Toinho 2,210 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 One month away! I love the Winter Olympics, so will be tuning in while I can. Anyone else think they’ll watch some? May be hard with time zones, or maybe some people are boycotting China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted January 5, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted January 5, 2022 I'll probably watch ski jumping and some biathlon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 No sled dog race, boring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toinho 2,210 Posted January 6, 2022 Author Share Posted January 6, 2022 I love all the snowboarding and skiing stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 I will watch some of it. Wont not watch because it's in China. Seems a bit unfair on ordinary Chinese people. Not their fault what their government does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Subscriber Mel81x+ 3,612 Posted February 6, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted February 6, 2022 Finally get to watch some curling. Good luck Canada, team GB did well today against China. Ice Hockey really only gets interesting towards the later stages but it looks like Canada's women's team is just snow-balling everyone they meet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toinho 2,210 Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 Watched a little bit of the snowboarding today, heard we got a bronze in the womens snowboarding - can’t remember which event. Need to watch more but so busy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Mel81x+ 3,612 Posted February 7, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted February 7, 2022 22 hours ago, Toinho said: Watched a little bit of the snowboarding today, heard we got a bronze in the womens snowboarding - can’t remember which event. Need to watch more but so busy! You'll won a gold in the women's freestyle skiing event too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coma 1,763 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Watched some ski jumping and luge yesterday, which are two of my favorites. Looking forward to skeleton and bobsled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toinho 2,210 Posted February 7, 2022 Author Share Posted February 7, 2022 7 hours ago, Mel81x said: You'll won a gold in the women's freestyle skiing event too. Yeah incredible! Still haven’t seen it. Unfortunately not able to watch much at all. Far too busy, but will try get some footage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,608 Posted February 7, 2022 Moderator Share Posted February 7, 2022 Apparently very unexpected this. Well done, Denise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Mel81x+ 3,612 Posted February 7, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted February 7, 2022 36 minutes ago, Toinho said: Yeah incredible! Still haven’t seen it. Unfortunately not able to watch much at all. Far too busy, but will try get some footage. I get all of it on YouTube which surprisingly is very good for the Olympics and should really be the defacto for every olympics going forward. They categorise and split the events so nicely you get everything you need in one place. Beats having to pay the local networks for a subscription just to watch them not show what you want when you want to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Eurosports coverage is very poor. Currently there is no commentary on the ice hockey and the other day they missed 3 goals out. I think they had issues in the summer Olympics last year as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 5,100 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 China has recruited so many people with little or no relationship to China. Half of them are second or third generation Americans, some are white people lmao @Viva la FCB Jake Chelios son of Chris plays hockey for China. How ludicrous The money must be good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Viva la FCB+ 2,547 Posted February 7, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted February 7, 2022 Just now, Spike said: China has recruited so many people with little or no relationship to China. Half of them are second or third generation Americans, some are white people lmao @Viva la FCB Jake Chelios son of Chris plays hockey for China. How ludicrous The money must be good All I know is Brandon Yip their captain played with and against my brother growing up - sort of an on the bubble NHLer... probably played under 200 games anyways if memory serves kinda like a Colin Fraser type guy. Yip plays in the KHL still from what I had seen going into the Olympics here. But yeah Yip was born and raised here.. local guy just has the ancestry and thats good enough I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 5,100 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 8 minutes ago, Viva la FCB said: All I know is Brandon Yip their captain played with and against my brother growing up - sort of an on the bubble NHLer... probably played under 200 games anyways if memory serves kinda like a Colin Fraser type guy. Yip plays in the KHL still from what I had seen going into the Olympics here. But yeah Yip was born and raised here.. local guy just has the ancestry and thats good enough I guess. Doesn’t explain the Greek heritage kid from Chicago ’Ay what is this noodle shit, gimme summa the souvlaki and saganaki opaaa’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Viva la FCB+ 2,547 Posted February 7, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted February 7, 2022 15 minutes ago, Spike said: Doesn’t explain the Greek heritage kid from Chicago ’Ay what is this noodle shit, gimme summa the souvlaki and saganaki opaaa’ That is pretty funny I handt seen that. I guess theyre just reaching deep as this is probably their best shot at international hockey success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Mel81x+ 3,612 Posted February 8, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted February 8, 2022 This Canada women's team in ice hockey is ripping everyone a new asshole. They should just give them the gold now and not bother with the rest of it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Mel81x+ 3,612 Posted February 8, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted February 8, 2022 9 hours ago, Spike said: China has recruited so many people with little or no relationship to China. Half of them are second or third generation Americans, some are white people lmao @Viva la FCB Jake Chelios son of Chris plays hockey for China. How ludicrous The money must be good Isn't that the general trend with the Olympics anyways? Most countries that can pay for an athlete's development tend to acquire the best from their nations and groom them to be part of their squads for various sports. It's not like its a lot of money initially as I remember reading somewhere that some of the best governments don't offer massive stipends to their olympic athletes but its much better than waiting in line in your own country to get a spot you may never get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coma 1,763 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 It's been heartbreaking listening to some of the stories of athletes that have trained for years to get to the Olympics and then tested positive for COVID before their meet. I don't understand it at all. If an athlete has been vaccinated, let them get on with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Mel81x+ 3,612 Posted February 8, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted February 8, 2022 5 hours ago, Coma said: It's been heartbreaking listening to some of the stories of athletes that have trained for years to get to the Olympics and then tested positive for COVID before their meet. I don't understand it at all. If an athlete has been vaccinated, let them get on with it. I think the issue is it spreading to another athlete and them having to miss their opportunity as a result. In some cases I think its just extreme to not let them attend after they've tested negative but to just not let them go altogether is a bit shit. They get a chance 4 yrs from now and who knows what will happen to them in the interim in terms of their ability to regain the form they've worked so hard for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Mel81x+ 3,612 Posted February 8, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted February 8, 2022 That curling match finals for the Gold in the mixed doubles was superb. Stefania Constantini has a bright future in the sport if she keeps this up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coma 1,763 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Mel81x said: I think the issue is it spreading to another athlete and them having to miss their opportunity as a result. In some cases I think its just extreme to not let them attend after they've tested negative but to just not let them go altogether is a bit shit. They get a chance 4 yrs from now and who knows what will happen to them in the interim in terms of their ability to regain the form they've worked so hard for. Not that I'm necessarily advocating it but I'm surprised they didn't mandate that all athletes had to be vaccinated to attend the games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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