2022 Olympics

[Gil Dobie]

Let the games begin. Home the USA has a great showing this year, being they are in China.

[JSUSoutherner]

I'm just here for the freestyle skiing and to see if Alex Hall throws another switch double cork 2160 during Big Air.

That trick is an automatic gold medal.

[POD Knows]

Not watching. Checking hockey scores. That is about it.

[caribbeanhen]

Not watching. Checking hockey scores. That is about it.

not even checking hockey scores

[POD Knows]

not even checking hockey scores
Saw someplace where ratings were off 55% vs the last Olympics.

[caribbeanhen]

Saw someplace where ratings were off 55% vs the last Olympics.

thats crazy since I thought the ratings for the Winter games have been flying downhill faster than ole Franz Klammer at Innsbruck

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[MR. CHICKEN]

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[Gil Dobie]

I'm a USA guy, I'll watch them.

[Gil Dobie]

Greatest skater in history grew up on North Dakota.

[Gil Dobie]

US gets a silver in the team skating event. Shiffren falls in the Giant Slalom, first miss since 2018.

[walliver]

I forgot they were going on.

In general, I find the Olympics less interesting every olympiad. The games have changed and look more like the X-games every year. The telecasts now have more talk and less action.

For the winter olympics, outside of hockey, there is very little head to head competition. Most events are either popularity polls, or individual racing against the clock.

[Bisonoline]

I forgot they were going on.

In general, I find the Olympics less interesting every olympiad. The games have changed and look more like the X-games every year. The telecasts now have more talk and less action.

For the winter olympics, outside of hockey, there is very little head to head competition. Most events are either popularity polls, or individual racing against the clock.

A lot of weird events now. Plus you've got nations that dont follow the rule and the IOC let's them get away with it while they line there pockets.

[ngineer]

I've lost all interest in the Olympics. Done

[POD Knows]

USA women out shoot Canada 16-5 in the first period and are down 1-0 Hockey is stupid xnodx

[OhioHen]

I forgot they were going on.

In general, I find the Olympics less interesting every olympiad. The games have changed and look more like the X-games every year. The telecasts now have more talk and less action.

For the winter olympics, outside of hockey, there is very little head to head competition. Most events are either popularity polls, or individual racing against the clock.
That's why short track speedskating is more interesting than regular speedskating.

[OhioHen]

USA women out shoot Canada 16-5 in the first period and are down 1-0 Hockey is stupid xnodx
The solution to that is to melt the surface, expand it significantly, plant grass, use a ball, and play eleven a side with almost no substitutions allowed.

[POD Knows]

The solution to that is to melt the surface, expand it significantly, plant grass, use a ball, and play eleven a side with almost no substitutions allowed.Um, pass. USA loses to Canada, outshoots them 2 to 1 and stats are for losers. Kind of feel bad for the USA team because in all honesty, the better team did not win here.

[JayJ79]

Kind of feel bad for the USA team because in all honesty, the better team did not win here.
do you also feel bad for football teams that have higher yardage stats but lose (other team's defense stiffened inside the red zone, forcing FGA's instead of allowing TDs; or due to turnovers)?

[POD Knows]

do you also feel bad for football teams that have higher yardage stats but lose (other team's defense stiffened inside the red zone, forcing FGA's instead of allowing TDs; or due to turnovers)?
No. Never experienced it actually. I will leave that to you UNI guys to talk about. I also said “kind” of feel bad, trust me, I am over it. The game was sort of meaningless anyway in the grand scheme of things and will provably get them more focused for the eventual medal game with Canada.

[JSUSoutherner]

Who TF came up with this dumbass idea to have Big Air in an abandoned factory?

[JayJ79]

Who TF came up with this dumbass idea to have Big Air in an abandoned factory?
why is it dumb? (beyond the standard dumbness that comes with spending millions of dollars constructing venues that are only used for a week or two, then abandoned)

[JSUSoutherner]

why is it dumb? (beyond the standard dumbness that comes with spending millions of dollars constructing venues that are only used for a week or two, then abandoned)

"We need to find a location that shows off the best our country has to offer"

"How about this trashy abandoned nuclear power plant looking place?"

"Perfect!"

[JSUSoutherner]

Alex threw another 2160 in round three but couldn't put it to his feet. Was damn close. Would have likely won him Gold. The competition wasn't as good as X-Games. But it wasn't really expected to be. Still some massive tricks.

[Gil Dobie]

More gold for the USA yesterday.

[Bisonoline]

Alex threw another 2160 in round three but couldn't put it to his feet. Was damn close. Would have likely won him Gold. The competition wasn't as good as X-Games. But it wasn't really expected to be. Still some massive tricks.

WTF are you talking about?

[JSUSoutherner]

WTF are you talking about?

Big Air Finals.

Alex Hall is an American freeskiier. He won Big Air at the XGames with a 2160. The way Hall does the trick, it is two flips and six full rotations after going off the jump backwards. It was first time it's ever been landed at XGames. If he had landed it the other day it would have been an Olympic first and won the USA more hardware.

[FUBeAR]

Big Air Finals.

Alex Hall is an American freeskiier. He won Big Air at the XGames with a 2160. The way Hall does the trick, it is two flips and six full rotations after going off the jump backwards. It was first time it's ever been landed at XGames. If he had landed it the other day it would have been an Olympic first and won the USA more hardware.In other words…
https://twitter.com/tl_larams/status/1467659576292032517

[NHwildEcat]

Curling. The other events are there just to provide highlights of the fake Chinese snow.

[Gil Dobie]

Curling. The other events are there just to provide highlights of the fake Chinese snow.

Thank you, climate change,

About 80% of the snow (https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/winter-olympics-2018/2018/02/13/fake-snow-skiing-snowboarding/332591002/) at the 2014 Games in Sochi, Russia, was manufactured. When South Korea hosted in Pyeongchang four years later, that share rose to 90% (https://www.npr.org/sections/thetorch/2018/02/23/588308424/despite-frigid-weather-the-snow-in-pyeongchang-is-fake?t=1641570587007).

Four cities projected to remain climate-reliable in 2050 are Lake Placid, New York, Lillehammer and Oslo, Norway, and Sapporo, Japan.

[JayJ79]

Curling. The other events are there just to provide highlights of the fake Chinese snow.

the ice used for the curling and skating rinks are just as "fake" as the snow is.
as are the surfaces for the bobsled/luge/skeleton/etc. tracks.

[NHwildEcat]

Ice cubes are fake too, but essential to a nice cold drink.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

The only sport worth watching in the Winter games is Hockey.

[NHwildEcat]

Normally I agree...but with the lack of NHL players its been some awfully boring games.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Normally I agree...but with the lack of NHL players its been some awfully boring games.


I prefer college or major junior guys compared to the pros...but that is me...

[NHwildEcat]

The pros just seem to be able to make more countries better. I haven't been captured by the product this cycle. Overall the Olympics have been a snooze. Well, except for Curling IMO.

[Gil Dobie]

USA hockey loses quarters game, no medal again.

[POD Knows]

USA hockey loses quarters game, no medal again.
0 for 5 in the shoot out.

[caribbeanhen]

0 for 5 in the shoot out.

How much was the USSR paid to lose to the 1980 team?

[Gil Dobie]

USA women take the silver in Ice Hockey

[Gil Dobie]

How much was the USSR paid to lose to the 1980 team?

I know a few guys you could ask question to, see what they say.

...and why do you hate America.

[wapiti]

Thank you, climate change,

About 80% of the snow (https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/winter-olympics-2018/2018/02/13/fake-snow-skiing-snowboarding/332591002/) at the 2014 Games in Sochi, Russia, was manufactured. When South Korea hosted in Pyeongchang four years later, that share rose to 90% (https://www.npr.org/sections/thetorch/2018/02/23/588308424/despite-frigid-weather-the-snow-in-pyeongchang-is-fake?t=1641570587007).

Four cities projected to remain climate-reliable in 2050 are Lake Placid, New York, Lillehammer and Oslo, Norway, and Sapporo, Japan.
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Please keep political discussion in the political forum

[wapiti]

I too do not have much interest in watching the Olympics. I would enjoy watching the event where 4 snowboards go head to head to head to head.

Our coverage of the Olympics is awful. Way too much talking and not enough event coverage.

[Gil Dobie]

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Please keep political discussion in the political forum

It isn't political it's weather related. Quit trying to bring politics into the sports form.

[Bisonoline]

NBC sucks. Reruns 2-3 times for the same event. Stupid bonehead comments and commentary. JFC

[wapiti]

It isn't political it's weather related. Quit trying to bring politics into the sports form.

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/finnish-skier-suffers-frozen-penis-event-beijing-olympics

Climate must be getting colder to do this.

[Gil Dobie]

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/finnish-skier-suffers-frozen-penis-event-beijing-olympics

Climate must be getting colder to do this.

If the weather was 70 degrees every day, same amount of moisture, nothing changed, then there would not be climate change. However, I'm not going into the political aspect, which was originally called Global Warming by algore.

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USA ties their 4th best medal count ever for the Winter Olympics.