Milano Cortina 2026 - General Discussion

[clemsonbeav 337]

Ok, not our best day today... Congrats to Oliver Martin for getting 4th in Big Air Snowboard.

 

Tomorrow...

Gotta wake up for the Women's DH at 05:30.  Can Vonn (or Johnson) (or both) pull it off?

Biathlon mixed relay at 08:05 - Who knows?  Can this be the time?

PGS at 08:26 (but I don't think we're favored at all)

08:35 - Curling vs.  - can we rebound?

Casey Dawson in the M 5000 at 10:00 (my church service should be over by the time Dawson skates!)  

Luge final run at 12:34, if USA can inch closer...

13:05 - Curling vs.  

13:30 - Pairs Skating (maybe we can not get last?)

14:45 - Women's Skating (Amber or Alysa...who will it be?)

then 15:55 - Can Ilia (surely it will be Ilia) bring us Gold in the Team Event?

Edited Saturday at 08:43 PM by clemsonbeav

[clemsonbeav 337]

Ok, tomorrow... (AKA how do I teach my classes and also stay plugged into the Olympics?)  

 

Curling at 04:05 vs , but doesn't matter who wins (If we win, we play  in the SF.  If we lose, we play  again.)

04:30 - M Alpine Combined - Downhill - Kyle Negomir (who was 10th in the DH)

06:30 - W Freeski Slopestyle final, Avery Krumme

08:00 - M Alpine Combined - Slalom - River Radamus

11:30 - W Speed Skating 1000m - Erin Jackson and Brittany Bowe - C'mon ladies!

Check in on W Luge (I went out on a limb to predict USA gold here... we'll see...)

12:05 - Curling vs. TBD

13:20 - Chock and Bates in the individual

13:30 - W Snowboard Big Air (no entries)

14:12 - M Jumping NH - Jason Colby surprise?

14:40 - W Hockey vs.  

 

 

Edited yesterday at 01:08 AM by clemsonbeav

[clemsonbeav 337]

Tuesday's lineup - a packed day!

 

04:30 - Women's Team - Downhill

04:30ff - Short Track - W 500m heats, M 1000m heats, Mixed Team QF-F

06:30 - M Freeski Slopestyle - Got some there who might contend...

07:00ish - Cross Country Sprint Finals (Qualis start at 03:15 - Diggins is in this)

07:30 - Biathlon M 20km individual - Can Germain, Wright, or others find success?

08:00 - Women's Team - Slalom - Strong medal possibilities!

12:05 - Curling XG Gold Medal Match vs.  !!!

12:30 - Men's Short Program Figure Skating

12:34 - Final W Single's Luge Run, if we're still in it at this point

14:00 - Mixed Team Ski Jumping, but don't think we're contending for a medal

14:10 - W Hockey vs.  aka GMM preview?

 

[bmo 202]

1 hour ago, clemsonbeav said:

Tuesday's lineup - a packed day!

 

04:30 - Women's Team - Downhill

04:30ff - Short Track - W 500m heats, M 1000m heats, Mixed Team QF-F

06:30 - M Freeski Slopestyle - Got some there who might contend...

07:00ish - Cross Country Sprint Finals (Qualis start at 03:15 - Diggins is in this)

07:30 - Biathlon M 20km individual - Can Germain, Wright, or others find success?

08:00 - Women's Team - Slalom - Strong medal possibilities!

12:05 - Curling XG Gold Medal Match vs.  !!!

12:30 - Men's Short Program Figure Skating

12:34 - Final W Single's Luge Run, if we're still in it at this point

14:00 - Mixed Team Ski Jumping, but don't think we're contending for a medal

14:10 - W Hockey vs.  aka GMM preview?

 

Could be a big day for us!

[Quaker2001 305]

3 hours ago, clemsonbeav said:

Tuesday's lineup - a packed day!

 

04:30 - Women's Team - Downhill

04:30ff - Short Track - W 500m heats, M 1000m heats, Mixed Team QF-F

06:30 - M Freeski Slopestyle - Got some there who might contend...

07:00ish - Cross Country Sprint Finals (Qualis start at 03:15 - Diggins is in this)

07:30 - Biathlon M 20km individual - Can Germain, Wright, or others find success?

08:00 - Women's Team - Slalom - Strong medal possibilities!

12:05 - Curling XG Gold Medal Match vs.  !!!

12:30 - Men's Short Program Figure Skating

12:34 - Final W Single's Luge Run, if we're still in it at this point

14:00 - Mixed Team Ski Jumping, but don't think we're contending for a medal

14:10 - W Hockey vs.  aka GMM preview?

 

I'll be up at 5:45 for the cross country, I want to be up for the quarterfinals.  Definitely might need a mid-day nap at some point and of course we have the curling gold medal match!

[Bear Hollow 6]

OK, I do not want to be the downer and generally I am more an optimist with life.  However, these winter games are shaping up like Deja-Vu all over again.  It is uncanny how our athletes consistently fold under the pressure of the games.  Thoughts on why?  Is there really more pressure here than opposed to other countries?  It seams to be across multiple sports so cannot attribute to a specific program training/leadership.  Its also not others are just rising up to the top.  We struggle to just perform at our "normal" level.  I too like everyone had big hopes for today but well....Ogden was a nice surprise in the midst of the misery.  

 

Thoughts?

[bmo 202]

2 hours ago, Bear Hollow said:

OK, I do not want to be the downer and generally I am more an optimist with life.  However, these winter games are shaping up like Deja-Vu all over again.  It is uncanny how our athletes consistently fold under the pressure of the games.  Thoughts on why?  Is there really more pressure here than opposed to other countries?  It seams to be across multiple sports so cannot attribute to a specific program training/leadership.  Its also not others are just rising up to the top.  We struggle to just perform at our "normal" level.  I too like everyone had big hopes for today but well....Ogden was a nice surprise in the midst of the misery.  

 

Thoughts?

Was it really misery?? Sure, we didn't win a gold in the morning, but Ogden was a great surprise with silver. Hall won silver in slopestyle. We weren't runaway favorites in that competition going into it. We have a chance to medal in luge. We are in the gold medal match in curling. Only disappointment was Shiffrin today.

 

I think it's more of an individual athlete problem rather than a country-wide problem.