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[bironi]

I read this recently, and it helped explain some of the mystery. I was already a fan, even though pretty ignorant of what I was watching.

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Olym...ven-easy-steps

[tuscanyswe]

He is 43 and had a pretty tough season thus far. So Norway is not including him in the team for what would have been his 7th olympic in a row. Yes you read that correct, 7th! .)


8 Olympic gold medals
20 world championship gold medals
95 World cup victorires

Who knows how many bronze and silvers..

[Climb01742]

I'm a huge Summer Olympics fan. Track & field and swimming really pull me in.

I was much more a Winter Olympics fan when I was a kid and ski racing myself. '68 in Grenoble was incredible with JC Killy.

The modern Winter Games have, perhaps, become at bit to X Games for me (cue old man screaming, 'Get off my lawn you kids!'). But one event I always watch is the downhill for both men and women. Franz Klammer got me hooked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVMJKIx34SE

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[shovelhd]

I saw a news blurb that mass start races are going to be added to speed skating events on the full sized track, not the short track.

https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/sports/speed-skating

Team pursuit : Two teams of three athletes each start out from opposite sides and skate eight laps. Ranking is based on the time that the third skater passes the finish line.
Mass Start : Maximum 28 skaters race for 16 laps in an open racing track(without designating inner or outer lanes for a particular athlete). During the race, there are three intermediate sprints every 4 laps. At each intermediate sprint, the first three skaters will gain 5 – 3- 1 points. Then, at the last sprint, the first three skaters will gain 60 – 40 – 2- points. The competitors who are the first three to cross the finish line win the race.

Very velodrome like. I'll enjoy that.

[zank]

Originally Posted by shovelhd

I busted Zanc for riding practically naked, but uniform violations are mostly ignored. The worst violators are women with their hair blocking their number.

That wasn't me!

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[tuscanyswe]

And the first gold medal goes to sweden!!!

Love Kalla such a fighter.

Next up, right now, some sprint biathlon for those that enjoy this..

Edit: haha a goal medal eh? Its the football gene kicking in.

[GParkes]

Feeling a bit of pride here......my best friend's son was selected to go to the Olympics. He is an assistant equipment manager for the women's hockey team. Wonderful young man that has a couple national championship rings from his time at Clarkson, and the past few years been working for USA Hockey. Had the pleasure to coach him a few years growing up. Awesome honor.

[binxnyrwarrsoul]

Originally Posted by Mark McM

Pretty much this. These event can be competitions (and frequently very difficult competitions), but they aren't truly sports.

Why aren't they sports? Because their judging is inherently biased. Human beings virtually can not be separated from subconscious biases. In many, if not most, judged competitions, the competitors who are expected to do well are judged well, regardless of the objective performance on that given day.

Other sports are measured by stop watches, tape measures, cameras, goal scoring, etc., which are objective and not swayed by subconscious expectations.

This Something won based on someone's particular music like, mood or color they like is not a competition. Imo.

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[tuscanyswe]

Originally Posted by cadence90

Kalla is so great; Bjørgen too. That was a great battle.

What an incredible comeback by Krueger (and Norway 1-2-3) in the Men's Skiathlon.
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Haha damn i should have known better than to read olympic threads if i dont want to know results .)

Everything is so early here i miss a lot of the event untill i get a chance to c the reruns. But its hard to find what times the reruns actually airs without going to a page that reveals the result ha

Sounds like a great race

[Tickdoc]

Silly admission....I love seeing the different coats the different teams have on.

Germany gets the gold from what I’ve seen so far:

[tuscanyswe]

Thats not a bad jacket.

After the last olympics im more of a bottoms man myself. Nothing can really compete with the Norweigan curling teams outfit.