Our gentlemen bested the curling Canadians in a tight match, 7-6. I think that they could have gotten a 4 in the 7th though but they played it safe for a 2. We require more balls.

Cocacooh

Norway1510 Posts

February 11 2014 13:21 GMT

#404

poor Gafarov

DaCruise

Denmark2457 Posts

February 11 2014 13:21 GMT

#405

Oh my god, Gafarov from Russia in the mens sprint. Thats an olympic moment right there!

Swisslink

2954 Posts

February 11 2014 13:38 GMT

#406

Well, Podladtchikov at least advanced and Shaun White dominated !
But the groups were really weird. While 81.25 points were enough in group 1 to advance to the finals, it wouldn't have been enough to qualify for the Semi Finals in group 2...

That's kinda stupid xD

Cocacooh

Norway1510 Posts

February 11 2014 13:44 GMT

#407

oh my, such bad luck for Ustjugov

DaCruise

Denmark2457 Posts

February 11 2014 13:50 GMT

#408

Crazy final. Hilarious.

Ysellian

Netherlands9029 Posts

February 11 2014 13:52 GMT

#409

Russian women are strong in the sprint skating. Looking like a medal. What color is still up for grab.

Favorite for gold is still south Korea of course.

Chanted

Norway1001 Posts

February 11 2014 13:55 GMT

#410

fuck yeah ! Hattestad really deserved that medal ! So happy on his behalf. Rocked it on the womens side as well !

AlternativeEgo

Sweden17309 Posts

February 11 2014 14:00 GMT

#411

Holy hell that men's sprint finals. Jönssons bronze was amazing. Mind over body.

JimmyJRaynor

Canada17009 Posts

February 11 2014 14:05 GMT

#412

Based on the few games that i've seen...

Amanda Kessel looks like the best female hockey player in the world.
Noora Raty looks like the best goalie in the women's tournament.
That said, it is hard to tell exactly how good the american and canadian goalies are because they heavily out-shoot their opposition.

Finland has definitely built a "goalie team" around Noora Raty.

I'm looking forward to the Russia v. Sweden game in 1 hour. I hope the atmosphere is electric.

1 element making the women's hockey more intriguing than the men's game is that these national teams spend a lot more time together as a team than the men's team.

iCanada

Canada10660 Posts

February 11 2014 14:05 GMT

#413

The slopes this year are just... dangerous. Don't really know what else to say.

I could only imagine training for years to compete on this garbage, almost complete and utter slush.

Elurie

4716 Posts

February 11 2014 14:15 GMT

#414

Russia should have totally build an indoor ski slopes 20x the size of the one in Dubai, so everything can be perfectly climate controlled! /sarcasm

Slush is better than iced-over snow, isn't it? Unless I got the definition all wrong. It's been 8 years since I went to the mountains. Damn you mother nature!

iCanada

Canada10660 Posts

February 11 2014 14:23 GMT

#415

On a beginner slope maybe, but with these rails and jump spacing ice would be way better. You need wicked speed to make those jumps.

Slush is... the antithesis of speed.

crazyweasel

607 Posts

February 11 2014 15:13 GMT

#416

french canadians do it again for canada.... we would be 2nd place on medal ranking as a province

Swisslink

2954 Posts

February 11 2014 15:34 GMT

#417

On February 11 2014 23:05 iCanada wrote:
The slopes this year are just... dangerous. Don't really know what else to say.

I could only imagine training for years to compete on this garbage, almost complete and utter slush.

It's pretty warm over there :-/
All these freestyle-events should have been later (maybe over the duration of two days, always at night), imo.

Kevin_Sorbo

Canada3217 Posts

February 11 2014 15:40 GMT

#418

On February 12 2014 00:13 crazyweasel wrote:
french canadians do it again for canada.... we would be 2nd place on medal ranking as a province

Quebekers my friend.