2018 Winter Olympics

[Inquiring Mind]

Re: 2018 Winter Olympics

Some renewed rumblings of a Russian boycott after several of their medal favourites were deemed ineligible.

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/sh...nned-1.4499567

This is aside from the 39 athletes currently appealing their lifetime bans in the Court of Arbitration of Sport, which isn't expected to rule until next week and could stir up an entirely new hornets nest if they overturn them.

[BaronAmongYou]

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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing

If you're wondering when specific events start I made a handy little spreadsheet with times and days listed for both Korean time and Mountain time.

[Inquiring Mind]

Re: 2018 Winter Olympics

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing

If you're wondering when specific events start I made a handy little spreadsheet with times and days listed for both Korean time and Mountain time.

via GIPHY

[Inquiring Mind]

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So the Court of Arbitration totally overturned 28 of the Russian lifetime bans, and partially overturned 11 others.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-olympics/42901377

What this means for this year, who knows, but everyone will be suing everyone in the next week.

[turftoe27]

Re: 2018 Winter Olympics

So the Court of Arbitration totally overturned 28 of the Russian lifetime bans, and partially overturned 11 others.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-olympics/42901377

What this means for this year, who knows, but everyone will be suing everyone in the next week.

That's why there are so many jokes about lawyers. Reminds me of the European judges in figure skating a few years ago.

[Inquiring Mind]

Re: 2018 Winter Olympics

Some medal predictions from various outlets:

Sports Illustrated:
Norway 41
Germany 34
Canada 31
USA 28
France 18
Netherlands17
Austria 17
Japan 14
Switzerland13
Sweden 13
Korea 12

Wall Street Journal:
Norway 36
USA 36
Canada 33
Germany 32
France 20
Netherlands18
Japan 14
Korea 13
Sweden 13
Russia 12
Austria 12

Associated Press:
USA 40
Norway 39
Canada 36
Germany 29
Netherlands20
France 16
Austria 14
Korea 12
Japan 12
Sweden 11
Switzerland11

Gracenote:
Norway 40
Germany 37
Canada 33
USA 29
France 24
Netherlands18
Austria 15
Japan 15
Sweden 14
Switzerland12

Inquiring Mind:
Norway 39
Germany 32
Canada 29
USA 27
France 21
Austria 18
Netherlands16
Switzerland14
Japan 13
Sweden 11

[BaronAmongYou]

Re: 2018 Winter Olympics

Some medal predictions from various outlets:
Associated Press:
USA 40
Norway 39
Canada 36
Germany 29
Netherlands20
France 16
Austria 14
Korea 12
Japan 12
Sweden 11
Switzerland11

36 medals, oh Associated press... be still, my beating heart.

[Jtuck09]

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I predict we end up with...30 medals.

[Deathsdoorstep]

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Nobody predicted 32 so, that's my guess. 32 .....32 WONDERFUL medals a-ha-ha-ha!!!!!!

[Beerfish]

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I have no clue how many medals we will have but I'll be watching some of the events for sure.

[eskfan152]

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Men’s slopestyle snowboarding gets us our first two medals. Silver and bronze with the US getting the surprise gold.

[Inquiring Mind]

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Men’s slopestyle snowboarding gets us our first two medals. Silver and bronze with the US getting the surprise gold.

Remarkable how the US always manages to get a suprise win with a bloated score in this event...

I think this is the second time Parrot has been robbed of the gold medal, but at least he got a medal this time around. Last time there was no rhyme or reason to the scoring at all... this time at least it made some sense. I agree with the podium, just not the order.

[eskfan152]

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Ted-Jan Bloemen won silver in the men’s 5000m speedskate overnight! As for the snowboarding, I don’t have nearly good enough eye to spot how it’s judged, all I know is that wow slopestyle is one wild sport to watch!!

[Beerfish]

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Good thing Kaitlyn Lawes redeemed herself in curling later in the game as she was dreadful about half way through the game. It should have been a hand shake game early with all the blown chances.

[eskfan152]

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Medals are really rolling in for Canada! Gold in men’s moguls and team figure skating, silver in ladies Slopestyle, and luckily John Morris and Katelyn Lawes are the gold medal game tomorrow morning in mixed doubles curling. Definitely looking like it’ll be a great Olympics for Canada!