2026 Winter Olympics - Day 6 (February 12)

[Ashes 23]

3 hours ago, orangeman said:

I am on the edge of rage quitting these Olympics. 

This honestly isn’t even fun to watch anymore. Like, I don’t think we are being unreasonable in our expectations. Especially when the COC and athletes are hyping themselves up, I think fans have every right to be pissed off. I don’t think I can watch again unless we start winning golds, and that seems more and more unlikely.

Edited 27 minutes ago by Ashes

[JockCartier 308]

2 minutes ago, orangeman said:

I don't know if more funding would make Dandjinou not just give up mid race. Or Gallant not suddenly forget how to curl. Or an Australian judge to give an Australian mogulist high scores to hand in gold randomly. I mean, I guess if we start bribing those judges...

Curling has plenty of their own money. Their problems are they are way to up their own a**es

[orangeman 2,518]

At the end of Day 6 in 

 

Beijing: 10 medals (1 gold)

 

PyeongChang: 13 (4 gold)

 

Sochi: 10 (4 gold)

 

Vancouver: 7 (3 gold)

 

Turin: 8 (1 gold)

 

That's as far back as Wiki lists the dates for medals. 

 

So, this is Canada's worse start at least since 2002. When there were like 10 events total. 

[NearPup 3,803]

Looking ahead to tomorrow, Canada has zero (0) realistic medal chances.

 

Stephen Gogolev is unironically our best shot at a medal tomorrow.

Edited 3 hours ago by NearPup

[JockCartier 308]

2 minutes ago, NearPup said:

Looking ahead to tomorrow, Canada has zero (0) realistic medal chances.

 

Stephen Gogolev is unironically our best shot at a medal tomorrow.

Gogolev's chances are like 0.1%
 

I'd give Bloeman at least 0.5% 

 

 

[NearPup 3,803]

Our next medal chance is the very last event on Saturday night, the men's 1500m in short track. God help us.

 

I genuinely think it's more likely than not that Canada has no golds by the end of the week-end, and I don't think that's even particularely pessimistic at this point.

Edited 3 hours ago by NearPup

[NearPup 3,803]

Actually at this point I'm wondering if  will win a gold medal before I leave for Italy (on Tuesday night).

[JockCartier 308]

7 minutes ago, NearPup said:

Actually at this point I'm wondering if  will win a gold medal before I leave for Italy (on Tuesday night).

Got about three chances... M 1500 and W 1000 short track and dual moguls... not that it's wise to bank on short track

[NearPup 3,803]

3 minutes ago, JockCartier said:

Got about three chances... M 1500 and W 1000 short track and dual moguls... not that it's wise to bank on short track

Kinda depressing to think that we had more gold medal chances today than between now and Tuesday.

[Surlympics 1,310]

50 minutes ago, orangeman said:

I don't know if more funding would make Dandjinou not just give up mid race. Or Gallant not suddenly forget how to curl. Or an Australian judge to give an Australian mogulist high scores to hand in gold randomly. I mean, I guess if we start bribing those judges...

Yeah this is true. I’m really starting to see how scripted the Olympics is. They seem to have predetermined winners and medalists before the games even begin. I mean they are a billion dollar organization. So it’s like watching entertainment or a drama and the athletes are more like actors than athletes lol. They obviously train for their individual sports but I believe some are paid to play a role that they have to fulfill come the Olympics. And they live for the drama because it brings in more viewers and money. So I go in watching with that mindset now. There are way too many questionable things I have seen being a hardcore fan that just don’t add up.