Olympic Fan Darcy Posted February 20, 2014 Report Posted February 20, 2014 that was one costly shoulder tap canada. i need to start following this sport in the off years. Maltais will think twice next time she dares touch the wicked lesbian witch! Belle Brockhoff leaves with at least some consolidation prize
LoveMyRaps Posted February 20, 2014 Report Posted February 20, 2014 Wow huge dissapointment by the Ski Cross team. We had so many medal favorites going in, but weren't even able to win one?!
4seasonscentre Posted February 20, 2014 Report Posted February 20, 2014 Out of the top 10 contenders for a medal, only 3 or 4 are left standing. A French sweep is still possible. Canada got another great victory today. A new member of the Athlete's Commission in Hayley Wickenheiser. Oh excellent, a friend of the gays in Wickenheiser and a BiAthelete in Einar Bjorndalen
JLishere Posted February 20, 2014 Report Posted February 20, 2014 Wow huge dissapointment by the Ski Cross team. We had so many medal favorites going in, but weren't even able to win one?! Ski cross and snowboard cross are really unpredictable. To get a medal, athletes must survive 3 elimination rounds. Each time, they have a 50% chance of getting wiped out. And as we've seen in almost every race, at least one skier always falls. It's just really unpredictable. It all depends on your heat, your starting position, and hoping no one will make you fall (aka a French).
Fox334 Posted February 20, 2014 Report Posted February 20, 2014 Wow huge dissapointment by the Ski Cross team. We had so many medal favorites going in, but weren't even able to win one?! Well, when there's about a dozen "medal favourites"...
intoronto Posted February 20, 2014 Report Posted February 20, 2014 A french sweep wow. I did not expect that.
intoronto Posted February 20, 2014 Report Posted February 20, 2014 Should note that she was undefeated throughout the tournament. Never been done before!
Quaker2001 Posted February 20, 2014 Report Posted February 20, 2014 Hard to believe that's the first women's curling gold for Canada since the late Sandra Schmirler back in Nagano. Congrats to Jennifer Jones and team.. most dominant team an Olympic curling tournament has ever seen.
dave199 Posted February 20, 2014 Report Posted February 20, 2014 No medals in Ski Cross or Ski Halfpipe..Another disappointment
SkiFreak Posted February 20, 2014 Report Posted February 20, 2014 Crap. US is up 1-0 in women's hockey. We got to quit beating ourselves in the chest over these medals. Maybe I jinxed it yesterday with my comment about the crashes in ski cross.
zekekelso Posted February 20, 2014 Report Posted February 20, 2014 U-S-A U-S-A U-S-A U-S-A U-S-A U-S-A U-S-A U-S-A
ktoles Posted February 20, 2014 Report Posted February 20, 2014 Well unfortunately you can't win them all! A silver medal is still a heck of an accomplishment. To those who are being negative about Canada's current medal totals, I was actually feeling the same way you are when a lot of our favorites didn't land on the podium, but then I look at it and I have some perspective on it: This is sport, on the biggest stage in the world and it's extremely unpredictable. It happens. Canada is probably going to end around the 23 or so medals mark, not quite up to Torino or Vancouver, but that's still a decent total. Yes I know SI and the AP projected far more, but that's sport and that's what happens. We've done well in some events, and in others we haven't. At the end of the day our team still has done a solid job and is doing well in the overall count and is now Top 5 in the medal rankings for gold medals. So they've done well. Have they maxed out? No, but what can you do? You win some, you lose some. They are putting everything on the line to do what they can to represent Canada, if you can't be proud of that, then that's your problem. C'est La vie! I say, Good Job to the Canadians who have represented us!
intoronto Posted February 20, 2014 Report Posted February 20, 2014 Too little too late unfortunately.
SkiFreak Posted February 20, 2014 Report Posted February 20, 2014 Send 'em to the Cossacks for a post-game whipping. I kid, I kid...
Fox334 Posted February 20, 2014 Report Posted February 20, 2014 Wow, did not expect overtime after it became 2-0. The US was a few centimetres from winning it on the empty net.
SkiFreak Posted February 20, 2014 Report Posted February 20, 2014 The Cossacks have their whips ready for the losers! If the commentator from Blades of Glory was doing commentary for this, he'd probably say "It's a pussy riot on ice!"
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