Winter Olympics 2022
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@bayimports I watched it the other day, it's a time trial because you lose 2 minutes if you miss a shot.
@barbarian said in Winter Olympics 2022:
@bayimports I watched it the other day, it's a time trial because you lose 2 minutes if you miss a shot.
You're right. There are two versions at the Olympics - one in which they start at different times and the fastest time wins, and then a mass start where it's a race to the finish with penalty laps for missed shots.
Biathlon is terrific. These guys are legit world class cross-country skiiers and farking snipers to boot. The cool thing is that the result is always in doubt until the final shooting.
On the topic of GOATS, Ole Einar Bjørndalen is a biathelete whose name deserves to be thrown in.
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Silver for Zoi after she didnt quite manage to land her final jump, which she needed to given the Austrian got a 95 on the the run prior.
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Silver for Zoi after she didnt quite manage to land her final jump, which she needed to given the Austrian got a 95 on the the run prior.
@taniwharugby said in Winter Olympics 2022:
Silver for Zoi after she didnt quite manage to land her final jump, which she needed to given the Austrian got a 95 on the the run prior.
She's got the same Gold, Silver, Bronze set as Barbara Kendall.
Probably have a chance to add to those.
I presume those women's snowboarders are similar mini-sized as gymnasts - judging by how much taller the Chinese girl leading them to the dais was?
The Austrian who won the gold is quite tidy!
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@majorrage Amen brother.
The problem for me is there are too many events that are either time trials or individually judged events.
How many events are an actual race? By which I mean multiple people competing to cross a finish line at the same time. There's the snowboarding one and the short track speed skating and that's it, I think. The cross country? Think that's a time trial but maybe there's a race in there.
Everything else is all watching the clock, looking at splits, or trying to work out what the judges will think of X or Y. Which is fine for the odd event but it's everything and it's just so tedious.
@barbarian said in Winter Olympics 2022:
@majorrage Amen brother.
The problem for me is there are too many events that are either time trials or individually judged events.
How many events are an actual race? By which I mean multiple people competing to cross a finish line at the same time. There's the snowboarding one and the short track speed skating and that's it, I think. The cross country? Think that's a time trial but maybe there's a race in there.
Everything else is all watching the clock, looking at splits, or trying to work out what the judges will think of X or Y. Which is fine for the odd event but it's everything and it's just so tedious.
Agree would like to see more races, imagine the downhill as a race. And yes too much reliance on judging, am sure there is not always consistency there
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I’ve really enjoyed it
Recorded everything that’s available on the BBC, then watched at various speeds to get to the heart of the competition
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I’ve really enjoyed it
Recorded everything that’s available on the BBC, then watched at various speeds to get to the heart of the competition
@mikethesnow said in Winter Olympics 2022:
I’ve really enjoyed it
Recorded everything that’s available on the BBC, then watched at various speeds to get to the heart of the competition
I’m currently in the land of Taff and I acknowledge that if I lived here I’d watch a lot of TV too.
To be fair, there is a winter storm so perhaps I’m not seeing her at her best.
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@mikethesnow said in Winter Olympics 2022:
I’ve really enjoyed it
Recorded everything that’s available on the BBC, then watched at various speeds to get to the heart of the competition
I’m currently in the land of Taff and I acknowledge that if I lived here I’d watch a lot of TV too.
To be fair, there is a winter storm so perhaps I’m not seeing her at her best.
@majorrage said in Winter Olympics 2022:
@mikethesnow said in Winter Olympics 2022:
I’ve really enjoyed it
Recorded everything that’s available on the BBC, then watched at various speeds to get to the heart of the competition
I’m currently in the land of Taff and I acknowledge that if I lived here I’d watch a lot of TV too.
To be fair, there is a winter storm so perhaps I’m not seeing her at her best.
The less visibility the better in some areas. Not a country of sweeping panoramas
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@majorrage said in Winter Olympics 2022:
@mikethesnow said in Winter Olympics 2022:
I’ve really enjoyed it
Recorded everything that’s available on the BBC, then watched at various speeds to get to the heart of the competition
I’m currently in the land of Taff and I acknowledge that if I lived here I’d watch a lot of TV too.
To be fair, there is a winter storm so perhaps I’m not seeing her at her best.
The less visibility the better in some areas. Not a country of sweeping panoramas
@crucial said in Winter Olympics 2022:
@majorrage said in Winter Olympics 2022:
@mikethesnow said in Winter Olympics 2022:
I’ve really enjoyed it
Recorded everything that’s available on the BBC, then watched at various speeds to get to the heart of the competition
I’m currently in the land of Taff and I acknowledge that if I lived here I’d watch a lot of TV too.
To be fair, there is a winter storm so perhaps I’m not seeing her at her best.
The less visibility the better in some areas. Not a country of sweeping panoramas
Crucial, you are just flat out wrong here.
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@crucial said in Winter Olympics 2022:
@majorrage said in Winter Olympics 2022:
@mikethesnow said in Winter Olympics 2022:
I’ve really enjoyed it
Recorded everything that’s available on the BBC, then watched at various speeds to get to the heart of the competition
I’m currently in the land of Taff and I acknowledge that if I lived here I’d watch a lot of TV too.
To be fair, there is a winter storm so perhaps I’m not seeing her at her best.
The less visibility the better in some areas. Not a country of sweeping panoramas
Crucial, you are just flat out wrong here.
@majorrage said in Winter Olympics 2022:
@crucial said in Winter Olympics 2022:
@majorrage said in Winter Olympics 2022:
@mikethesnow said in Winter Olympics 2022:
I’ve really enjoyed it
Recorded everything that’s available on the BBC, then watched at various speeds to get to the heart of the competition
I’m currently in the land of Taff and I acknowledge that if I lived here I’d watch a lot of TV too.
To be fair, there is a winter storm so perhaps I’m not seeing her at her best.
The less visibility the better in some areas. Not a country of sweeping panoramas
Crucial, you are just flat out wrong here.
Only going by my experience.
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@majorrage said in Winter Olympics 2022:
@crucial said in Winter Olympics 2022:
@majorrage said in Winter Olympics 2022:
@mikethesnow said in Winter Olympics 2022:
I’ve really enjoyed it
Recorded everything that’s available on the BBC, then watched at various speeds to get to the heart of the competition
I’m currently in the land of Taff and I acknowledge that if I lived here I’d watch a lot of TV too.
To be fair, there is a winter storm so perhaps I’m not seeing her at her best.
The less visibility the better in some areas. Not a country of sweeping panoramas
Crucial, you are just flat out wrong here.
Only going by my experience.
@crucial said in Winter Olympics 2022:
@majorrage said in Winter Olympics 2022:
@crucial said in Winter Olympics 2022:
@majorrage said in Winter Olympics 2022:
@mikethesnow said in Winter Olympics 2022:
I’ve really enjoyed it
Recorded everything that’s available on the BBC, then watched at various speeds to get to the heart of the competition
I’m currently in the land of Taff and I acknowledge that if I lived here I’d watch a lot of TV too.
To be fair, there is a winter storm so perhaps I’m not seeing her at her best.
The less visibility the better in some areas. Not a country of sweeping panoramas
Crucial, you are just flat out wrong here.
Only going by my experience.
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@crucial said in Winter Olympics 2022:
@majorrage said in Winter Olympics 2022:
@crucial said in Winter Olympics 2022:
@majorrage said in Winter Olympics 2022:
@mikethesnow said in Winter Olympics 2022:
I’ve really enjoyed it
Recorded everything that’s available on the BBC, then watched at various speeds to get to the heart of the competition
I’m currently in the land of Taff and I acknowledge that if I lived here I’d watch a lot of TV too.
To be fair, there is a winter storm so perhaps I’m not seeing her at her best.
The less visibility the better in some areas. Not a country of sweeping panoramas
Crucial, you are just flat out wrong here.
Only going by my experience.
@mikethesnow said in Winter Olympics 2022:
@crucial said in Winter Olympics 2022:
@majorrage said in Winter Olympics 2022:
@crucial said in Winter Olympics 2022:
@majorrage said in Winter Olympics 2022:
@mikethesnow said in Winter Olympics 2022:
I’ve really enjoyed it
Recorded everything that’s available on the BBC, then watched at various speeds to get to the heart of the competition
I’m currently in the land of Taff and I acknowledge that if I lived here I’d watch a lot of TV too.
To be fair, there is a winter storm so perhaps I’m not seeing her at her best.
The less visibility the better in some areas. Not a country of sweeping panoramas
Crucial, you are just flat out wrong here.
Only going by my experience.
Fair dues
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So has Valieva been tested again since the failure result?
Or would she only be tested again if she medalled....
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@bones said in Winter Olympics 2022:
So has Valieva been tested again since the failure result?
Or would she only be tested again if she medalled....
She has already medaled since the test that was positive
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@crucial so that must result in a test then? Hopefully not mixing her meds with her grandpa's again.
@bones said in Winter Olympics 2022:
@crucial so that must result in a test then? Hopefully not mixing her meds with her grandpa's again.
I haven't tried to understand the detail but it doesn't matter what the Olympic test results are too much. The question is whether she should be competing at all after testing positive pre-Olympics I think.
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My understanding is Valieva got let off because she was under 16.
Have no great issue that a child be let off. She's not capable of standing up against the adults, and system foisting the drugs upon her.
Shows how weak the decision was not to ban the country entirely.
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My understanding is Valieva got let off because she was under 16.
Have no great issue that a child be let off. She's not capable of standing up against the adults, and system foisting the drugs upon her.
Shows how weak the decision was not to ban the country entirely.
@booboo said in Winter Olympics 2022:
My understanding is Valieva got let off because she was under 16.
Have no great issue that a child be let off. She's not capable of standing up against the adults, and system foisting the drugs upon her.
Shows how weak the decision was not to ban the country entirely.
Totally disagree. It's not about her being let off. It's about the system she is part of being let off
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@booboo said in Winter Olympics 2022:
My understanding is Valieva got let off because she was under 16.
Have no great issue that a child be let off. She's not capable of standing up against the adults, and system foisting the drugs upon her.
Shows how weak the decision was not to ban the country entirely.
Totally disagree. It's not about her being let off. It's about the system she is part of being let off
@canefan said in Winter Olympics 2022:
@booboo said in Winter Olympics 2022:
My understanding is Valieva got let off because she was under 16.
Have no great issue that a child be let off. She's not capable of standing up against the adults, and system foisting the drugs upon her.
Shows how weak the decision was not to ban the country entirely.
Totally disagree. It's not about her being let off. It's about the system she is part of being let off
No, I think we agree
