at all

The equipment and how the foot mounts to the skis, is different.

"There are two different skiing techniques that can be used for cross-country skiing: the classic and the free style. In the classic technique, the toe and heel of the foot are secured to the ski and the skis move back and forth in a parallel pattern. The free technique is substantially faster. In this technique only the toe is secured to a shorter ski and the skier moves her feet from side to side in a way that looks more like speed skating than skiing."

Maybe I missed it or maybe it’s no longer an event....but what is the speed skating where there are 4 competitors and they are hauling ass just inches from one another for like 5 laps around a short track?

Everything I’ve seen has been on a longer track and they switch from inside to outside lanes and you can’t tell who is going to win until the final two seconds because of the set up

WTF is Lindsay Vonn doing?  The robot?

posted by Ironman92

Maybe I missed it or maybe it’s no longer an event....but what is the speed skating where there are 4 competitors and they are hauling ass just inches from one another for like 5 laps around a short track?

Everything I’ve seen has been on a longer track and they switch from inside to outside lanes and you can’t tell who is going to win until the final two seconds because of the set up

It’s coming up this morning. 500m and 1000m 

posted by Ironman92

Maybe I missed it or maybe it’s no longer an event....but what is the speed skating where there are 4 competitors and they are hauling ass just inches from one another for like 5 laps around a short track?

Everything I’ve seen has been on a longer track and they switch from inside to outside lanes and you can’t tell who is going to win until the final two seconds because of the set up

the full short track schedule

https://www.olympic.org/pyeongchang-2018/results/en/short-track-speed-skating/daily-schedule.htm

you know there really just aren't enough events for the Winter Olympics when they have events like "biatholon relay"

Been watxhing some each night.   Russian curler busted for ped....said he musta been slipped something.....

Mildly interesting so far but hockey. .....,man it's not anything close to what it was.  Bring back nhl

Not sure if this is being discussed, and I haven't watched a minute of the Olympics, but it looks like this lady George Costanza'd her way into the Olympics....

https://www.cbssports.com/olympics/news/meet-elizabeth-swaney-the-american-skier-who-scammed-her-way-to-the-olympics/

posted by BR1986FB

Not sure if this is being discussed, and I haven't watched a minute of the Olympics, but it looks like this lady George Costanza'd her way into the Olympics....

https://www.cbssports.com/olympics/news/meet-elizabeth-swaney-the-american-skier-who-scammed-her-way-to-the-olympics/

Gets the gold for creativity 

Still watching hockey but it is missing something without the NHL.

Never heard....did south KoreA women speed skater get dq'd?

posted by Spock

WTF is Lindsay Vonn doing?  The robot?

LOL.  She's visualizing her run.  I saw that, she's got some cool moves.

Also saw a half-pipe skier doing the same thing before her run.

US cross-country history made.....very exciting

In honor of the goal by Hilary Knight (NSFW nudity): https://i.imgur.com/Yw2v3Oj.jpg

Men’s curling pulls off the ginormous upset and beats Canada to advance to the Gold Medal game. Guaranteed silver will be the best ever finish for the US. 

Womens Gold Medal Hockey Game between US and Canada was fantastic.  Glad I stayed up until 230 for it.

posted by wildcats20

Men’s curling pulls off the ginormous upset and beats Canada to advance to the Gold Medal game. Guaranteed silver will be the best ever finish for the US. 

Gold medal match is at 130 AM on Saturday....

The 5000m relay might be the most bizarre event I've seen.

posted by friendfromlowry

The 5000m relay might be the most bizarre event I've seen.

I've always felt like some events are created just so second-tier athletes can get in.  Two-man luge, seriously?

I don't care if it is qualifying individuals competing together as a group or in a relay, but if you're only in the Olympics as the fourth guy in a 4-man bobsled....hell, that guy is practically just a spectator who just happens to have a shot at getting a medal.