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Men's Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2018


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2 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Thank you @hckosice and (I believe?) @NikolaB for very quickly confirming that Russia's team was indeed incredibly strong, right when it was announced :p Bookmakers giving them odds of 2.5 was a good one indeed :d 

 

yeah you know thats me. I love to give joy here and there to everyone :cool:

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4 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Not the German media by the way, they literally say they lost "a thriller against Russia" and no mention of 'Olympic athletes' :) 

Respect , I really don't like obs commentators consisting on mentioning OAR the whole tournament , ok it's fine in individual sports , but here ? For me saying Russia is easier than OAR :d

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1 minute ago, thepharoah said:

Respect , I really don't like obs commentators consisting on mentioning OAR the whole tournament , ok it's fine in individual sports , but here ? For me saying Russia is easier than OAR :d

Exactly, same for BBC. Even in an individual sport, why would you not say someone simply is a Russian? Like it or not, it's a fact that they compete under a neutral flag, but it's also a fact that a Russian athlete is a Russian person, and so, a Russian. Why not simply call him/her a Russian? Even in this case you could call them 'the Russian team', because it's a team, and they're Russian --> a Russian team

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7 minutes ago, opruh said:

Congratulations Russia, finally another ice hockey gold. :champion:Congrats to the other medallists too. :yes

Too bad they just can't win gold as Team Russia lol    1st, it was CIS(Commonwealth of Independent States), Now OAR (Olympic Athletes from Russia) :p 

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3 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

Congrats Olympic Athlete from Russia! I'm very curious to know where they are born.. maybe they are Finnish or Japanese? :mumble:

Well at least they have Russia at their name :d , Kuwait had their most successful Olympics ever in Rio , but under the name of IOC :d

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