Day 11 (February 15th, 2022)

[orangeman 1,989]

7 minutes ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

So now our gold medals have come on 1. a judging error and 2. a fall by a japanese skater in the last lap . I'll take it!

 

Also is it safe to say that Weidemann will be the closing ceremony flag bearer or could it be someone else?

Do they do men/women at the Closing too?  It could be her and Parrot.  

[orangeman 1,989]

Well, Canada had the 3rd fastest time today in speed skating, although it doesn't matter.  

[james89 847]

6 minutes ago, orangeman said:

Well, Canada had the 3rd fastest time today in speed skating, although it doesn't matter.  

In the finals. All of the top 4 teams went faster than us in the semis. 

[orangeman 1,989]

2 minutes ago, james89 said:

In the finals. All of the top 4 teams went faster than us in the semis. 

Semis don't count.  Well, none of this counts for Canada.   

[orangeman 1,989]

The aerials team has a bright future, but unfortunately none of the men will make the final.  

[orangeman 1,989]

I swear, Team Gushue is trying to lose.  Russia is playing horribly, and Canada isn't letting them be the worst team on the ice.  

Even the commentators are speechless.  

[orangeman 1,989]

Despite ROC's best efforts, they ended up beating Canada.  For those that didn't see the match, that was mixed doubles against Australia-level bad for Canada.  ROC could have been up 4-0 after 1 but it took 2 horrible shots by their skip to give it up.  A few other times ROC could have locked it up but they did their best to lose.  Canada just wouldn't let them have the loss, though.  It was really something to witness.  

 

All three teams in Beijing have been terrible.  Gushue may make the playoffs just because of the logjam, but he likely won't win a medal.  Jones will have to continue to fight just to make the playoffs, and again if she does it likely won't be a medal.  And of course the mixed doubles was a debacle.  

[JoshMartini007 2,536]

Final Thoughts

 

Good news is we won our second gold medal and two medals overall. Bad news, that's just about all we did today. An overall poor day in freestyle skiing and our men's curling team lost to Russia, though are still alive. Canada won over China in men's ice hockey, not in a convincing fashion, but they are probably thinking about the game tomorrow. Also a shout-out to the men's biathlon relay for finishing 6th

[Surlympics 730]

Canada qualify for men’s sprint final and looking suprisingly strong