Day 15 (February 19th, 2022)

[Topicmaster1010 6,351]

Day 15 (February 19) Canadian Schedule

 

February 18

20:30: Bobsleigh- Four-Man- Heat 1 (Justin Kripps [5th], Christopher Spring [15th], Taylor Austin [16th])

20:30: Freestyle Skiing- Men’s Halfpipe- Final- Run 1 (Simon d Artois [5th], Noah Bowman [7th], Brendan Mackay [8th])

20:58: Freestyle Skiing- Men’s Halfpipe- Final- Run 2

21:00: Alpine Skiing- Mixed Team Parallel- 1/8 Finals

1/8 Final 1:  Slovenia vs. Canada

21:25: Freestyle Skiing- Men’s Halfpipe- Final- Run 3

22:05: Bobsleigh- Four-Man- Heat 2

February 19

1:00: Cross-Country Skiing- Men’s 50km Mass Start Free (Remi Drolet, Olivier Leveille)

2:00: Speed Skating- Men’s Mass Start- Semifinals (Antoine Gelinas Beaulieu [Semifinal 1], Jordan Belchos [Semifinal 2])

2:45: Speed Skating- Women’s Mass Start- Semifinals (Ivanie Blondin [Semifinal 1], Valerie Maltais [Semifinal 2])

6:00: Figure Skating- Pairs- Free Skate (Kirsten Moore-Towers/Michael Marinaro [4th], Vanessa James/Eric Radford [5th])

7:00: Bobsleigh- Two-Woman- Heat 3 (Christine de Bruin [4th], Cynthia Appiah [8th], Melissa Lotholz [16th])

8:30: Bobsleigh- Two-Woman- Heat 4

[JoshMartini007 2,820]

Heading for the home stretch and we still have medal opportunities. Men's ski halfpipe and women's mass start will be the events to watch. The 2-woman bobsled is currently in fourth and a medal is possible, but it will likely take a mistake in the top three to secure it. Additionally, the 4-men bobsled begins today which will be our final hope for a medal on the final day.

 

As much as I would love to see our alpine team luck its way into a medal, the bracket draw is very unfavourable and we already didn't have much of a chance.

[orangeman 2,850]

Damn 4th.  This wind is stupid.  

[NearPup 4,135]

No golds in freestyle skiing for the first time since 2002. There were four events then, thirteen now. Embarrassing.

[orangeman 2,850]

52 minutes ago, NearPup said:

No golds in freestyle skiing for the first time since 2002. There were four events then, thirteen now. Embarrassing.

It's sad, but not entirely surprising after Kingsbury was robbed.  He earned gold, just wasn't awarded it.  

[orangeman 2,850]

Kripps into 3rd after 2 runs, but it'll be very hard to move up.  

 

I know this sounds like complaining, but watching bobsled is frustrating because it doesn't really matter if anyone runs better than the Germans, their equipment will always get them down faster.  I have a friend who was a luger and he said you could go down completely clean and the Germans could bounce all over the place but it didn't matter because he was using sleds 4 years behind theirs.  

[orangeman 2,850]

Back to the SOG, GB has officially stripped of their silver in the 4x100 relay, so Canada moves from bronze to silver.  

[james89 957]

1 hour ago, orangeman said:

Kripps into 3rd after 2 runs, but it'll be very hard to move up.  

 

I know this sounds like complaining, but watching bobsled is frustrating because it doesn't really matter if anyone runs better than the Germans, their equipment will always get them down faster.  I have a friend who was a luger and he said you could go down completely clean and the Germans could bounce all over the place but it didn't matter because he was using sleds 4 years behind theirs.  

I’m a bit worried that the German in 4th is going to close in on Kripps. I hate how the Germans always role out their new equipment during the Olympics. 

[Topicmaster1010 6,351]

Random useless fun fact: Every Olympian in the Sobey's commercial won a gold medal at these games. We'll see if the Paralympians can follow suit.

[Topicmaster1010 6,351]

All Canadians through to the mass start finals!