Winter Olympics

Isn’t what she did the maximum of what she can do anyway ? She didn’t “deliberately” come last - her level of ability means that she can’t do the tricks and just ski up and down and try and make it a clean as possible - I suspect for other people what she was doing isn’t that easy to do.

She qualified and she then went out and did her best
 
Agree with LP, she qualified by right, she’s lived her dream and not denied anyone else a space by her antics.
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Isn’t what she did the maximum of what she can do anyway ? She didn’t “deliberately” come last - her level of ability means that she can’t do the tricks and just ski up and down and try and make it a clean as possible - I suspect for other people what she was doing isn’t that easy to do.

She qualified and she then went out and did her best
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The articles I read about her implied she kept it deliberately simple in the qualifiers to ensure she didn't fall and used the loophole correctly. You'd have thought having got to the Olympics she'd at least try and give it something extra. You get more than one run at it remember.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
I was eating my toast this morning and the sports section was on BBC Breakfast. They showed a clip of something called ski half pipe, could be wrong. The skier is stood bolt upright and ski's sideways / 45° down a giant pipe cut in half. Every so often they get enough momentum to get in the air and do a twirl. Needless to say the British lady fell on both of her runs, BOA money well spent there then. Seriously, that is meant to be a proper sport? A bit of fun on holiday, yes but if that is a sport then team snowball fighting needs to make an application for future Games.
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Did you not see Shaun White's last run in the halfpipe on a snowboard for gold last week, legendary! Bit more than a bit of holiday fun!
Half pipe is relevant (given mass participation by public) and better to watch than any specialist sliding event, that really is self indulgent nonsense for the very few in many ways. Every ski resort has a half pipe and park area these days. These 'new' Olympic events for skiing and snowboarding - slopestyle, half pipe, cross and moguls (skiing only) are way and above the best watches imo and yes I'm an old timer. The boarder and skier cross event is terrific imo.:)
 
Lord Tyrion said:
I was eating my toast this morning and the sports section was on BBC Breakfast. They showed a clip of something called ski half pipe, could be wrong. The skier is stood bolt upright and ski's sideways / 45° down a giant pipe cut in half. Every so often they get enough momentum to get in the air and do a twirl. Needless to say the British lady fell on both of her runs, BOA money well spent there then. Seriously, that is meant to be a proper sport? A bit of fun on holiday, yes but if that is a sport then team snowball fighting needs to make an application for future Games.
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You see that’s the beauty of both the summer and Winter Olympics- there is always something there for everyone - whilst you may not like it there are millions around the world that love it - the X Games is massive for the Winter Sports fans and then the Olympics is a step up
 
maxfli65 said:
Did you not see Shaun White's last run in the halfpipe on a snowboard for gold last week, legendary! Bit more than a bit of holiday fun!
Half pipe is relevant (given mass participation by public) and better to watch than any specialist sliding event, that really is self indulgent nonsense for the very few in many ways. Every ski resort has a half pipe and park area these days. These 'new' Olympic events for skiing and snowboarding - slopestyle, half pipe, cross and moguls (skiing only) are way and above the best watches imo and yes I'm an old timer. The boarder and skier cross event is terrific imo.:)
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No, I didn't. I only saw the 20 second clip this morning and it was pants. I've accepted earlier that I am not loving these games and was not going to post again but I saw the clip this morning and wanted a bit of banter with Beezerk. I'm open to abuse on this one, I know it :D.
 
Why is the curling tournament format so bloody long?? A lot of the other events seem to be done and dusted in two days, but the curling has been going for about two weeks and they still don't look near finishing. Everyone has to play everyone?? Why didn't they just do groups of 4 or something and then knock out, like a world cup?
 
Orikoru said:
Why is the curling tournament format so bloody long?? A lot of the other events seem to be done and dusted in two days, but the curling has been going for about two weeks and they still don't look near finishing. Everyone has to play everyone?? Why didn't they just do groups of 4 or something and then knock out, like a world cup?
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That sir is a very valid question. Some events are over in a few hours, the tedium of curling goes on and on and on.
BBC are huge on it as it fills in hours of airtime and is probably cheap to take the feeds as there's 2 or 3 static cameras involved.
Looking at the schedule it's on 18 of the 19 days, the most ahead of ice hockey which is 16 days of 19.
Be nice if both ladies and mens teams medal, they'll have earned it at least!

Guy on radio scotland earlier representing Kays who make the stones, saying as winter Olympics are in China next time there will be a rush on curling stones as that's the big growth area, 500 new curling rinks to be set up in China!
Not going away any times soon.
 
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maxfli65 said:
That sir is a very valid question. Some events are over in a few hours, the tedium of curling goes on and on and on.
BBC are huge on it as it fills in hours of airtime and is probably cheap to take the feeds as there's 2 or 3 static cameras involved.
Looking at the schedule it's on 18 of the 19 days, the most ahead of ice hockey which is 16 days of 19.
Be nice if both ladies and mens teams medal, they'll have earned it at least!

Guy on radio scotland earlier representing Kays who make the stones, saying as winter Olympics are in China next time there will be a rush on curling stones as that's the big growth area, 500 new curling rinks to be set up in China!
Not going away any times soon.
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No wonder that Russian curler took performance enhancing drugs. We were wondering why he'd need them, but as curling creeps into it's 57th day I can understand it.
 
I see eddie the eagle has said that GB is spending to much on the winter Olympics. Does he have a point. Just seen the japanese women beat the dutch for gold. Ironically the Japs now have the dutch coach from four years ago. So are we spending a lot of money on no chance athlets when it could be spent on better coaching. Or is it already spent on better coaching but the athletes are not up to it.
 
maxfli65 said:
That sir is a very valid question. Some events are over in a few hours, the tedium of curling goes on and on and on.
BBC are huge on it as it fills in hours of airtime and is probably cheap to take the feeds as there's 2 or 3 static cameras involved.
Looking at the schedule it's on 18 of the 19 days, the most ahead of ice hockey which is 16 days of 19.
Be nice if both ladies and mens teams medal, they'll have earned it at least!

Guy on radio scotland earlier representing Kays who make the stones, saying as winter Olympics are in China next time there will be a rush on curling stones as that's the big growth area, 500 new curling rinks to be set up in China!
Not going away any times soon.
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Good question and fine reply sir. Actually with the men going into a sudden death match off the back of a right gubbing, I'm looking forward to watching it. I think I'm right (probably not) but win and get into the semi final and aren't we guaranteed a bronze at worse
 
If Sweden face Denmark in an event it's abbreviated to SWE-DEN. The unused letters from each country spell out DEN-MARK.

Shamelessly stolen from QI on Twitter.
 
HomerJSimpson said:
Good question and fine reply sir. Actually with the men going into a sudden death match off the back of a right gubbing, I'm looking forward to watching it. I think I'm right (probably not) but win and get into the semi final and aren't we guaranteed a bronze at worse
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Think it just guarantees a medal match. They will either be going for gold/silver or bronze/4th.
 
HomerJSimpson said:
Good question and fine reply sir. Actually with the men going into a sudden death match off the back of a right gubbing, I'm looking forward to watching it. I think I'm right (probably not) but win and get into the semi final and aren't we guaranteed a bronze at worse
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No Homer, you have to win the Bronze medal match to get the bronze medal.
 
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