Short Track Speed Skating at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022

[heywoodu 15,249]

11 hours ago, phelps said:

no, Chinese commentators are right (also the Italian commentator -Michele Antonioli, former world champion and Olympic medallist- said immediately that, well before the judges announced their decision)...

 

this time China didn't have a particularly favourable treatment...

Right. It'd be cool if they also actually use this rule in regular relays, since there normally bad luck is simply that: bad luck and you're out. Unless someone actually commits a penalty, unlike this here.

[OlympicsFan 860]

Interesting that Japan and Norway are pretty much nonexistant in short track while being great in speed skating. Also Italy being that good in short track is really surprising to me. Doesn't seem like a "natural" sport for them. I am not sure about their future on the women's side, but on the men's side they have two great talents in Sighel and Spechenhauser.

[dcro 10,210]

Quite possibly one last chance for Kazakhstan to score a medal.

[orangeman 2,007]

These semi heats are ridiculously unbalanced.  SF2 could be the final.  I know it's just the way it worked out, but wow.  

[orangeman 2,007]

That better be an advancement for Canada

[dcro 10,210]

Final for Kazakhstan.

 

Let's see how the judges will promote Wu now.

[Monzanator 4,579]

and down in women's relay Final B so no worse than 6th place

[NearPup 3,113]

 and  haven’t been on the podium together in the relay since 2002. Will they finally play nice and not commit a penalty on one another?

[NearPup 3,113]

That relay pass by  was laughably bad.

 

Also wtf  this is literally the first time I have ever seen an illegal relay penalty. It just does not happen.

[orangeman 2,007]

Another 4th!