EPT2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics Thread - Page 2
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HolydaKing
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On February 12 2018 00:46 HolydaKing wrote: They could add Ski flying if they need one more event. :D Could even make a team event for that for another one! Problem is most countries would need to create a ski flying takeoff ramp for that. I believe there are like 5 ski flying hills in the world in total. At the moment, I would bet my money on there being a mixed normal hill event soon. Afaik the IOC basically decided that all new events/sports must be open to men and women equally, and as lond as women havent started with ski flying yet, that's a nother reason why it is not going to happen. On February 11 2018 22:43 TheNewEra wrote: Loch, one of the if not THE goat not even medalling after 3 perfect runs beforehand (and a nice advantage over everyone else) is definitely one of the most surprising things in the history of the winter olympics. Sadly not in a good way Edit: With that result Loch has also dropped out of the team event From what I heard any nation can nominate their luge relay team according to whatever criteria they like to apply. So Loch might not be officially out yet, but it is at the very least a selection headache now. | ||
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FaCE_1
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On February 12 2018 00:28 Nakajin wrote: Why in the hell is there couple curling? because we need more medals  | ||
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Luolis
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sharkie
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andrewlt
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On February 12 2018 23:42 Luolis wrote: Mens ice hockey begins soon. Go Finland! Canada versus Finland in 12.5 hours in women's hockey. Finland has the best goalie. this will be at 2:40 AM E.S.T. no one is going to watch it in Canada. | ||
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Luolis
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On February 13 2018 04:19 JimmyJRaynor wrote: Canada versus Finland in 12.5 hours in women's hockey. Finland has the best goalie. this will be at 2:40 AM E.S.T. no one is going to watch it in Canada. Well im gonna be sleeping too, i have a bad flu.Finland vs Sweden on sunday for mens hockey is where its at. | ||
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andrewlt
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On February 13 2018 03:35 Nakajin wrote: I am guessing they didn't want to take the risk of having all of the event postone at the same date and slopestyle is bit less impacted by the wind compare to dowhill where there is a very high risk of serious injuries. But they should prorably have postpone it, it was a shit show, almost no one managed to do all the jumps It was quite an amusing shit show at times though. It came down to whoever managed to change her trick midair after the wind blew her off course. For US viewers, the final drama came when the announcers weren't sure whether one of the Canadians was going to get an extra try while the winner was doing her glory run. I'm guessing they were just mistaken because it would be stupid to give the Canadian an extra try after the winner already blew her second run. | ||
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Nakajin
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On February 13 2018 08:08 andrewlt wrote: It was quite an amusing shit show at times though. It came down to whoever managed to change her trick midair after the wind blew her off course. For US viewers, the final drama came when the announcers weren't sure whether one of the Canadians was going to get an extra try while the winner was doing her glory run. I'm guessing they were just mistaken because it would be stupid to give the Canadian an extra try after the winner already blew her second run. What? I hope they were just doing some artificial drama because it would be so ilogical to give a second chance to a single person out of the 20+ that were there. | ||
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andrewlt
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On February 13 2018 10:55 Nakajin wrote: What? I hope they were just doing some artificial drama because it would be so ilogical to give a second chance to a single person out of the 20+ that were there. Everybody was timing their runs in between the big gusts of wind. One of the Americans got a second chance because there was a big gust of wind that hit immediately before one of the big jumps. I believe it was the troublesome second jump. She saw it and immediately aborted her run. IIRC, she was awarded a second chance pretty quickly. So the US announcers were talking about overhearing that another competitor could get a second chance after the second to last woman finished her run. They didn't confirm that there would be no second chance until after the winner's glory run. | ||
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Mafe
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It might be horribly annoying for some atheletes who get their single chance (in four years) at glory ruined because of a unlucky gust of wind, but I dont think it can be fully mitigated. In ski jumping, you get a least a partial compensation to your score if the wind is bad for you, but this is a case where it has been a lottery before at times. Maybe other sports could do something similar. | ||
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Luolis
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vult
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My friend had a bad crash in her final run .... glad she is okay. | ||
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HolydaKing
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