Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympic Games 2018

[OlympicIRL 5,532]

Just now, heywoodu said:

 

I hate having a four year period where nobody is the Olympic champion but you've always got 'one of the Olympic champions'  

 

I don't mind it because it is an unusual situation.... I mean it happens in less than 1% of Olympic events (I would guess) so that is acceptable for me

 

[dcro 10,210]

Just now, Nate River said:

In shooting you need to have shoot-offs because otherwise you could collude to have a tie. In a sport like bobsleigh ties happen by accident, there is no way to force one.

 

Alright, but still you have the likes Dom Fischnaller missing out on a luge medal by 0.002. Would have been a tie in bobsleigh.

[thepharoah 2,405]

1 minute ago, dcro said:

Probably.

It should be an interesting race 

[NearPup 3,116]

Just now, dcro said:

 

Alright, but still you have the likes Dom Fischnaller missing out on a luge medal by 0.002. Would have been a tie in bobsleigh.

TBH if I was in charge of the FIL luge wouldn't be timed to the thousandth. At some point it gets ridiculous.

[heywoodu 15,253]

Just now, dcro said:

 

Alright, but still you have the likes Dom Fischnaller missing out on a luge medal by 0.002. Would have been a tie in bobsleigh.

Not if they use the speed skating system, where 34.341 would of course be counted as 34.34, but where 34.399 would be counted as 34.39  

[heywoodu 15,253]

Just now, Nate River said:

TBH if I was in charge of the FIL luge wouldn't be timed to the thousandth. At some point it gets ridiculous.

What is more ridiculous is ties being so common...

[thepharoah 2,405]

2 minutes ago, Nate River said:

Germany is going to win gold in hockey so Norway has no chance xD

Well this'll not amaze me after all their results here , but still Russians should be the favorites tonight 

[dcro 10,210]

Just now, heywoodu said:

Not if they use the speed skating system, where 34.341 would of course be counted as 34.34, but where 34.399 would be counted as 34.39  

 

Nope, their times were 3:10.932 and 3:10.934. That's compliant even with the speed skating.

[NearPup 3,116]

Just now, heywoodu said:

Not if they use the speed skating system, where 34.341 would of course be counted as 34.34, but where 34.399 would be counted as 34.39  

No matter what kind of rounding you use there are always going to be silly situations like that. Taking a modern physics lab, where we spent a ridiculous amount of time talking about error margins, has made me ponder how we should round times in sport quite a bit and whether we should just give ties within a certain time regardless of how it rounds / trims.

[heywoodu 15,253]

Just now, dcro said:

 

Nope, their times were 3:10.932 and 3:10.934. That's compliant even with the speed skating.

I know