NearPup 2,156 Posted February 12, 2022 #551 Share Posted February 12, 2022 1 minute ago, rafalgorka said: Have anyone seen Dubreuil's false start? I can't see it. did he actually do it? I think he didn't move. Weirdly in real time I thought it was a false start but I can't see it at all in slowmo. 5 minutes ago, intoronto said: Only Canada can have athletes win a medal at every stop of the preceding seasons World cup but not medal at the Olympics. What a joke! It's really not a surprise, Canadians who are favourites rarely win at the Olympics. Ted and Adriano 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeman 1,314 Posted February 12, 2022 #552 Share Posted February 12, 2022 13 minutes ago, NearPup said: Weirdly in real time I thought it was a false start but I can't see it at all in slowmo. It's really not a surprise, Canadians who are favourites rarely win at the Olympics. This is sadly true. Every Olympics Canada has the worst World Championships to Olympic medal conversions. I've been saying it for years, they need to invest more into psychologists. Canadian athletes have trouble performing on the biggest stage, and it's not due to skill or funding. It's starting to seep into hockey and curling now, too. Ted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepansevs 87 Posted February 12, 2022 #553 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Wow there is only one race in 500m? I thought that there are two - in and out in order to be fair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,217 Posted February 12, 2022 #554 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Just rewatched it, was funny race, but I do not really understand the reason why racers do not have 2 runs to make it more fair. Man that guy was really unlucky ... The last starter false start, that referee must have some eagle´s eye, because even the slow motion had trouble to figure out the false start First Asian cleen sweap of the games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,217 Posted February 12, 2022 #555 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Men's 500m Final Results GAO Tingyu 34.32 OR CHA Min-Kyu 34.39 Wataru MORISHIGE 34.49 Full Final Result HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,156 Posted February 12, 2022 #556 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Pointed out by Gracenote on Twitter: the men's 500m event is the first ever Winter Olympic event where three different NOCs from the same continent, other than Europe, have stood on the same podium. Ted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 782 Posted February 12, 2022 #557 Share Posted February 12, 2022 On 2/10/2022 at 5:13 AM, intoronto said: Tue's maybe? Obviously. You can't win medals in speed skaitng without doping, but this doesn't explain anything really. Russian/Chinese coaches would probably forcefully inject every single steroid that ever existed into their own children if it would give them a better medal chance. A tiny country like Norway being on the same level as Russia/China therefore must mean that Norway has a superior "training" program (same is true for the Netherlands). Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 782 Posted February 12, 2022 #558 Share Posted February 12, 2022 8 hours ago, NearPup said: Pointed out by Gracenote on Twitter: the men's 500m event is the first ever Winter Olympic event where three different NOCs from the same continent, other than Europe, have stood on the same podium. Sounds crazy, but not sure how crazy it actually is. Asia is the only continent that could have achieved this and South Korea, Japan and China are probably the only countries that could have done it. I guess it is still surprising that they have never done it in speed skating/figure skating/short track. Also it was probably bound to happen in this event, considering that many times before two different asian countries won medals in the men's/women's 500 m at the olympics. Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,540 Posted February 13, 2022 #559 Share Posted February 13, 2022 17 hours ago, hckošice said: Just rewatched it, was funny race, but I do not really understand the reason why racers do not have 2 runs to make it more fair. They used to, at all major events, because....well, it's the only way to have a fair 500m competition. There wasn't even really ever any significant discussion about it, because everyone knew the two-run format was by far the best one (the only one, even). But then they decided people have the attention span of a goldfish and so there we go, one race lottery. PHI2019 and hckošice 2 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,540 Posted February 13, 2022 #560 Share Posted February 13, 2022 18 hours ago, NearPup said: Weirdly in real time I thought it was a false start but I can't see it at all in slowmo. It's really not a surprise, Canadians who are favourites rarely win at the Olympics. To be fair, Cindy Klassen went home with five medals after Turin (including a gold), and other than that, it's not like Canada has that many situations where one of them is a big favourite. Especially yesterday's 500m...sure, Canada had good chances, but it was one of the most open events of the entire Olympics, literally half the field would have been a non-surprising medalist and so every single one of them had a bigger chance not to win a medal than the other way around And about the World Cup thing: that's speed skating, where the World Cup just doesn't really have much meaning. I think only in the 'X-Games events' the World Cup means less I've been watching speed skating for 20+ years and I don't think I remember a single season where there was more than a minute of talking about who would win the World Cup classification in a certain distance (or overall, I think they have as well now?). If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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