Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympic Games 2018

[OlympicsFan 860]

vor 7 Minuten schrieb juddy96:

So this is the part where I'm supposed to mumble about losing a "safe" gold right?

Who did consider it a safe gold? Did you miss the world cup? If Drazek wouldn't have torn her ligaments, Canada wouldn't have won a medal at all, so i guess you should rather be happy today about this surprising medal.

Edit: Of course also about the surprising gold in men's ski cross. Only the curling results have been a bit weak today for Germany.

Edited February 21, 2018 by OlympicsFan

[heywoodu 16,465]

My heart warms by the McNeill/Moore interview on the BBC 

[NearPup 4,184]

Really disappointed for Elana Meyers Taylor, if it couldn't be Humphries I was hoping it would be her. She's been so consistent over the last eight years. Oh well.

[heywoodu 16,465]

1 minute ago, Nate River said:

Really disappointed for Elana Meyers Taylor, if it couldn't be Humphries I was hoping it would be her. She's been so consistent over the last eight years. Oh well.

 

But so entirely depending on the starts...honestly I prefer a great driver like Humphries (or Jamanka) winning it  

[NearPup 4,184]

Just now, heywoodu said:

 

But so entirely depending on the starts...honestly I prefer a great driver like Humphries (or Jamanka) winning it  

I guess she did have a shot at gold in 2014 that she let go with a rather... sloppy final run.

[dcro 10,211]

10 minutes ago, Nate River said:

What a disappointing result for Germany. Only a gold medal? On the world cup circuit Germany swept every single race! Jamanka usually wins platinum medals! Disgusting, Germany is having horrible Olympics.

 

And Austria clearly overperformed again. They must be the luckiest nation ever.

[dcro 10,211]

In any case, it's gold for Jama...  Nka.

[hckošice 16,630]

Women´s 2-Man

 

1. Germany (Mariama Jamanka, Lisa Buckwitz) 3:22.45, 2. United States (Elana Meyers Taylor, Lauren Gibbs) 3:22.52, 3. Canada (Kaillie Humphries, Phylicia George) 3:22.89

 

Full Results HERE

 

[NearPup 4,184]

Just hot the press: despite rumors of her retirement, Kaillie Humphries has confirmed she plans to be at the Beijing 2022 games. She is also planing on lobbying hard for the women's four-man event to be included.

[heywoodu 16,465]

5 minutes ago, Nate River said:

Just hot the press: despite rumors of her retirement, Kaillie Humphries has confirmed she plans to be at the Beijing 2022 games. She is also planing on lobbying hard for the women's four-man event to be included.

Hopefully they'll add women's four-man to the World Cups within a year or two, so having a competitive field already in 2026 could possibly be realistic