2026 Winter Olympics - Day 8 (February 14)

[orangeman 2,594]

1 minute ago, Josh said:

I think that's the difference between the goods and the greats

Ok, I'll take that. What I meant originally was he isn't as good as we thought he was, not that he wasn't good at all. 

[NearPup 3,880]

Now, someone Elise Christie? I'll grant you that label for her, because she was actively and consistently bad once she made it to an Olympic final.

[Josh 12,742]

I'm glad I have favourite non-Canadian athletes and underdog nations to root for as well, otherwise I probably would've stopped watching by now

[orangeman 2,594]

9 minutes ago, Josh said:

I'm glad I have favourite non-Canadian athletes and underdog nations to root for as well, otherwise I probably would've stopped watching by now

I've been enjoying the US hockey team struggle against Denmark. And then celebrating like they've won the gold medal when they do score. 

[Josh 12,742]

So, just looking at the schedule for Canada tomorrow. 

The first two heats in monobob for Appiah and Lotholz, Appiah has looked slightly better in training but still awful. 

 

Kingsbury and Viel in the debut of dual moguls

 

Men's 4x7.5km relay final in cross country skiing, maybe we can aim for a top 5 finish

 

Strate in the large hill final, but will need to clean up her landing to have any chance

 

Jacobs taking on China in men's curling, thankfully an off day for Homan. 

Edited 2 hours ago by Josh

[Josh 12,742]

Canada after blowing yet another gold medal chance

[Ashes 23]

Wow… even Sports Illustrated is reporting on how bad Canada has been doing….

 

https://www.si.com/winter-olympics/through-day-8-canada-surprisingly-still-without-first-gold-medal

[Safe Dragonfly 64]

14 minutes ago, Ashes said:

Wow… even Sports Illustrated is reporting on how bad Canada has been doing….

 

https://www.si.com/winter-olympics/through-day-8-canada-surprisingly-still-without-first-gold-medal

But yea at this point, unless the golds start coming in, where realistically do we go from here?

[orangeman 2,594]

1 hour ago, Josh said:

So, just looking at the schedule for Canada tomorrow. 

The first two heats in monobob for Appiah and Lotholz, Appiah has looked slightly better in training but still awful. 

 

Kingsbury and Viel in the debut of dual moguls

 

Men's 4x7.5km relay final in cross country skiing, maybe we can aim for a top 5 finish

 

Strate in the large hill final, but will need to clean up her landing to have any chance

 

Jacobs taking on China in men's curling, thankfully an off day for Homan. 

Every day has been an off day for Homan at these Olympics. 

[NearPup 3,880]

24 minutes ago, orangeman said:

Every day has been an off day for Homan at these Olympics. 

And in 2022, and in 2018