2010 Winter Olympics--Vancouver, BC

• darbypitcher22

  

  it was ok but the Torch lighting was an epic fail.
• CinciX12

  

  Disappointing American start in speed skating.
  
  No one in the top 8 for the 5000m.
• eersandbeers

  CinciX12 wrote: Disappointing American start in speed skating.
  
  No one in the top 8 for the 5000m.

  
  Yeah I was kind of puzzled when they interviewed the American skater who finished 12th and said he was extremely pleased with his finish. Said it was good going into the 500 and the 1000.
  
  
  The whales on the floor looked pretty cool and realistic, but I just wasn't overly impressed with it.
• slingshot4ever

  eersandbeers wrote:

  CinciX12 wrote: Disappointing American start in speed skating.
  
  No one in the top 8 for the 5000m.

  
  Yeah I was kind of puzzled when they interviewed the American skater who finished 12th and said he was extremely pleased with his finish. Said it was good going into the 500 and the 1000.
  
  
  The whales on the floor looked pretty cool and realistic, but I just wasn't overly impressed with it.

  I wasn't dissapointed. If you actually followed the Olympics you would have known that we didn't have any serious contenders in these long distance races. Hedricks and Davis run those just as a way to get more practice time for the shorter long track ditances. So when you go to watch the 10K speed skating don't expect to see an American in the top 10. We are better in the shorter distances (1 and 1.5K) on the long track. Ohno in the three short track events (0.5, 1, and 1.5k)
• september63

  

  pretty embarrassing situation going on now on CNBC. In womens hockey Canada is up 9-0 midway thru the 2nd period. When does the Olympic spirit kick in and they call off the doogs?
• slingshot4ever

  ^^^^^
  
  All players on the bench are playing, they aren't trying to run up the score, they are just that better top to bottom on the bench. Not Canada's fault the other team can't stop them.
• slingshot4ever

  Ohno and JR in the 6 man final for the 1500m short track event. 3 south koreans and one japanese man round out the 6 man field. Will definitely be a good one.
• ytownfootball

  

  Love the short track races.
• ytownfootball

  

  This could get ugly.
• ytownfootball

  

  Wipe out results in a silver wow.
• ts1227

  

  Holy shit, Ohno gets bumped out, Korea going in for a sweep and 2 Koreans wreck each other.
  
  Korea got the Gold but USA got the rest (Ohno - Silver).
• slingshot4ever

  This is why I voted short track speed skating as my favorite on the other thread. Nice to see the 19 y/o JR get the bronze. He will be the heir apparent to Ohno for the next couple of winter olympics on the short track.
• slingshot4ever

  Time to watch the US woemn in Moguls final against the Canucks.
• raiderbuck

  How do moguls skiers not have bad knees? That's gotta be torture on their legs
• ts1227

  

  raiderbuck wrote: How do moguls skiers not have bad knees? That's gotta be torture on their legs

  There was one I saw during qualifying (from the US I think?) who is well into her 30's and I think they said she has had like 3 surgeries on each knee or something ridiculous.
• tk421

  

  What was with the disparity in judging scores for the same skier? The one scores were 4.3s or something and the others 1.9. What's that about?
• tk421

  

  Wow, U.S skier wiped out big time.
• ts1227

  

  I believe there is a different scale used on the scores for the turns (first 5 scores listed, high and low dropped) and the air (last 2 scores listed).
  
  What are the scales? No idea, but they have to be scored differently.
  
  EDIT: here you go http://wiki.fisski.com/index.php/Mogul_Judging_And_Scoring
• raiderbuck

  ts1227 wrote:

  raiderbuck wrote: How do moguls skiers not have bad knees? That's gotta be torture on their legs

  There was one I saw during qualifying (from the US I think?) who is well into her 30's and I think they said she has had like 3 surgeries on each knee or something ridiculous.

  I think the chick you were talking about just ate it on the course.
• tk421

  

  That makes my knees hurt just watching them do this.
• tk421

  

  Nice, U.S. in the lead.
• ytownfootball

  

  That'll be tough to beat
• raiderbuck

  There are more Candinadians coming up. Hopefully the U.S. chick stays at the top.
• tk421

  

  Ooo, another wipe out.
• raiderbuck

  LOL, nevermind...