Winter Olympics

[Beezerk]

I didn't really get the bug until I spent 4 hours yesterday morning watching it, I just couldn't get up off the couch for some reason.
I've managed to get a sneaky stream of the speed skating final on my laptop, come on that Scottish lass :whoo:

Anyone else watching it?

 

[Imurg]

Pardon the pun but the whole thing leaves me cold..

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I'm old school when it comes to the Winter Olympics in particular. Downhill skiing, slalom, bobsleigh etc. are something worth watching. The new 'pastime' sports are too Mickey Mouse for me. Too many events which are judged, ie endless snowboard ones, which just make a mockery of it imo. The news reported one snowboarding event yesterday where you basically go off a jump and then do aerial gymnastics and get marked for it. The wind was up and every competitor fell on landing on at least one of their two jumps. Nonsense stuff.


Happy to accept I'm outdated on this but I can't get interested in the new winter Olympics.

 

[upsidedown]

Enjoy all the skiing events and marvel at the acrobatic that the top snowboarders can perform.

Sad to see Christie fall, but she was going for it so bring on saturday where I'm sure she'll get the medal she richly deserves

 

[Beezerk]

Ooops, looks like a jinxed her. She was never in the running for gold but had a medal nailed on until she fell.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

I'm old school when it comes to the Winter Olympics in particular. Downhill skiing, slalom, bobsleigh etc. are something worth watching. The new 'pastime' sports are too Mickey Mouse for me. Too many events which are judged, ie endless snowboard ones, which just make a mockery of it imo. The news reported one snowboarding event yesterday where you basically go off a jump and then do aerial gymnastics and get marked for it. The wind was up and every competitor fell on landing on at least one of their two jumps. Nonsense stuff.


Happy to accept I'm outdated on this but I can't get interested in the new winter Olympics.

Agree fully.
If it needs a Judge to score it, it shouldn’t be an Olympic event anyway.

 

[Hacker Khan]

I'm quite enjoying it. I accept that watching teenage dudes snowboarding down a half pipe, or whatever they do, might not be to everyone's taste. But for me fair play to them for trying to modernise and keep it relevant to a younger generation, whilst at the same time keeping the iconic winter Olympic sports we all grew up with.

 

[Beezerk]

Agree fully.
If it needs a Judge to score it, it shouldn’t be an Olympic event anyway.

So ski jumping shouldn't be in?

 

[Old Skier]

Agree fully.
If it needs a Judge to score it, it shouldn’t be an Olympic event anyway.

Lets bin pony dancing and gymnastics from the sunshine event as well.

 

[Slime]

Agree fully.
If it needs a Judge to score it, it shouldn’t be an Olympic event anyway.

Lets bin pony dancing and gymnastics from the sunshine event as well.

You'd better add boxing to the list too!

 

[Slime]

I'm loving the Winter Olympics, I just wish the British competitors didn't keep falling over!

 

[Lord Tyrion]

So ski jumping shouldn't be in?

Lets bin pony dancing and gymnastics from the sunshine event as well.

You'd better add boxing to the list too!

I think this is a really interesting debate and on the whole I tend to agree with BM. As soon as judges get involved it becomes subjective rather than clear. Ski jumping is slightly different as distance does matter but you are quite right in that there is also a style element. On the whole the longest tends to win though.

I'd have no problem binning any of the other events mentioned. Dressage is a farce of a thing so that is easy to bin. Gymnastics and boxing has controversy every time over marks so they can also go. They are trying to improve the scoring in boxing so maybe that can stay a little longer. Maybe not though. I feel guilty binning ice skating, I'm sorry T & D, but there can't be exceptions. Diving, mehhhh.

Fastest, longest etc. Old school

 

[Old Skier]

I'm loving the Winter Olympics, I just wish the British competitors didn't keep falling over!

Problem with working on snow and ice as I keep finding out

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Scots girl who was disqualified a couple of times from the 2014 Games in tears and playing the 'poor wee me card' because someone 'shoved' her. Aye right.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Can't get into it. Maybe because we're not very good usually

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Scots girl who was disqualified a couple of times from the 2014 Games in tears and playing the 'poor wee me card' because someone 'shoved' her. Aye right.

What a poor post - that young lady spent years training and building up to the games that are the pinnacle of her career and then to see her dreams dashed by someone else is going to be heartbreaking for her

 

[Old Skier]

What a poor post - that young lady spent years training and building up to the games that are the pinnacle of her career and then to see her dreams dashed by someone else is going to be heartbreaking for her

It's an event were anything can and does happen and there was a possibility if she'd got herself up to have got a bronze. She is a top athlete who seems at times to be very fragile mentally.

 

[User62651]

Dipping in and out of these winter olympics, quite like the snowboarding events, bit of ice hockey is ok, speedskating is good too, however luge/skelton/bobsleigh/ski jumping/curling thanks but no thanks, all too dull. Downhill ski is good and slaloms are fine too. Biathlon and x-country ski is also hard going to watch imo.
Think we were hoping to have some medals by now but nada.
Boarder cross is new school but probably the best watch.

 

[pokerjoke]

It's an event were anything can and does happen and there was a possibility if she'd got herself up to have got a bronze. She is a top athlete who seems at times to be very fragile mentally.

Spot on.
I watched her last time and have watched her again today,last time she was robbed this time she was not.I felt really bad for her last time at the Olympics but she has certainly made up for it since and then some.
The BBC built it up so much this morning it was like watching a golf tournament of Tiger Woods.
If you had watched the heats and saw her draw she had no chance of the gold today,in fact a medal of any sort would have been a result.She could not beat these at the start so would have needed a fall by others.
She looks mentally weak but no doubt that what pressure has done to her.She has better chances at the weekend so I'm hoping she does win.
What about the Korean who came 2nd and DQ what was that all about she never touched no-one.

 

[pokerjoke]

What a poor post - that young lady spent years training and building up to the games that are the pinnacle of her career and then to see her dreams dashed by someone else is going to be heartbreaking for her

Who dashed her dreams?
Your just jumping down peoples throats for the sake of it.I bet you watched the highlights and actually know very little about her.If you listened to her interviews in the 500m her least favorite distance it was gold or nothing poo or bust.