Faster Posted January 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 On 1/14/2018 at 12:52 PM, Faster said: Also going to put it other there. I am guessing there is going to be controversy in the selection of the Canadian Figure Skating team. I think they will select Nam Nguyen over Keegan Messing. I was wrong and am not happy about it. Nguyen is the future of Canadian men's skating. He has more international experience and would take the pressure off of Chan in the team event more than Messing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 20 hours ago, Faster said: I was wrong and am not happy about it. Nguyen is the future of Canadian men's skating. He has more international experience and would take the pressure off of Chan in the team event more than Messing. I agree. Messing struggled all season. Oh well. Moir/Virtue are the flagbearers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinXTC Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 Patrick Chan is still around? Oh good grief. He'll more than likely miss the podium on the men's competition if he doesn't pull off 2 flawless performances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 Keeping it in figure skating, PM Justin Trudeau announces today at an Ottawa news conferece that skating pair Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir will carry the maple leaf into Pyeongchang during the Opening Ceremony in February. First time figure skating will have that honor since Kurt Browning in 1994: http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/watch-canada-unveil-olympic-flag-bearer-for-pyeongchang-1.4489152 https://www.tsn.ca/virtue-and-moir-will-carry-the-maple-leaf-1.969432 http://www.sportsnet.ca/olympics/virtue-moir-canadas-flag-bearers-pyeongchang-2018/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 7 hours ago, LatinXTC said: Patrick Chan is still around? Oh good grief. He'll more than likely miss the podium on the men's competition if he doesn't pull off 2 flawless performances. Even with that its unlikely he wins a medal... the competition is simply better all because of the quad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinXTC Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 3 hours ago, intoronto said: Even with that its unlikely he wins a medal... the competition is simply better all because of the quad. Well he'll for sure win a medal in the team competition. In fact they've got a great shot at winning gold there. But yeah even Javier Fernandez, who looked like he was on his way to getting a gold this year, won't medal this year. It's amazing how Chan squandered a perfect opportunity 4yrs ago. All he had to do was skate cleanly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkiFreak Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 PyeonChang 2018 is officially here, albeit 2 days before the opening ceremonies. The debut of mixed curling is happening right now on CBC. Canada vs Norway! Go Canada Go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkiFreak Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 When CBC started broadcasting an hour ago, they did say the opening ceremony will be rebroadcast in primetime Friday evening starting at 9pm EST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted February 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 That was a disappointing lose to Norway. On the plus side, MOP was first in downhill training. Maybe there is a chance there. I doubt it, but ya never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted February 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 A good start for Canada Mixed Curling: 3-1. Games remaining against Switzerland and Russia though. Still could be tight but Canada has played better every game. Moguls: 5 of 7 directly through to the finals. I doubt it will be two 1-2's again, but 2 to 3 medals is still on the table. Figure Skating: Best possible outcome so far. Things are looking very strong for a medal and good chance it is gold. A lot will depend on Osmond coming up with a 2nd place finish in the ladies short. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkiFreak Posted February 11, 2018 Report Share Posted February 11, 2018 Woot! Woot! First 2 medals! Helluva comeback by McMorris! Great run by Parrot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted February 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2018 SI predicted 30 medals (9 gold). So far Canada is 2 medals (0 gold) and is plus one. Canada won two medals that SI gave to Norway and Japan and lost a medal that went to the Netherlands. SI predicts two more medals for Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4seasonscentre Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 Gold in Team Figure Skating! Woo hoo! It was mathematically guaranteed after Ladies Free, but Virtue and Moir still came in first place in Ice Dance Free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted February 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 First truly surprising medal of the Games for Canada in Ladies Slopestyle. Especially remarkable since Blouin went down pretty hard. Out of the first round of events I thought the surprise medal would come from Blondin in the 3000m or Harvey in the Skiathlon. The only real miss has been 1500m in short track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted February 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 Now up to 7 medals. Above pace according to SI and Infostrata, same total medals as Sochi to this point but one less gold. Tomorrow: Mixed Doubles Curling Women's Luge Men's 1500m long track Women's 500m short track. Could be 5 medals, but 2 would be a win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted February 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) Still not sure what to make of Canada's performance so far. Only one real medal miss (well two but Boutin made up for the DSQ). Canada isn't winning the marginal medals that would be needed to get into the mid 30's, but the team is still doing better than both major sets of predictions, the USA Today predictions were a little too bullish for my liking. Projectimg out; Canada will need another 4 to 6 medals in freestyle skiing, 2 to 4 medals in snowboarding (going to be tough since women's cross is not a strength this time), 4 to 6 medals in speed skating, 2 to 4 medals in sliding and another 4 to 6 medals from hockey/figure skating/curling/cross country. So still in that spot of mid to high 20's I think. But given everything Canada won 24 medals in 84 events in 2006, compared to maybe 30 medals in 102 events. So the extra events are really helping Canada out. Hopefully skate cross gets added next. Kinda worried about Homan though. Not a good lose to Korea and follows that up with a game against Sweden. Edited February 15, 2018 by Faster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkiFreak Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 My Olympic experience is complete. One of my tweets was broadcast on Up with CBC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4seasonscentre Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 3 hours ago, SkiFreak said: My Olympic experience is complete. One of my tweets was broadcast on Up with CBC. Oh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted February 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 Really unfortunate for Olivier Rochon in the Aerials. He was jumping so well and a medal was there for the taking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 i was pretty shocked he didn't medal. of course all my least favorite countries did. quite surprising he blew that last jump. at least you poached that dutch speedskater bloemen. that gamble's been paying better dividends than bitcoin stocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted February 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 Predicted Medals Left: USA Today (7G, 3S, 4B) 2-Woman Bobsleigh - Gold Alex Harvery 50km - Bronze Women's Curling - Gold Men's Curling - Gold Kaitlyn Osmond - Bronze Kevin Drury - Ski Cross - Bronze Men's Hockey - Gold Women's Hockey - Gold Big Air - Men's Gold and Silver 500m STSS - Samual Girard - Bronze 5000m Relay - Silver 1000m Women's SSTS Kim Boutin - Silver Ivanie Blondin - Mass Start - Gold GraceSport (5G, 3S, 4B) 2-Woman Bobsleigh - Gold Women's Curling - Gold Men's Curling - Gold Men's Hockey - Gold Big Air - Men's Gold and Bronze 1000m Women's SSTS St. Gelais - Silver Women's Hockey - Silver Ivanie Blondin - Mass Start - Silver 3000m Relay - Bronze 5000m Relay - Bronze SI (5G, 3S 6B) (nothing too different from the others) So all 3 sets of predictions have Canada projected out to between 31 and 33 medals including at least 12 gold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 k well i saw 3 events today, ice dancing, ski halfpipe and bobsled and you took gold in all of them, plus a solid win in women's hockey. so i hope you're not still complaining about your performance. it was all canada all day basically. meanwhile i can't even remember the last time we won a gold medal. thank god we're the only country on earth that can land a jump on a snowboard or this olympics would be a bigger disaster for us than london was for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted February 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 (edited) 16 minutes ago, krow said: k well i saw 3 events today, ice dancing, ski halfpipe and bobsled and you took gold in all of them, plus a solid win in women's hockey. so i hope you're not still complaining about your performance. it was all canada all day basically. meanwhile i can't even remember the last time we won a gold medal. thank god we're the only country on earth that can land a jump on a snowboard or this olympics would be a bigger disaster for us than london was for you. London wasn't a disaster. Comparable would be Athens. Also should add that Canada valued 5 gold medals above all others. Canada has won one, and the other 4 aren't looking good,. Edited February 20, 2018 by Faster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4seasonscentre Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 Such a great day! Gold in bobsled (technically it was yesterday), ski half pipe, and ice dance! Go Canada Go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 28 minutes ago, Faster said: London wasn't a disaster. Comparable would be Athens. Also should add that Canada valued 5 gold medals above all others. Canada has won one, and the other 4 aren't looking good,. the women's hockey isn't looking good? are you watching the same games i am? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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