2022 Beijing Olympics: Don't Mention the Slaves

[Jimjamesak]

Per the ISU rules, figure skating *and* short track speed skating ice sheets should be "international" sized, or 200'x100'

They don't have to be, they certainly weren't in SLC or Vancouver.

[MichVandal]

Watching this US-Swiss game- seems that the IOC should be donating money to the NCAA for international recruiting. Maybe that would expand the NCAA women's game some to increase the depth of talent.

[Jimjamesak]

Second skier into the Mens downhill and we already have a crash. Coupled with Shiffrin and others missing gates in the Womens Super G it’s been a brutal day on the slopes.

[Spartanforlife4]

Canada is refusing to take the ice against ROC because ROC won’t share their COVID results. ROC has had multiple players in some stage of protocols since arriving.

[MichVandal]

Second skier into the Mens downhill and we already have a crash. Coupled with Shiffrin and others missing gates in the Womens Super G it’s been a brutal day on the slopes.

Shiffrin made the post accident comment that she thought the conditions were great- but watching her and the accidents before her- it sure doesn't look like it. I know they love to race on ice, but that does not seem like ice you can really carve into. It was mentioned that the snow is different than anywhere else in the world- being that it's 100% man made, and they are skiing in a desert. A very cold desert.

They look like pretty nice facilities, but it sure doesn't look like a sustainable kind of event there.

[MichVandal]

Canada is refusing to take the ice against ROC because ROC won’t share their COVID results. ROC has had multiple players in some stage of protocols since arriving.

One team I'm ok with Canada putting the stomp down on.

[Spartanforlife4]

One team I'm ok with Canada putting the stomp down on.

Canada ended up asking for a one hour delay. I still can’t find if the results were actually released during that timeframe, but Canada did get ROC to agree to wear masks for the game. That is, until the third period when the entire ROC team removed their masks.

Today is also when I found out how annoying NBC had made it to watch events. Looking for a replay to watch and couldn’t find one on the DVR. Figured the delay messed up the scheduling, no big deal. Go to the NBCSports App thinking the cable subscription would grant all-access. Nope. Ok, so you need Peacock for access to everything. But not regular free Peacock, you need Peacock Premium to watch. They own like eight channels, are only using three to broadcast events, and one of those isn’t even the Olympic Channel. They’re just showing highlight packages over and over on that one.

Meanwhile our neighbors to the North can stream everything on CBC’s website, for free it looks like. Although they aren’t paying so much money they dictate start times of events, so I guess they don’t have as much to recoup as NBC.

[MichVandal]

So Tech has more than it's fair share of posters on this board, right?

Where the heck are you???? One of your alumni finished the best (by far) of any American in Biathalon!!!

[state of hockey]

So Tech has more than it's fair share of posters on this board, right?

Where the heck are you???? One of your alumni finished the best (by far) of any American in Biathalon!!!

Surprised they didn't compete for team Finland.

[ScoobyDoo]

So Tech has more than it's fair share of posters on this board, right?

Where the heck are you???? One of your alumni finished the best (by far) of any American in Biathalon!!!

That's pretty sweet. I love that event.

[LynahFan]

So Tech has more than it's fair share of posters on this board, right?

Where the heck are you???? One of your alumni finished the best (by far) of any American in Biathalon!!!

So…..85th?

[Jimjamesak]

NBC bringing Tirico back to the US earlier than expected.

So that must mean things are going well…

[Jimjamesak]

And, for the second time in this Olympics already, beneficial officiating call gives China a gold medal in Short Track.

It’s also time for our quadrennial reminder that Short Track is the Whose Line Is It Anyway of sports and also one of the worst sports in the Winter Olympics.

[state of hockey]

And, for the second time in this Olympics already, beneficial officiating call gives China a gold medal in Short Track.

It’s also time for our quadrennial reminder that Short Track is the Whose Line Is It Anyway of sports and also one of the worst sports in the Winter Olympics.

It really is. There's absolutely no point to watching. The official results are never how they finished, and the penalties are seemingly determined by a blindfolded guy throwing darts.

[Jimjamesak]

It really is. There's absolutely no point to watching. The official results are never how they finished, and the penalties are seemingly determined by a blindfolded guy throwing darts.

Not to mention you can lose out on a medal because someone just falls and trips you on the last lap (like what happened in 2002).