Freestyle Skiing at the Winter Olympic Games 2018

[hckošice 14,836]

Men´s Halfpipe Qualification Results

 

4x 3x 2x 2x 1x   in the Finals

[OlympicsFan 858]

vor 8 Stunden schrieb Nate River:

Well deserved gold from Cassie Sharpe, she had the best amplitude and the most difficulty. I'm usually not super impressed by women's ski halfpipe (I think it's the weakest of the ten "newschool" freestyle ski / snowboard events in the Olympics) but she delivered.

 

Amazing way for Marie Martinod to end her illustrious career, too. Respect to her.

She ended it before in 2006 ... so maybe we will see her again?

[intoronto 5,645]

http://www.sportsnet.ca/olympics/gold-standard-day-11-olympian-cheater/

 

Welp there goes exotic countries qualifying again

[JoshMartini007 2,538]

I'm not sure how that's any different than someone becoming a citizen of a different nation to have an easier time qualifying. The Olympics were never just about having the best, it's also about having a diverse field.

 

I guess they can have a rule where all athletes must score above 50 points in a certain number of competitions or something to prevent people from getting free points.

[heywoodu 15,147]

One can have doubts about Swaney being there I guess, but calling her a cheater is just nonsense. 

[dcro 10,210]

15 hours ago, heywoodu said:

This women's halfpipe is not very....spectacular, is it? 

 

I guess you haven't seen the Hungarian.

 

EDIT: Oh wait, too late.

Edited February 20, 2018 by dcro

[heywoodu 15,147]

Just now, dcro said:

 

I guess you haven't seen the Hungarian.

 

 

I had not, but later I did  

[dcro 10,210]

4 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

One can have doubts about Swaney being there I guess, but calling her a cheater is just nonsense. 

 

So true, she literally did everything by the book to qualify. Olympic quota was rightfully hers, whatever the haters say.

Edited February 20, 2018 by dcro

[DaniSRB 899]

it says more about discipline when she with such performance managed to get a call

 

 

[JoshMartini007 2,538]

11 minutes ago, DaniSRB said:

it says more about discipline when she with such performance managed to get a call

 

 

 

That's a general issue with the Winter Olympics. If there were quota restraints like in the Summer Olympics these events would be closer to 16-24 entrants than 24-30.