2022 Winter Olympics Schedule & Results

[Al Bangor]

https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/all-sports/olympic-schedule.htm

 

[Al Bangor]

 

[Bada-Bing!]

I still don't get Curling.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Love getting overly invested in the curling tbh

Watching the opening ceremony now, just love the Olympics in general really

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Are they scrubbing to reduce friction so the puck goes faster/control the speed?

Can buy it more than the horse dancing at the main Olympics.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Are they scrubbing to reduce friction so the puck goes faster/control the speed?

Yup, and they can curve it by scrubbing more on one side than the other - the amount of control they have over it is pretty mad considering it's just a polished stone and some ice

It's such a weird sport but genuinely entertaining if you give it a watch, especially when it gets towards the medal end of the comp

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Winter Olympics ----> Summer olympics

On the whole just find it so much more entertaining to watch

 

[Al Bangor]

Winter Olympics Medal Count - ESPN

Check out the Winter Olympic medal count

www.espn.com

 

[ncurd]

Isn't curling just Scottish lawn bowls? I jest I love watching it every 4 years wish it were on TV more and England had something like more than 4 rinks. A strange sport that played by like 5 families from what I can tell and never capitalised on how it success every 4 years.

Anyone know what our genuine medal hopes are? Our main goal usually is curling and maybe and outside chance elsewhere.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Anyone know what our genuine medal hopes are?

Our Slalom guy won the world championship a few weeks ago, so presumably he's in contention

Can't remember which disciplines but I remember the BBC saying we have medal hopes in a few of the "xtreme sports" type ones (i.e. ski park, snowboarding etc.) as it ties in nicely with our success in the skateboarding and BMX in the summer

 

[ncurd]

Maybe the IOC should just ban Russia outright. Tired of watching ROC athlete's do 'surprsingly well'

Winter Olympics team figure skating ceremony delayed amid reports of positive test

The International Olympic Committee says it cannot provide any updates on the team figure skating legal issue, with the medals still not handed out.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[die_mole]

We beat China and their army of traitors 8-0 this morning. Canada got a solid win over the Germans setting up the first proper game of the men's tournament Saturday (puck drop is same time as Ireland vs France fml).

 

[Al Bangor]

Men's Hockey

4

2

Great game!

 

[ncurd]

Men's Hockey

4

2

Great game!

Does Men's Ice Hockey count without the NHL players?

 

[die_mole]

Does Men's Ice Hockey count without the NHL players?

If us and Canada beats the Russians then yes. If we lose, no.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Winter Olympics: Kamila Valieva allowed to compete at Beijing after Cas hearing

Kamila Valieva is allowed to compete at the Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport upholds a decision to lift the 15-year-old's provisional ban for a failed drugs test.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[TRF_Olyy]

So weird,
Basically she's too young to be considered responsible for her actions so she can go back in and compete
Seems like a dumb loophole, even if they do reach the right conclusion after however long it takes to investigate her team, it will taint the competition for every other competitor

 

[Bada-Bing!]

I just wonder if CAS are doing this as part of what is happening between Russia and Ukraine atm. Their decision is non sensical. Certainly nowt to do with sport.

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

So weird,
Basically she's too young to be considered responsible for her actions so she can go back in and compete
Seems like a dumb loophole, even if they do reach the right conclusion after however long it takes to investigate her team, it will taint the competition for every other competitor

This is about as cretinous a decision as you can get. So genuine Olympic champions, that is, the best performing team that complied with the rules, are denied gold. If a decision is that a 15 year old is somehow exempt from doping regulations or mentally too frail to handle anti-doping enforcment then the solution has to be adults only at sporting events that CAS have jurisdiction over.

 

[die_mole]

if a 15 year old can't be held liable for doping they shouldn't be able to compete; I am generally pro doping but this is crap. What's the point of rules.